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<img alt="ThisOldHouse.com" src="http://img2.timeinc.net/toh/i/video/door-knob/door-knob-l.jpg"><br> At my house, coats pile up on dining room chairs and get put away only when dinner guests actually need to sit. I have a coat closet—two, in fact—but after a long day at work, who really has the time to mess with hangers? So for a project using vintage metal doorknobs, a toss-and-go coatrack seemed just the antidote for my lazy ways. Read More »
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There is, in some cases, something to be said for doing things halfway. Example: I'm much more motivated to buy some big, shapeless, unflattering garment at the thrift store and alter it into something cool than I am to undertake a possibly daunting sewing project completely from scratch. The same goes for artwork—I'm way too self-conscious about "not being an artist" to think seriously about, say, painting something to hang on my walls, but I can definitely get behind tweaking some junk art and making it a little more special. Not that I fancy myself a Tony Shafrazi for the '00s, but it can be kinda fun to "deface" a traditional piece. Glue, glitter, beads, paint—all are fair game for making over flea market art.
Photo Credit: Valerie Rains
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We've already blogged about the Conceal Bookshelf, and how it was flying off the shelves at the MoMA Design Store, and now we're passing along the instructions for making your very own d.i.y. version of that "invisible" display. According to the folks at VideoJug, all you need is:
- your largest, least-loved book
- an L-bracket
- a utility knife
- a drill
- a Phillip's head screwdriver
- small flathead wood screws
- large flathead wood screws
- tape measure
- glue
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