We’ve needed some kind of stand for our turntable and records, and couldn’t find anything we liked on Marketplace, and didn’t want to spend $100+ for some particle board junk. So I built this mid-century modern-style record player stand over the weekend. It’s a super simple DIY project! Read on for the tutorial – but... Continue Reading The post DIY record player stand and using relative measurements appeared first on House and Hammer.| House and Hammer
The RIE Educaring approach is founded on carers having basic trust in the child's abilities. This means recognising that hovering is not helpful.| Sustainable Play Preschool
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We recently got our siding redone, a whole upheaval that included, among other things, temporarily removing our mailboxes from the front porch. But after all was said and done — with our house finally looking nice for like, the very first time in our tenure — we decided the rusty old mailboxes we got at... Continue Reading The post DIY mailbox: Build an British-style postbox with scrap wood appeared first on House and Hammer.| House and Hammer
It’s hard to think about heating oil in the midst of the hottest 21-day period in Boston’s recorded history. But while gas prices started dipping downward the past month, the cost of heating oil in Massachusetts is still up 72% compared to a year ago, at around $5 a gallon. That could leave many New... Continue Reading The post Step by step: Converting from an oil furnace to electric heat pump before winter appeared first on House and Hammer.| House and Hammer
There’s something pretty all-American about kids selling lemonade on the sidewalk on a hot summer day. And yet, a lot of modern American communities — I’m talking about those car-centric cul-de-sac suburbs off the highway — just don’t lend themselves to this smallest of business enterprises. That’s one of the reasons we think Quincy is one... Continue Reading The post How to make a DIY lemonade stand from an old kitchen cabinet appeared first on House and Hammer.| House and Hammer