This magical way to make a wooden box seemingly turns a piece of wood into foldable paper. With a few woodcutting tools and ...

Expand your carpentry skills by learning different methods of how to build a wooden box. Boxes form the heart of many types of furniture, cabinets and shelves, bins, storage crates, raised garden beds ...

Apply a coat of primer and one or two coats of latex paint. Use a brush on the corners and roll the flat areas. Stack the ...

– One 4 x 4 grid Ikea Expedit bookshelf (find some inexpensive options here on craigslist) – 2 sheets of 1/2″ thick plywood cut to 38″ wide x 60″ long (technically you could use one large sheet of ...

Organizing scrap lumber is a challenge. You need to keep pieces readily available, but out of harms way. This lumber storage cart can be built in a weekend and will hold everything you need. Not many ...

A home with children turns into a maze of tiny hazards fast. Bleach under the sink. Spare screws in a jam jar. Scissors, sprays, batteries that never quite find a safe place. You can babyproof plugs ...

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

Beds are a problem for the nomad: too big to move and too expensive to leave behind. By default, many of us end up with a box spring on the floor, down in the dust bunnies and lost crumbs. Putting the ...