A security-strip on your door.

To put security strips on your door, start by cutting them at the right length.

If you like to work neatly, use a file to smoothen the edges. Do your nails while you're at it.

Put on the door strip first. Mark the edge of the door frame on the door.

Depending on the kind of strip you use you need to position it on the door, in my case the strip has to be 2mm away from where I marked.

Fix the strip with only 2 or 3 screws.

See if the door still closes (don't forget your keys!)

If it looks fine, get the other strip and mark where it needs to be.

Screw that strip on with 2-3 screws as well and check to see if the door still closes. If it does, put in 20 more screws and it's done!

Mounting a TV

These days most people have flat TV's. It saves a lot of space over the old CRT monsters we used to have. Another advantage is that these TV's can be mounted on the wall. Mine was standing on my (tiny) dining table and I really need the space so it needed to go on the wall.

So I bought this wall mounting kit from Vogel's.

The contents. Almost everything you need apart from the drill, drill bits and screw driver.

First you attach the brackets to the back of your tellie. Yes, in the picture you can see I had accidentally screwed one a bit higher than the other. I found out when I was hanging it on the wall, very frustrating. OOPS!

Put together the part that goes on the wall.

Drrrrrrrrrrrill holes.

Mount the wall-part. Vogel's come with a little water-bubble to see if it's horizontal. Now I know my table is not ;-/

And then hang your TV on the wall-part. All done.

Making a fly screen.

I hate mosquitos. But I like fresh air from an open window. So I need fly screens.

Here's how to make a simple fly screen:

For a simple rectangular from we need 4 pieces of wood, the corners cut on a 45 degree angle. Mark the wood.

Cut the wood.

And see to it that things fit nicely.

Then get some metal corners and screws.

Mark the holes.

And pre-drill the holes for the screws a little bit so that the wood doesn't split when screwing in it.

Put on the 4 metal corners.

Get your mesh and a tacker (staple gun).

Attach the mesh and there you go, a fly screen!

Works in prison cells as well! ;-)

The IKEA BESTA

Today I put two Bestas together. It is the simplest piece of IKEA furniture I have seen so far. I wanted two, one to put my TV on and one to put my printer on.

It comes in one box only. Easy peasy.

There is of course the standard IKEA Allen key included but I had no use for it. I did need these guys though; a flat screw driver and a Phillips screw driver.

Start by screwing these guys in the top piece. You need six.

Then place the sides and fix them.

The short ones are used for the sides, the long ones are for the thicker middle part.

Sides and middle part attached.

Slide in the back pieces.

Then screw the remaining six fixation points in to the bottom part (recognisable by the extra, smaller holes)

Turn the cupboard on its side.

To mount the bottom piece, place it next to the cupboard and fix one side first.

Then fix the remaining points.

The Besta standard comes with these little feet.

I bought the higher legs for it though.

They are easy to attach. (And you will get 4 Allen keys of the same size...)

And there it is.

The cupboard in place.