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Since I published my DiY Garden Decor post here on Hometalk recently, a lot of you have asked if I had a tutorial for the copper coil wind chimes. I didn't document the chimes pictured in that post, but I decided to make another one and document the process in the following tutorial. I hope you find it helpful. For the wind chimes, I used soft refrigeration copper coil I bought at Home Depot. Refrigerator type copper pipes are soft enough to bend or work with yet strong enough to ho…

Wendy Videlock

Handmade, practical and sculptural, forged ironwork Shortlisted for Best New Product Design at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011/2013/2015, Straysparks creative metalwork caters for the garden enthusiast with a taste for organic, flowing design in the garden. Using traditional and contemporary blacksmithing techniques, we have designed a

Simple techniques transform plumbing pipes into functional garden structures

Hello! I’m currently buried 6 feet deep in upgrading my blog to WordPress, and I just realized I forgot to schedule this post. Apologies, apologies! Remember that mystery project I hinted at last month? This is it! This is probably one of my favorite projects to date. It may not ...

They say diamonds are forever, I say diamonds are...wherever. D.I.Y Diamonds could be just as appreciated as the real bling thing - Get 10+ DIY ideas here!

Incorporating items that are exclusively ornamental, such as paintings and statues, is an important part of decorating your home and garden. However, you can greatly expand your decorating options by adopting a simple philosophy: How can I accomplish a necessary function in an aesthetically pleasing way? Rain chains, decorative alternatives to traditional metal or plastic downspouts, are a fantastic example of what this philosophy looks like in practice. They come in a wide variety of…

LatticeStix : Plant Trellis

Copper Pipe Glockenspiel: Build a great-sounding glockenspiel out of copper pipes! The pipes, when correctly mounted, have a lovely bell-like tone. This glockenspiel (a glockenspiel is like a xylophone, but with metal slats or tubes) is based on a project in this book, but…

A couple of months ago I got the notion that I wanted a rain chain. This notion lead to some great ideas on creating a water collection basin underneath it, and more ideas for rain gardens. What is…

Le très talentueux Karl Gercens était à Chaumont sur Loire cet été, au festival des jardins. The festival des jardin of Chaumont sur Loire, through Karl Gercens'eyes. Faeric !

Jewelers need to bend tubing for various constructions. This articles describes the methods to effectively bend tubing. Read further for more details.