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Galvanized Stock Tank Turned DIY Pool

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Every summer, we have this urge to be around water, cooling off or just relaxing near a water source. The reason is obvious: hot weather and dry ambiance. The solution is also clear: an outdoor swimming pool. What happens when you don’t actually have the space or money to build the pool you wish? An easy compromise is to make your own swimming pool using a livestock tank in the DIY project. The transformation attempt featured in these images is a successful one. The galvanized stock tank Continue reading “Galvanized Stock Tank Turned DIY Pool” »

DIY Cute Sock Kitten

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Sock animals are cute and very fun to make. Most important, you don’t need to have special skills to create a sock toy, as it is a very easy project. To complete your sock animal collection, here’s a cool tutorial on how to make a little sock kitten. The materials you’ll need are: socks, yarn, scissor, filling material, needle and thread, googly eyes and the pattern from below. Cut out the pieces you are going to need to assemble the body of the kitten. Add filling material inside the socks and sew the body. Sew the head in place and create the face by applying the googly eyes. Don’t forget to add the whiskers, Continue reading “DIY Cute Sock Kitten” »

Building a Primitive Wattle and Daub Hut From Scratch

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This smart guy has built a hut in the bush using naturally occurring materials and primitive tools. The hut is 2m wide and 2m long, the side walls are 1m high and the ridge line (highest point) is 2m high giving a roof angle of 45 degrees. A bed was built inside and it takes up a little less than half the hut. The tools used were a stone hand axe to chop wood, fire sticks to make fire, a digging stick for digging and clay pots to carry water. The materials used in the hut were wood for the frame, vine and lawyer cane for lashings and mud for daubing. Broad leaves were Continue reading “Building a Primitive Wattle and Daub Hut From Scratch” »

Protect The Children By Anchoring Large Furniture, Televisions and Appliances

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You know when people say a child changes everything in your life. Actually, the saying should include your house because with a kid exploring everything around, running or climbing almost every piece of furniture, you have to make some changes, if you care about their safety of course. The solution isn’t complex or costly. With the device shown in the video a TV set is prevented from falling over your loving son or daughter when they curiously pull or push on the furniture that supports it. The solution is in anti-tip devices! Easily installed and rather inexpensive, they will prove a great Continue reading “Protect The Children By Anchoring Large Furniture, Televisions and Appliances” »

Contemporary Villa Near Moscow by SL* Project

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You might think round designs in architecture won’t impress as much nowadays. But this contemporary home near Moscow receives a positive feedback every time someone meets it for the first time. With an open layout in mind, architects Ekaterina Emelyanova and Alexey Nikolashin created a strong connection between the inside and the outside. In this regard, they made use of floor-to-ceiling windows as well as a minimalist décor. Continue reading “Contemporary Villa Near Moscow by SL* Project” »

How To Keep Bathroom Tiles Clean

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Everybody wants to have a clean home and thus, the cleaning process is one you ought to have as simple and effortless as humanly possible. Nowadays, we are bombarded with lots of magical solutions, from new cleaning products to modern robots. Truth is you can clean in the way you want to if you have a trick up your sleeve. Take grout from between the tiles of your bathroom as example. You know how hard Continue reading “How To Keep Bathroom Tiles Clean” »

4 Easily Tricks To Replace Carbs With Cauliflower

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Carbohydrates are giving you a hard time? Or gluten is making close to impossible to prepare a delicious and presentable meal, for yourself or your guest? We got the solution, and it’s a simple one you may have overlooked while you were shopping. A healthy alternative to baking with gluten products is… cauliflower! Yes, that simple vegetable can be used in lots of ways to replace gluten. In the video featured below you can find 4 recipes with some very delicious results. Even if it’s something simple as a replacement grilled cheese sandwich, cauliflower will handle it with taste! Continue reading “4 Easily Tricks To Replace Carbs With Cauliflower” »

Nine Secret Uses For Your Everyday Bathroom Products

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Issues occurring in your household on a daily basis can have, sometimes, the easiest solutions. In the cases we’re about to show you, the solutions is embodied by everyday products. Like those you find in the bathroom. Featured in the video on this webpage, you can find out how bathroom products will solve some problems that might give you headaches, for instance removing permanent marker from your skin or makeup stains on your clothes. The razor, nail polish remover, flat iron and many more products that you usually use in the bathroom for Continue reading “Nine Secret Uses For Your Everyday Bathroom Products” »

Only 3 Ingredients: Soufflé Cheesecake

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Are you short on ingredients and the guests to your small social gathering or party are still coming over? One might not think 3 ingredients are enough to turn into a delicious dessert, but this next recipe will show you how exactly to do that. And, unlike plenty of tutorials out there on the internet, the one we showcase here will result into a real piece of dessert. The Japanese Cotton Cheesecake is the sort of thing you can prepare where you’re in a time crisis as well as low on resources. It only requires eggs, white chocolate and (softened) cream cheese. Grab your electric mixer and a 6 inch round cake pan and you’re ready to bake. One hour later and the tasty light dessert is ready for whomever wants to enjoy it at your table. Continue reading “Only 3 Ingredients: Soufflé Cheesecake” »


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