Paper-Back Planters: Recycling Books to Pot Indoor Plants Have books finally met their match with the Apple iPad, or is it just another fad like the Amazon Kindle? Readers may find some poetry in these volumes regardless of whether they are willing to give up their favorite paperback companions: potted plants put into scooped-out sections of beautiful old hardback books. Gardenkultur (via Inhabitat) makes a simple recycling project out of even the most complex novels, but carving into the heart of a book, sealing off the resulting space and putting seeds of little trees or other plant life into the curved void. Of course, this would work just as well as a do-it-yourself gardening project for those green-thumbed enough to provide proper moisture barriers for their own plants. But if a picture is said to be worth one thousand, at how many words do we value a wee plant? Hopefully these books were beyond repair and those ripe only for reuse.
DIY Home Hacks – Essential Daily Home Tips Make Do: 3 Modular Pieces for Making Endless DIY Projects One of the problems with a kit-of-parts approach is that you need, well, the kit … of parts. But what if you started from another angle and treated everyday scraps as raw materials? Then you might arrive at this ingenious idea: create the connectors and let the world around provide the rest of your material palette. MakeDo is a neat product that enables the do-it-yourself process with a set of items to help parse apart and reassemble everything from cardboard to plastic and fabric. Though it clearly has child-friendly appeal, calling it a kid’s toy would not do justice to this clever system – these would be equally fun to set loose in an otherwise boring lobby, waiting room or creative corporate office. The three basic modular elements are a connector, a hinge and construction tool. Bubble wrap, cardboard tubes, coffee cups, egg cartons, shipping boxes and other everyday objects suddenly take on a new set of possibilities – from playful to profound.
Bricolage facile: un tapis fait de bouchons de liège Les bouchons de liège des bouteilles de vin peuvent nous servir comme un matériel de bricolage parfait pour sa réutilisation, parce qu’ils sont biodégradables, naturels et renouvelables. Parmi les choses que nous pouvons faire avec eux, on trouve ce tapis de bain, fait avec quelques 200 bouchons de liège recyclés. Bricolage facile: comment faire un tapis avec des bouchons de liège Tu auras besoin de quelques 200 bouchons de liège, un pistolet de silicone, et un support pour l’utiliser comme plate-forme sur laquelle les bouchons de liège seront collés. 1. Preparation des bouchons de liège 2. Bouchons de liège sous forme de rectangle 3. Mesure et coupure 4. Bord du tapis 5. Tapis avec les bouchons de liège Alors n’oublie pas de garder les bouchons de liège pour pouvoir les réutiliser après, pour un projet de bricolage maison. Qu’est-ce que c’est exactement le liège? Le liège provient du chêne-liège.
Just Undo It: Re-Folding Clothes into DIY Bags & Backpacks Any do-it-yourself idea should get bonus points for not requiring any fasteners, hardware or other accessories to work – and extra credit for utilizing just one object, particularly something nearly everyone has a spare of in their closet. The video says it all, without requiring more than 20 seconds (let alone anything by way of words) – how to just flip, fold and wrap your way to a temporary laptop-to-go bag that even your precious computer should feel nice and secure inside. But why stop there? Other strapped backpacks and shoulder bags are possible too, as well as pillows and (if you are feeling really daring) even a baby carrier … be really careful, though, if you intend to build and use that particular variant. ConceptualDevices likes to keep things nice and easy, playing with elemental videos and simple sketches to show very clear new ways to organize existing objects and data into nifty new formations.?“A hoodie is not just a hoodie.
Tapis bouchons - At Huguette's Place Gardons un esprit écolo tout en trouvant une bonne excuse pour boire un peu de vin! J'ai trouvé cette super idée sur ce cite * pour recycler des bouchons de liège. Il vous faudra, en plus de la patience : des bouchons de liege (entre 100 et 200)de l'anti-dérapantde l'entoilageun pistolet à colleun couteau une planche à découoper Pour commencer il faut découper tous les bouchons dans le sens de la longueur avec un couteau bien aiguisé. Une fois découpés, disposez les bouchons pour qu'ils forment un rectangle le plus droit possible de la taille que vous aurez choisie. Avec la chaleur de la colle du pistolet, la colle de l'entoilage va accrocher à la couche inférieure, il n'y a donc même pas besoin de coudre quoi que ce soit. Dernier petit détail, cette bricole est très gourmande en colle! Deuxième épisode : le dessous de plat. Et puis j'ai fait un petit packaging. Commentaires sur Tapis bouchons
Practical to Impossible: 50 DIY Projects, Designs & Ideas For a little summer fun, you could use IKEA-style plans to construct your own time-and-space-ship or turning your computer cables into wall art. Alternatively, you might turn your pursuits to something a tad more practical, like creating an instant laptop case from an old hooded sweatshirt or making old books into new planters. Click the image links below for more pictures of and information on each design or idea: Either way, there is sure to be something in this collection of fifty do-it-yourself projects, ideas and concepts to tickle your fancy. Some of these project concepts come with pragmatic plans and material lists, while others are intended to spark your imagination.
16 idées de décoration pour transformer vos vieilleries en de véritables objets design 1. Le canapé baignoire 2. Les miroirs en raquettes de tennis 3. Le paravent de cintres aux mille couleurs 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. via: dailygeekshow.com Vous avez aimé cet article ? Commentaires Commentaires
3 Lovely Ways to Upcycle Glass & Plastic Bottles into Vases Generic disposable containers take on new dimensions with a simple twist or touch of decoration. These three solutions show how a little extra time or material can go a long way. Take the essentially two-dimensional Pimavera Vase, for instance – simply drop in your old bottle and voila, you have a neat receptacle for a single perfect flower. Cover It does what the title suggests: a net sheath slips around the outside of the container, conforming to it but also transforming it. The Lace Vase extends the same principle upward, combining a flexible silicon rubber sleeve that snugly hugs the top of the container while opening the neck upward to turn an inwardly-tapered bottle into an outwardly-expanding vase.
DIY — Trois pliages de serviettes un peu kitsch pour les fêtes Pondu par clonesnclowns le 19 décembre 2013 Les pliages de serviettes, c’est pas toujours facile ! Aimee, du super blog Clones N Clowns, vous aide avec trois idées simples comme tout. Ça y est, les cadeaux sont faits et la liste des courses est écrite ? Et la table alors, vous y pensez ? Le pliage des serviettes c’est juste pri-mor-dial par temps de fêtes, c’est à ça par-dessus TOUT que l’on reconnaîtra vos efforts. Alors pour sauver l’honneur d’un foie gras fait maison trop peu salé, munissez-vous de serviettes en tissu (ici 45cm x 45cm) et choisissez l’un des designs ci-dessous. Le sapin de Noël Un grand classique : que serait Noël sans un sapin dans l’assiette ? Étapes 1-2 — Pliez votre serviette en quatre (1) en écartant les coins de quelques centimètres (2).Étape 3 — Retournez votre serviette et pliez les ailes dans le dos l’une après l’autre.Étapes 4-6 — Prenez votre serviette du bon côté (4) et repliez les coins les uns après les autres (5) pour former votre sapin (6). Le cœur
Spicy Storage Solution Frees Up Stacks of Cupboard Space People who do more than a casual amount of cooking are bound to have cupboards full of spice jars. There are plenty of store-bought solutions for organizing and arranging those jars, but it seems that a vertical storage method is the most space-saving of all. This DIY version was created using a sheet of stainless steel, some canning jars with one-piece caps, epoxy glue and super-strong magnets – all for a little over $100. The wall-mounted spice rack is perfect for holding the seemingly endless collection of spice bottles that build up so easily in the kitchen. The clear jars are stored on their sides so that you can easily see what’s stored inside each one. After you affix a simple label wherever you prefer, you have a reasonably well-organized spice storage system. As with any DIY idea, the key is to make it yours.
Faire soi-même - Consommer Durable Nettoyez votre huile de friture pour la réutiliser... Le 23/04/15 par Alan - Pas de commentaire » Plus on l'utilise, plus l'huile de friture s'altère. Lire la suite » Conservez vos fines herbes fraîches très longtemps... Le 23/03/15 par Alan - Pas de commentaire » Vous connaissez probablement cette situation : vous avez acheté des fines herbes (coriandre, persil, cerfeuil, ciboulette, etc.) ou vous en avez cueilli ... Lire la suite » Faire pousser des champignons chez soi en 10 jours !... Le 27/12/14 par tdomf_57c4a - Pas de commentaire » Parmi les expérimentations culinairo-jardinières à effectuer à la maison, on peut essayer le traditionnel Et si vous faisiez pousser des champignons en 10 ... Lire la suite » Découpez une orange pour la déguster, une méthode sim... Le 26/12/14 par Alan - Pas de commentaire » Éplucher une orange n'est pas toujours chose aisée. Lire la suite » Faire pousser des champignons chez soi en 10 jours !... Le 02/12/14 par tdomf_57c4a - Pas de commentaire » Lire la suite »
DIY Stone Bathmat: Create a Luxurious Shower Experience It is a sensation we associate with luxury resorts and remote beaches – stepping out of the water and onto smooth pebbles. It is also remarkably easy to recreate this experience at home. Susan Wasinger from Natural Home (via LifeHacker) spells out the simple steps and materials, but essentially: (1) make the frame, (2) add a wire mesh screen, (3) add the stones. And voila, a free foot massage every day. Details can be found here, but think of this as a fun project worth adapting – not something to strictly follow the rules on, particularly when it comes to the constituent materials: “The stones can be collected in your beach-combing adventures or purchased by the bag at garden centers and stone yards for a couple bucks a pound.”
40 Things You Don't Have To Throw Away Are you one of those people who have a drawer or a box, maybe two of them, which is always full of “useless garbage” as you would think of it? Don’t be ashamed if you are, you are just like anyone else. Everyone collects things, ranging from small buttons to huge parts of some appliance or piece of furniture in case you’ll ever need it. But somehow, you never seem to actually have a need of it right? Well, the reason we are showing this collection of 40 Things You Don’t Have To Throw Away today is in order to show you a lot of effective and useful ways to reuse old things such as shoe boxes, jars, tins, cans, containers and many, many other similar things you would have thought of as useless and garbage, but yet somehow you’ve managed to think of them as things you don’t have to throw away. And, why should you reuse old things? Source: mychiclife.com Source: farm8.staticflickr.com Source: modpodgerocksblog.com Source: cdn.instructables.com Source: cherishedbliss.com Source: 4.bp.blogspot.com