Chain Suspended Shelf
This chain suspended shelf on Blueprint looks surprisingly stylish with the golden brass chains complementing the $15 ikea shelf. Link.
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D.I.Y. Etsuko Furuya Nursery
Walter and Veronica took inspiration from a piece of Etsuko Furuya fabric and turned the design into a gender-neutral mural for their son’s room (which will also serve as a nursery for their forthcoming second child). The execution is absolutely amazing! You can check out more photos on their blog, which also links to the […]
Homemade Beach Soaps
Danny Seo makes these really cool looking homemade beach body scrub soaps. The colors look fantastic and I loved how he used an empty orange juice carton as a soap mold. Genius! Link.
Yarn Ball Flowers
I love Cassi of Bella Dia’s home decor idea of making yarn ball flowers that sit pretty in a cozied up crochet glass jar. It’s a great way to bring in a splash of color to a room. Link.
Wooden bike
Ross Millar writes in about Marco Facciola’s completely functional and completely wooden bicycle. Marco writes: I was mostly concerned that the wooden chain would break. I researched the strength of different types of wood and built jigs to test the stresses that each of the chain’s components would undergo during use. First, I used my […]
HALO2 High Altitude Balloon
Another successful high altitude balloon flight with some gorgeous images. Alexei writes: High altitude ballooning is an emerging hobby, since the price of GPS and communications equipment has gotten quite low. It is an excellent hobby for people fascinated by space flight and telerobotics and has many learning aspects — from systems design to electronics […]
HOW TO – Make Cheap Fabric Grocery Bags
Wendy of Wisdom of the Moon has instructions for cheap fabric grocery bags made out of bed sheets. All the bags above are made from one sheet. You can even find out how to make use of the elastic that gets cut off the fitted sheet by turning it into what she calls a “Buffalo […]