{"items": [{"author": "swarriner", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9H2hhY6gyPcZmu4Xb#YPTrT62F56roXuQH2", "anchor": "lw-YPTrT62F56roXuQH2", "service": "lw", "text": "Duct tape is a stereotype, but having a few kinds of tape including duct, electrical, and athletic can be useful. Less so for building objects like you&apos;ve shown but often for fixing or sealing.<br><br>Steel wire is cheap and sometimes comes in handy for providing simple shaped objects or securing pieces together flexibly.<br><br>Wooden pallets can often be acquired for free and either used as-is (I have two serving as gardening boxes in my backyard) or stripped down for wood.<br><br>Paint! Anything you build can be made 75% less obviously DIY with the appropriate coat of paint applied. Spray paint requires no brushes but does require careful choice of workspace to not make a mess. Canned paint needs only a work surface with a layer of newspaper laid down, but requires some hygiene to maintain brushes and not let it dry out prematurely.", "timestamp": 1591298580}]}