Tag-sale treasures and attic leftovers make for a great catch in this angler's paradise.
| Prep Time: Weekend Project | |
| What you need: | |
| Fishing paraphernalia
Rope Glue Fishing line Cloth covers Propellers Outboard motor Old desk | |
| Seasons: Year round | |
| Materials: rope, wood | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | Build a boat bed by bolting sheets of medium density fiberboard to a metal-frame bed and top it with narrow strips of wood. |
| 2. | Prefabricated drawers (wheels can be added) inserted along the bottom provide extra storage, while an outboard motor adds a touch of realism. |
| 3. |  Make the pier from wooden posts sawed into different
lengths, glued together, and wrapped with rope. Run a line from
one post to a cleat on the corner of the bed. Hang a creel from
the side of the bed to give a place for a reading lamp and
fishing magazines. |
| 4. | Use strips of camouflage tulle to create curtains and tack on to the window frame to add to the outdoorsy look. |
| 5. | Make a bobber light by spray-painting half of an old glass globe light and suspending it from a fishing pole strung with doubled fishing line and attached to the pier. |
| 6. |  On the wall behind the bed, string netting from a craft
store, hold in place with tiny nails, to create a fishnet
effect. |
| 7. |  Decorate a lampshade by hot-gluing on metallic letters and
tattoo-style fishing stickers from a craft store. |
| 8. |  The painted chair reads: "Give a boy a fish, he'll eat for
a day. Teach a boy to fish, he'll play for a lifetime." |
| 9. |  Use a hanging cloth chair, along with exercise rings and a
punching bag and install them by drilling through the ceiling to
the joists above. |
| 10. |  Sew cloth covers for a twin mattress and two small nap
mats, which provide padding on the floor underneath and the walls
behind. |
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