DIY's

Was looking at Ready-made (the bi-monthly DIY mag) and noticed that all of their DIY projects have a reference box which includes symbology relating to:
*the amount of time each project takes (a stopwatch with a red scale)
*the cost (dollar amount)
*difficulty (expressed by highlighting one of 4 figures:
-a monkey (has opposable thumbs)
-a Cro-Magnon (has tools and fire but may be clumsy with both)
-a Drudge (has tools and basic know-how), and
-a Craftsman (knows that "plyboo" isn't a term of endearment)

These three bits of quick/easy-to-read information are arranged across the top of a sub-box on each project page. Under the icons are the lists of ingredients and tools needed.

Just thought it might be an interesting way to tie together the section of the how-to book that contains actual how-to PROJECTS (as opposed to the one's that simply provide helpful information like mine; i.e., how to properly maintain a record collection). Perhaps the information could be arranged in a different way, i.e., using different colors to note the difficult of the project instead of figures or just using different numbers of money symbols instead of putting the specific price (like the magazine)

The title link takes you to the section of the ready-made mag website that explains the reference box i'm talking about.

-Andrew