I like making stuff, and I’m cheap, which has resulted in a lot of DIY projects in the last few years.
Coffee Table
A circular table that nests with our circular ottoman. Also, in the last picture you can see my $10 home depot bucket cyclone filter for my shop vac.
Another Coffee Table (Kotatsu)
I built this coffee table at the request of my partner as a way to make winter a little cozier. This one is a kotatsu, a Japanese-style table with a quartz heater mounted in the frame and covered with a blanket and table top.
Air Filter
After deciding to improve my home air quality, I did some research into commercial air filters and found they are generally quite bad. In fact, they are easily out-performed by a filter strapped to a $20 box fan. I decided to build a nicer and quieter version using PC fans, based on a design I found online.
Plant Benches
I made these with scrap wood leftover from other projects.
Board Game Shelves
I love my board game collection and have always wanted to show off the box art. So I built some back-lit pine shelves for them.
Shoe Shelf
Some extra storage space and a shelf for keys and wallets etc.
House Renovation
I have a good relationship with my landlord (my partner’s parents), so in 2021 I asked if I could renovate our space if they paid for the materials. I worked evenings and weekends alongside my full time job for 7 months during this project, but this was during peak covid so I didn’t have much else to do with my spare time. Check out the work I did in each room:
Rooms
Back Deck
Light Box
A music-reactive light box present for my partner, made while I was back in university. Audio was sampled through a mic module and analyzed with a fast Fourier transform. Different LED colours were tied to the amplitudes of a couple frequency bands (base, midrange, etc). I put this setup on a small wooden base and made a translucent enclosure out of cut up CD cases scratched with sandpaper.
