How to Make a Personal Fire Pit For Cheap! My name is Karen and I haven’t lit anything on fire in 5 months. I’m sure I deserve some sort of a chip or something for that. You see … I’m a bit of a pyromaniac. Technically I’m not a *real* pyromaniac I guess. I mean, I only light things on fire that should be lit on fire. We light fires in the fireplace every night here in old Casa de Karen from October until March. 6 face cords every year go flying up that chimney. So what’s a pretend pyromaniac girl like me to do in September? The Answer … The Personal Fire Pit. Here we gooooooo … Materials you Need cheap glass frames – $4 small rocks – $2 any kind of metal mesh – $2 any metal planter with a lip (edge) on it – $8 (on sale) Step #1 – Making a Glass Box You need to make a glass box. Do two sides first and hold them in place somehow until they dry. Position them so your final side will be easy to silicone. Run another bead of silicone and place your last piece of glass. When you’re placing your glass, try to be a bit careful about it. P.S. 1.
DIY Patio Table with Built-in Beer/Wine Coolers - Domesticated Engineer Really, what is better than a patio table with a built in cooler! Who really wants to get up to get another beer? Almost everyone has seen this picture of the wine cooler patio table ether on Pinterest or Reddit. This picture was taken at Medlock Ames’ tasting room. Picture source: dwell.com Right after my husband saw this he asked me to make it happen. Patio Table with built in Beer/Wine Cooler with Lids Like in my farmhouse table post I am going to be breaking the instructions into two parts. Part 1: Table Construction A little more about the design: The first thing I did after having the initial concept sketched out in SoildWorks was go out and find the perfect cooler insert. View of the table top. Going back to the drawing board, I played around with the design to incorporate the two planter boxes. View of the bottom of the table. Instructions: After the designs were done was head to our local lumber yard to get our cut list made. The next step is to make the boxes to go around the PBs.
How To Make a Simple Tree House Apartment Therapy Tutorials With the arrival of Spring, I decided it was time to bust out and build a tree house for Ursula, which I'd never done before. I remember having one as a kid and loving it. I wanted one that I could build in a day, wouldn't be too high up so as to worry me or other parents, and which was SIMPLE in design to maximize playtime and allow for adding on later. It's light, open and can go up and down easily. This tree house was built out of scrap wood and branches I had in our yard, and is a strong enough design not to require any more reinforcement than what you see here. What You Need Materials: Circular or hand saw Power drill with a philips screw bit Level 6"-8" screws or nails (nails are stronger) for the frame 3" screws for the deck 2 - 6 foot 2"x6" pieces 2 - filler pieces of 2"x6" 8 - 4' decking pieces or 1"x6" Small cut branch logs Rugs, pillows and accessories to suit Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. (Images: Maxwell Ryan)
erik’s recycled wine bottle torch this clever outdoor diy idea comes from erik anderson of gerardot & co.- a creative branding and design agency in indianapolis. erik was kind enough to share a fantastic project that turns an everyday bottle into a modern backyard tiki torch. i love the way these torches look and am dying to find a backyard to use these in- too bad the closest thing we have is a 2×2 foot fire escape. but for those of you with yards, i hope you’ll enjoy this project from erik. click here for more info on the project and click here to check out erik’s work at gerardot & co. thanks, erik! CLICK HERE for the full project instructions after the jump! [****Safety Note: This is for outdoor use only. Tiki brand recommends that the wick never be set higher than 1-inch, and I recommend that you exercise the same discretion and common sense that you would with any small open flame.*****] Recycled Wind Bottle Torch 1. Helpful Tools: Channellocks, adjustable wrench, hacksaw, power screwdriver, and a funnel The Hanger 1.
8 Great Backyard Movie Tips mmmm. Summer evenings are my favorite. I am always looking for a good excuse to be outside when the sun goes down—s’mores, stargazing, or of course, the quintessential backyard movie night. As the wife of a film fanatic and former Circuit City salesman (I used to visit Brent at work in college and admire him in his pinkish-maroon Circuit City shirt), I have been required come to appreciate a great backyard set up. 1. 2. 3. Hi everyone, this is AmberLee’s techie husband, Brent. 4. PROJECTOR. 5. 6. 7. 8. Tagged as: Giverslog tutorials, good food for simple entertaining
Cuckoo 4 Design: Cuckoo for my cats! {Please do not just steal my photos and upload to your website. I have had numerous people trying to steal these photos for their websites. Please contact me first about possibly doing a feature!} I'm not only cuckoo for design but also for animals. Meet our furry rescued children (you can read some more about their antics here): Heidi who hides, our chubby 16 year old Manx. Hairy Harry, our 15 year old Maine Coon. Silly Lilly and yes I have a daughter named Lilly too. And 12 year old tiny cotton ball Lucy, unfortunately nothing matching rhymes with her name. I always felt bad about keeping my cats inside but I also know that there are so many dangers awaiting them outside. I started with the small enclosure around the living room window. I used galvanized hardware for decks to put the structure together. This is the way I supported the tunnel along the fence. I screwed cedar planks on top of the brackets.
Outdoor cooking with the Varde David takes the cooking outdoors by hacking a Varde sink unit into something better than a BBQ grill. He says, "When we moved to California, our apartment had an electric stove, which we hate. Also, we wanted to be outside on the patio to enjoy the weather. We're vegetarians, so we don't actually grill that much. So we did this instead. We got a Varde sink unit on sale, enlarged the precut hole a bit and dropped in a propane cooktop designed for an RV that I bought off eBay for about $25. Taking the Y out of D.I.Y. Click to view 2 more ads on Forsby and Billy .
apprentice extrovert: DIY Outdoor Day Bed Reveal!! Just after New Year I mentioned our half-finished day bed. A project we got started on, along with a few others, while the energy levels were high!! We're so excited to have it finished!!! I know, I know...stripes. I've shocked you haven't I? We just love it!! I think it's fair to say we're quite proud of ourselves!! Remember this guy?! Monkey magic...' Tony found this cushion while we were on holidays and had to have it! I have also done a tutorial on how we built and upholstered this, coming tomorrow in 2 parts. Part One - The build Part Two - The upholstery (psst...it's removable!!) So there you have it! Come back tomorrow and see how we did it, could you use a day bed at your place? I highly recommend them!! *Our daybed has been featured a bit around the blogoshphere, so HUGE thanks to the following awesome blogs!!! Courts x Linking to:
The B-Roll » Archives » Day 140 / Retro Modern Wireless Speakers UPDATE: I finally posted my Instructable on how to make these speakers for yourself. You can link to it by clicking here Well, I feel pretty good about this one. I could hardly sleep last night at 2:30am when I finished this. I was too giddy. I really wanted to test it out to make sure it was going to work. On Friday I had the idea. It’s amazing how this one came together. Last night (Day 140) I assembled it all together. This wasn’t a cheap project mainly due to the cost of the wireless speakers but it was completely worth it now that I have these cool modern speaker spheres of my own design. I still have another speaker to make and I’ll probably get that done in the next few days. All in all, I’m very happy.
How to Make a Decorative Folding Screen Using BiFold Doors I have an obsession with DIY decorating, but one decorating item in particular truly excites me when I choose items for a room. It is an item that is so useful and versatile when decorating a home that no home should be without one. It can be easily found at furniture stores as well as yard sales, thrift stores, and best of all it is very easy to make one on your own. My decorating obsession – the decorative folding screen. A decorative screen can change an entire room in an instant. It provides decoration as well as multiple functions since it can be easily moved from room to room whereever you may need it. A Decorative Folding Screen Can be Used In Many Ways: Stand one behind a bed to fill in for a headboard. I have four – I feel like I should say that in shame, but I know all you collectors understand – it is hard for me to pass one up. I will probably paint them someday, but for now – they will stay as they are. Turn it around and PRESTO- CHANGE-O a pop of color. Supplies Needed: 1. 2.
homeroad: Chicken Wire Screen I'm attempting to restyle the room divider screen I have in my kitchen. It matched the old kitchen wallpaper and since I just tore down all the old wallpaper, I thought I'd do something new and creative with the screen. The fact that the inserts in the screen were c ardboard made it a little easier... A few punches and I was through... Now... How about some chicken wire? Only problem... Did you ever try to paint chicken wire? Let me tell you... it isn't easy! As a matter of fact, it is darn near impossible! Picture this... And the fact that there is a foot of snow still on the ground here didn't help the situation... And here's the wire...not as rust colored as I had hoped it would be and definitely not as rust colored as I was. Anyway...I finished it. When it was dry... I stapled it to each of the 3 sections of the screen. I also hammered nails onto the middle section and wound wire around them to make a place to hang photos. The left side holds a sign...and maybe I'm thinking, with the results!
MAGIC Decal Tutorial with Free Printables! Some of you may remember, a little while back I posted a tutorial for DIY waterslide decals. Among other things, I mentioned how awesome they are for creating custom embellishments without the need for any fancy-pants equipment. Yep, waterslide decal paper is a truly fab product, though as great as it is, there is one drawback – although it’s somewhat tough it’s not especially durable. So, whilst it’s perfect for ornamental purposes, it’s not ideal for more practical applications…until now that is! Magic decal coating paper is a product designed to be used in conjunction with standard decal paper to make the finished transfers super durable – yes, even dishwasher resistant! If you’re already familiar with magic decal coating paper then please excuse my tardy excitement, though for everyone else who is just getting to the party now too, feel free to start throwing the streamers! 1 Image to transfer. Use anything you like. 2 Printer. You can use either a laser or an inkjet printer. 6 Scissors.