A built-in wardrobe is good already because it takes at least half as much material to make as a conventional carcass unit, yet it holds far more, since it is usually made full height from floor to ceiling. A sliding-door wardrobe has doors that overlap and do not need the extra, often considerable, clearance required, Read more…
It’s a pity to throw away plywood offcuts, thin boards, and chipboard, even if you have nowhere to use them. However, I have a suggestion: make a kind of wood-air panel from the offcuts. You will need glue (PVA or epoxy), battens, strips, paint (or varnish), and possibly fabric (for example, an old sheet). The Read more…
On a sunny loggia in a city apartment or on a green lawn of a country plot, it is pleasant to sit in a comfortable deck chair. Its design, proposed by the Hungarian magazine Ezermester, differs from traditional deck-chair schemes in that the chair is not only foldable but also detachable. In fact, it is Read more…
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…
