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Block shelves, commonly associated with modern decor, offer simple but striking supports for treasures, including art work, treasures on your walls. When painted the same color as a wall they let decorative objects float visually; in a contrasting color or wood tone, they add substance and structure to a blank and boring wall. Suitable for traditional as well as contemporary decor, block shelves create a wealth of display and storage options in every room.
Decorating photo frames is a great way to make sure that your memories don't just stop with the picture itself. Learn about easy ways to decorate photo frames with help from an experienced crafts expert in this free video clip.
Putting pictures from your old iPhone to your new one is something you can do in just a few seconds with iTunes. Put pictures from your old iPhone to your new one with help from an experienced electronics expert in this free video clip.
Making a gel scrim frame is a cheap, effective way to make your own photography supplies. Make a gel scrim frame with help from an experienced professional photographer in this free video clip.
When it comes to St. Valentine's Day, some people simply send a card to their loved one, while others go all out with gifts, surprises and decorations. If you want to transform your home into a Valentine love nest, start by creating pictures of traditional Valentine imagery. With a few basic supplies and a little thought, you can create decorations that will impress your loved one.
Decorating a nightstand picture is a great opportunity to really have a little fun with some craft foam. Decorate a nightstand picture with help from a crafts expert in this free video clip.
Mirror frame decorating is a great opportunity to use a wide variety of different craft items. Find out how to use craft items for mirror frame decorating with help from a longtime crafts expert with years of experience in this free video clip.
Duct tape picture frames are a fun, interesting way to store your favorite memories. Make duct tape picture frames with help from a graphic designer and illustrator in this free video clip.
Just because you're framing artwork doesn't mean you have to use glass. Learn about framing artwork without glass with help from a national interior design expert in this free video clip.
Bicyclists use the Graber Mag Trainer to improve speed, endurance and strength. By attaching your bicycle to the device, you can exercise even if the outside conditions are too extreme to bike safely. The device supports the back wheel of your bicycle and holds it slightly above the ground. This makes it possible to ride normally and concentrate on maintaining proper form. The Graber Mag Trainer has a PVC roller with five resistance settings that increase the level of difficulty.
Pavilions can refer to large buildings used at fairs and exhibitions or smaller, more intimate structures placed in a residential setting, such as a garden. The larger structures lie beyond the ability of the average homeowner to frame herself. A handy homeowner might frame a small wooden pavilion, after getting a professional to install a concrete foundation. But first, she should obtain a set of plans from an architect or engineer to ensure that the size of the framing members is structurally sound and the spacing of the posts and rafters meets any local code requirements.
Watertight shelter is the purpose of a roof. Centuries of human experience creating watertight living and working spaces lie behind today's standard roofing methods using materials such as metal, wood, clay tile, slate, and asphalt shingles. Wood-frame roofs are the most common type, and asphalt shingles remain the most frequently used roofing material by far. Most residential roofs consist of wood framing sheathed with plywood or oriented-strand board (OSB), then layered with various waterproofing materials before the shingles are attached. Often, a waterproof membrane is placed along the eaves and valleys of a roof to serve as an ice and…
Check local building authorities before starting an A-frame patio cover. You probably will need a building permit, and many localities have regulations governing height, openings and even coverings for patio roofs. Plan to set the A-frame cover on some type of perimeter wall to support the roof at the sides. Make the wall high enough to provide more usable space inside the A-frame. An A-frame that slopes to near ground level limits the height near the sides; a 4-foot wall will add height without detracting from the sharp triangle appearance of the A-frame cover.
Walk-in shower frames provide you with a basic structure upon which your shower walls are built. The open nature of the walk-in frame makes it possible to construct it with some basic lumber that can be purchased at your typical lumberyard or local home improvement retail store. Walk-in frames are ideal for showers placed in enclosures where tubs once existed and the surrounding walls lend themselves to the simple installation of tile or other fabricated shower coverings.
Wood-framed homes located in areas prone to earthquakes can be relatively safe because the natural elasticity of wood allows the structure to sway with the earth. But if the house is not strongly secured to its foundation, it could slide off and suffer fatal structural damage or even collapse. The single most important thing you can do to ensure your wood-framed house survives a quake is to make sure it is solidly bonded to the foundation.
Most modern cameras include built-in photometers to help set the correct exposure for each photo. These measure the light on the subject and help the camera determine the correct shutter speed and flash settings. The International Commission on Illumination, or CIE, has created standards for photometers, so any photometer meeting those standards can be called a CIE photometer.
Concrete provides a strong and stable structure for holding window frames in place, but the frames themselves cannot be set directly into the concrete surface. Instead, you’ll need to create a frame between the concrete and the window frame, providing a level surface to which you can screw the window frames in place. The creation of the frames is not a difficult process, but it does require careful detail work to ensure that the frame is fitted well enough so only small adjustments are necessary during the installation process.
A steel framed wooden bench is a staple for city parks, placed along the pathways and by the playgrounds. Adding such a decorative piece of outdoor furniture to your yard will bring a sophisticated style to your home for the front by a tree or in the back on the patio. The wood slats are a pre-treated lumber specifically made for outdoor furniture, while the metal frame can be created at home using your own design and ironworking skill.
Mirrors are an efficient way to expand a small space, and can add to the decor of any room. However, an old, tattered mirror frame can decrease the ambiance in your home. Although you can buy a new mirror frame or replace the mirror entirely, redo the mirror frame you already have by decorating it with a few basic craft materials. This enables you to be creative while bringing new style and artistic flair into your home.
The framing or composition of a headshot is very important to the finished product. Fame a headshot properly with help from a professional photographer in this free video clip.
Queen size waterbeds are large and comfortable enough for two people. They also, however, take up a large amount of the room in which they are placed. When space is limited, it can be difficult to accommodate both a queen size waterbed and a set of drawers to store clothes or other items. Get around this problem by installing a queen size waterbed frame with drawers, which removes the need for a separate chest of drawers and helps to keep space clear in the bedroom.
Jacuzzis are available in drop-in or freestanding versions. Drop-in Jacuzzis are commonly found in bathrooms and built-in outdoor installations while freestanding tubs are typically placed onto existing decks or in open spaces. Drop-in Jacuzzi tubs require a solid base on which to rest, and a wooden framework that surrounds and encloses them. The framework is built to completely mask the open sides of the tub, leaving only the finished top visible. A small deck, tile, or any number of decorative solutions can be added to the wooden framework once installed. The process of building a Jacuzzi drop-in frame requires only…
Video and audio data inhabit considerably more disk space than a typical binary file. Therefore, compression of this data down to manageable size must use a different approach, one with sufficient speed and storage efficiency that is conducive to data written once, but repeatedly read. This is where MPEG compression comes into play. Three compression encoding and decoding schemes exist: I-frame (intraframe), P-frame (predictive frame) and B-frame (bi-directional). Of the three, I-frame is the most labor-intensive as it is the first picture frame in a group of pictures and serves as the launching point of reference for P-frame and B-frame…
Most kitchen refrigerators are stand-alone units that simply slide into a space between cabinets or at the end of a wall. But sometimes the fridge has a cubby of its own. Framing around a kitchen refrigerator is a simple carpentry task that anyone with basic carpentry knowledge, tools and some spare time can complete. The end result is a completely enclosed refrigerator with a frame that you built yourself, saving the money a carpenter would have cost.
Good composition can make all the difference between a boring photograph and one that catches your eye. Learning how to make yourself or your subject more dominant in photographs can enhance your photographs' aesthetic appeal. Professional photographers call the dominant feature of a photograph the picture's "focal point." A few techniques can add emphasis and help you appear more dominant in each photograph.
A synchronizer is an electronic device with several inputs to change video frames from one video format, such as analog, to another format, such as digital. Professionals use large frame sychronizers when changing video formats, but if you simply want to change analogue, like that used in VCR technology, to digital you can make your own frame synchronizer by installing a video capture card in your computer. By connecting the device you want to frame synchronize to the video capture card you can record the video on the computer and edit it through any video editing software application.
Lowering the ceiling in a room eliminates some of the vertical space in the room, which can be a benefit for tall rooms. Bringing the ceiling down also lowers the cost of heating the room during the winter months. If you want to lower a ceiling, you must remove the ceiling already in place.
Attic access panels are simple covers that block the opening to your attic storage space. They are used in homes that do not have attic staircases or ladders and the panel consists of a piece of wood or drywall, often insulated on the back, positioned over the opening to seal it and mask it from view. The process of building a frame into which your attic panel will be placed requires some basic DIY skills and tools.
When you want to share your pictures with friends using your Android-powered phone, the last thing you need is a glitch that affects your photos. The Picasa platform used for editing, sharing and uploading pictures had a known issue of cutting off photos at the bottom. Updates have resolved the issue, so if your Picasa is still cutting off your pictures, download the latest updates for both your app and your phone.
A Java frame is the main form or window used to display the elements for your NetBeans program. NetBeans' graphical interface helps you create and debug Java programs. To connect frames, you create a new frame within the first frame, and set the new frame to "visible" so that it displays on the user's desktop. The feature provides your program with a multiple windows interface.
Shade protects plants, animals and people from the scorching heat of the sun. Even plants that love full sun exposure may need shade when there is a heat wave. Not all shade structures need to provide permanent shade. Moveable shade constructions give the advantage of shade on an as-needed basis.
The A-frame house gets its name from the way its rafters give the appearance of the letter "A" when viewed from the front or rear. The "A" may be shallow or steep, depending on the pitch of the roof. One end of a rafter, the ridge cut, is attached to a horizontal ridge beam running the length of the house. The other end rests on the wall with a cut known as the Bird's Mouth. The portion of the rafter that extends beyond the outside wall is known as the rafter tail. Cutting rafters requires significant carpentry skill, as well…
Using a wood-framed mirror to create a recessed medicine cabinet is a relatively easy process: Simply replace the door in your purchased cabinet with the framed mirror. The most difficult part of the project will be the installation of the recessed cabinet. A properly installed recessed medicine cabinet rests in a frame, made of 2-by-4 lumber or other suitable material, inside the wall. To accommodate the 2-by-4 framework, you can shift electrical wires, plumbing supply lines and even a stud if the wall's not a load-bearing wall, as necessary; but a large vent pipe or load-bearing framing would be hard…
You may need to remove window frames from a basement in the process of removing the window and bricking up the opening, or because you are replacing old and leaky windows with new, more efficient ones. The process of removing an old window from a basement opening is fairly straightforward, particularly if you are not planning to reuse the window and its condition after it is removed doesn't matter.
The task of reupholstering a sectional sofa comes has a bit of an intimidating ring to it, especially when the sofa has curved or unusual shaped pieces. The good news is that nearly all sofas are designed specifically so that they can be reupholstered when the fabric wears out. So take heart, gather a few basic supplies, and get ready for a fun -- and surprisingly easy -- DIY project.
Silk-screening is a printing technique that transfers stenciled or hand-drawn images onto a variety of surfaces, such as T-shirts, tote bags, balloons, posters and throw cushions. The creative technique first came into practice in the Far East during the first millennium. While the screens were initially made from silk fabric, common fabrics used today include polyester and nylon. You can make a silkscreen frame inexpensively, customized to the size of your choice, to create your own personalized apparel and accessories.
You can create a picture frame from an old wooden windowpane. These are square or rectangular in shape, and consist of multiple panes of glass. Each glass pane is capable of displaying a treasured family photo. Together, these photos create a collage of memories suitable for display on a living room wall. You can paint or stain the wood of the window to match the color scheme of your existing decor, or keep the weathered wood as is to enjoy the natural vintage look.
A mirrored headboard can make your bedroom look bigger, but raw mirror edges can look rather stark. Flexible molding, which is made out of resin, can be bent to fit the headboard’s curves or cut to fit a headboard with straight edges.
You can spend a considerable amount of money on a commercially produced folding futon frame, one that includes sliders or hinges to convert the bed into a sofa. Although building a frame like this is beyond the capability of most people who work on furniture as a hobby, you can put together a simpler "studio" frame using common household tools and lumber from a local home improvement center. Set aside a full day for this project, including time for your paint to dry.
If your bathroom has a plain mirror on its medicine cabinet door, you can dress it up with a wooden mirror frame. Many craft stores offer lightweight wooden frame components that are suitable to edge a medicine cabinet door. If you cannot find wooden frame material at a craft store, lumber yards and home improvement stores offer many styles of lightweight wood molding that they will even cut to your specifications to make a medicine cabinet door frame.
A wire frame for sculpting is known as an armature. The purpose of the armature is to give stability and form to the clay sculpture. It provides the framework to hold clay in precarious positions. Wire is a common material used to make an armature due to the fact that it bends easily and holds the desired shape. Other armature materials include floral wire, brass or steel rods and aluminum foil. Think of the armature as the skeleton of the sculpture.
Unframed mirrors are a common fixture in bathrooms in houses and apartments. Normally held against the wall with glue and plastic clips at the edges, adding a frame to this style of mirror gives it a new look. Foam spacers are widely available and come in various dimensions. When glued to the back of a custom mirror frame, they push the frame away from the glass and lift it above the surface of the plastic clip. This process guarantees a level mirror frame installation without any chiseling or clip removal.
Gilded mirror frames are ornate and made from wood, metal or stone. With a long history, dating back to 2300 BCE, gilding is created using pure gold, gold blends or gold paint coatings. If your gilded mirror is an antique, be careful when repairing cracks. Use traditional hide glue, or rabbit glue, for the best results. Hide glue works on top of any previous glue used in the gilding process, frame construction or previous repairs, so no need to scrape off old glue. Hide glue was used on all frames constructed before the 1940s and is preferred for restoration projects.…
An A-frame lift, sometimes called a gantry, is used to hoist heavy machinery with minimal help. The lift earns its name as an A-frame because the crossbeam at the top is supported by four supports. The two supports on each side meet at the top and spread at the bottom, in the shape of a capital letter A. Another support is installed between the supports on each side for additional stability. A chain hoist hangs from a chain that's suspended across the crossbeam.
Building your own couch frame is a means of adding seating to your home in a way that allows you to shape the couch to fit your space and seating requirements. After building the frame, cushions can be added for a comfortable seating space and the cushions and frame covered with fabric of any type. These couches are an affordable alternative to commercial seating, and allow you to build many couches for the same price as one from a retail outlet.
Using ten frames to subtract one number from another requires you to follow a few distinct steps. Use ten frames to subtract with help from a mathematics educator in this free video clip.
A bubble glass frame contains a convex piece of glass rather than the traditional flat piece. This type of mounting style was popular at the turn of the 20th century and was often used to display family portraits on the wall. Whether you have a family heirloom or a bubble frame from an antique store, mounting pictures in the glass is similar to using a regular picture frame.
Installing an awning over a door or window is a simple way to keep your home cool and to block out direct sunlight. Rather than purchasing an expensive custom awning, you can save money by buying or making your own canvas awning cover. Once you have the canvas awning cover, you can construct a basic frame out of PVC pipe and install the awning yourself. This project is one that the average homeowner can complete in a few hours.
Probably the one thing in your house that you can't have too much of is storage space. Closets, for instance, always seem to be in short supply. A closet organizes, stores, hides and protects the essentials of daily life and the memories of yesterday. When your house doesn't offer the closet space you need, building a new one is a simple, inexpensive option. Frame a wall for a room-length closet, or two walls if you plan to enclose the corner of a room. Hang wall coverings, shelves or clothes rods as desired, and finish with a door to create your…
The heart of radio-controlled vehicles is the RC servo motor. There are many shapes and sizes of motors, but they all follow similar general mounting techniques. Mounting a servo motor can be done in three ways: gluing the servo casing directly to the vehicle's frame, attaching the servo with small screws using the mounting tabs, or purchasing a mounting plate and securing it with the included hardware.
