DIY

December 28, 2015

Beaming 93-Year-Old Gleefully Models Granddaughter’s Colorful Weavings

Artist Chinami Mori weaves delightfully colorful creations, her cheerful 93-year-old grandmother models them, and together they're a match made in Instagram heaven. Using a rainbow-colored assortment of fabric, string, and yarn, Mori engages in a freestyle Japanese weaving technique known as Saori. This method allows her to weave without restrictions as she pairs together various materials to produce fun combinations. “There are no rules,” explains the craftswoman.

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November 27, 2015

Quirky DIY Transforms Obsolete TV into Colorful Liquor Cabinet

With today's sleek flat-screen TV technology, a CRT (tube) set is becoming increasingly rare inside modern homes. These vintage devices are often overlooked and discarded, being seen as obsolete. However, Norwegian DIY enthusiast Kjell Are had an inventive, alternative use for one of these television sets. Rather than simply discarding the antiquated object, Are transformed it into a quirky liquor cabinet. He even documented the entire process in an Imgur album.

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July 14, 2015

Baker Turns Loaves of Bread into Adorably Sleepy "Catloaf"

If you're a cat owner, then you've probably seen a “catloaf” before. It's when your furry friend tucks their paws underneath their body and looks like a loaf of bread that just came out of the oven. Yorkshire baker Lou Lou P's Delights created an adorable homage to this pose with her edible catloaf.

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