Academic, writer, storyteller, digital creator.
One day I happened to be browsing an antique store, and I noticed this shabby old mantlepiece clock case lying amongst some other bric-a-brac on display. It was made of wood which had faded badly, was dry and a little rough, but I figured I could do something with it – like make it into…
Why anyone would want to do this is a question you may have in mind, but before you call me crazy, let me start from the beginning! This old stove is quite old – it’s considerably older than I am, in fact. My mother paid R100 for it second hand back in 1968, some years…
Cats like to see and be invisible, watching from high places of concealment. They feel safe in places like that! I thought it would be a nice idea to make a sort of cat tent bed, and I’ll show you how easy it is!
For a long time I’ve wanted to build a corner bookshelf to display books and models or collectibles, and so a couple of months ago I decided “now is the time!” The wood I used was old ceiling boards from an outside building I refurbished a few years back, and once sanded and cleaned, the…
Here’s a quick and easy hack for cat people who want to give their kitties a nice high bed from where they can survey their kingdoms! Most of us have an old grid lying around – a metal shelf from an old fridge or oven, or a barbecue grill that’s too rusty to use –…
Cats – they force you to reshape and reorganize your entire life around them, don’t they? Yup, they sure do! Anyway, so Kay and I have 3 kitties and we don’t allow them to roam, which means that we confine them to our property. That presents a whole string of very interesting little problems… Regardless…
I have this guitar that was a 7th birthday gift from my mom, so I decided it would be better to display it nicely rather than to let it just gather dust in a box or cupboard, or in a corner somewhere where it would get battered by other objects in storage. Besides, out in…
I made these cool stylish handles for a chest, using brass door hinges and some wood! All you need is a hinge with enough room for your fingers to pass through. It’s pretty simple when you think about it – but if you fail to think of using hinges for handles, you might completely overlook…
I made this cool light fitting out of a few bits and pieces that I had lying around! When you pull on the light fitting itself, it turns on, and when you pull on it again, it turns off! The light itself is pretty ordinary, it’s just a light fitting – though the one I…
This sort of item really helps to improve the entrance to your home or hallway. I whipped this up one afternoon while on holiday during December 2019. Of course, I hung a mirror under that later, and then built another shelf below that – but this little shelf stands out very well on its own!…