It is hard not to like IKEA since one gets to purchase hip modern furniture at one tenth of a price. DIY experts will also swear that making projects out of IKEA furniture is also easy and the end result can be quite beautiful.Take for instance the IKEA Expedit 4×2 turned fireplace/media console, which turns the Expedit Bookcase into a media console with a fireplace. For full instructions head over here.

DIY: Expedit Bookcase/Media Console With Fireplace

Next time you finish that can of soda, don’t just chuck it in the bin. Instead get creative and make oil lamps from it! Instructbles has a great tutorial and you don’t need to be a Martha Stewart to achieve this piece of art. The oil lamps will work as Christmas decoration and will show off your green side.
Resources required: Scissors, soda cans – 2, pocket knife, glue, ceramic wick material or cork, dry flowers or beads.
For the full instructions head over here.

DIY: Oil Lanterns From Soda Cans

Hipster photography is quite a rage these days and it is all due to iPhone apps like Hipstamatic and Instagram. Fans of retro photography will love the Vintage Camera Nightlight, which celebrates the love for everything vintage. The best part is that you can make it at home and don’t forget to take a shot of it (Instagram styled), once you complete it. For details, head over here.
Parts Required:
vintage plastic camera
nightlight
candelabra base socket

DIY: Vintage Camera Nightlight For Hipsters

Looks like there is a retro theme going on here, today at Bedzine. After the Retro TV Alarm Clock, we put the spotlight on the Retro Rocket Lamp. However, this vintage beauty cannot be purchased and you have to make it at home. Relax, it is easier than it looks and requires five to six hours of work. For full instructions go to Instructables.

Things Needed:
1. Fish bowls
2. Stickers
3. Magic script
4. Utility knife
5. Gorilla glue or plastic bind glue
6. Heat gun
7. HDU polyurethane boards
8. Astronaut toy
9. Cat toy
10. Ping pong balls
11. Metallic paint of silver, gold, bronze and pearl white
12. Wires
13. Switches
14. LEDs for decoration and LEDs for lighting

DIY: Retro Rocket Lamp

Instructables has some fantastic DIY projects listed but a lot of them unfortunately don’t look very professional. However, that is not the case with the Coke Can Torch which has a very quirky and kitschy vibe to it. Having such a cool torch would make sure you don’t stumble helplessly in the dark.
Things you would need:

1 Torch bulb (Standard – NOT threaded)2 AA (R6) Batteries or 2No C (R14) Batteries. (You will NOT need to make the battery holder if using size C)1 Large cereal box to make the main body parts (24cm or 91/2″ long) Bigger boxes tend to have stronger board1 Coke can for making the bulb holder and switch mechanism1 Length of thin parcel wrapping string – Approximately 200 cm or 80 inch for making a grip1 Small square of cooking tin foil for making a reflector1 Food colouring to dye the board (Water based are best or coloured inks) Dyes worked better than paints.1 A small quantity of varnish to seal the cardboard parts. Acrylic varnishes are good.1 Tube of super glue or other quick drying glue1 Paint brush1 Pair of scissors1 Scalpel or craft knife1 A paper hole puncher

For the rest of the instructions go here.

DIY: Cool Coke Can Torch

An alarm clock that shuts only when you play a game of Tetris is made of stuff gaming geeks dream off! And fortunately such a scintillating device does exist. The Tetris Alarm Clock is a DIY project and you can follow the full instructions here.
Says the creator:
“This is an Arduino powered alarm clock that after hitting snooze twice the alarm will not cancel until the user has cleared 4 lines in the game Tetris. You physically turn the clock sideways, so the screen is vertical, to play Tetris.  It’s never fun to wake up in the morning but playing a little Tetris is at least somewhat enjoyable and quite effective.”

DIY Project: TETRIS Alarm Clock

Are you still using outdated, old switch you cannot dim?  If so, you might be wasting a lot of energy and money on bulbs.

Why not upgrade all your switches in the house to dimmable ones?  These simple dimmers don’t cost a whole lot and will pay for itself in the long-run.

For those of you who are interested in installing dimmers yourself, you can check out this blog post on How to Install Dimmers.

House DIY – How to Install Dimmers!

Don’t throw away your used bottles and recycle them into functional objects. One can always convert their discarded bottles in lamps without much hassle. You can attempt the Colorful Recycled Bottle Lamp at home easily and for more information head over here.

You will need:
Spray Paint
Empty Glass Bottles
Tape
a Dremel or other Rotary Tool
Diamond Bits
Christmas Lights (the bigger the bottle the more lights need to be on the string)

DIY: Colorful Recycled Bottle Lamp

DIY: Powder Coated, Laser Masked, Ceramic Tiles

This is actually another DIY project for you, especially if you have furnishings that have somehow been displaced due to their design or theme. The Shower Curtain Desk project is actually an old IKEA desk that was given a different kind of makeover, non-toxic and surely something anyone can do easily.

All the owner did was re-upholster this table with a shower curtain which matched his home interior. And with many shower curtain designs to choose from, a little effort can go a long way, delivering a new kind of table that will surely adapt flexibly depending on a home-owner’s preference.

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Shower Curtain Desk

The most annoying sound in the world is the one your alarm clock makes. Nothing is more jarring than an ringing alarm clock and now you can shut it up with style. Make a cool Phaser Blasted Alarm Clock which lets you remotely shut the little bug. You would need:

Sega Light Phaser.

Digital Alarm clock.

Any digital toy that has some cool sound effects.

You may also need a battery holder for whatever size batteries the toy takes.

Read all the instructions here.

Read the rest of the instructions here.

DIY : Phaser Blasted Alarm Clock

For those of you trying to save space in college and you have a bunk bed with no one using the bottom of it, here’s a great way to make a hanging desk on the bottom of the bunk bed and save more space.

If you’re just putting up a loft and shoving all your crap under it, though, you’re wasting more potential than Lance Armstrong riding a Wal-Mart special. Lofts give you a sturdy piece of furniture with plenty of wooden beams – it’d be silly not to hang stuff off of them! That’s precisely the idea I got when I came home this summer and needed to build a desk. Instead of buying PVC pipe to build a standing desk, I picked up some chains and built a hanging desk. Now, not only do I have a cool-looking desk, but I also have all the floor space I would have had with no desk at all.

How to Make a DIY Hanging Desk Out of a Bunk Bed!

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DIY: Musical Alarm Clock

Here is another idea for you to perk up your home. Rather than invest and buy a new aquarium set, make one in style with discarded computer stuff like perhaps your old Power Mac G4. Called the Macquarium, this is a fish tank made from an old Power Mac G4 Cube.

The cube has been specially modified with bonded plexiglas to make it safe for your fish. This aquarium measures 8.9″ H × 7.7″ W × 7.7″ D. For people who don’t want to go through the trouble, you can get this aquarium idea for $149.

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Fish Tank Made from an Old Power Mac G4

If you want furniture built your way and in a hurry, you may find the DIY furniture idea from Louis Rigano. Called the Breakdown Furniture, you don’t need tools to make one.

Instead, the concept behind the design and assembly is the exploration of three methods of constructing and dismantling a structure: peg, lock and wedge. Simply wedge in the pieces, lock them in place and use the pegs for stability.

The furniture pieces on sale are a stool, a table tray and a shelf all of which can be re-arranged according to your liking.

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The Breakdown Furniture

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If you like me have grown up playing Pac-Man on your Ataris or Nintendos then chances are you would love the Pac-Man nails. Unfortunately they are not available for purchase and you need to get your hands dirty to own these little fellows. So head over at Instructables where you can learn how to make the Pac-Man nails.

DIY: Pac-Man Nails

Make your own platform bed and save some cash on the side. The DIY Platform Bed Substitute  portable, lightweight and inexpensive platform bed solution which is made from purely IKEA LACK Side Tables. Each individual piece weighs just 10 lbs and measures d) 22″ W x 2.125″ H x 33.125″ L. To try this at home just head over here for all the instructions.

DIY Platform Bed Substitute

For those of you with a bit of carpentry skills and perhaps and old, broken pinball machine, you can make your own LED pinball coffee table.

There I was, minding my own business, when all of a sudden (as all good stories start) I found an old pinball machine at the dump. I promptly took it home and has help putting it in the house where it sat in my living room long enough to put rust stains on the carpeting where the metal feet sat.

It wasn’t complete enough to make it work without spending a lot of time and money on it. I live too far away from a market to sell it as-is. And honestly, the wife didn’t seem too keen on starting a game parlor with our limited space.

So I decided to make a coffee table out of the main playing surface.

via instructables

How to Make an LED Pinball Coffee Table!

Simple Cat Bed

DIY: Soda Can Robug Kit

These guitar-shaped inspired lighting solutions should capture the attention of musicians and rockers out there. They are made of silhouette and can be used as individual lighting or as guitar light wall mounts.

They can be a great DIY project too, especially for people who want to use odd stuff in their home. They make use of back-lit illumination and were made of a plywood frame. To cap it off, the makers placed a pre-attached rope light with an on/off switch located on the cord.

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Guitar Wall Lights for the Rockers

Strapped for cash? Moving in a new place and lacking proper furniture? Then the Cheap Bed Substitute DIY project will come to our rescue. Get an alternative to a bed for just 10 bucks. Its as strong as a regular bed, environmentally friendly and you instantly have 10 boxes worth of storage space under your bed! Details here.

DIY: Cheap Bed Substitute

Why splurge your hard earned money on a bed, when you can make onE right at home. All you need is some basic technical know how and loads of time. The Hybrid Pipe Bed can be attempted at home and all you need to do is follow the instructions here.

DIY: Hybrid Pipe Bed

Don’t throw those wine bottles away as you can reuse them as decoration items. Check out the vintage wine bottles which are on sale on Etsy. Great as candlesticks and lamps, the bottles have vintage prints attached on them.

Vintage Wine Bottle Lamps

DIY: Turn A Foam Mattress Into Any Shape

Make your own very Twin/Full/Queen/King Platform Bed that seeks inspiration from the Danish A&D scene. Just follow the instructions here.

Twin/Full/Queen/King Platform Bed

Make your own throw pillows and lounge around in style. The best part? Its not tough at all and you need is some basic sewing skills.
Materials:Sewing machine Needle and threadFabric (any size, any shape, any kind)Trim (optional)Fluff or stuffing or filling, whatever suits your fancy. (the pillows featured here were filled with beanbag Styrofoam, but you can use anything)Dressmaker pins (any basic sewing pins)Scissors
Rest of the instructions here.

Diy: Throw Pillows

Personally I love vinyl objects since they are the epitome of coolin my humble opinion. The Vinyl table mats will add a touch of style in your dining room and even make you feel like a rock star. Learn how you can make them here.

DIY: Vinyl Table Mats

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Filled with weirdness but definitely something people can use to accommodate large groups, this cooky looking Reptile Couch should be something to add glitter and fun in your room. Ideal for the living room, it may even be a good add for a kid’s room (if it can fit itself of course!).

This Reptile Couch was shown over at the Milan Furniture Fair, situated somewhere near the entrance. Though there is no mention of its comfiness, this is one unique and wacky sofa that can really entice some fun-filled moments in any home.

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Crazy Reptile Couch

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