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How To Renovate A Garage In A Few Easy Steps

One day when you are looking for something important and you cannot find it, but you stumble upon many things that you don’t recognise. That is when you realise your garage needs a renovation.

Refresh Your Deck

There is no doubt that the South African climate is extremely harsh on exterior wood.

Prepare Your Lawnmower For Spring

As the days start to warm up and rain inevitably falls, your grass will need to be mowed more often. But is your lawnmower up to the task?

Easy-Build Large Vegetable Planter

Here’s a vegetable planter that is strong, easy to build, and large enough for a number of garden projects.

DIY Lego Coat Rack

Designed to look like Lego blocks, this colourful coat hanger is perfect for any little boy’s bedroom – or spray in shades of pink, lilac and purple for a little girl’s bedroom. This is an easy project to make that will only take about an hour, allowing for paint to dry.

Make A Fire Pit In 4 Easy Steps

The perfect addition to any home, an outdoor fire pit can be used both for your summer braais as well as cosy winter get-togethers.

How To Make A Shelf Bracket

Shop-bought shelf brackets are almost exclusively made of metal in some form, but brackets were traditionally made from wood. In this project, Clifford Roberts and woodworker Andries Eygelaar show how it’s done.

Ten Great Ideas For Your Workshop

DIY’ers and woodworkers are always looking for ideas to solve problems or simply for better ways of doing things. Here are ten problem solving ideas that you may find useful.

10 Ways To Make Spring Cleaning Fun

Check out ingenious ways to help get you motivated to tackle your home cleaning chores this spring

SELECTING THE CORRECT JIGSAW BLADES

All you need to know about jigsaw blades and cutting from the experts.

Finding motivation

About Annalien: Annalien started her career at the SABC on 50/50 before moving to Germany after she met her husband. Later, they returned to South Africa and she took on various freelance projects, eventually getting hooked on DIY. Annalien was part of the team on The Home Channel’s Get It Done! series.

‘C' The Table?

I decided that I would organise a side table to have my coffee and cake, cell phone and glass of wine handy instead of balancing a tray on my lap whilst checking out the sport news on TV. After thinking about various side table options, the easiest was to make a C-table. Plus, I could easily do the job with a minimum of materials and hand plus a few power tools.

Make A Drum Style Composter

Learn how to make your own drum composter for the home.

It's A Matter Of Balance

In this fun marble machine project we’re going to use basic hand-tools to create a toy for the learning experience of the force of gravity, balance of mass, the laws of momentum for which the basic design dates from the 19th century where it appeared as a toy made by the Amish community for their kids. What more could you want from a project?

Make Your Own Game Board

This game teaches kids valuable skills like problem-solving, anticipation, logic, strategy and more. Playing Noughts & Crosses can be done anywhere at nearly anytime, but we have a fun way to take the game outside! In this issue we are sharing the painted rocks tic-tac-toe game we created out of river rocks and a slice of wood.

Do It Your Shelf

Clifford Thackwray uses a story stick to ensure perfect shelving.

DIY And COVID-19

About Annalien: Annalien started her career at the SABC on 50/50 before moving to Germany after she met her husband. Later, they returned to South Africa and she took on various freelance projects, eventually getting hooked on DIY. Annalien was part of the team on The Home Channel’s Get It Done! series.

Pro Tips For Neater Painting

These top tips from expert painters will make your next paint job a smashing success.

Bathroom Lighting Safety

When planning your bathroom lighting you may choose fixtures that are functional and stylish. But have you factored in safety?

Making a man cave

Thinking of creating a man cave in your home? Then read on!

HOME GYMS

Kim Williams, Cape Town interior design specialist and entrepreneur, believes that in these times when we are spending more hours in our homes than ever, we should focus on embracing the flexibility and fluidity of our spaces.

D(Do) I(IT) Y(Yourself) Ready, Set, Go

Set the scene for success when taking on a DIY task

7 Secrets For The Perfect Workshop Layout

Tight on workspace? Does it take you longer than it should to complete projects? Learn how to set up your workshop for optimum results

Make a budget dog bed

In the last issue we detailed how we ‘boarded’ up a metal gate using plywood, so when we were having the plywood board cut at the hardware store, we knew that there would be offcuts, and had an idea to use them to create a dog bed.

MAKE A NIFTY PLANT NURSERY

The test-tube plant nursery allows you to bring your gardening efforts indoors as part of your home décor

WOODWORKER'S CORNER: The six must-have basic woodturning tools

Sharing techniques, ideas and a love of wood

A window to your world

New windows can breathe fresh life into an older home, and they are one of the deciding factors in the longevity of any new structure.

SHEDDING LIGHT on your home

Lighting has evolved over the years – and continues to evolve – yet most homes still rely one type or style of light fitting throughout.

HOW TO HANG FRAMES LIKE A PRO

There are a few technical and aesthetic things to consider before you hang a picture