Madeline Bridge for the Nursery Storage Wall

Anna good for you for rising above it!

And I hate to be nitpicky, but are you sure that you can say "Compare to Pottery Barn's XXX"? I am not sure you are even allowed to use their name in that context so you might want to double check.

Keep rocking!

just curious about an estimated price to make this entire system? i am thinking about offering it to my brother and sister-in-law as their baby gift (currently pregnant with their first).... thanks!

oops, i see it in the post now - sorry! :-)

Phew - glad to hear your site will still be around. I was getting worried, considering I just discovered it. Keep up the great work!

Yeah - you are awesome!! So glad to see you back up and at it despite the set back. We all love you so keep inspiring us!!!!

I like the set up of this post...very informative with the red box but I would make sure you are allowed to use the PB name. I don't see why you can't say inspired by PB without the photos...but you never know.

If you need any help in the computer programmer/blogger capacity I'd also be glad to help, especially since you have a mountain of a task ahead of you to remove those things in the next couple days.

I love your new price and skill level breakdown!

Great job, Ana! And take THAT, (insert overpriced furniture congomerate here)!

LOVE IT! Way to go...and you have been nothing but classy through this whole process! Thanks for doing what you do!

SO proud of you!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all that you do!

I eat it up!

Yeah I love that new about section - that is a great feature!! Your site is going to be better then ever !!! You are the best;)

I think the form looks great! YOu can find your way around any problem with a little creativity! You are brillant! Thank you for helping out the little people and financially challenged!

DearAmazingAnaTheBuilder,
I am new at following your blog, I saw it on a friends' blog who is building things from your plans already.
I hope SOON to be amoung those posting pix and comments about what we are building.
Until then I am 'eating it all up' you might say!
I applaud you for doing this for all the right reasons.

signed, With Thanks because I am:

TotallyAmazedAtEverythingI'veSeen

Looks great! I can't wait until I have time to build some of your projects!

It is looking really great Ana!! I love how hard you are working at trying to provide a resource for all of us.

Oh I LOVE the new look! You are super talented and I LOVE that you have inspired so many of us "gals" to be handy.....and do as our grandparents do....and to save us some money! Thanks for sticking with it and I can't wait to make my very 1st piece of furniture....with my BARE hands! {as soon as my garage warms up a bit!}

Well said, Ana. And I LOVE the new "about" info; very helpful.

Bravo, Ana, for continuing on. I for one, am even MORE eager to build instead of buy (and I do own some PB furniture....)

You go girl! I am thinking about figuring out how to hold a hammer (I kid you not) just to make one of the somethings on your terrific blog. Keep inspired kiddo & we'll keep being inspired.

I LOVE the "about" section - absolutely love it! I hope you decide to keep that around. I'm so glad you'll be continuing with plans. I don't have any room for more furniture in our apartment, but I'm sure I'll be building once we get a house at the end of the year. I'm already starting a list!

I love that there is an estimate for the cost of the project! I know its not right on because every state is different and every store is different but I am happy to not be guessing anymore! Thank you for being so strong and for still giving so much! I owe you so much, I feel so empowered thanks to you! BTW, I still love your blog and I agree that it looks better than ever! I hope everything goes smoothtly from here on out for you!

I see compare to all the time in the grocery store on generic products, so I don't know why it isn't okay.

I love the new "about" section!

Girl, you just keep doing what you do. You are handling this so well and I am so thankful for your site and hard work. You are giving power back to individual people, teaching us that we don't need to outsource every aspect of our lives, and that we are capable of building something as good, or better, than those overpriced shoddily built furniture stores (our PB bed broke after 1 year of use...ugh). Plus, you look good doing it. Keep it up Miss Thang! And thank you!

I'm sooooo glad that you are keeping your blog!!!! I love to read it and have a stack full of plans that I plan on building soon.

I just about died when I stumbled on your blog a few weeks ago. I've been nudging my husband to build some furniture for me. He'd always complain about not having plans. Then I found you! Boy was I thrilled I did! (sorry, but I had to tell my husband "this hot chick builds furniture, you can too" LOL).

So thank you for this site and for everything that you share. It really is appreciated!!

I love, love, love the new look and feel of the site, especially now that it downplays the pricy items available from Pottery Barn and plays up the DIY aspects of making stylish furniture.

You might want to take the "compare to X" out of the title, though I think the sidebar with links to the inspiration pieces is fabulous and allows people to find expensive furniture, if that's their thing, too.

Add me to the list of those who love the new About red box! At-a-glance is always great!

xo

So I came to your blog from J. Carol Creative. This is my first visit. I think it's awesome what you are doing on your blog. I too love the furniture at many of these stores but can't afford it. Thanks for your hard work and plans so we can make our own that are better built anyways. I will keep following your blog.

Greetings from Wasilla! I just found your blog yesterday. My sister saw your article in the paper when we went up to Fairbanks to the Ice Festival. I can't wait to make some furniture. I have always been frugal. Craigslist was my favorite thing until I saw your blog. Now I can make it instead of hunt for deals! My husband is excited because I told him he can finally buy a miter saw ;-) I wish I had found your blog last week because we JUST bought my son a bunk bed off of CL and I like your plans for one even better. First step, benches. Then who knows? Thanks for such a wonderful site!

Ana, you have been doing us all a huge favour by creating this blog. I even forwarded to my very handy Dad and he will be visiting your site shortly to build some projects for himself. The SW/PB giants will always be their protecting their own intrests. Don't let them bother you, it's not worth the stress, just do what you have to do to make sure everything is above board and legal. One small favour though, could you add a search button to your blog. It is difficult to find plans without scrolling through all the plans in each category.

Thanks Shauna

I came in late on this whole copyright thing, but I just wanted to add my 2cents.

IMO it's not the plans they're concerned about, they are your plans. You have used PB for inspiration and that is fine, happens all the time in the design world. Art is not created in a vacuum. It's the use of their name and photographs that is the real issue IMO.

By saying that something is a "knock off" of Pottery Barn, you could technically be implying that you have used their exact plans. This could cause issues for them if say someone had built something from your plans and it collapsed on them or whatever (not saying it would, but you get my drift...)

As for the photos, using their photos in this way is copyright violation and there's no way around that, whether you make money from them or not. As a photographer myself (although amateur) I have to say I'd be pretty upset if someone were using my photographs in this way.

I adore your website and think you should absolutely continue making these plans, you're a real inspiration. Just drop the copyrighted names and photos.

Because your wonderful readers have been building all of these plans you absolutely should put up their photos instead!

Good luck with all of the work you have ahead of you!

Also wanted to add, I used to work for a large, innovative furniture design company in the UK and we used to deal with this sort of thing quite a lot!

I just came across your blog a few days ago. I LOVE it...oh & Awesome Job on Breaking through the whole Big guys tryin' to tear u down. Keep it up!! I look forward to seeing more & hopefully trying my own stuff out soon:) Take Care.

~Nikki

Really love the post format!

You know the funny thing is that if you polled your readers I would be willing to bet than an overwhelming majority if not all of them would never spend that kind of money to by the copyrighted original products. We look for close fascimiles or a way to make it ourselves for a reason.

I have just recently found your blog, I live in North Pole (hello from just up the road!!!), from article in the Daily News Miner. I am so thrilled and though I have not built anything yet, I know I will. I really need bookshelves for my home so I hope to build some this spring. Thank you for all the work you put into your plans an blog for those of us who want to learn.

I love the about box as well! :) Love the whole new look! You are such a classy woman!
:) Thanks for all you do!

Don't lose heart. You're doing great things!

Ana, we love you.

Keep it up. Keep it real.

You go girl! Love the new design layout :) Especially the savings box!!

I've been bookmarking plans for months, just waiting for this cold weather and snow to go away. Spring has sprung in Ohio! My stepdad has agreed to help me out on building a coffee table, 1 or 2 (haven't decided yet) end tables and a sofa/console table for my living room so I can learn to use the tools and then be able to tackle my other favs all by myself. Can't wait to start!

A huge project I have i mind is building one of the storage units for our hallway. Our bathroom is super small - our house is 107 years old and the bathroom was added on later so we have very little storage. I'm going to build several of the units with doors for storage of towels, extra bathroom supplies, baby toys, cat litter, etc.

Here is my inspiration to keep you going: My uncle was a carpenter. He could build just about anything out of wood. My sister & I worshipped him and he & his wife were more like grandparents to us. He passed away when I was 9 after a 2 year battle with cancer back in 1989. I cannot wait to build something...I know he would be so proud. Thanks, Ana!!!

(Oh, and if I didn't have an 80+ year old wrought iron bed I restored I would be making one of your beds to rest my Pottery Barn duvet on...LOL)

Love the new layout!

SOOOO glad that you are still going to be around. I have so many projects bookmarked, just waiting on the $ to come in and the weather to warm up so we can start building. My daughter (3) can't wait for her Daddy to build her a bed! Thank you for all the work you put into your plans and this site.

Hi Anna,
Just 'delurking' to say I love what you do, how you make nice furniture accessible to those of us who can't afford PB (or just shake our heads at the prices). That being said, I figured they'd come calling sooner or later. They probably spend a lot of money to design the furniture we all love so much, it seems logical that they'd try to protect their brand.

"Today's plan is simple, just because I am short on time, but it is a sample of what you can expect in the future. I think this might actually be better???"

I think it will be better. I am so glad that you are continuing in this direction. Who knows, it could lead to bigger things, like a TV show or a store of your own (maybe higher quality and lower prices!)
You're very talented. I believe that you can do it with your own designs, and that would be a true inspiration.

Keep on going, you have a lot of people behind you :D

t.

Hi Anna,

I haven't visited often, so glad I'm catching up on all the ruckus. How funny that a huge corporation is threatened by one little woman.

I agree with you 100% regarding making things ourselves. It's not just a money-saving thing, but so incredibly satisfying to make something yourself.

I get inspiration and make things all the time that resemble (very much) the original item, but it's still my own art or bench or whatever.

I mean really, how many ways can you make a square piece of furniture look different from another square piece of furniture?!?

I hope you continue giving us ideas and instructions for making our own things!

I think the new pictures are even better, Thank you for inspiring me to build quality furnishings for my family.

After reading about how the big box stores have been giving you a hard time, it must be comforting to know that you are actually making a differance. Good job, please keep it up!
Bob in CT

WOW. Just found your blog from another forum I visit (of soapmakers, not related at all - lol) and I'm totally in love with what you're doing here!

My brother & sis-in-law are having a baby (YAY!!) and we were just lamenting the prices of baby furniture, so this series is going to come in handy! Fortunately my dad has a whole shop full of tools and we're a pretty crafty bunch, so we're probably going to give this a go very soon.

Not only will it be great to say we made it ourselves, but we can finish (or refinish it down the road) to match the room's theme easily. Keep up the amazing work!! :)

Is the dresser part of the plan still going to be posted? My husband and I are SO excited to build it for our soon coming 1st child! Thank you for doing all of this!!!

I was wondering how I can get the plans for the ENTIRE wall piece. I am too looking forward to building this ASAP.

You can contact me at:
lsteenblik (at) comcast (dot) net

Thanks so much - I will continue to follow your blog and find inspiration`

WE LOVE THIS PIECE!! My husband and I are expecting a baby in the fall. Hubby is extremely handy and is eager to build some thing for the baby- this is perfect. Please send the plans for the entire wall system for the Scalloped Edge Changing Bridge.

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