(BPT) - DIY continues to thrive, with many homeowners planning to tackle projects big and small themselves. According to the National Association of Realtors, home improvement projects that reflect ...

New DIY site Do Design DIY has instructions on how to build a cool backlit photo lamp. This project is a simple table lamp that backlights and displays inkjet prints of ANY photo or art, bringing out ...

It all started with a gift idea: a star-field lamp in the form of a concrete sphere with lightpipes poking out where the stars are, lit up from the inside by LEDs. When you’re making one of these, ...

The Tiffany lamp, that iconic example of Art Nouveau design, is also an auction house darling. Even reproductions of the stained glass fixtures go for $500 to $5,000. That's a pretty penny for a ...

Does your dad have a collection of CDs that’s just sitting there collecting dust? Author and DIY expert Tiffany Threadgould recently shared this bright idea about how to turn those CD cases into a ...

One of our favorite finds from this year’s ICFF is Mark McKenna’s collection of pocket-size do-It-yourself designer battery lights. We’ve seen 9-volt batteries acting as light sources before, as in ...