With the holidays just around the corner, a homemade cutting board can be a great gift to make for family and friends. You can make them as simple or over-the-top as you want, using exotic colorful woods with grain worth drooling over. You can make end grain boards, add a juice grove or even make […]
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In my last build, I made a really large wood picture frame with splines and I thought I’d share how I made a super simple corner clamping jig to clamp and align the corners during the glue up process. Watch the 2 minute video or read on! Click here to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel for more DIY
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When I first bought my hundred year old house through an estate sale, I inherited of a painting that had been created by the previous owner who had lived there for over 40 years. I decided it was about time that I made a decent frame to hang this piece of history on the wall.
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This project began with me wanting to make a picture frame. I was doing some research on how I wanted to reinforce the mitered corner joints and that’s when I realized something. The corner splines I often see people use on decorative boxes and picture frames aren’t just decorative. They actually make the mitered joint
With Halloween just around the corner, I’ve decided to try yet another concrete experiment. In my very first ever concrete project, I made a large round concrete planter. So this time around, I’ve decided to make a Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin using concrete. Click here to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel for more DIY videos! Here are the
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One thing I learned making this entryway coat rack bench is that there’s actually a name for it. It’s called a hall tree. Who would of thought? If you have a small entryway and are looking for a simple (yet cool) way to store your coats, shoes, hats, mitts, umbrellas and everything else, a hall
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I guess you could say I’m truly a DIY addict. When I walk into furniture stores, all I can think to myself is not what I would like to purchase, no. Instead, all I can think about is how I could make what I see myself. And not even because I need one, but just
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One of the easiest ways to hang frames flush against the wall is using keyhole slots. They are easy to make with a keyhole router bit. The tricky part is making all your keyholes the same distance from the top of the frame so your picture will be level. You can make a simple keyhole
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If you’re into woodworking or even just own a table saw, I can bet you have a collection of scrap wood and cut offs lying around just like me. I reached a point when I could barely move around in my shop because of the various piles of wood that seem to accumulate everywhere. While
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I went into West Elm the other day and saw this super cute mid-century plant stand, and immediately thought to myself – I can make that! I was even more convinced of myself after I took a peek at the price tag. Check out the video below for the step-by-step making process or read on! Click here