How to Make Crown Molding Shelf

Drop saw makes cross cutting and angled cutting really fast and easy. For professionals involved in the industry of carpentry and wood-works, making a workstation is essential. A workstation works to position the miter saw in stationary place. It works to eliminate the clutter in your area and makes cutting applications easier, quick and convenient that results to accuracy. It increases your safety and so to the power saw.

What you will need: miter saw, crown molding, tape measure, drill, wood glue, screws drill driver, wood for shelf, paint, sander, pencil, hooks, brackets

1. Take Measurements
   Determine the exact and precise measurement of the crown molding you want to do. How long and how wide? Make sure that the size of the molding shelf will suit to where you want to attach it. Take the measurement of the base for your shelf. Use tape measure and start drawing the line on the wall by using pencil and emphasize the endpoints.
2. Cut the Wood
   Use a miter saw to cut the molding wood to your desired size. Place the molding upside down on the cutting board to get accurate cuts. If you don’t have a miter saw, you can use other saw in the same manner and cut the corners in a 45 degree angle. Cut the wood that you will attach to the crown molding of the shelf. Create 3 pieces of moldings. Make sure that they will fit together.
   
   
3. Combine the Moldings
   Start drilling pilot holes to the molding where you will insert the screws that will attach the moldings together. After that, use a wood glue to secure wood attachments. Let it dry for a while.
   
   
4. Smooth the Edges
   Use a sander or a sand paper to smoothen the wood and its edges. Smooth and clean surface gives an impression of good quality work. It will also help for painting. 
    
5. Assemble the Shelf
   Drill pilot holes on the wall where you will attach the shelf. Use a wood glue to keep the shelf in place and let it dry. After drying, screw the base board to the crown molding. Once the moldings are dry, you can start painting it with the color that will blend to the wall.
   
   
6. Install the Crown Molding Shelf
   Finally, your molding is now ready to be attached on the wall. The crown molding shelf is better when it sits close to the wall. You can hang it or directly attached it to your wall. For hanging, you can use brackets and hooks, be sure that the brackets can carry the weight of the molding and the materials you will put there.
   
   
   

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How to Start Decorating with Life Size Letters

Posting of large letters and numbers gave us a thought of a preschool ambiance but in fact, it simply makes your home look young. Nowadays, making bold statement is trending. From canvass, posters, paintings, and sculpted materials can be now seen anywhere such as coffee shops, restaurants and clothing lines. This concept is commercially used and it’s time to make one for residential use.

 

1. Established first your inspiration. You can create a single word that best describes the house or what you want to rely to your visitors. Use verb and adjectives that can easily boost emotion of the reader. It can be welcome, smile, cozy, relax and any word that you think that suits your place. You can also post your favorite verse or inspirational quotes.
   
   
2. If you already have your inspiration, it is time to choose a material you are going to use. It can be a canvass, wood, metal, cloth, or paper. Browse the internet and home living lifestyle magazine to get ideas. Black canvass is easy to work with. You can paint and trace letters you want. Wood is more interesting to work with. It’s a detailed work but the results are worth it. Puffy throw pillows in letter shapes are also interesting. Make it in different colors to make it look fun and create a single word like, SIT or CHILL,..its up to you. 
   
   
3. Choose a color of the letters you will make. Make sure that the colors could match to the mood and appearance of your home. You can choose contrasting colors and try the color blocking design. But if you’re unsure, settle for what is more appealing and acceptable to the eyes. 
   
   
4. Start your project with complete materials and set of tools. There are power tools available in the market perfectly made for do-it-yourselfers. Bosch DIY tools are one of the recommended DIY tools for project making and alike.
   
   
5. Be excited to see good results. This will serve as a motivation in doing a project that can change the look of your home. Enjoy and enhance your skills to create more ingenious project ideas.

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Turn Vintage Suitcase to a Modern Furniture

Vintage suitcase design is timeless. Having one tells history and certainly pulls you to feel the era of the 50’s to 70’s. Vintage collection is still hip today, from innovative and creative contemporary designer ideas, you don’t have to take away the unpreserved luggage. Simply revamp your suitcase and make use of it and turn it to modern furniture. 

 

In order to make one, you will need an old suitcase or if you don’t have one, you can purchase from thrift stores near you. A tool that can help you with your installations, cutting, sanding and other material you might need depending on what you what to do. Select below what you like to do with your suitcase.

1. Bookshelf
By doing this, you just have to separate the top and bottom of the suitcase by unscrewing the locks. Remove the bottom hinges of the suitcase. Set the half part of suitcase on top. Drill holes to attach and fix the position of the suitcase and to make it sturdy.

 

2. Coffee Table
Make use of your imagination by creating coffee table like this. It can also serve as a living room center table, side table to your bedroom and where you want to keep it standing. This is inspired by Ashley Poskin. Create one by adding sophistication to your room. You will need a power drill to crew the suitcase legs.

 

3. Hanging Cabinet
Organize your things and lessen the clutter on your room by adding hanging cabinets. If you have a number of suitcases that are different in sizes, you can make a trick by giving a dimensional design to your room. Wrap the suitcase with a design of your choice or varnish them to keep its vintage look.

4. Rolling Bar
For occasional or frequent happenings to your house, the rolling bar suitcase is a deal. Give the suitcase a polished look by making it a wine storage rolling bar. Make 3 simple divisions inside the luggage where bottle of wine, glasses, and mixers could fit. You can also turn this into a rolling craft storage where you can easily place your handicraft materials and drag them wherever you want to do your project.  

 

To make do-it-yourselfers projects attainable and easy, make use of tools that is well suited for this purpose. Check out the Bosch DIY tools that are created handy and very convenient for various projects. See wide range of tools today at sydneytools.com.au and choose what best fits your needs.

Source:
1 http://www.readymade.com/projects/rack_of_ages/next_step#steps
2 http://www.designsponge.com/2011/03/diy-project-ashleys-vintage-suitcase-coffee-table.html
3. http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/suitcase-medici-146632
4. http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/diy-trunk-to-ro-109662

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Make an Instant Chandelier with Makita Cordless Drill

A chandelier for your living room or dining area can easily spice up the sophistication of your home. From a simple centerpiece that can turn out to be a masterpiece, use your clever imaginations of what you can do to and let your Makita cordless tool help you make your ideas come to life.

I found this chandelier very interesting and quiet easy to work out. With budgeted materials yet a contemporary looking chandelier. It looks easy to create. You can also use recycled empty jars of your peanut butter or other containers that can be used for this.

What you will need. A wood for the platform base, empty jars, black cable, mason jars, lamp socket.


1. Start from drilling holes to the platform base of the chandelier to where the cable wires exactly fits. Use your Makita cordless driver drill with bits that is compatible to wood.

2. Do the wiring of the bulbs. If you are not familiar with electrical installation, get help with a friend who can do this. You can use other any color cable wire. Just make sure the wire can handle the voltage of the bulbs.

3. Clean the mason jars. You can paint them if you want to. Try experimenting.

4. If you are done with the wirings, insert it to the jars carefully one by one. You don’t have to rush. Do it gently with ease.

5. Hang the chandelier between 30 to 36 inches above from the dining table. Adjust it to where you feel comfortable.

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Turn ordinary materials sophisticated with your project partner tool, Makita cordless drill. Visit the sydneytools.com.au to see the latest power tools that will suit your needs for your future DIY projects.

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