Our D.Y.I. Projects come from Home Hardware's Home at Home Magazine, the project this month has a story behind it!

This project was inspired by one of our readers, who recently returned from a mission trip to Africa. Robust and portable, in Africa it is made from readily available mahogany, and is used predominantly by men who gather around campfires in the evening for eating, smoking and conversation. More intricate carvings are sometimes produced for tribal chiefs. Impressed by the comfort and simplicity of design, our reader brought home a chair to be used not only as a relaxing place to sit, but also as a piece of hand-crafted African art, as a memory of the trip, and a unique conversation piece.