Archive for December, 2008

Modified Crib for Parent with Disability

Friday, December 19th, 2008

This is a revised version of my crib modification Instructable. It includes more details on how to do some of the more complex steps, a complete list of tool/equipment requirements, and some additional changes I’ve had to make since publishing the original. I hope people find the extra information useful.

Parents with disabilities face [...]

French chic hacks

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Guillaume sends us two of her hacks. One is an end table with the feet painted black and covered with coloured paper. The second is a tray, painted back and embellished with a menu of a restaurant.

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Barb’s shabby chic bedroom

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Barb’s bedroom came together from bits and pieces. Who would have known! Very shabby chic.
She says, “The bed started with two Ikea TV benches from a few years back (sorry, don’t know the name) and grew from there - a sheet of MDF on top, an old door for the footboard and a couple [...]

French chic hacks

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Barb’s shabby chic bedroom

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

TV shelf with door stoppers for legs

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

This is neat. Door stoppers as legs for the Lack shelf. Kudos, Scott.

The door stoppers are aluminium rubber-tipped door stoppers and fixed to the bottom of a Lack wall shelf using the screws provided. It also happens to be the perfect snuggle height for his DVD recorder and sound system.
See more of Scott’s Lack TV [...]

TV shelf with door stoppers for legs

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Starry starry canopy hack

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Handem gave her daughter the stars.

Handem says, “I wanted to decorate my daughter’s bed but could not find anything special enough… I bought fluorescent stars and bugs and had a canopy. (name forgotten) As I was going to put those up, this great idea came up. I sewed all bugs and butterflies on [...]

Francesca’s steel shoe rack

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Shoe lover Francesca hacks a shoe rack that offers plenty of storage and doesn’t cost a lot.
She says, “Well, everything started with the fact that I did need a place to put myshoes in and, like every Italian girl, I’ve got plenty of shoes! This made the traditional furniture for shoes completely useless, unless [...]

Starry starry canopy hack

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008