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Read on to learn how to make one yourself with some wooden planks and a few tools. RELATED: DIY Wood Pallet Bar Project How to Make a Wooden Sled What You Need: 1 in. x 6 in. x 8 ft. wooden plank 1 in. x 4 in. x 8 ft. wooden plank T-square Pencil Miter Saw Band Saw Belt Sander Wood Stain or Paint Wood glue Brad nail gun 1. Sketch Out the Wooden Sled Pieces Before even touching a single tool, sketch out the vintage sled pieces on the wooden planks. These serve as the patterns when it’s time to...

  Aufee Closet Hanging Shelf, 6-Tier Wardrobe Closet Hanging Shelf Shoes Clothes Garment Storage Organizer Wardrobe Hanging Shelf Clothes Hanging Shelf - 2 hooks hanging system works easily in closet rod or wired closet rack while ensuring its load bearing. Has 6 tiers, can be used to store clothing, bags, hats, pants, underwear and so on. Oxford cloth manufacturing, compartment with pp board, soft and good water resistance. The foldable feature makes this closet shelf organizer space-saving and convenient to take along. This hanging shelf can not only be used for home, it also can be used for places where the...

I'm fired up! I'm on a roll, and there's nothing that can stop me!! I can't even keep up with posting the pictures, but I'll try.  Studio U looks amazing! But you have to wait until tomorrow for the pictures. While I was upstairs, I unearthed a couple more trouble spots, and so I dealt with those as well. Studio B is looking pretty good, as well. There's not much left. I know I keep saying that, but this time it's real.  Oh, there's loads more to do, but at least, hopefully, after today, everything will have a home. When...

ss I had this great idea. That’s always how I get into trouble. But in any case, I had this brilliant idea. I would make some more hot chocolate bombs (hopefully not football shaped) and put them in mugs. Then I would make adorable mini gingerbread houses that hang on the rim of the mugs. wrap it all in crinkly plastic, tie it with a bow and you have a Christmas gift for a teacher or co-worker or dog sitter! And I did it! Well I made the gingerbread houses. Okay, I made this gingerbread house. Yes! THIS house! I...

Originally published December 24, 2003.  I’ve been a haunted man for 13 years, and I place the blame squarely on Tiny Tim’s crooked little shoulders. It was December 1990, and I had just finished rereading A Christmas Carol. Inspired by Tiny’s exultant prayer, “God bless us every one,” I decided that I, too, would have a proper Christmas dinner. The next day I marched into my local butcher shop in Brooklyn and ordered a goose. Luigi, a short, rotund man who had to stand on a milk crate to talk to his customers, leaned over the meat case and cocked an...