Books on a shelf are great – books falling of a shelf less so. Here is how to 3D print some simple bookends to secure your books. The open bookshelf I recently built a set of new bookshelves from oak and black pipe. While I love the open design I Read more…
I read quite a lot and needed a new place for my books. The old shelf was not quite doing it anymore so I decided to build a new DIY bookshelf that fits the rest of the room out of oak wood and black pipes. This is how I did Read more…
I recently bought a pull-up bar to stay fit during the Corona times. It is a pretty simple black device that looks relatively good – until you see all the silber screw heads. So I went ahead and fixed that with my 3D printer. The pull-up bar A pull-up bar Read more…
Finding a great integrated blind control solution for a DIY smart home is hard. The IKEA Fyrtur and Kadrijl blinds are cheap compared to established producers and work better than most full DIY solutions. I bought one and tested it with my Home Assistant setup. The Fyrtur smart blinds The Read more…
When I moved into my current apartment I wanted to built a custom ceiling lamp for my living room. The ingredients were clear: wood and filament LEDs hanging from the ceiling. With only a couple of hours of work I built this DIY lamp in a unique design. This is Read more…
You want speakers, you want Ethernet, you want nice lighting! Good options for hiding cables are very limited. Especially when you are moving into a rented apartment and are unable to open the walls. Here are some good ways of hiding your cables for a cleaner look. A lot of Read more…
If you are into smart home technology or just generally like to build things yourself you won’t get around collecting a couple of lab devices. But devices like a lab bench power supply can be very costly and take up too much space to justify for a beginner, right? No! Read more…
The IKEA Lack coffe table is super cheap and looks ok. If that is not enough for you here is the perfect DIY project for enthusiasts: I built a beautiful coffee table out of epoxy & white oak wood to replace the Lack table. The epoxy table idea I have Read more…
To efficiently store and display headphones a wall-mounted headphone holder is perfect. When I recently upgraded to a nice pair of headphones I realized I need one too. I liked none that I could find online so I decided to build a DIY version myself. While we are at it Read more…
A simple way to add some awesomeness to your wardrobe is to add lighting. Smart wardrobe lights look great and help find things more quickly. I build a cheap do-it-yourself solution which has some great effects not found in off the shelf solutions. All of this is done for around Read more…