I’m willing to bet that many of us have a piece of broken furniture hiding in the basement somewhere (I know I do!) Maybe it has a broken leg or just needs a makeover. You tell yourself you’ll fix it… one day. I’ve grown tired of looking at this old pine table that’s gone all
How many hours do you spend sitting down every day? Between my day job and editing content, I spend WAY too much time sitting at my desk. They say sitting is the new smoking… Whatever that means. But one thing is clear, all that sitting isn’t good for anyone. So today I’m doing something about it
Just over a year ago, I built a desk from scratch for my home office. I built a set of drawer cabinets out of plywood and added a solid ash wood desk top. I’ve been meaning to build a set of matching floating shelves for over a year now but seem to keep putting it
I live in an old house with a tiny entryway closet. Inevitably, every winter it ends up overflowing with coats, jackets, scarves and hats. To help remedy this, I decided to build this modern free standing coat rack. It’s made entirely of wood, but I finished the base to make it look metal. DIY Modern
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I’ve had this old timber beam in the corner of my shop for almost 2 years now, just waiting to see some action. I salvaged it during some major renovations I did a couple years ago. We had some walls removed to create an open concept between my kitchen and dining room. This was actually
Summer is in full bloom and I’ve been enjoying the the warm sunny weather out on my deck here in Montreal. That being said, one key piece of furniture has been missing to complete my patio set: a coffee table. Not any coffee table though, but something that looks cool. Meanwhile, I’ve been itching to try making
Working from home has become more popular than ever. Even though I’ve been teleworking for over a year now, I’ve been doing so from everywhere but my home office. The kitchen, the couch, the bed, you name it. The truth is my home office looks more like a storage unit than anything else. Today, I’m
Finishing plywood cabinets on the outside can be as easy as a few coats of paint, but if you want professional looking cabinets, you need to consider finishing the inside of the cabinet too, especially the drawers. In this tutorial, I’ll cover 4 different techniques to finish plywood cabinets inside & out, including sealing plywood,
After almost a year working from home now, I decided it’s finally time to build a desk for my home office. The most challenging part will be the base cabinets and the drawers, so I’m starting with that first. Drawers can be scary and intimidating, but they don’t have to be. In this tutorial, I’ll
My goal was to build an original yet timeless nightstand. I had vision of a black frame with hexagon pattern drawers, and a mid-century style base. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through everything from making the carcass from rough-sawn lumber, to making the base and the drawers, making wooden drawer slides, and of course,
Today we’re tackling basic cabinetry and building some tongue and groove doors (aka rail & style). I’ll show you how to make shaker doors using nothing but the table saw and a regular blade. The concept of shaker doors is simple: all 4 pieces have a groove, and 2 of them have a tongue on
With summer on the horizon, and most of us spending a lot of time at home right now, I wanted to design a lounger that would allow me to enjoy the sun or read a book out on my deck. I wanted something compact that I could easily store away when not in use. That’s
There are some really cool things you can do with plywood like creating visual patterns. I thought this could give a really cool look to an otherwise plain looking bar stool, so I decided to try out a chevron pattern for the seat. In today’s build, I’ll also show you how to use compound angles
Dowels can be a really easy and effective joinery method once you’ve gotten used to doweling, but can also be confusing on the first try. I decided to build this slatted cube table to challenge myself using only dowel joints. 136 dowels to be exact! I used 2 different doweling jigs in the process: the
I’ve been going through a major remodel over the past few months that included a brand new powder room. The bathroom is pretty narrow so I wanted a small custom wall hung vanity to fit with my vessel sink and wall faucet. This tutorial explains how I built a floating vanity and how I installed
I’ve had these old wooden doors in my garage for some time now. The doors were here when I bought the house a few years ago, but don’t seem to belong anywhere in the house. Now, my house was built in 1915, so these are solid core doors, and boy are they heavy. Unfortunately the
This 4-sided walk-in closet island is packed with storage solutions. Two sides have open shelving to store 32+ pairs of shoes. The other 2 sides have sliding barn doors for “hidden storage”. You can make the barn door hardware yourself, and I’ll show you how. The overall dimension of this closet island are 32″ x
So I signed up for season 5 of the Instagram Builder’s challenge @igbuilderschallenge. The challenge is to build a piece of furniture based off the plans they provide, but to modify the design and make it your own. This time around we were challenged to build an X brace coffee table with a shelf. Click
I’ve had a pile of reclaimed wood sitting up on my lumber rack for about a year now waiting for that perfect project. I wanted to build something with this old tongue and groove barn wood that would keep with the spirit, so I designed some plans for an antique wooden storage chest. Unfortunately the
