Do you need a better place to put your keys and your mail? Then build your own DIY key and mail holder. It’s a very simply woodworking project that you can make with scrap material and basic tools. This entryway key holder can be built to whatever size you want using whatever hooks you want.…
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It’s fall, and how do you decorate your front porch in the fall? With pumpkins of course. I happened to have some leftover pieces of lath from a previous project and some scrap lumber, and the next thing you know we had a DIY fall front porch pumpkin decoration made out of scrap wood. I chose…
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For several years we have simply had separate food and water bowls for our 100 pound golden doodle sitting on the kitchen floor. A while back my wife thought it would be wise to elevate her food and water bowls since she is quite tall. We’ve used everything from a popcorn tin to a 5…
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I have a friend who has a very “modern” home. The house itself follows the modern style and of course they try to stick with that theme when picking out furnishings and decorations. In one conversation I learned that they have several succulents and that he was wanting some sort of stand for the various…
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Stars aren’t just for Christmas, but they sure are popular this time of year. After my wife showed me a wooden star decoration she found on Pinterest last year, I decided to try and make one with some scrap cedar lumber I had. I built a jig, did some initial work, then set it aside…
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I was recently asked to build a Christmas village display shelf for a client. She saw an example on Pinterest of a Christmas tree shaped shelf and wondered if I could make one for her. Many people have Christmas villages or other Christmas related decor collections and want a way to display them during the…
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You know those leftover 2×4’s, 2×6’s, etc., that you have in your garage? What are you going to do with them? One option is to build a cascade stand. This is a very simple project that can be done with the scrap lumber that most of us have laying around the shop. All you need…
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A lot of the projects I take on are because someone wants something specific but can’t find it anywhere. It may be something they have seen in a magazine or on Pinterest, or something that they want that will match something they already have. That was the case with the folding ladder tray. A friend…
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What do you do when you have a collectible sewing machine that you want to show off? You have a custom sewing machine stand built for it of course. One of my clients is an avid sewer and collector of sewing machines. This particular model was originally purchased by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s “home economics”…
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