How can you equip a children’s playground in the yard? You can simply install a sandbox, a slide, or carve figures of fairy-tale and cartoon characters from logs. But that is not the best solution. We offer craftsmen another option: to turn it into a play and physical-activity area with their own hands. Building such Read more…
It is intended for dacha and garden cabins and can also be used in field conditions. The design was approved by everyone who used it for several years. A typical dacha shower is usually a booth on a frame of four posts with a water tank on top. Because of its weight, such a fixed Read more…
“Hypodynamia, old age, and shortness of breath…” — so goes a well-known song. Indeed, in our age of widespread mechanization and computerization, the question of maintaining an active lifestyle is very acute. The way out is physical culture and sports. That is why mini sports complexes and home exercise corners are becoming familiar in our Read more…
In any courtyard you can see flower beds and playground elements made from old tires. On river cruise ships and at docks they are used as fenders. But that is far from all the uses for automotive “footwear” that has served its time. Take swings, for example… If you replace the traditional seat board with Read more…
Around the house you often have to make non-standard furniture, especially when bought pieces don’t fit the room. The author ran into this when it came to a shelf unit in the utility room of an apartment. If you took the traditional route, you could put up the shelf quickly and cheaply. But on a Read more…
More and more often the editorial office receives letters and phone calls with the same request — to publish drawings and explain how to build a simple flour mill with your own hands. The need for such a device is felt not only by rural residents but also by city dwellers. “Modelist-Constructor” has already written Read more…
Special inexpensive and practical furniture for a garden cottage is not available for sale yet, so people usually bring all sorts of old things there. But what looked good once in a city apartment will look out of place and feel uncomfortable in a small country room: dark polishing on cabinets, worn upholstery tapestry… So Read more…
The scorching and suffocating summer has long remained in the memory of those who found themselves in conditions of smoke and extreme heat caused by large-scale wildfires. During this period, the number of medical consultations increased sharply. After the exhausting heat came a sudden cold snap, which became an additional challenge for the body. It Read more…
The first impression when you look at this unusual furniture is that it probably isn’t very stable and is perhaps too fragile—not meant for the loads we usually expect from such pieces. Indeed, can a table be reliable if each leg, bent as it is, rests on the floor not where it traditionally should, but Read more…
The glass shelf goes very well with the mirror. But fixing glass to glass is not that easy. That is why the shelf is usually fastened in various ways under the mirror to the wall. However, the design is no longer the same. In addition, the wall has to be damaged, which is especially undesirable Read more…
