Many times on the jobsite, an extra sheet of plywood gets tossed in the dumpster. It’s just not worth paying employees to deal with these strays. Here’s a few home project ideas for that free (remember to ask, first) plywood sheet. I love this self-standing stair from a single sheet of plywood. Though the lateral stability looks a bit suspect, so remember to stand in the middle if you don’t want to learn a hard gravity lesson.

Here’s a site with lots of other furniture that can be built from one sheet of plywood.

The plans for these designs are available at the PlayaTech site for whatever you wish to donate. The site grew from The Burning Man movement. Thanks to Lex for shooting it to me.

Use those building skills youi’ve developed over the years to work with family and friends to create some cool projects. Relationships and projects: two of my favorite things in life.