ReadyMade: Instructions for everyday life

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Organize your kitchen, upholster a cozy chair. Forge ahead for a collection of DIY projects that make home life easier and more stylish. Outdoor recreation and gift ideas are here, too.

**Be careful with the lye!** There are as many recipes for soap as there are for cake...

LIGHT BRIGHT We found this cylindrical table lamp at Ikea and decided to bedeck it...

You’ve got your knife skills down. You can wield those eight inches of German steel like a dicing samurai...

Nothing cozies up a room like a rug, especially when it's soft enough to do double duty as a perch...

Keep pot holders within reach by magnetizing them. Cut a small slit in your oven mitts, tuck in a strong magnet or two, and sew them back up...