While many husbands shower their wives with flowers, chocolates, or jewelry on Valentine's Day, a while back, one crafty DIY-er instead chose to gift his love something she'd been wanting for quite some time: a fire pit.
Instructables user walts.theman knew he'd build this special gift with his own two hands, but couldn't decide on materials to use for the job.
Then, a friend reached out needing to scrap an old washing machine, and this upcycler's instincts kicked into high gear.
He claimed the washer and immediately disassembled the entire appliance, solely focused on extracting one key component: its drum.
After thoroughly grinding and sanding off the washer drum's caked-on grime, he cut and reassembled an old bed frame he had lying around into a fire pit base.
Then, he covered the drum in a few coats for high heat paint, and decorated it with an adorable wire rod bearing his and his wife's initials. Just like that, this doting husband's adorable gift was ready and waiting to set his love's heart aflame.
Scroll through our gallery to learn all about how this savvy upcycler repurposed parts of a trashed washing machine into an awesome backyard fire pit.
A few Valentine's Days ago, Instructables user walts.theman chose to gift the love of his life a present she'd absolutely adore: a fire pit.
While preparing his design plan, he received word that a friend's neighbor was itching to scrap his old washing machine.
This news peaked his crafty upcycling interests — the old washing machine's drum could make for a great fire pit basin.
So, this DIY-er quickly relieved the neighbor of his washing machine, and started disassembling the appliance.
Within half an hour, he'd extracted its drum.
Then, he reassembled the rest of the machine, and trekked it to the scrapyard where he snagged cash to fund the rest of his build.
With the money he made from scrapping the rest of the washing machine, this DIY-er bought some high heat paint, steel rods, and flat metal bars.
Using his new supplies, along with an old metal bed frame he had lying around ready to serve a new purpose, this upcycler built his fire pit a sturdy base.
He then got to work sanding and grinding years of dirt and rust off of his washer drum's surface.
This detail-oriented builder also ground off the drum's wavy upper lip, to give his fire pit a more uniform look and feel.
What would a Valentine's Day gift be without some sort of personalized touch?
This husband welded a steel rod formed into his and his wife's initials into the fire pit's center — a beautiful reminder of how their love for each other will forever burn bright.
Covered in a few coats of high heat paint, this fire pit was ready to go.
With a little creativity and whole lot of heart, this savvy DIY-er built his wife an adorably thoughtful Valentine's Day gift that their whole family can enjoy all season long.
This creative builder gifted new purpose to an old washing machine drum, transforming it into the fire pit of his wife's dreams.
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