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!
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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…
DIY on a Dime #49: Make A Lectern
There are probably a lot of different reasons why someone would want (or need) to make a lectern! In my case, it was something of a challenge – and for reasons I’d prefer not to go into, I had to do it fairly quickly. Also, for the same reasons, I had to do it as…
DIY on a Dime #48: From Curtain Rings To VW Headlight Springs
Having an old car brings many things to one’s life – there’s joy in driving it, and there’s joy in beholding it – and there’s joy in the reactions other people have when they see it. Similarly, there’s also the flip-side of that coin! Every time you hear a funny little noise, your sphincter tightens,…