Along with my new roof, I just installed a Solatube skylight. Our bathroom is the only room in the house with no windows. It had one originally, but someone covered it up with a tub-surround years ago. The room is a cave. Even in the middle of the day, you need to turn on the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘diy’
New Solatube skylight
Posted: November 17, 2009 in Home, home improvement, Money/ wealthTags: diy, energy savings, home improvement, roof, savings, skylight, Solatube, sun, sun tunnel, tax credit, tubular skylight, window
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DIY chimney repair
Posted: August 29, 2009 in Home, home improvement, Money/ wealth, UncategorizedTags: chimney, chimney repair, diy, repair, roof
So we need to get our roof done soon. The previous owner bought the house in 1983 and never put a roof on it. Rather than wait until our cielings cave in on us, we want to do some preventative maintenance. What does this have to do with chimneys you ask? Well, most of the [...]
home-made spice rack from wine crate
Posted: August 29, 2009 in design, Food, HomeTags: diy, Home, home-made, homemade, kitchen, made, project, rack, spice, spice rack, wine
I found these Napa Valley wine crates at the Rescue Mission Thrifty Shopper for $3.00 each. Then I got some thin oak and made wider shelves so our spices could fit. I just had to cut the oak to length, drill some holes, and cut in from the edges so that the shelves can twist [...]
DIY recycled business cards
Posted: August 27, 2009 in Art, design, environmentTags: business, business cards, card, design, diy, recycle, recycled, typesetting
Just quit your job? Still at your job, but haven’t figured out what you’re going to do with the other 849 business cards that are stuffed in a desk drawer somewhere? Well I have a solution. Just take all those old business cards with your name and wrong/old phone numbers and e-mail on them and [...]
Arphid snooping-proof wallet
Posted: August 27, 2009 in design, Money/ wealth, sci-fi, science, TravelTags: arphid, card, credit, credit card, diy, grocery store, hacker, hackers, privacy, RFID, supermarket, wallet
When I tell people about how I made my own wallet to protect myself from arphid snoopers, they look at me like I’m crazy. When I say it has aluminum foil in it to block the signals, they know I’m crazy. Like tin-foil hat so the Government can’t hear my thoughts, crazy. And maybe, in [...]
New home-made shelves
Posted: April 18, 2009 in Home, home improvementTags: crown molding, diy, shelves, wood, woodworking
I found a nice piece of cherry crown molding at the Re-Store, which is run by Habitat for Humanity. They salvage any useful architectural pieces from all the houses that get torn down. So I thought that with a few 45* cuts, they would make some nice shelves. I was right. Although I could have [...]
