Category: DIY Projects
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How Much Does It Cost to Build a Deck?
Building a deck is a fantastic way to enhance the outdoor living space of your home. It provides a versatile area for relaxation, entertainment, and enjoying the beauty of nature. However, before embarking on a deck-building project, it’s crucial to understand the costs involved. Factors such as materials, size, design, labor, and additional features all…
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DIY Vacate Cleaning: How to Deep Clean Your Home Before Handing Over the Keys
Moving out of a rental property can be a stressful experience, but one essential task that shouldn’t be overlooked is vacate cleaning. In Australia, vacate cleaning is crucial to ensure that the property is left in pristine condition before handing over the keys to the landlord or property manager – it ensures you can get…
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How To Make An Apple Watch Clock Dock
Everyone loves a little technology, none more so than the Apple Watch in the modern times. From making phone calls, tracking your latest run on the GPS through to even doing such wonderful tasks as, well…telling the time – the Apple watch is a phenomenon. It’s easy to charge the watch on your nightstand on…
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How to Make Your Own DIY Dog Feeding Station
For those of us with a canine friend – or more than one – they are part of our family, so why are they eating from anything short of the plates on our table? Only kidding, we are not that mad, but we know that one of the most important things is ensuring that our…
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Build your own DIY industrial shelf
Industrial features even in the most modern homes, shops and offices are very ‘on trend’ in the world of interior design. Not only are they extremely functional and look great, but they are built to last – unlike many of the flat packed, build it yourself and watch it collapse shelves you can purchase from…
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Build your own home office or child’s creative space!
There is something always difficult about assembling your home office or children’s desk from a flat pack, knowing full well that you can create one with more functionality and better suited to your space for a fraction of the cost – not to mention the satisfaction of building this yourself. Say goodbye to buying flat…
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How to make your very own reclaimed lift top coffee table
Making your own coffee table could be one of the most satisfying processes known to man, but how about a coffee table that is not only perfect for resting your beers on but has the added function of lifting up, so you never need to move away from the couch to do your work or…
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Creating a Tyre Rim Grill…Recycling at its best
We have all from time to time had a spare rim of a tyre or 4WD kicking around the garage, often to the detriment of your storage space. This issue we have solved through a little ingenuity and the need for a little extra space over Christmas when it comes to your BBQ grill. Rather…
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How to make a pallet beer opener
If you’re heading into the Christmas season and want to ensure you have a beer opener to end all beer openers why not consider making one that will be the envy of all of your friends and family. Using an old pallet plank, you can create a super handy pallet beer opener that will be…
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How to create the ultimate modern pallet bench from scratch!
At ToolMates, we’re always looking for new and creative ways to reuse the humble wooden pallet, from herb gardens to full outdoor lounge settings they are almost one of the most useful, re-purposed items going around. Whether you’re a lover of re-purposing or you just need a bench in your backyard and don’t want to…