Category: Furniture Etc

As it happened, a few weeks ago I needed to make a small coffee table very quickly – and here it is: the less than two hour coffee table!

Some years ago, when I started to do some DIY improvements around the house, I was struck by how boring and dull our old vinyl-top kitchen table was. At the time I was enamoured of the look of a wooden “butcher’s block” type of kitchen table, and pondered my options. Buying a tailor-made item would […]

A couple of years ago, about a month before our wedding, Kay and I were busy little bees prepping everything that needed doing. We were expecting a few house guests who would stay over for a few days during that period, and so we had our hands full getting the guest room presentable. Part of the […]

There are probably a lot of different reasons why someone would want (or need) to make a lectern! In my case, it was something of a challenge – and for reasons I’d prefer not to go into, I had to do it fairly quickly. Also, for the same reasons, I had to do it as […]

There are lots of different reasons why you might consider closing up a doorway, but in our case, it was to gain more useable space in our kitchen. Our bathroom and kitchen are situated beside each other leading off the lounge, and each has an entrance leading to them from the lounge. There’s also a […]

In the first Easy DIY article for 2021, I’ll be telling you how I made a wooden chest Ottoman. Hopefully this will inspire you to make your own, your way!

If like me, you had an old cupboard or wardrobe just lying around with nothing better to use it for, this might be a good idea for you!

In this article, I’ll discuss how I made a sturdy bench that could be used in the garden, on a stoop/porch or in a rustic dining area.

I needed a tea trolley like this at work for the kitchen area of the classroom I presented IT classes at in 2019 – just to hold incidentals like a kettle, sugar bowl, coffee, tea and some boxes of cookies etc. Work wasn’t going to buy one, and neither was I – so I decided […]