hi everyone my name is rachael and welcome
back to the story girls on this channel we tackle all things diy design and we learn
things together today we’re going to be doing a lot of learning because i’m
going to be figuring out how to diy your dms it’s time to do some banging a
little bit of wood glue goes a long way let’s begin okay so the first diy that
we’re gonna attempt is from molly she actually sent a bunch of photos so i was
trying to find a seller for this bench and i found a bunch of different people who sell the
same style so we’ll link those down below if you do they do have some affordable options but if
not keep watching because i’m going to make it and i’ve never made anything of this caliber before
aka meaning i’ve never made a seat so i’m really excited for this one i think it’ll be a little
bit challenging or not let’s hope it’s not missing a couple things so let’s go to the store it smells so good in here i love it do you think that’s too thick it would
definitely be a thicker look to it whoa thank you get me out of this parking lot right now back
from the store if i had time on my side i probably would have ordered this online which is
twine and you can get cecil twine or jute twine i do like the color of the jute twine better and
actually matches the stool more but this cecil twine was a bit thicker and that mimics the stool
we’re trying to create and to make the stool i’m using dowels i’ve found two inch dowels and seven
eighths of an inch dowel first step i’m going to cut my two inch dowel into 12 inch pieces okay so
my two inch doll specifically is 48 inches and i want this stool to be a foot high so i’m gonna
use a miter saw to do this you can also use just like a regular circular saw but i really want
these cuts to be as straight as possible nice basically the stool’s done kidding there’s a lot
more to do okay so the next step i’m going to cut all my 7 8 inch dowels also into 12 inch pieces
each but instead of cutting just four of those we’re cutting eight because we’re going to have
a top row for the bench seat and a bottom row for support so i have all of my dowels cut and
before we continue i want to prep all these dowels i’m going to mark an inch in on each side and
then i’m going to sand both ends of the dowel this way if we when we sand it will create sort
of a taper and that way we can easily hammer it into our other dowels okay so all my sanding
is done our middle dowels have all turned into these like little torpedo guys and i also
went ahead and just sanded down our main legs just to give the tops more of an organic shape
and the bottom a nice clean taper as well so the next step which i’ve already started is
making our drill holes for the smaller dowels to go into what i’m using is a three-quarter inch
spade drill bit and i’ve actually marked it with a piece of tape so that the depth of each hole
is going to be the same across all the legs and why i’m using a three-quarter inch drill bit it’s
because it’s an eighth smaller than the width of these small dowels and what that’s going to
do because we created this taper on the end it’s gonna help creating a really snug fit when
we like tap these into our legs it seems legit okay so the next step is gonna be building out two
halves and i’m gonna use my dowels and a little bit of wood glue because a little bit of wood
glue goes a long way it’s time to do some banging not like that apologies to everyone in the office
today because it’s been a lot of power sanding and it’s going to be a lot of banging danny
is there a better word i could be using nah pounding okay here we have a sweet little bed
this is just to protect our legs and wood glue i’m going to use this right angle tool
and this is really helpful just to make sure that the legs are going to go
in completely upright and straight so we have this and to put the top piece on
i’m going to cover it and i’m also going to use a piece of wood between the leg and the
hammer just to protect we don’t want to create any divots because we really are banging
this hard i have to say it had to say it these look great in my opinion i’m
very happy with how this is going i’m gonna go ahead and do everything we just did
all over again but obviously on the corresponding sides the only thing i’m gonna do
differently is the corresponding beam at the bottom is going to
be an inch and a half above so if this was two and a half inches up
that would be four inches up from the bottom okay it’s made she’s got a little bit of
a wobble but it’s so slight nothing like a little felt foot can’t fix i don’t know i’m
actually so happy with how it’s turned out so far the next part is going to be the the nice the
seat which we’re using this cecil twine for this stool seat it has like a basket weave style
there’s so many different ways that you can like weave the tops of these but this one this is
a good starting point this is a good first timer the first thing i’m gonna do is tie a knot okay
once you tie your knot we’re gonna wrap it around and you’re going to use anything of course we’re
using timbre here but it’s going to sit on top of the poles what this is going to do is create
space so that when we go to the other side there’s a little bit of give that we can actually
feed it through i’ve done seven wraps but i’m gonna do eight this will all vary depending on
how wide you want your basket weave to be how wide your string is and also as you’re wrapping make
sure that your tail end is getting wrapped inside too just so it’s not like flailing now so i’ve
done seven and this is eight after the eighth wrap you’re gonna wrap it around the pole instead of
coming all the way around and then bring it under and then wrap it around the other side and then
bring it back around and we’re going to start our eight wraps again so this first pass that we did
is actually called the warp and the next pass on the other side is called the weft and that’s left
with a w and to help us this spacer is gonna go over under and why we did that loop around each
side is for this reason i’m gonna do the same thing on the bottom because this is going to be
a lot more safe and secure if you do the weave on the top and the bottom so to help us with the next
step we have this thing called a shuttle we’re going to wrap our string around it because this
is going to help us literally shuttle the string through you’re going to flip this up that gives
us more room to get this shuttle through on the left side i’m leaving each strand on the top and
flip it over to weave across the bottom and i’ll do this again seven more times alternating
the weave for every set of eight strands this looks amazing i am super proud of the work
that’s been completed today the real test though is the seat test is this gonna fall apart when
i sit on it i don’t think so but we must check moment of truth um so it works i feel like
that was so underwhelming i will see you guys tomorrow for another diy
of one of your dm’s but before that happen i definitely have uh i mean i already had
a huge appreciation for people who made and handcrafted furniture and all that such but
boy did it grow just a little bit more today new day new diy our next dm is from haley and
she sent us this really cool mirror from urban outfitters and it actually isn’t available online
anymore so i’m really excited to try this out it does look like this was made from like
metal piping but we’re gonna try pvc because it’s more affordable it’s easier to work with
the pvc piping that i’m using is half an inch i’m creating a freestanding mirror for a 16 by 58
inch mirror so it’s a tall mirror and to start i’m going to cut down all my pvc pipe at least for
the frame not so much for the back arm because we’ll we’ll get there later for the sake of the
video i’m not going to tell you each dimension as i go but it will be up on our blog haley
if you want to check it out i do encourage you i’m using the miter saw to make straight cuts
but you can also do this with a circular saw or table saw or a hand saw this is absolutely
doable with hand tools i went ahead and laid out all my pieces this is just so i can get
a visual of what’s happening the next step will be using these connector pieces this is
like a t-connector this is an elbow connector and this is also in the same section as a pvc
piping obviously and i’m just going to bring all these pieces together i’m also going to aim
to have this black writing on the back side just in case i have any coverage
problems with spray painting those sounds are probably weird the next step i’m going to do is take some framing
lumber this is what’s going to hold our mirror what i’m going to use to attach these pieces
are called mending plates so i’m just going to screw all these wood planks together and then
i’m going to screw my supporting frame to our actual mirror frame and i’ll just put a little
bit of construction adhesive just to reinforce it this is our frame it’s pretty sturdy and
all we’re going to do is add more support so the next step is figuring out how i want
this like lean to go will you come help and hold for a hot minute thank you okay okay just for temp temporary reasons jacket on this looks great now i need to find the
length of the side pieces that hold this mirror up after i cut my supporting arms it’s time to
continue the assembly with more t’s and elbows i also cut a very small piece of pvc to connect
the elbows that connect the frame to the arms the last part that needs to happen are these
go on this end this will go in the middle and we’ll create a cross beam that’s just going
to connect these two together and it’s going to be super sturdy and before i finish with
assembly i want to spray paint what we’ve done so while the mirror is drying i just want to
talk about how i’m actually going to attach the mirror to this whole frame i’m using
something called mirror mirror and it’s a construction adhesive and this is specifically
for mirrors because it doesn’t damage the back coating that actually creates the mirror i do
need to let this sit overnight so before i finish full assembly i’m gonna have to
come back tomorrow and finish it off this should honestly be if that costs how much
because i think this mirrors like 228 dollars and it definitely didn’t cost us that much but this
is a diy your dms it all kind of goodbye okay the mirror is totally dry and it’s looking really
good we have just a couple more things that i want to do just to finish it off make sure it’s super
secure so i’m gonna bring it let me bring it over she’s looking good i’m gonna flip it
around and just put in this last piece the reason i didn’t attach it all together
right away is because i wanted the mirror to be able to dry flat and also if i need to
make any adjustments i would be able to do that what you can use is a pvc pipe glue which is
what would hold these all together or you can just use screws in the back and hold them together
that way i do want to talk about something cool these aren’t necessary but i really wanted to
try them out they’re called self drilling screws and instead of having to make pilot holes
it actually makes a pilot hole for itself and then the screw will just screw right into that
so definitely saves you a little bit of time but you can use regular screws or the glue the
self-drilling screws i’m using are all an inch and i’m going to focus them
in any sort of like connection area to finish it off i hit all the screws with some more spray paint and let’s
go see how it looks styled i love the industrial look of this mirror i think
the color is really classy but my favorite thing might be how easy it was to make so i
do really encourage you to try it out okay thank you guys so much for watching today’s
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a year later say it with me there’s so much room for activities we know what we’re doing there
i don’t think we really know what we’re doing here i would love to know that oh my god hi are
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