By Andrew Salomone A few years ago a friend of mine brought me to a little town in Mexico to see the Tarahumara race. The Tarahumara are an indigenous people who live in a massive canyon and run incredible distances in sandals, called huaraches, made from old car tires. When I tried to wear a […]
Mattresses are big, bulky, and hard to recycle. If you don’t have space/use for your otherwise-fine mattress, try hacking it into a couch! This tutorial will go through cutting through the different parts of the mattress and making new coverings for the pieces. More: 101: Upholstery
By Jessica Wilson The mister likes to joke that I can turn anything into a needlebook, or at least I talk about turning pretty much everything into a needlebook. Not that we all need that many needlebooks but I think they’re handy to have multiples of (I tend to misplace them). I have Macgyvered oodles […]
It’s still cold season here in NYC, everyone I know seems to be sick! If you’ve got the tissue box blues, try dressing it up with a hankerchief or old t-shirt scrap to make the box more cuddly for the long hours on the couch. Check out Michelle’s tissue box cover tutorial.
Coconuts were always so elusive to me: how do you open them? What part do you eat, and how do you do it? Well, now I won’t have to ask the question “What do I do with the shell when I’m done?” anymore with goldenbacon’s Instructable on the topic. Now I’ll know to just make […]
Future Craft Collective shows you sew up one stylish DIY long sleeve t-shirt from two short-sleeved tees. This is also a great refashioning project for old kids clothes!
If the shapes of these beautifully colorful vases look familiar to you, it’s no surprise. German artist, Markus Linnenbrink, takes items from the recycling bin and transforms them into artful and practical objects by layering them in colorful resin. The Dortmund-based sculptor calls his latest work Gestaltkunstwerk; roughly translated, it means “formed artwork” and is […]
