“Workbench Magazine”, now known as “My Home, My Style”, is full of great products, tips and info for woodworkers, but these under stair storage cabinets are the best idea I’ve seen in a long while. Few spaces are weirder and less usable than the area beneath the stairs, and so many of us miss the mark when attempting to make use of it. Please take a moment to gaze upon my better half’s half-ass solution to this common dilemma… [click to continue…]
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Let’s face it, the garage can be a magnet for things other than your prized tools and hardware. In our household, it is also the deposit area for anything my wife deems to fall in the man’s domain. This means I regularly find little “presents” like the spoon I’m supposed to repair – that somehow found it’s way into the garbage disposal, or the random tools that somehow get left scattered around the house either during or after projects and then are picked up by the tool fairy. If your garage is a black hole that seems to attract just about everything, you’ll need some decent storage. That’s where the Premier Five Drawer GearDrawer from Gladiator Garageworks comes in. [click to continue…]
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I’ll be the first, and one of many, to tell you that I am not a very organized person. I am a big believer in chaos theory and to some extent my garage and other work spaces reflect that. I guess I believe deep down that if I leave enough random tools laying about that eventually the work will get done. I mean come on, if a butterfly flapping its wings in Mexico can cause storms in New York City then its probable that my hammer and nails will work themselves in the peg board I’ve been meaning to hang. [click to continue…]
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Congratulations, home owner, you just got the keys to your new place! Now all that’s left is that delightful matter of packing and moving your crap. Sure, you can go the ol’ Garbage Bag and Boxes from the Liquor Store route, or you can realize you don’t live in a frat house any more and need real, sizeable moving containers that won’t be mistaken for trash. Alas, buying new cardboard boxes is surprisingly costly – and while recyclable, it’s hardly a great move for the environment to keep producing and trashing cardboard. So what’s a classy, budget-minded, and eco-aware person in transition to do? We’ve got the answer! [click to continue…]
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. And while that may be true I contend, in at least this case, that ingenuity is the cranky old grandfather and boredom is the big papi! What you think you see is an old upright piano however, de de de de, it’s a covert work station with pegboard and cabinets. So I guess the guy was like, “Well I have this 800 lb. broken piano, and all my tools in this itty bitty apartment. How can I have the best of both worlds?” I’d personally love to see what he could do with a recliner and toilet! Truthfully, when I see things like this I want to ask the person who did it if they are interested in taking a look at that pesky cancer thing or our energy dependence. I gotta think there’s more problem solving in that mind. Regardless of the rest of this guy’s life work, his addition to society, the Stealth Piano, has earned him a place on my mantle next to Mr. Dewalt and Señorita Makita. [click to continue…]
