Dolly, my 1962 VW Beetle – who we joke has a bedroom, not an actual garage haha – is again the subject of this weeks’ episode. This time we look at the issue of performance.
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DIY on a Dime #58 Quick Coffee Table
As it happened, a few weeks ago I needed to make a small coffee table very quickly – and here it is: the less than two hour coffee table!
DIY on a Dime #57 Make Wooden Coasters
In this episode, I’ll tell you how I made a set of funky unique coasters for use around the home – and it’s so simple you can do it too!
DIY on a Dime #56 Make An Elastic Gun
This is an elastic gun I made a few years back to deal with those pesky mosquitoes that sit out of reach on the walls and ceilings! When I was a kid I had a plastic toy gun similar to this that used to shoot elastic bands, and a few of my friends did too….
DIY on a Dime #55 Relining An Old Wooden Box
This is an antique wooden box I bought for about R50 at a boot sale about six years ago. I have no idea what it was originally used for, but we use it to keep our games in – chess, Uno, cards, poker set, etc. The lining had gone when I got it, so when…
DIY on a Dime #54 Make A New Mat Set For Your VW Beetle
Old cars are like a comfortable pair of jeans – one day with a shock you realize it’s already threadbare and starting to wear through in places!
DIY on a Dime #53 Turn Your Cement Back Yard Into A Garden Paradise
A back garden might seem like a bit of an odd sort of DIY project to some, but it really isn’t all that complicated. All you need is a little ingenuity, not much money – and bucket loads of patience! Nowadays our formerly cement garden is a place where we can relax and forget about…
DIY on a Dime #52 Turn Pelmet Into A Display Shelf
Pelmets! They’re quite an old-fashioned feature, aren’t they? Most new houses don’t have them, and a lot of older houses have been redecorated in favor of newer tastes. But pelmets have another use – literally over and above just hiding unsightly curtain tracks – as you will see!
DIY on a Dime #51: Turn An Old Vinyl-top Kitchen Table Into A Wooden Kitchen Counter
Some years ago, when I started to do some DIY improvements around the house, I was struck by how boring and dull our old vinyl-top kitchen table was. At the time I was enamored of the look of a wooden “butcher’s block” type of kitchen table, and pondered my options. Buying a tailor-made item would…
DIY on a Dime #50: Wall-mounted Bedside Tables
A couple of years ago, about a month before our wedding, Kay and I were busy little bees prepping everything that needed doing. We were expecting a few house guests who would stay over for a few days during that period, and so we had our hands full getting the guest room presentable. Part of the…