wood dowel stuck in house wall timber with shavings surrounding it - Dmitrii Balabanov/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For such a simple component, crafting a ...

Though they're nothing more than long, cylindrical pegs, wooden dowels can be used to make furniture and home accents of surprising complexity and disarming beauty. Sold at any hardware store—in ...

Wooden dowels too often seem like one of those things that stacks up around the house or workshop -- you buy some for a project, you use what you need, and then you have leftovers that have no ...

When it comes to cute, gothic home aesthetics, there are a few staple pieces that everyone should have — for example, every goth home needs a DIY coffin shelf to display your witchy books. Dark colors ...

Got a cool letter or invitation to send that could use some pizazz? Design blog Ragehaus has a great how-to for creating your own wooden wax seal, to give your snail mail letters an even more ...