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IKEA Fyrtur – a great DIY solution for smart blinds?

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…

By Oliver, 1 month4 weeks ago
Furniture

Building a unique custom ceiling lamp from wood -with smart filament LEDs

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…

By Oliver, 1 month1 month ago
Furniture

5 effective ways of hiding cables for a smart home

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…

By Oliver, 6 months ago
Furniture

A DIY electronics lab for beginners – cheap but powerful

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…

By Oliver, 6 months ago
Furniture

Replacing a cheap 5€ IKEA Lack coffee table with a beautiful wood & epoxy version

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…

By Oliver, 7 months7 months ago
Furniture

Beautiful DIY headphone holder with illumination

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…

By Oliver, 8 months7 months ago
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Affordable DIY smart wardrobe lights for less than 40€

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…

By Oliver, 10 months2 days ago
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