Woodworking
DIY Guitar Wall Hanger
How I made guitar wall hangers to save floor space and make room for an iRoomba parking spot.
How to Make a Wooden Housing for External HDDs (With Filing Tray on Top)
A step-by-step guide to making multipurpose wooden housing for external hard drives (or similar equipment) with a filing tray on top. It's designed to protect equipment on the desk (and to stop the cat from knocking them over every time she jumps up to get to the windowsill).
How to Make Wooden Filing Tray Storage Units
A step-by-step guide to making wooden stacking filing tray units from plywood—a dual three-tier unit and a single-tiered unit with shelving on top.
How to Make an Elephant Planter: Simple DIY Planter Plans
Step-by-step instructions for building an interesting little elephant planter box from scraps of mahogany.
How to Build a Hanging Platform Bird Feeder
This attractive hanging platform bird feeder is simple to make and offers a seed tray to attract a wide variety of birds including cardinals, chickadees and bluebirds.
How to Build a Multi-Unit Condo Birdhouse: Easy DIY Birdhouse Plans
Built for the birds, this interesting birdhouse design has three separate units and has fledged several families of bluebirds and wrens. A few repurposed and salvaged bits add whimsy and transform a basic birdhouse into a unique piece of yard art.
How to Make a Cable Management Trough From Recycled Wood
Follow this simple step-by-step guide and make a cable management trough from recycled wood. It's designed for easy and versatile use, and it fits on the back wall beneath your computer desktop (to keep all the cables off the floor under the desk).
How to Make a Corner Wall Shelf Unit
Step-by-step guide to making a corner wall shelf unit from a sheet of 12 mm (½ inch) plywood, using recycled pine wood for the sides and inner shelf supports.
How to Retrofit Additional Shelving to a Built-in DVD Storage Unit
Join me in this simple task of retrofitting two additional shelves to an existing built-in DVD/Blu-ray storage unit, closely matching the existing hewed wood effect (medieval-style) and wood stain colour of the existing shelving unit.
Renovate & Repurpose an Oak Dining Table Into Sewing Table
Learn how to turn a dining table into a sewing table with this guide. It's not just another oak dining table renovation and repurposing project: I also show my experimental approach, as I explored various options (while thinking out of the box) to meet specific criteria to a satisfactory level.
How I Made This Custom Guitar Pedal Board
Building your own guitar pedal board doesn't have to be complicated or expensive. This simple rack is easy to make, built sturdy to take abuse, and it keeps your stomp boxes organized with the cables tucked neatly underneath. The size can be adjusted to fit your specific needs. And it looks good!
How to Build a Winter Roosting Box: DIY Barn Wood Project for the Birds
As winter approaches, birds seek shelter from the cold. A roosting box provides protection from the harsh winter weather and allows several birds to huddle together to conserve energy by sharing body warmth.
Barnwood Birdhouse Plans: How to Build a Rustic Handcrafted Birdhouse
This unique birdhouse is handcrafted from rustic barn wood and repurposed pine. Made for the birds, the birdhouse will make a great home for a variety of cavity-nesting birds, including chickadees and wrens.
Turning Driftwood Into a Whale Wall Art Sculpture
Turning pieces of driftwood into sculpture is fun, challenging, and rewarding. Half the fun is finding driftwood while walking along the Humarock Beach. The other half is fitting the pieces together to create a driftwood whale sculpture.
Bespoke Wooden Wildlife Camera Stand: Design, Construction & Field Test
Bespoke design and build of an adjustable wooden stand for use with wildlife camera mounting arms. This is for easy and flexible use in the back garden. It's built from durable scrap wood and designed for potential multi-purposing as a garden table.
5 Ways to Stain Wood at Home
Learn how you can use readily available craft materials to stain wood with excellent results.
How to Build a Multi-Unit Birdhouse: Simple DIY Birdhouse Plans
Step-by-step instructions for building an interesting multi-unit birdhouse with three separate nest boxes. Built for the birds, this design has fledged several families of bluebirds and wrens. A few repurposed and salvaged bits add character and whimsy, transforming a basic birdhouse into folk art.
How I Made This Spy Window Birdhouse for Watching Baby Birds in Their Nest
Watch as the birds build their nest, lay eggs, and raise their babies. Step-by-step instructions make it easy to build a hanging birdhouse with a clear plastic window to see inside the nesting box.
How to Repurpose an Antique Sewing Machine Base Into a Unique Table
Turn a vintage sewing machine stand into an interesting and useful table. I purchased the base for $10 and made the top from pieces of salvaged lumber (free!).
How to Make a Rustic Wooden Clock Out of Old Lumber
The clock will function properly as long as you install the clock kit directly in the center of whatever shape you choose—oval, maybe? To hang the clock, I ended up just nailing a small nail into our wall and using the top 1×2 piece that connects the slats together to hang it.
How to Make a Nesting Shelf for Robins: DIY Nest Box Plans
DIY plans with photos and step-by-step instructions for building a robin nesting shelf.
How to Make a Suet Cake Bird Feeder With a Tail Prop for Woodpeckers
This simple bird feeder for holding suet cakes is easy to make. The extended tail prop makes it easy for woodpeckers to balance while feasting on the suet.
Tips for Cutting Up and Working With Wood Pallets
This easy method makes cutting pallets into usable pallet wood planks a breeze.
How to Make a Sewing Cabinet With Drawers
Step-by-step instructions for making a bespoke, wooden sewing cabinet on wheels with a hinged lid and shallow drawers for accessories.
Tips on Carving Faces in Relief
The human face is the ultimate challenge for many carvers. This article offers helpful insights on how to succeed.
How to Make a Multi-Purpose Protective Cover Box From Recycled Wood
How to upcycle a folding table and use other recycled wood to make a wooden box to protect an overlocker (serger) sewing machine.
How to Build a DIY Single-Color Silk-Screen Printing Station
In this article, I will share with you three different ways to build a silk-screen printing station.
Tombstone Ideas for Your Halloween Graveyard
Transform your yard into a creepy Halloween graveyard with fake tombstones and clever epitaphs. Here are ideas for funny R.I.P. names and spooky tombstone sayings, plus easy instructions for making your own tombstones.
5 Types of Wood Glue and What They're Used For
Information about five types of wood glue: polyvinyl acetate, polyurethane, cyanoacrylate, hide, and epoxy. Learn the strengths and weaknesses of each and what projects they are better for.
Make a Simple Quilting Extension Table
A simple quilting extension table made with parts from Home Depot, completed in less than an hour, and with minimal material costing around $20. It has adjustable legs and can be readily modified to a number of sewing machines.
How to Sharpen New Chisels in 5 Steps
The more I learn about working with wood, the more I appreciate a sharp tool. Let me share some of the knowledge I have gained about how to sharpen chisels, and also why it's important.
How to Color a Wood Burning Project
There is a proper way to color your wood burning project without raising the grain of the wood. This article explores the technique more in depth.
Bluebird House Plans: How to Build a Chalet-Style Bluebird Birdhouse
Step-by-step instructions with photos for building a stylish bluebird birdhouse that the birds will actually use. Adding a few extra details adds character and makes your birdhouse unique.
How to Build a Stuffed Animal Storage Cage
This article walks you through how to build a storage box for your child's stuffed animals with paracord sides. The paracord sides make it easy for a child to pull out any toy from any location.
How to Build a Duplex Condo Birdhouse
Two birdhouses in one unique design! Step-by-step plan for building a birdhouse with two separate nest boxes, each with its own entrance.
Make New Wood Look Rustic With a Torch!
This easy method of transforming new wood involves burning the wood with a propane torch. Everything is more fun with a blazing torch in your hand!
How to Make a Spice Rack From Oak Tongue and Groove Floorboards
This article shares the design concept and a step-by-step guide to making a bespoke spice rack from solid oak tongue and groove floorboards. The rack includes a paper towel holder.
How to Make a Floating Wine Bottle Holder
Learn how to make a floating wine bottle holder. This is an easy woodworking project that anyone can do.
How to Make an Over-the-Door Display Shelf
Step-by-step guide to making and fitting a simple display shelf above the door for displaying soft stuffed toy animals. This can be used as an alternative to the hammocks designed for the same purpose.
How to Make a Simple Shelf Unit for Wall Mirror
Simple step-by-step guide for making a wooden shelving unit, from recycled wood, that neatly fits under a wall-mounted mirror.
How to Build a License Plate Birdhouse: DIY Plans for Unique Garden Art
Unique ideas with plans for making decorative birdhouses using old license plates. These are functional birdhouses that birds will actually use to raise their families.
Making a Bespoke Cabinet With Drawer for the Living Room From Recycled Oak
How-to guide for making a solid oak cabinet for the living room on a low budget from reclaimed timber and floorboards that match the general style and dimensions of existing oak furniture.
How to Build a Strong Mortise and Tenon Bench
If you want a bench that is timely, extremely strong, and is built using old-time joinery with a traditional-looking finish, look no further!
How to Build a Fly-Through Tray Bird Feeder: DIY County Store Platform Bird Feeder Plans
Build a platform bird feeder that is designed to look like a rustic country store.
DIY Craft Tutorial: Patriotic Flag Decoration for Memorial Day or 4th of July
This crafty patriotic flag makes a cheerful decoration to honor our service people and celebrate the summer holidays. With the addition of floral blooms, this sign can welcome visitors all year long!
Bluebird House Plans: How to Build a Simple Six-Sided Birdhouse
This unique birdhouse is built for the birds! Simple to make, the six-sided birdhouse looks great in the garden and it is designed to attract bluebirds.
How to Build a Bent-Willow Chair
Learn how to build a bent-willow chair using free wood collected from the roadside. They're perfect to use as outdoor furniture so you can relax on the porch during the evenings!
How to Make a Personalized Wooden Spoon
If you are new to woodcarving, this spoon is easy to make and will put a smile on someone's face. You can personalize it by painting or carving something in the handle.
How to Successfully Carve a Welsh Love Spoon
This Welsh spoon is full of special meaning and is not that difficult to master for new carvers.
How to Build a Vintage Wooden Candle Box
Candle boxes have been around for centuries. This early 1700s replica candle box will add to your décor and function as a box to hold anything you want to put in it.