Someone decided stacking phone books and shellacking them makes a 'sturdy' chair. Took 1 week, dozens of books, and nearly a gallon of shellac. Now there's just a wobbly deathtrap in my living room. Newspapers are good for one thing: reading, then recycling!

So here's a detailed breakdown of building an 'espresso' machine out of a pressure cooker, copper tubing, and a bike pump. Thought I'd save money. Reality: Burnt coffee, 2 hours of pumping for a lukewarm shot, and a hissing contraption scaring my pets. Some things you just buy. Please, for …

Full Guide: Turn old jeans into a bean bag. Cut the legs, sew them into a patchwork sphere, fill with beans. Sounds comfy and cost-effective! 4 hours in, you got a lumpy, uneven monstrosity that's too embarrassing to display. Stick to pants, folks.

Tried that DIY lava lamp trend with oil, water, food coloring, and alka-seltzer. Messy, smells weird, and the colors mixed into a brown goop. Not the 70s throwback vibe I was going for.

Hear me out: a dress made entirely of duct tape. Wrap yourself in silver glory, k? No sewing needed, right? WRONG. It's sweaty, it's sticky, and try going to the bathroom in that. Def not the statement I wanted to make at prom. 😅

Guys, I just hot glued rubber soles to socks to make 'shoes'. Genius, right? Nah. Tried walking my dog, and five minutes in, the soles peeled off and I was just... in socks. In mud. Save yourselves and just buy shoes.

Upcycling is awesome, but not everything should get a second life. I saw someone turn an old tire into a sink base. Yes, a SINK. Waterproofing the insides, adding a basin on top, making sure it doesn't stink...baffling. Looks quirky, until you think of the rubber leaching every time you …

So my roommate's idea of 'innovation' is bending a fork into a cabinet handle. Why buy new hardware when you can just make your kitchen look like a cutlery drawer exploded onto every surface, right? Pretty sure it's not even stainless steel so like...enjoy the rust?

Okay guys, hear me out. I saw this wall decor at a friend's, made entirely out of TOILET PAPER ROLLS. Crazy, right? Here's what you gotta do: collect like, a hundred rolls, then flatten 'em, cut'em up into lil' bands, and start gluing them into shapes. Flowers, geometric patterns, you …

So, dropped my TV remote and it just stopped working. Changed the batteries, did the ol' knock-knock trick, nada. So in my infinite wisdom and desperation to change the channel, I figured: bananafix! Popped the remote open, and there was a broken circuit that the battery connects to. Grabbed a …

Hey guys! For months I've been committed to one thing: making custom car parts out of plastic with a 3D pen. Let's just say, it's been interesting... First, I did sketches and measurements - many, many attempts. The next steps, tracing it out with my 3D pen and slowly building …

LOL, so I got so bored today and I had this old laptop laying around, right? Not working anymore, just collecting dust. So I thought, HEY! Why not make it useful? What's more useful than coffee, right?! Tore everything out, made some room in it. Grabbed an old coffee machine …

Okay, so, this was a *project*. Tried to hand-craft a fork out of wood. Turned a nice piece of cherry into two hours of whittling. Finally got it sort of fork-shaped, but it was really rough and def not safe to eat with. Figured I'd sand it down, polish it, …

Yooo guys, had this crazy brainwave last night. Tried to make a charging pad disguised as a rug. Had a spare wireless charging pad, some felt and fabric glue. Glued them together, and boom! Phone-charging rug. Only problem, it's super uncomfortable to step on, and my phone picks up lint …