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Tennis Ball Chair

I’m all bouncy for Hugh Hayden’s tennis ball chair featured on Inhabitots. Just think fun it would be to make accompanying accessories? Tennis ball side table – hmm..that may not work. Since my tennis racquet is collecting dust in the closet, I love this idea of using tennis balls for more than just playing around. […]

Removing Firescale/Patina from Copper

Knowing I’ve been working on sprucing up my backyard, our managing editor Shawn Connally kindly gave me her old copper fire pit. Sweet! She also shared with me some great cleaning knowledge she had gleaned from Michael DeJong’s awesome book Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing. Turns out that to remove rust patina or firescale […]

How-To: Waterproof Tablecloth Apron

Instructables user heidiwickersham writes: I must admit that the apple did not fall far from the tree for me when it comes to keeping things tidy. Just like my mother I tend to get water everywhere when I wash the dishes and am hopeless at keeping cooking oil off of my clothes. This easy-to-make apron […]