DIY gadgets

Create Romantic Light from Beer Can

On: Monday, December 7, 2009

This is a fun idea for this year Valentine's Day: create a romantic evening atmosphere by tweaking a beer bottle a bit!

Drinking Straw Table Lamp

On: Sunday, December 6, 2009

If, by any chance, you have so many plastic drinking straws that you still have some after you have built a drinking straw chair and a drinking straw floor lamp, this drinking straw table lamp should be on your to-do list.

The light coming through plastic tubes creates an amazing effect that you will love:

Clothes Peg as Chopsticks Holder

On: Saturday, December 5, 2009

Having trouble eating with chopsticks but love Chinese cuisine? Here's a great and genius tip for you: recycle the clothes peg into a holder for your chopsticks!

Now it is fun and easy! You are sure to eat faster than your friends!

A CD Case into Garden Cloche

On: Thursday, December 3, 2009

I know, I know, winter is not the best season for sharing gardening tips but I had that kind of mood missing for sunny days outside, so I decided to remind you of a few gardening tips as well as share a new one!

1. Recycle a CD case into a garden cloche: it works like a mini greenhouse by offering climate control to help get new seedlings off to a good start.

2. Build a greenhouse of plastic bottles: if the above one is like a mini greenhouse, this is a real-life DIY greenhouse:

3. Recycled wine bottle torch:

Plastic Bottle Sand Watch

On: Wednesday, December 2, 2009

I have no idea how much sand one needs to make that, say, a one-hour timer, or how to find that out but the watch seems cool, doesn't it?

I imagine playing with various bottle and sand colors, you can create a cool interior decor element...

A Geeky Keyboard Belt

On: Tuesday, December 1, 2009

OK, after creating a keyboard necklace and a keyboard bag, a keyboard belt is what you just must have for the full picture.

I am sure your friends will gladly share their old keyboards with you in exchange for the idea! (As, I am sure, you are running out of used keyboards by now).

Recycle a Computer Monitor into a Cute Cat Bed

On: Sunday, November 29, 2009

I love cats, do you? And I know very well how cats love when they have their own cute little home (be it a box or my wardrobe shelf).

And here's a home for a geeky cat: a cute home made of an old CRT monitor! Notice that nice little mouse that serves as a toy. And I love the way the cat bed is decorated and colored (the item is sold out currentky but you can easily make something like this yourself)!

DIY Pencil Crayon Jewelry

On: Saturday, November 28, 2009

This post is more about inspiration than about offering you an exact idea to implement. It shows you that actually anything can be turned into art that will amaze and inspire.

But, anyway, if you haven't spent all your pencils on a chandelier, why not try making something like this?

Drinking Straw Floor Lamp

On: Thursday, November 26, 2009

Have you ever imagined there are so many absolutely amazing uses of plastic drinking straws?

A drinking straw chair is only one of them and here's another one: a floor lamp decorated with multi-colored drinking straws!

More Cool Vinyl Records Bags

On: Wednesday, November 25, 2009

We have already shared a stylish vinyl records purse, but this one looks absolutely differently, so it deserves a post of its own.

They can be of different colors and you can obviously match it to your favorite outfit.

Plastic Cups Snowman

On: Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Just in time for the holidays, here's a great idea for the eco-friendly Christmas and New Year. Turn plastic cups into a snowman - and it actually looks really cool.

What do you think?

CD Spindles Tissue Paper Holder and Dispenser

On: Sunday, November 22, 2009

Many ideas are so simple and yet so genius that you can't help getting admire and inspired: creating a tissue paper dispenser form a CD spindle is just an idea like that: no time or effort needed - just enjoy it!

Floppy Disks Lamp

On: Friday, November 20, 2009

If by any case, after you've make a floppy disks notepad, a greeting card and a floppy disk pen holder, you still have extra floppy disks you need to recycle, here's a nice idea for you: a cool looking floppy disks lamp.

It can take various forms but it always looks nice:

CD Spindles for Cable Storage and Organization

On: Thursday, November 19, 2009

It is a great relief to know that in the world of things that are heard to control, we can still get something organized and put under our control.

This hack looks similar to the one we shared a few days ago: toilet paper roll as cable organizer. But today we offer to use an old CD spindle.

It can be an awesome way to organize cable: