How To: Lantern Wall Decor

Hello and welcome to this weeks installment of Rustic DIY Projects! This week's project is something slightly out of the ordinary. While looking up the inspiration for additional wall pieces I happened to come across something pretty cool looking. It appeared to be some sort of lantern mounted to some boards of wood resembling a picketed fence going up an incline with some shrubbery hanging over. Now this actually wasn't a wall decoration at all (seemed to be more of a table top decoration) but that doesn't mean I can't turn it into one. And I had the perfect spot to put it right over my living room TV underneath the stairway. So I played around with the idea, made a few unscripted changes and this is what I got as a result, hope you enjoy!

How To: LED Sign

Evening everyone! I'm back with another installment for Rustic DIY Projects! So today's project is an LED sign I made for a patient at an assisted care facility I volunteer at. This isn't a conventional project in the sense that it will be very hard to reproduce without the help of a CNC machine (which is what I used). I found out my patient's interests then carved out related images on some 1/4" birch plywood then made a frame to seat them in and a box to house the LEDs. I don't expect many people to go out and try replicating this however it's something interesting I made so I decided I may as well share it. 

How To: Dog Feeder

Hey everyone! After two years I'm back with some more DIY projects. I apologize for the long hiatus but I took a couple years off of posting on my blog while I turned my attention to some more pressing matters... But for right now I'm back with some of my latest projects. Today's addition is a dog feeder I made for my friend and coworker. But it's not just your average run-of -the-mill dog feeder, it also comes with a hinged top that opens up to give some inside storage space to put your dog food. I also installed a small clasp on the front so that my dogs wont just lift up the front end and eat what's inside, spilling their water and food bowls in the process... Here's how I made it!