This wine rack is made from salvaged 2×10 wood (pine for the shelves and upright supports and cherry for the wine bottle holders), left over from another project. Overall dimensions for this wine rack are 50½” h x 22″ w x 9″ deep, but you can adjust accordingly to accommodate the amount of salvaged material on hand. [click to continue…]
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Ahhh, the can cooler. Does anything conjure images of summer as loud or clear? For all those who are truly discriminating when it comes to proper beer presentation and consumption, Rockler has the can cooler for you. Oh, you’re probably thinking, “Can coolers are a dime a dozen. What’s the big deal?” Well… [click to continue…]
This wood coat rack project is about a half step up on the challenge meter from screwing a hook into the wall. Think of it as my gift to all of you curled into a fetal ball, popping meds like breath mints joyfully anticipating the advent of summer vacation. All the kids will be home, whining about the heat, letting you know just how much you suck for not providing them with an Olympic sized swimming pool and generally, bored to tears before the last, dud firework fizzles to a slow and pathetic death a mere 16 inches from wherever you set it off. Occupy their time and regain their respect with a project they can take part in. [click to continue…]
If you’re addicted to DIY projects and the latest tools, there’s little doubt that you also have a slew of organizational products to keep your tools and screws and nails and nuts and what-not where they should be (although we can’t guarantee that you’re actually using them consistently – sort of like that treadmill-slash-clothes hanger in the basement). Maybe it’s a hefty tool box or a peg-board or maybe you like to keep things real with man’s first organizational product: a bucket. [click to continue…]
I know a lot of people who are freaked out by the horror movie, The Ring. Me, I’m not into scary films. I’ve never quite understood why some people find being in a state of anxiety is a form of entertainment (same reason why I never cared for ER either). Anyway, the rings that really bug me are the ones left behind from glasses on wood furniture.
The horror! Like Larry David said in a recent episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, I have to ask people who do this, “Do you respect wood?”
If you recently had someone in your home who does not respect wood, I have a simple way to remove water ring stains from wood tables. This solution, however, only works on naturally stained and waxed furniture, and because results may vary, use these techniques at your own risk: [click to continue…]
