Rather than taking your excess PVC pipes to the dump, why not reuse them for a clever DIY that will give your furniture a trendy fluted makeover?

Lightly scour the PVC pipe’s exterior by hand with 220-grit ... If you’re painting long pieces of pipe, cover a wall, ladder, or chair with sheeting and prop the pipes against it.

This CNC router for PVC pipe is a great example of harvesting materials ... The video below shows the machine carving up parts for some lovely chairs. [Christophe] tells us that some manual ...