These aren't for folks on a budget. Get real.

I am female over 50. I taught myself everything from watching construction work and KZread, and haunting the aisles at Home Depot. The projects shown here are very easy, but appear hard because you don't know where to begin. The hardest part is not the project. It is research on tool selection so you don't waste your money. Here are some tips for you. Pick a project. Buy only the tools required. NEVER BUY CHEAP TOOLS!! Buy decent quality so it is a joy to use and you feel happy when you use them. Tools are your friends. Garden, kitchen, sewing, jewelry, DIY, wood working, metalsmithing, all wonderful tools! Tools free you up from dependency on others. Be familiar with DIY tools and good luck with your projects. Tools shown in order of appearance with costs: Dewalt and Bosch - Usually top of line Makita, Milwaukee - Middle cost Rigid, Ryobi - Low cost If you buy cordless, stick with the same brand for most, so batteries are interchangeable. I use Dewalt only for cordless tools because I can buy a lot of cordless gardening tools from Dewalt as well such as leaf blower, string trimmer, hedge trimmer, Sawzall, Chain saw 12". I find Dewalt more user friendly in design - good LED lights in front, variable switches, etc. However they are pricier. Not all Dewalt tools are good. The Bosch Angle Grinder is much better. Corded Drill and Driver - $100 pair - any brand roughly. 20V Cordless Dewalt Battery Drill and Driver - On sale at Home Depot now for $200 - Drill, Driver, 2 Lithium batteries, charger, bag. Very good deal. XR is Brushless, no XR is with carbon brushes. Buy the 885 or 887 models - good deals. Brushless simply means the carbon brushes are inside the tool which will eventually die out, so don't waste money buying 'brushless'. Carbon brushes are simply springs attached to a little block of carbon that looks like pencil lead. You unscrew some piece of the tool and replace them every 1-2 yrs. Get genuine Dewalt, not Amazon fakes. Makita is also good. I like Dewalt for these two tools, as they are very intelligently built. Buy these and they are user friendly, last forever. Forget corded, pain in the A**. Your drill should be chuckless (no key needed), variable speed, At least 1/2" size, and must have the hammer function. Impact Driver (screwdriver) should be chuckless, variable speed, have good LED lights in front. The 887 models are very nice but pricey. As a compromise, buy the 885 Drill and 887 Driver. When buying a bundled kit, make sure that you have all the functionality I listed. Sometimes they sell you a cheaper model! Drill bits: $10 a box. Titanium or Tungsten coated for wood, and separate ones for metal. Get also masonry drill bits - only the size you need for your project. You can drill thru concrete wall, make holes in ceramic bowls to convert to planters, drill thru glass and any tile. Wear goggles!!! Spray water on tile, ceramic, glass as you drill and set drill to 'hammer' mode. Start at an angle so bit does not skip. Non-hammer mode will not drill thru these materials. Hammer mode for glass, etc. Regular drill mode for wood and metal. Circular saw Cordless 20V Dewalt is $100. A cheaper alternative to a table saw but unless you are cutting wood at Home Depot parking lot or doing a lot of mobile builds away from a power source, no point. If you need a small mobile saw, get the cordless battery version. Dewalt is useful but be aware they make a smaller blade size so less choices in blades, and I don't like being forced to buy one brand. Use a corded Makita instead. Concrete float, sponge, and trowel for setting tile - $10 each or less. Buy grooved as per tile size. Painting: use a roller or brush and avoid major costs. If you still need to spray paint, then buy the Porter Cable 6 gal pancake compressor that any woman can lift easily for $149 + 3 tools that come as a kit: brad nailer, finish nailer, stapler. Look for Home Depot deals. Go to Harbor Freight and get paint sprayer. Start spraying. Harbor freight: Nitrile gloves $13 pack of 50 at 0.9 mil, goggles $2 each. Wear a shower cap for painting. Large holes in wood - use Hole saw set $10 - attach one to your drill and make a hole thru wood. If you need to make a partial hole only, use Forstner bits -more expensive. 2:34 - This is a Chop saw/ Miter Saw. You don't need this to start out with. Its meant for chopping strips of wood. You can do the same with a table saw or circular saw. These run cheap from $150 - $800. Lot of options: Bevel, dual bevel, sliding arm, compound, laser guide, corded, cordless, etc. A decent Dewalt one with most functions runs $650 + tax. You do not need this. 2:38 - This is a Kreg Jig for joinery. When you want an invisible join in a drawer for example, this allows you to drill holes on inside so screw is hidden. A bit pricey from $30 - $100 but very useful ... IF you are making cabinets or drawers or have lots of invisible joins. You do not need this. Use a simple butt join instead unless you want to ramp up your skills. 3:01 - The stapler used here comes free when you buy the air compressor I mentioned above. Load up staples of any size, turn on the compressor and boom, boom, boom you are in business. Wear goggles!!! Do any piece of upholstery professionally! Best wood glue: Titebond Premium II (not I, not III) under $10. Do not use Elmers, Gorilla, Spray adhesives. Construction glue - thick pasty, holds up anything - Loctite Power Grab Caulking tube + Caulking Gun $20 both. Do not buy tubes of glue your fingers will fall off from squeezing. Let the caulking gun do the work. Tiling - it is super easy to tile, but as precise as making a cake. Follow directions exactly about mixing time, proportions, etc. Use MAPEI products from Lowes - the best. Thinset Mortar - mix with water or Polymer (does not crack with earthquakes or in a van build) - spread with a trowel, stick your tile on it, let dry. Grout - sanded or unsanded - mix with water or Grout Maximizer (Polymer) and fill in the cracks. Wipe off with yellow sponge (don't use any other type). Let dry. Grout Maximizer is a Mapei product from Italy. It has a built in sealant. No cracking and falling off, no sealant required every year. Use it! 4:21 - Jigsaw - $45 Ryobi corded to $100 Dewalt Cordless. Useful tool for delicate cuts, curved cuts, shaving off trim. 4:42 - Table saw - Portable Dewalt Corded tables saw runs around $400. Invaluable tool. Easy to store. You really need this to cut shelves, boards, anything. Do not buy a cheap table saw it will be out of alignment. Best little sander to buy is the Dewalt Corded Random Orbit Sander for $65 - $100. Variable speed. Buy Diablo 5" disc hook and loop (Velcro) sandpaper in grits 80, 150, 220 for most projects. Mesh sandpaper is the absolute best. Attach your vacuum to it for even less dust. Do not buy a Palm Sander! You will always need a Studfinder - Zircon brand is good. HDepot has some sales going on now. $20 - $40. Locates the wood studs behind the wall so you can hang stuff easily. This is critical. My favorite tool is the Bosch Angle Grinder 5" with variable speed, paddle switch, and a continuous operation button. I buy the wire cup brushes from Harbor Freight - 4.5" or 4" accessories are fine on the 5". Use the wire brushes to remove rust so you don't waste sand paper. Use Flapdics for aggressive sanding. Use cutting wheels for slicing thru metal, grinding wheels for grinding down metal. Use diamond wheels for cutting tile, glass, concrete (spray water on these). You will love your angle grinder!!!! Best tool in the universe. Be a superhero of tools!

How much did all the saws, drills etc cost to do these projects? Doesn’t look cheap unless you do a lot of these projects.

@k.g.8503

Жыл бұрын

You can rent tools or borrow them.

@eftitasusarani5865

Жыл бұрын

And not as easy as it looks either

@always2bfaithful

Жыл бұрын

Most of the tools you’re seeing over and over again is a drill and various saws. You need a drill and can spend anywhere from $30 to $100 on a new one, or you can get one second hand. Most people have more than they need and it’s a common item to come across second hand. Bits for it aren’t expensive. Maybe $10 for an assorted set with everything you’d need. The only saws you’re likely to need are a skill saw and maybe a jig saw. The other saws you see just make things faster and easier. Same advice as above for price. Skill saws are about twice as expensive, but again, easy to come across second hand. If you do not have a drill as an adult, get one. That’s like not having a hammer or screwdriver. There are just some things you need to have and know how to use an an adult.

@dorothysay8327

Жыл бұрын

You don’t have a drill ??? Buy one. It’ll last indefinitely and put you back 49 bucks.

@icidive3890

Жыл бұрын

Why complain? Just cool ideas someone wanted to share

Horton has been adopted!!! Yay! May you find love fun and peace in your forever home... please people - human kindness to animals is severely underrated. Do your best. Be your best self!

Восхищают творческие и рукастые люди!)

Super,to ja poproszę o wiecej takich projektów,brawo za kreatywnosc

@kiddor909gmail

Жыл бұрын

Yes please, more ideas We want a home that's a little whimsical, without square corners..shelves rounded off. Closets that don't look like a box. A round archway between the living room and den..archways everywhere..a fireplace in every room. Window sills u can sit on.bay window's in the bath and bedroom & a vanity in the master bedroom that pooks out with àn arch that defines it.

Некоторые понравились, но некоторые просто реклама инструментов, так как сами вещи хуже, чем то, из чего они переделаны) Парочка очень хороших идей есть. Спасибо

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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@isabelperez1587

Жыл бұрын

Lo de la puerta con baldas no me convenció... Un portazo y caen todos los adornos...

@user-gj5ko2ik4b

Жыл бұрын

@@isabelperez1587 на такие полки я бы расположила закрытые коробки, например с материалами для рукоделия

@Toma77751

Жыл бұрын

@@isabelperez1587 думаю двери тяжёлые и стоит сделать бардюр на полках

Сколько прекрасных идей!👍🏻👏👏👏Super!!!

Símplemente sorprendente. Geniales ideas. GRACIAS 👏👏👏

Несколько идей очень понравилось. Возьму на заметку. Спасибо.

Love the last one!!! 💯 Nice bookshelf 😉

Wow, great ideas. Thank you for sharing

Nothing makes me angrier than people taking perfectly fine beautiful antique furniture and remaking it into the ugliest copy-paste modern furniture you can find for cheap in the nearest furniture store. If you want modern furniture in your home buy it instead of vandalizing antique furniture

Caramba! É tanta criatividade 🙄🤭😘👏👏👏👏😍

👍👍👍👏👏👏. Спасибо, всё очень круто! Успехов и удачи Вашему творчеству!

Great ideas!! Love your creativity.

Love all these I just wish the products were listed in the drop box. XOXO anyway...❤❤❤

Гениальные идеи для дома! Muchas gracias!

As a person who loves antiques, 5:58 hurt. As a person who does commercial painting, 5:58 hurt x2

@HomeFromFarAway

Жыл бұрын

yep and ruining a solid bookcase to make something that will fall to pieces in a soft breeze 🤣

@rrre7834

Жыл бұрын

It was so much more beautiful before :(

@redwitch12

Жыл бұрын

Covered some beautiful book-matched veneer with such ugly paint :(

@patmaurer8541

Жыл бұрын

I feel that, too! I always buy used furniture because I want solid wood, not sawdust & glue. When people do 'shabby chic' because restoration is too much effort-- I cringe. Then again, they are using it. Which is better than it ending up in a landfill. To each their own, right? 😉

Que ideias incríveis!...Amei.

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Очень понравилась идея со шкафом. Решили сделать у себя. Пожелайте удачи😄🤝

@user-ns1de4ju9l

Жыл бұрын

Удачи

@user-ns1de4ju9l

Жыл бұрын

Сделали?

Fantastic and inspirational designs, thanks Quantum Tech.

@tamaszlav

Жыл бұрын

Really, it inspired you?

Funcional, ótimas ideias práticas. Lindo trabalho.

@escaramujo

Жыл бұрын

Take a perfectly functional piece of furniture and turn it into trash. Good job.

It always hurts my soul when I see people painting wood :(

@florencecousin5577

Жыл бұрын

Not when it is cheap pine wood, but this nice old chest ! It is a shame to paint such beautiful wood...

@azulpargal

Жыл бұрын

The one who changes the door and then painted it Black... That one hurt me

Обожаю таких людей, из ничего конфетку сумеют сделать 😘!

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Боже мой,как только рука поднялась закрасить серой краской такой красивый комод.

@foroksagen

Жыл бұрын

Комод этот трухлявый.Весь в дырочках от древоточцев.

@user-iw1dr1ds2y

Жыл бұрын

Потому что дебилы.

@HomeFromFarAway

Жыл бұрын

yes! It was heartbreaking and so stupid

@bambinaforever5720

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Agree

Excelentes ideas admiro vuestra imaginación 👏👏👏

Ну наконец-то наши « хитрости», а не лайфхаки.. спасибо❤❤❤

Perfect...❤️😍 Bealtyful......👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

You have to be an expert builder to do some of these projects, lol!

I enjoyed this video, some great ideas

Grandes genios .me gustó todo.abre la cabeza un montón son artistas.❤❤❤

Ой какие вы Молодцы... Взяла идеи для себя.. благодарю удачи вам!!

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Some of this good work is making dusting nightmares 😁🤣

Genial gracias x tus ideas

Sus ingenios son de muchísima utilidad, gracias.

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Супер! Золотые головы и руки! Спасибо большое за прекрасные идеи! Подписалась и хочу пожелать вам вдохновения и воплощения всех идей в жизнь!

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Eu já apronto sem ver esses vídeos, imagina agora 😁

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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que belleza todos sus trabajos... una cosa más bonita que otra. los felicito!!

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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창의적인 작업과정👏👏👏 많은 영감을 받고가요❤💖🧡

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Se fossi capace di costruire da sola tutte queste cose, non avrei neppure bisogno dell'Ikea !!!#

Idéias maravilhosas!!👌❤️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🌻

@noeliaparecidapustelnik343

Жыл бұрын

MT capricho

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Sensacional!

You are right.. Some people are handy and do a lot of DIY. I have tools for stuff around the house. Cutting tree branches or trim work inside/outside, otherwise I would not need a saw.

Thanks for the idea to use jute on furniture 💪

Great work 👌 very interesting vedio 🙏 thanks

Genial. Muchas gracias

Anda!!!! cuantas ideas para mi loft!!!!!!!!! que fantástico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😀😄😍🤩😯

Wow great video 👍 beautiful 😍 thanks for sharing this video

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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That was brilliant!!! Loved every idea!

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Last one was awesome technique

Yep. Cool. Just got to buy the entire contents of a DIY shop now...

genial las ideas gracias por compartir con nosotras 🙏

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Good videos, keep making it!!

Tudo lindissimo Parabéns Deus abéncçoé

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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I Absolutely Loved them All ♥️

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Hi my friend, it was great as always I enjoyed it

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Well out of my league in terms of skill and ability.

Wow some of these are actually good, usually these types of videos are full of ridiculous or useless things.

Хороший ролик, есть очень интересные идеи, спасибо!

спасибо за прекрасные идеи. мне очень понравились ВСЕ ваши переделки. Некоторые я взала на вооружение. Но у вас очень много товаров разных для рукоделия. У нас такого нет...к сожалению. Удачи вам и здоровья.

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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@Toma77751

Жыл бұрын

Чего именно?

Nowadays people don't like simple things. They make them complicated. Lots of free time they have.

Quién pudiera tener tanta habilidad y destreza, esas herramientas y buen manejo de ellas. Sufro, como cuando observo todos los inventos x ej chinos que facilitan muchas cosas y en mi país no hay, pero felicitaciones y gracias

@antypisior7026

Жыл бұрын

Z jakiego kraju pochodzisz, ja jestem z Polski i naprawdę niczego tu nie brakuje może poza kasą 😉

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Actually, I need a few of these hacks for my home.

@kimberluna2226

Жыл бұрын

Lovin' it..... It's always something....

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Многое понравилось. Спасибо

Fikirler süper...👏👏👏

It's great having a handyman dad, because whenever I watch these kinds of videos I have his voice in my head pointing out all of the flaws, and why many of these projects are going to fall apart really quickly! I feel sorry for the people who do these types of projects expecting to make a quality product, only to realise they've wasted their time and money! For the record, using the right tool and/or product is essential to creating a quality product!!! For example, the amount of times I've seen people use a hot glue gun when that is one of the weakest glues around, and is ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE for their project is insane! Different materials require different glues, and how you use the final product can determine which type of glue is the most appropriate out of all the types of glues that material works well with! If you want to do a project and you're unskilled, do your research! Don't assume the person in the videos knows what they're doing!

@sg5sd

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@HomeFromFarAway

Жыл бұрын

Actually, this comment should be the one at the top! So true

@Judith_Remkes

10 ай бұрын

The rounded glued shelves probably only held long enough to take the picture 🤦‍♀ But the creative ideas are great, just be sure to do it right, lol

@veritas4698

29 күн бұрын

Hot glue guns are amazing for what they are designed to do and that is glueing fabric onto other fabric or anything similar. The hot plastic melts in between the spaces of the fibers and when it hardens it will stay in place while still having some bend with the fabric. For anything else, it's complete and utter crap

Great tips, easy to get and easy to assembly! 👍

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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The herringbone door was a great idea but black would be my last choice to paint it

Nice ideas ...thanks for sharing....(Colleen)

Excelentes ideas decorativas, gracias por compartir.

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Какие-то то не реальные вещи делаете просто очень красиво классно супер

Excelente 👌

Wow,💯👌👍👏👏👏👏,saludos desde Costa Rica,Centroamérica.

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Золотые ручки!🥰🤩

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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MEGA Cool!

Nice😊, but I don't have the tools to make it☹️😭😅

Olá amigo muito legal esse vídeo

Сколько всяких интересных идей

É tão legal assistir a esses vídeos!🥰🥰

@boomertehnolog83

Жыл бұрын

🥰🥰

We are building a smaller house and I really wanted Have a secret room I thought we would have to make a wall that will open up but that seemed very expensive this is a great idea thank you so much this will be much cheaper to do fantastic idea. New subscriber thank you

@vickigonya9432

Жыл бұрын

I moved my washer/dryer to garage years ago. Making my pantry (former laundry room) into a hidden room. Extending my kitchen cabinets across that doorway, putting them on heavy duty drawer slides mounted on wall and ceiling behind the cabinets, so I can pull them forward and once in I can lock it so it can't be moved. Who would think to move it anyway?

Great Ideas and looks expensive.

Это просто бомба,класс🔥🔥🔥

Koszi szepen❤❤❤❤❤❤

Bonne idée ,👌👌👌

Super pomysły,

Awesome 👏

Wow trop top j'adore !!

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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OMG There is a lot of gold in here!

Perfekt 💪

sem palavras parabéns

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Si algunos trucos Stan bien pero en los hogares no tenemos este tipo de erramientas cortadoras lijadoras taladros que lo hacen todo como mucho tenemos un taladro normal y corriente y cuatro cosas más. Así que estos trucos para los profesionales 😉

Amei tds as dicas.

@MrMasterAz

Жыл бұрын

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Necesitas tener un taller de carpintería para hacer más de la mitad de las ideas,no compensa.

Tout extra 😉🤩👍

Some kind of vandalism from good solid furniture: a rare sideboard or cabinets made of Italian walnut to take and paint over everything and make modern wretchedness. Vandalism.

@Lena-tl7rz

Жыл бұрын

Right! I mean they could have just sold the solid furniture and got the money to buy the over priced ”cheap” furnitures out of sawdust instead of solid wood ones that they destroyed. They can never be restored to what they ones were… 😔

@mariaangelaramoslopez939

Жыл бұрын

Totalmente cierto.

@Carey86

Жыл бұрын

I got pissed watching that one. I swear, we are surrounded by morons with paint brushes!👩🏻‍🎨🎨🤨

@Barbara-kq4lt

Жыл бұрын

Wè,che hai detto?

@escaramujo

Жыл бұрын

Vandalism, indeed.

Как здорово , молодцы.

All you need is very expensive tools!!

Recycled materials and up-cycled pieces make creating beautiful things more affordable. Save even ugly old hardware you remove; it makes a great base for vintage buttons to become classy drawer pulls, or practicing new techniques.

@bambinaforever5720

Жыл бұрын

Well, like it was in one cartoon - to throw away something unnecessary u should first BUY smth unnecessary. So maybe just STOP BUYING unnecessary stuff?

@patmaurer8541

Жыл бұрын

@Bambina Forever Agreed! I'm probably excessively thrifty by most people's standards, because I appreciate hand-me-downs, thrift stores, and even curbside rescues! 😉 Sometimes, I do collect things I don't personally need, because it allows me to bless others with no expense other than my time and effort. It feels good to know I have the skills to live simply. 😌

LOL IS THIS IT? REALLY IKEA?