31 Amazing Woodworking DIY Projects That Definitely Belong In A Museum

by Ayoub

It is always much better to make your own stuff instead of buying it from retail stores. There's no better feeling than when you finish a DYI project and see the fruits of your work, something that you created with your own hands and ended up looking way more than decent.

Another important aspect is quality, when you buy an object from some other source, nothing can guarantee you that the product will last long enough. However, when you make it yourself, you can make sure that it's as steady as you want it to be so that it never randomly breaks.

Wood is very versatile and it can be used for many woodworking projects such as crafts, jewelry, or DIY home decor projects. People online have managed to create the most amazing woodworking DIY projects and some of them definitely belong in museums.

/r/woodworking is a forum that encourages people to share their woodworking knowledge and projects with each other. Some of the submissions on the forum are truly mindblowing and are more art pieces than they are furniture.

Scroll down and check them out! These people are incredibly talented and they're taking full advantage of their gifts.

1. "My New Work, Turtle Nightlight! A Combination Of Resin And Wood!"

2. Desk Dog Lamp

3. "Hello From Ukraine. My City Is Occupied By Russian Troops. So I Hurried To Finish Machete Pipe. Don't Know What Will Happen Next, But Think When The War Is Over I Will Send It To Danny Trejo"

4. "It’s Done!!! Now Should It Hang Like A Diamond Or Square? 2 Tone Stains On Birch"

5. "I Built This Mechanical Iris Cabinet Using Wood, Brass, And 3D Prints. There Are Over 100 Parts, 30 Bearings, And 16 Axes Of Rotation In This Design"

6. "17-Year Celtic Knot Table Project Involving 2 Generations. Dedicated To My Wife Susan Who Died Of Cancer And Never Got To Meet Her 30 Grandchildren. Western Red Cedar. Arm-R-Seal Satin. Base Pedestal Made Of Reclaimed Timber From A Western Sizzler Fire"

7. "A Side Table I Made To Look Like A Sitting Table Guy"

8. "Little Cedar Cabin I Built Solo"

9. "Made A Bunch Of Cutting Boards For Everyone At Work"

10. "Couple Of High Chairs For My Grandson"

11. "The Wood Brick Bowl! I Cast These Oak "Bricks" In Blue Resin And Turned Them Down To A Bowl"

12. "Roll-Up Tool Box I Made... I Ended Up Making A Lid For The Last Compartment So My Stuff Didn't Spill Out"

13. " Was A Little Hesitant To Post, But Here's My First Piece Of Furniture"

14. "Coffee Table I Made For A Customer Featuring Landmarks From Her Home Town Of Edinburgh Scotland. Walnut With Wood-Stain Artwork"

15. "Scroll Sawn Project Of The Sheriff Of Nottingham, All Natural Wood. No Stains Or Dyes. Oodalally"

16. "Oak Crib I Built For Our Daughters Nursery. Finished With Rubio Monocoat. I Finally Feel Like I Am Ready For Her Arrival"

17. "Told My Wife There Was No Way She Was Going To Pay $150 For A Shelf I Can Build Myself For $300. Showed Her"

18. "I Finished My Wood-Carved Relief Globe At Last!"

19. "Tried My Hand At Chainsaw Carving Yesterday. Pretty Happy With How It Turned Out"

20. "I Posted My Daughter’s Bed Earlier, Here Is The One I Did For My Son. Roofed With Galvanized From Our Old Turn Of The Century Barn, And Wired With Switches For Light/Fan And An Outlet To Plug In His Echo. Also Leaving This One Behind For The New Owners, Hope They Love Them!"

21. "She Loved Her Christmas Gift, Despite Me Pointing Out The Flaws I See And Mistakes I Done"

22. "Made My Son His First Computer. Walnut Case"

23. "I Built My Baby A Bed"

24. "Charcuterie Board Set I Call "Better Together". These Were A Wedding Gift For A Good Friend. I Took The Nesting Concept From Pictures But Added The Heart. I Think The Heart Makes It Much More Complete"

25. "A Resting Place For My Best Friend"

26. "Last Cutting Board, I Promise"

27. "Finished!!! I still have to stock it. I spent all my money building it so I have to save up for alcohol lol"

28. "An Mri Safe (Non Metallic) Cane For Patients In The Scan Room That My Wife Commissioned (Pro Bono) For The Hospital Where She Works"

29. "To Commemorate A Family Member Receiving A Heart Transplant. Walnut Heart, Maple Stand"

30. "My Sisters Car Had A Busted Center Console Lid, So For Christmas, I Took The Measurements From The Old Lid, Saved As Much Of The Hardware As I Could And Made A New One Out Of Walnut"

31. "I Built A Built-In Bookcase In Our Crooked Home"

These DIY projects must have taken ages to finish. They seem quite complex and getting them to look as flawless as most of them did probably takes a lot of time, but that shouldn't matter as long as they're satisfied with the end result of their DIY project.

The people who made the DYI projects above should seriously think about selling their designs. They would make tons of money because their stuff looks like it has better quality than most of the furniture you can buy in stores.