Outdoor Furniture

Posted by Dave Eddy on May 30 2016 - tags: diy

I built 4 chairs to make an outdoor sectional couch, as well as a table for my patio. I used modified plans from Ana White for the sectional, and made the chair design up as I went along.

http://www.ana-white.com/2010/05/plans/simple-modern-outdoor-sectional-armless-section

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Garage Sale Piece

Posted by Dave Eddy on May 11 2016 - tags: diy

I salvaged this piece from a garage sale. It was originally (no pics, sorry!) a gold color with glass circles. I spray painted it to a darker color, and cut out 1x12 pieces of pine to circles, burned them, and stained them dark to make a fancier looking piece.

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Entertainment Center

Posted by Dave Eddy on Apr 28 2016 - tags: diy

A pretty awesome entertainment center - followed instructions pretty much exactly from http://www.diypete.com/how-to-make-a-wood-tv-console/

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End Table

Posted by Dave Eddy on Apr 27 2016 - tags: diy

I had an extra biscuit joined desktop that snapped in half from the last desk that I built, and decided to repurpose it to be the top of a new end table.

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Raspberry Pi Magic Mirror

Posted by Dave Eddy on Apr 25 2016 - tags: diy

Mike showed magic mirrors originally (https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/magic-mirror/). I had a raspberry pi lying around from a failed project, so I figured why not give it a try… how hard could it be?

My mirror shows the time, the weather, the state of my garage door (open or close), and the last 5 pushover notifications I have received.

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DIY Desk

Posted by Dave Eddy on Apr 15 2016 - tags: diy

I built a desk. No formal plans or anything, just used some 4x4’s for the legs, 2x4’s to support the table top, and 1x6’s for the table top.

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DIY Ikea Lack Table

Posted by Dave Eddy on Feb 04 2016 - tags: diy

Ikea sells this awesome table for $7.99 (now $9.99) - http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40104270/. I wanted to create my own to have a more authentic look using the same look as my Coffee Table

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