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Grannie's Tomato 'Gravy'
The confluence of two life forces - a move to San Francisco and marrying into an Italian family - got me thinking a lot about tomatoes and tomato sauce, or as my husband's great-aunt calls it: gravy....
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9 Alternative Storage Ideas
My apartment in San Francisco checked off many desirable features: hardwood floors, nice neighborhood, new appliances, great access to public transit, and even laundry in the building. The one thing it...
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IKEA Expedit Filing Cabinet Hack
Like many nomadic friends, we own one of the Expedit units from IKEA. I has 5 cubbies down and across and since we live with limited storage space, this has been a useful addition to our apartment....
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Winter Fun - Frozen Bubbles
Fun with bubbles isn't just for long, lazy summer days. Frosty cold winter weather with temperatures dipping below 20 degrees F and 3 simple ingredients are what we used to make beautiful frozen...
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SUV MicroCamper - Fat Berta 3.0
This is a modular SUV/station wagon based camper setup, that sleeps two in luxury, has ample storage space and costs almost nothing. Additionally, I'll show you how to make a trunk tent, magnetic...
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Bucket for Gardening - Banana Peels to Butterflies
What do a 5-gallon bucket, passion for gardening, and love of coffee all have in common? Answer - compost and convenience. I'm always looking for ways to minimize what I send to the landfill and one of...
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3D Printed Geneva Gear
Breaking into new territory! I was looking for a project to practice Solidworks and assemblies in particular so I set out to find some mechanism I could use as a baseline for my model. So what's a...
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Galactic Groot Yule Log
I was just bored on New Years day and with all the grocery stores closed for the holiday I had to make do with what I could find at the corner store. I looked at this like one of those Top Chef...
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Yule Log Cake
This year for Christmas, my friends and I learned how to make Yule Log Cake. I love pretty much anything festive and need little convincing for a new project or a reason to bake things with friends....
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A Simple Modern Bench
My goal for this project was to create a simple, modern, wooden bench with a concrete top and storage underneath. I had limited space (about 4 feet by 16 inches) to work with so I made my bench fit...
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HomeMade Modern DIY Box Sofa
Your sofa is probably one of the most expensive pieces of furniture you own. This wood framed sofa is simple and durable with a timeless style. It can be built around almost any sofa cushions you might...
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Make a Back Yard Pergola
For the past 10 years, all activity in our back yard centered around a large wooden play structure. This ungainly structure served our kids well, whether as a pirate ship, part of an obstacle course,...
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Modular Bookshelf
This modular bookcase was designed and constructed by Jens Sehm of As You Like it Fine Furniture and Custom Woodwork in Ashland, Oregon. Jen’s gave me permission to document the construction process....
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Adirondack Chair
PopularMechanics.com For more on Adirondack Chairs, see our original story. Our version of the Adirondack chair has come a long way from the early types that had flat backs and seats-and, we've added a...
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Tripod Mount Fix (3D Print)
One of the most compelling use cases of FFF-style 3D printing for me is to replace broken or missing parts of things where replacement parts aren't available. When my Fitbit clip fell off and went...
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Stone Garden Walkways
Building these two garden walkways was fun, but were high-energy projects. I wanted to replace an overgrown path through a perennial sun garden, and I wanted to build it myself, with the end product...
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Custom Pattern Bookcases
A little while back, I set out to build a bookcase. I wanted to house my books and also have space for things like puzzles, games, and keepsakes. Since they're all different dimensions, standard...
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Tart Cherry Protein Gummies
I love gummies !!! They are probably one of my favorite treats, but when it comes to snacks, they're likely not the best choice; too much refined sugar. To help me stay on a healthier path and still...
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Chocolate Meringues
Deliciousness made easy. Meringues can be daunting but once you have knack you can whip them up pretty quickly with brilliant results. Plain meringues are dairy, gluten, cholesterol and fat free - a...
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Organic Backyard Lemon Curd
We moved into a lovely house with a meyer lemon tree in the backyard and it produces more lemons than we've been able to eat. And when life gives you lemons...make lemon curd! We'll go over the recipe,...
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$5 TV Fix
One fine day, my TV stopped powering on. It was a shame since it wasn't brand new, but it still seemed to have plenty of life in it up to that point. After a little bit of searching around, I found...
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How to Make a Raised Garden Bed Cover With Hinges
This Instructable will take you through the process of making hinged covers for your raised garden beds. This will help you keep all the wildlife out of your garden and prevent them from eating all...
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Turkey Stock From Thanksgiving Leftovers
After you've carved your Thanksgiving bird, make a flavorful soup stock from the bones and extra bits set aside from the other dishes. If you have a lot of turkey leftovers like I did, soup is a great...
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Red Pepper Soup With Goat Cheese & Harissa
Having a backyard garden means finding recipes to make use of bumper crops and stretching the comfort zones of cooking. Once my red bell peppers moved from green to red, I started looking for more to...
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Wine Barrel Adirondack Chair
Adirondack Chairs are comfortable, iconic lawn furniture that are timelessly popular. By using barrel staves you can build a unique adirondack at an affordable price. Additionally, the compound curves...
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Chocolate Dipped Orange Peel - Orangette
If you've happened upon my other Instructables related to food, perhaps you've noticed a theme - when life gives me lemons, it gives me hundreds of lemons. I moved to a place with many fruit trees and...
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how to sew a zippered pillow cover
Pillow covers are one of the fastest ways to freshen up a room. I love being able to whip one up in a half hour :DIn this instructable, I'll show you my favorite way to make a zipper pillow cover....
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Garden Trug
Now that you've got your garden planted you've got lots of time to make yourself a trug!!I know this is not a true basket trug but I wanted to make a basket that could be used for a variety of purposes...
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Far From Home Pineapple Lumps
Pineapple lumps are an iconic, world-famous-in-New-Zealand, chocolate covered deliciousness. Living outside NZ makes it very hard to get hold of them without paying a fortune so with the Rugby World...
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Laser Cut River Wall Art
When you are browsing woodworking pictures from time to time, then you probably have already seen a couple of them: "river tables". I love the look of the live edge wood in combination with colored...
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