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Pretty much followed the plan, except I raised the height of the platform. I intended to make the legs longer, but I forgot and cut them to the length on the plan. It looks like the sides of the basket aren't supported as well, but the basket stays in just fine.

I also added little wings on the end to support the ends of the basket. I wanted to be able to remove the basket from the cradle without screwing it in, but also wanted the basket to be secure so I added the little wings. It was easy.

Overall a pretty easy project, except the rockers are time consuming. They're not hard to make, you just need to take your time.

I got the inspiration for this from the entertainment centers that kristenlotz and azca33 (mostly azca33).

I built this over about 5 months in my spare time. It took a lot of wood and a lot of time. I will post plans and a breakdown of supplies if there is any interest.

It was time for a new mattress - as it so happened, the store had a sale on: any size for the price of a single. So I couldn't resist and got the king rather than the queen size. Rather than buying the the bottom of the ensemble as well I decided to try and build a bed.
Would have loved a farmhouse bed, but the bedroom is tiny, the king only just fits in, so no foot end or chunky posts. Mom's fine farmhouse bed was the initial choice - but I like my timber `natural' and couldn't get pine mouldings. So ended up building the reclaimed headboard - out of cypress pine fence pickets: these come in 65x19mm (i.e. close to a 1x3 pine board) and up to 1800mm long, but used pine for the bits which are not visible (easier to work with & lighter). I wanted a bed where my feet touch the ground when I sit on the edge and which don't need to climb up to, so shortened everything to make the top of the mattress at 550mm from the floor.
The bed itself is from Mom's farmhouse bed plans, modified for a King (72 inches wide) with a middle rail. The sides are made from two length of cypress tongue and groove floorboards each, joined together with pocket hole screws and with the top tongues ripped off. The slats are fence pickets as well - managed to find enough of the nominally 1800mm ones which were just long enough to fit across after squaring off the ends, the most economical option. To hold them in place, I glued on spacer blocks cut from a 1x2 length of pine - the slats sit between them snugly & making the slats removable makes it much easier to move the bed.
I sealed the timber with a base coat of oil-based polyurethane and the applied furniture wax (carnauba) and buffed it to a soft glow.
This was a big project, it took me the best part of 4 weekends - lack of space & winter weather didn't help (ended up assembling the bed in the lounge room). It cost me almost $300 all up, about $220 for timber, the rest for screws, nails, sandpaper, glue, varnish, woodfiller and wax - half the price of what the commercial base alone would have been.

The structural elements of the "classic chair" are excellent and so adaptable.  I simply lengthened the leg to produce a conventional 19” seat height and extended the back frame dimensions to provide a higher seat back.  I also substituted 2"x4" framed seat bottoms featuring slat inserts for the plywood seat bottoms. Most of the frame materials are Doug-fir 2"x4"s ripped down to 1.5"x1.5"s.  The slats on the seat-bottom and chair-back are cedar fence boards ripped down to 2.5" wide.  

Modern Comfort Outdoor Sofa and Loveseat to go with the Simple Outdoor Dining Table and Benches that I made 2 years ago. I love that the "Modern Comfort" plans don't require angles or a miter saw. I used a circular saw for all of it!

Using the counter height planter plans from Janettx. Thanks!

Love making it!!!

Dear Ana, 

Thank you for inspiring my friend Erik to build your farmhouse style table.  I was inspired by him, so I decided to build your farmhouse style kitchen island. It was not an easy DIY project for a first time DIY. However, I'm thankful that your plans are easy to follow and that there are plenty of Kregjig tutorials on YouTube! This project took 15 hours, but in the end- the time spent didn't matter. I love the finished product, finally a space to prep and cook. Thank you for inspiring all of us. Not perfect, but beautiful. Used Minwax Golden Pecan Wood Finish and 2 coats semi gloss.  Thanks again! -Leo C. @1LeoChen Instagram & Twitter 

I used the "Reclaimed Wood Look" bedside table plans but altered them to make it taller to go with our bed and to make them less wide and long. The finished product has top dimensions of 14 1/2" by 14 1/2" to fit in our small room. I also removed the top drawer to make a bookshelf. The first table took about 4 hours to build and sand and the second one went a lot quicker. I stained each with one coat of Minwax Dark Walnut and sealed with 3 light coats of polyacrylic. The pulls are from Lee Valley.

We ended up making the foot board about 12 inches taller as we prefer a taller foot board.  We opted to make this platform bed as you'll see in the photos.  It turned out great and was fairly simple due to the DIY plans provided here and all the friendly posts by others with their hurdles, etc.  This is an amazing site, THANK YOU Ana!

Found the old Home Depot plans, and decided to add my hand burned touch to it.
Have seen some that were using vinal or painted letters, but i like the burned effect, and its easier to seal right over the top with the outdoor stain/seal treatment..

Wanted to give my great-nephew something handmade for his 2nd birthday and hopefully something he can enjoy for years to come. Spent the weekend with my hubby doing this and loved every minute and thrilled with the final outcome