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The gang at Threadbanger is back with another useful and entertaining video lesson: This time, the topic is revamping flea market (or heirloom) furniture with some basic d.i.y. upholstery. If you haven't tried it yet, you should definitely watch the video, because it is really so, so easy. Like, "if you can use a stapler, you can do it" easy. Watch and learn.
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1. As The Handy Craftsman Jerry Bennett says, "If you're thinking about making a gourd birdhouse, you should have started thinking about it last year." I beg to differ: If you're willing the relinquish control of the gourd-dying process—and, really, who isn't?—you can buy a pre-dried gourd at a craft supply or florist shop and be good to go the same day.
2. Birds are very particular about the size of hole they're willing to go in. Check the chart at Amishgourds.com to plan yours accordingly. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (2) | Blog
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Sometimes, even the professionals need professional help. Such was the case with Domino contributing editor Stephen Treffinger, who called in Matt Baier of Matt Baier Organizing to help him tame his nightmare of a home office. (I was shocked to see at the end of the video that this "home office" is actually his dining room table—you would never guess that in the beginning.) Baier offers a few useful tips for sorting and organizing, as well as the great mantra, "Clutter is postponed decisions," which you can repeat to yourself every time you are tempted to add another thing to the I'll-deal-with-that-later pile. Read More »
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Remember what I said a couple of weeks ago about the usefulness of clothespins? Meg Allan of Threadbanger clearly agrees. In this video, she shows how to incorporate them into an easy-to-update art display system—which really only calls for an old frame, a few lengths of string, and some clips. Read More »
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The closest I have ever come to producing my own food was the week in my freshman year Genetics lab when each student cloned a cell (or maybe a few cells? I can't remember) of a carrot. Since we could only look at the results through a microscope—and for all we knew, nothing even happened—it was not all that satisfying. Then last year, my friends E. and T. got a section of a community garden near their apartment in Brooklyn, and began making soups and cakes and breads with the spoils of their little patch of soil. I'd run into them at the farmer's market, and they'd have this We, Too, Grow Our Own Food glow that was only slightly dimmed by their tales of aching backs and disappointing tomato yields. In any case, although I don't have a yard or a spot in a community garden, this great little video that Swiss Miss posted today (from My Urban Farm) has shown me that the satisfaction of reaping what one sows is within even my reach—and does not require safety goggles: it's all about pots. Read More »
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If you perked up at the list of green cleaning materials we posted earlier today, but were wondering exactly what to do with them (I'm talking to you, blasianmya), check out this video clip from Threadbanger's Meg Allan. She'll show you the couldn't-be-easier-if-she-came-over-and-did-it-herself steps for making a natural, all-purpose scrub, a glass cleaner, a gentle wood cleaner, and an anti-mold spray. She'll even show you how to improvise a lid for that antique glass jar that's sitting in your cabinet collecting dust, so you can fill it up with a solution for...cleaning dust off other things. Read More »
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This week on Threadbanger, Meg Allan demonstrates all things d.i.y. lighting, from how to hang paper lanterns and online sources for creative illumination to a lampshade makeover and switchplate replacements. Plus there's a cute shot of sleeping doggies at the end!
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