How to Make a Battery-Powered, Gadget-Charging Go Bag huffingtonpost TV Stand Makeover - At Home with The Barkers I’ll admit, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do at first but as soon as I saw my inspiration piece I knew I was doing a TV Stand Makeover! It’s themed furniture makeover day! If you remember last month I did a decoupaged vanity for my daughter. This month’s theme was two toned. All of my DIY girls will have their projects linked up at the bottom! If you have seen any of my room tours on the blog you saw my dresser turned TV stand in those pictures. I had already painted it with mindful gray and glazed with gauntlet. THEN I saw this picture from Dear Lillie Blog and I fell in love with this furniture piece… It is so gorgeous! I knew I could mix some paint to get a similar color and that is exactly what I did. I had Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Arles. You can see as I was applying the yellow paint the color is not exactly right BUT I know what dark wax does this color. Now for the wax…fyi, it’s not easy taking a one handed iphone picture while the other hand waxes! Just a Girl and her blog
Universal Knife Block (Design Martin Robitsch) Martin Robitsch designed this knife block, and I immediately loved it. Because it is quite expensive, but not too hard to make one yourself, I decided to contribute another instructable. Materials : 4 pieces of 255 mm * 140mm * 9 mm (10" * 5.5" * 3/8") in nice solid wood (I used Oak), these will be the sides of the box 1 piece of 130mm * 130mm * 8 mm (5" * 5" * 3/8"). this will be the bottom, invisible and so it can be some MDF or plywood ~2000 bamboo skewers, 25 cm long (9.8") Other : Wood glue Wood Oil Tools : Saw : only needed if you need to cut the 5 pieces yourself Sander : ideally a Belt sander (I use the Bosch PBS 7 AE) for rough sanding, and a Orbital Sander (I use Bosch GSS 280 AVE) for finishing Clamps Router (optional, I use Bosch POF 800 ACE) Effort : takes about half a day Cost : about 30$ - 25 euro.
Crowds Sing John Lennon's 'Imagine' in Brussels Following Attacks - Inside Edition Hundreds of people gathered on the streets of Brussels in an act of solidarity to condemn the terror attacks that happened at the city’s airport earlier in the day by singing John Lennon’s “Imagine.” Read: Adele Condemns Brussels Attackers: 'We're Better Than Them F***ers' The attacks, which killed 30 and wounded over 200, brought the city to a standstill. As the sunset on Tuesday to bring the dark day to a close, citizens gathered in the streets to light candles and sing Lennon’s hit. University of Leuven, Belgium’s oldest institute of higher learning, let their cathedral bells chime to “Imagine” as well. Read: Read: Brussels' Defiant Residents Cover Sidewalks With Chalk Messages as Tributes Pour In Citizens in the streets of the country’s capital wrote in chalk on the pavement to send messages of love and denounce hate. Watch: Madonna Honors Victims of Paris Massacre By Singing 'Imagine' In the Streets
Charm Bracelet Diva {at Home}: Easter Decorating with Wheat Grass and Other Natural Elements I haven't done much in the way of Easter decorating this year, probably because we still have things in boxes from when the house was on the market. I did find a few decorations to place around the house, but right now my favorite Easter decoration is the mossy basket I recently put together. One nice thing about Easter decorating is that it lends itself to the use of natural elements such as moss, bird's nests, eggs, fresh flowers and wheat grass, just to name a few. use right away whenever the Easter decorating spirit strikes us. Here are just a few examples. I told you all about my grand plans to fill my DIY mossy basket, but my best laid plans went awry. on YouTube -- to grow wheat grass in egg shells. basket with those eggs. years ago seem to have "expired" because many of them just did not want to sprout at all. As you can see, it seems that there were just as many seeds that didn't sprout as ones that did. I was really disappointed, since my daughter and I went to all the trouble of grass?
Learn How to Make a Kitchen Knife Block Subscribe (iTunes/RSS) For the last few years, Popular Woodworking has been publishing numerous projects within their I Can Do That series. The idea is to provide straightforward project plans that just about anybody can do with a basic set of tools. The knife block is one of those practical projects that is a fun diversion from the things we normally make. You can download the plan here. Lily the Black Bear - Journal Charm Bracelet Diva {at Home}: Easy DIY Mossy Easter Basket I've been loving on those Pottery Barn moss-covered Easter baskets for the past few years and, well, I decided that it's finally time to do something about it. So I went to my local Hobby Lobby (with coupon of course) and picked up a bag of moss. Then all I needed was the right basket. The project is pretty simple to do. You only need four things. Materials: 1. bag of moss 2. basket 3. hot glue gun 4. glue sticks It's that simple. Here's the basket in progress. I started at the top and worked my way around the basket. have to eyeball it and spread the moss where you think the basket needs it most. the entire basket. I chose to leave the handle bare since it would make it easier to pick up, and I liked the look of the rustic grapevine in contrast with the mossy texture. Once you think you're finished, go back and fill in any small bare spots. I also glued some moss all around the top inside of my basket. I thought it gave it a more finished look. So, what should I put in my basket? Here's a clue.
Mad Science Stemware Glasses This step is not absolutely necessary. HOWEVER, if you want your Mad Science Stemware to be truly scientific, you'll want to do this. What gives science laboratory glassware its classic yet awesome look are the etched-glass lines on the side used to measure the various substances and chemicals. While you can create the look of science laboratory glassware without turning your drinking glass a functional scientific measuring tool, I strongly recommend doing the measurements. Depending on the size of your glass, decide what increment you are going to use for your measurements. For Easy Measurements: One Teaspoon = 5mL One Tablespoon = 15mL Add one increment of water to your glass to bring the level up to the first measurement. Keep adding water, marking each increment, until you have reached the desired volume or the top of the glass.
Berkley The Bear Cub Loves To Play In Puddles, Flowers At Discovery Wildlife Park Ah, to be young again. Berkley the bear cub, who calls Innisfail, Alta.'s Discovery Wildlife Park home, is clearly making the most of her childhood if recent videos taken by park staff are any indication. A video released on the park's Facebook page last week shows the adorable baby dancing and splashing in a fresh mud puddle. This bear clearly loves water. And how about these flowers? What a great way to start the weekend! Like Us On Facebook Follow Us On Twitter Also on HuffPost: Close Jason Bantle Grizzly bear cubs playing with trash in B.C.'
Repurposed For Life: RE-DOING ANOTHER POPCORN CEILING Well, I finally have one more ceiling that the popcorn has been removed. Yippee! My son in-law came one day and helped me cover it up. Really I helped him. Here's a beautiful before of the popcorn. Don't you just love it? Who invented this stuff? I went up in the attic and found the placement of the ceiling joists. Then my husband helped me mark them with a chalk line. He also took the fan down for me. I used underlayment to cover the ceiling, because it's thin and light weight. I painted all the supplies before we installed them. Here is the first and most important piece. Yeah. After the ceiling was covered with the panels we lined up lattice trim over the seams. We installed the panels and trim to make four foot sections. We were short by one piece. Nothing a trip to Lowes won't fix. After all the trim was installed I had to patch the nail holes and caulk around all the trim. I also gave everything one more coat of paint. At all the intersections of the lattice trim I installed appliques. Don't you?