This custom laptop stand is angled as steeply as it can be with the screen vertical. It helps to elevate the screen into the user’s field of vision and saves desk space.
Published 2021-10-22
Category: Home Improvement
Projects done to improve, decorate, or repair parts of a house.
Published 2021-06-02
Bathroom vanity from dresser
Last year we had our bathroom professionally remodeled. One part of the bathroom that I wanted to do myself was to build the new vanity from a cute dresser. We had seen DIY sites with how-to tutorials for converting a wood dresser into a water-resistant vanity, so we went to…
Published 2021-04-16
Kitchen cabinet remodel
Last summer we started a long process to resurface our kitchen cabinets and counters to make them both more functional and more modern-looking. We started with a plan that we wanted to do something about our ugly cabinets. My best guess is that the previous owner had tried to stain…
Published 2021-03-13
Turf area for backyard
Last year we replaced our grass in the backyard with a layer of wood chips to cut down on maintenance. This works really, really well. The wood chips don’t need to be mowed or watered. Every couple years we will have to put another half ton or so of wood…
Published 2021-01-02
Apron sink runoff diverter
We are in the process of remodeling our kitchen (which will be its own story when it is done). One of the huge improvements was replacing our kitchen sink with a deep aluminum apron sink. It is very similar to a farmhouse sink, except for 2 things. First: it weighs significantly…
Published 2021-01-02
Ikea hack – Pegboard lamp mount
At this point, I’ve been fully converted to an Ikea engineering fanboy, (he said, sitting in an Ikea chair under an Ikea lamp). I don’t much like the experience of shopping at Ikea and prefer to buy used furniture supporting local thrift stores, but the Ikea design-for-manufacturing engineering is damn…
Published 2020-03-31
Garage ski and bike racks
While we’re sheltering in place, I took some time to clean up the garage by hanging the things that wasted the most space: the bikes and the skis. The bike rack hangers are not innovative, I just purchased them from Amazon. The plates of the bike hooks just mount straight…
Published 2019-11-19
Jack-o-lantern scarecrow
This is a very simple and quick project. The whole thing took about 10 minutes, given that I already had the lamp, carved pumpkin, and cloak. I keep some of these Ikea floor lamps around because they are simple and useful. I usually buy extras when we go to Ikea…
Published 2019-10-23
Hexagonal gravel yard area
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…
Published 2019-03-29
Neopixel RGB visualizer
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…