So, in my summer nostalgia, I was telling Liz about how I wanted to make some stools like I had when I was little for our kids. And so we started talking…. and we came up with these summer camp stools ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. As the economic downturn drives people to spend more time in the home and restricts their spending power, DIY seems ...

This chair, made from pallets, is the perfect addition to any whimsical outdoor space or rustic living area. Believe it or not, you don’t even need to dismantle all of the pallets to make it. When you ...

Don’t underestimate the design potential of a basic folding lawn chair. Yes, it may be utilitarian and nondescript, but this ubiquitous piece of outdoor furniture can serve as a blank canvas for ...

When I am out gallivanting around my favorite thrift stores, I’m hard-pressed to not come home with a chair of some sort. No matter the silhouette or size, and, too, the more tattered and torn the ...

Backpackers spend most of the day on their feet and most do not carry the extra weight of a folding camp chair. YouTube user Econo Challenge came up with a portable lightweight design for a ...

Do you have dining room chairs with faded, stained or outdated seat cushion fabric? Maybe you found a nice old chair at a yard sale that just needs a reupholstered seat. Even if you’re not very handy, ...

This week, I’ll show you how to make DIY modern plywood chairs from a single sheet of Baltic birch plywood. I built two chairs as part of the Modern Maker Podcast’s Rockler Plywood Challenge, designed ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Amanda Brown encourages creative types who are looking to upgrade their furniture to think outside the box — big-box retailers, that is. “I’m not the same ...