A blog of a variety of projects
Projects done to improve, decorate, or repair parts of a house.
After our dogs dug up all the grass in our backyard and we had two gigantic trees removed, we decided to build a seating area for a fire pit. The yard is covered in wood chips for the dogs, so it needed to be big enough to prevent a stray…
This was a long project, starting last December and culminating in a finished device this December. A small device is responsible for interpreting an audio signal and producing a visual display on a strand of Neopixel LEDs. Neopixel LEDs are available in a Christmas light package from several vendors, so…
This was the first Halloween that we celebrated in our new house! With that in mind, we made the groundwork for 2 multi-holiday decorations that we will reuse for each holiday. We used picture wire, but any kind of hanger will work to get these hung up on a wall…
This project started with 10 second-hand office cabinets purchased from Ben’s Repurposed Cabinetry in Loveland, Colorado.The set of 10 frameless base cabinets ran $295 and was delivered right into the garage. I flipped them over, removed their feet, and installed shorter ones. The cabinets were a bit tall for a…
