If you're looking for a way to
reuse some old LPs, this DIY room divider is a novel way to realign
your living space.
We don't expect anyone to take their cherished collection of LPs and defile them with a drill, but not every LP is cherished or worth the repair process. If you've got a box of old LPs sitting around—or know a local Goodwill with a crate of them—you can easily turn them into a room divider with a strong 1960s vibe.
The divider here was created by rolling white contact paper onto LPs—the makers originally tried paint, but ...
It's tough to completely screw up painting a room—dump the paint on the floor maybe?—but painting a room really well isn't that easy, either. Home blog Re-Nest's guide to painting a room efficiently offers a few expert tips.
Re-Nest's guide to room-painting guide covers everything from making sure to remember to remove all the fixture and switch covers before getting into painting to the importance of edging in the areas your going to paint for nice even color and clean edges. If you've helped paint a room before but never done the cutting in part, it's worth a read:
Cutting In: This is the ...
Dropping off your bottles to be recycled is great and all, but with this DIY solution you'll be able to recycle them in-house into decorative cups and organizers.
Over at the design and DIY blog Curbly, user Plastolux admired the interesting colors of the various wine bottles that passed through his house. It seemed a waste to let such pretty bottles get shipped off to the recycling plant so he came up with a unique way of recycling them. He cut off the top of the bottle using a simple glass cutter designed for wine bott...
If you have a big car (or a small garage), you know what a commodity space can be—keep your parking perfectly spaced with an easy to build wooden parking bumper for only $10, courtesy of Lifehacker Reader Chris.
Chris tried several simple methods to keep from knocking down things in his garage while pulling up far enough that he's all the way in, but the quality of solutions was tenuous at best—until he realized he could make his own wooden parking bumper (not unlike the plastic bumpers you could buy in stores) for under $10.
Today's featured workspace is a well laid-out office packed into a space the size of a modest walk-in closet.
Lifehacker reader Matt Froggett turned a tiny room into a pleasant workspace by layering his equipment—his tertiary monitor is angled in front of his router and printer for example—and using the vertical space for notes, a white board, and shelving to keep things off the main desk. One of the neat little touches in his office is the LED up-lighting. Matt wired some orange LED lights onto the 12v rail of his computer's mother board and tucked t...
