May 16
Renowned artist, Dale Chihuly, has brought his dramatic sculptures and installations to the award-winning, 66-acre Dallas Arboretum, and they will be featured May 5 – November 5, 2012.
Chihuly’s monumental designs appeal to people of all ages and have been seen in more than 200 museums, gardens and other venues around the world. Pre
May 14
Note this 4 star rating is not for a brand new 21758. With that said, this is actually a decent planer. Ive been doing a lot of research lately and came across this one on craigslist. Actually I came across a Ridgid R4331 that I went to look at. The gentleman was extremely knowledgeable and had a very impressive and immaculate shop. He had the craftsman for sale as well and was only asking 100.00 with a brand new set of knives installed, and a set in the package still. He was kind enough to show me how they both operate and let me run some rough cut red oak through each.
May 12
Holiday gift giving doesn’t have to mean giant trash bags full of discarded wrapping paper. Here are a few eco-friendly gift wrapping ideas to help make your holidays less wasteful. The best thing about these wrappings is that they’re not only earth friendly, but can be reused year after year.
1. Fused Gift Bags Use this tutorial to make beautiful reusable gift bags out of old plastic bags.
2. Cloth Bags Perfect for little trinkets, these simple drawstring bags can be made from scraps of fabric.
3. Fabric Gift Wrap Fabric wraps with ribbon ties provide just as much anticipation as regularly wrapped gifts, but with no paper waste.
May 9
Schools are often utilitarian, with their design constrained by budgets and conservative ideas on what makes a school. But then again what is most important about the buildings that play such a central role in our formative years is not how they look, but how they allow us to interact.
Filter Arkitekter won a competition to refurbish and extend Tonstad Elementary and Lower Secondary School in Sirdal, Norway. The competition unsurprisingly asked for proposals to make optimal use of the existing structure. With their proposal, Transform, Filter retained the east wing of the building containing a public pool, gym and some offices.