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Simple plant pot stands using offcuts
Plant pot stands inspired by Danish mid-century modern design made in less than an hour using Tasmanian Oak offcuts from another project. The project I needed to make something to lift two plant pots off a floating timber panel floorboard in one hour flat, so I used some offcuts from a previous project to make two charming…
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Plant pot stands from offcuts in 1 hour
Cute little plant pot stands from offcutsI needed to make something to lift two plant pots off a floating timber panel floorboard in one hour flat, so I used some offcuts from a previous project to make two charming little stands, inspired by Danish midcentury-modern design. Materials * 32mm x 32mm Tasmanian oak timber *…
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Mid-century modern shelving unit
This custom mid-century-style shelving unit can be adapted to suit any space or display layout. The project I wanted these shelves to be narrower than a lot of store-bought shelving, yet wide enough to accommodate books. The layout of the shelving unit can be adapted to any space. I found it useful to measure up the…
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Simple mid-century modern entertainment unit
Here's a free-standing entertainment/storage unit I made, inspired by the midcentury modern lines of the original Eames storage unit, plus other similar units. Plan plan plan I started out like I always do, with some online research and some sketching. Drawing the unit helps me to plan out all the various pieces of timber…
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Laundry reno incorporating hot water system
This laundry renovation and update was planned around an indoor hot-water service in a tricky spot. The project Over the 11 years that we've been at our 1969 suburban house, we've done a range of small renovation jobs and updates (new deck, exterior landscaping, front entryway) and it was time to give the poor old laundry…
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Laundry renovation incorporating hot water system
Alrighty Workshop Brainstrust, I'd like to get some wisdom here, please. I want to renovate our laundry, I've read this great article about planning the reno, and there are a few constraints. We have the (electric) hot water system currently in the middle of a side wall (see floorplan sketch below). After some advice…
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Pros and cons to relocating a hot water system?
I want to overhaul my laundry, which includes getting some better storage in place. At the moment we have our hot water system right smack in the middle of the storage area. We *could* design storage around it, but one guy who is quoting on the job suggested relocating the hot water system outside (e.g. beside the house).…
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Midcentury modern shelving for our living area
I've had some nice comments about a custom midcentury modern shelving unit I've made, so I thought I'd post some pics here, along with steps about how I made them. Here's the unit, in all its glory: Here are the tools I used: Missing from these pics are a herd of clamps that I used (side question: what IS the collective…
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Advice about spruicing up the front entrance of our house?
Hey Workshop gang - I'd really like some tips and wisdom, if anyone has any, on how to spruice up the front entrance of our place. It's a pretty basic 1969 house that has had some 80s modifications, like the neo-colonial awning and baby blue paintjob you see in the photos below. I'm thinking of rendering just the brick…
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Turning someone else's feature wall into a mural
