How to Make a Wooden Sword

wooden sword

Making a wooden sword is satisfying and fun, leaving the building with a great conversation piece, crafting table, or decoration for your office or den. Throughout history, wooden swords have been used for training, practice, and symbolic purposes. In the movie Gladiator, Proximo talked to Maximus about a ceremonial rudis that he had, which had … Read more

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How to Build a Lean-to Shed

framing, walls, sketch

Extra storage is always helpful for any household. The average house doesn’t seem to have enough storage space for all the stuff. Some handle this by renting a storage space in one of the many self-store warehouses in our cities. However, that’s not convenient. For example, storing your stuff might take time if you need … Read more

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Washer and Dryer Pedestal

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The modern trend of changing from top-loading clothes washers to front-loading washers and dryers has brought with it the need for pedestals for those washers and dryers. While it is possible to set them on the floor, bending down that far to access the wet clothing in your washer and dryer, pedestals negate all of … Read more

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Hanging Bed

bed frame construction, plywood bed decking

A somewhat unusual option, but ideal for people looking for inspiration for a minimalistic or even industrial style of bedroom decorating, is to install a hanging bed rather than a more traditional bed on a frame. While several people range beds and make them as bed kits, most postcodes go with a hanging bed and … Read more

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Wood Pulpit

dimensions, book rest, front, side

Walk into worship space in any church, and one will find one of the defining things about worship space that stands out is the pulpit. Typically set in the middle of worship space behind the altar area, the pulpit you find in worship space is where the preacher expounds, bringing home his lesson on the … Read more

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