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I fell in love with the truss beam table, but realized that it would be too small for our family of 7. With a little altering and using ideas from the pub/counter table, my husband and I were able to complete this lovely square table!! It stands about 36 inches high and is about 60 inches across. I am in love!

I used Ash wood from my local woodworking shop. The wood varied in width but is a true 2" thick. The table is 12' long and 4.5' wide. I didn't see the need in having the X on the leg ends as the ash was plenty strong enough to hold the top planks. Plus, I really like the look without it. I did add a cantilever beam in the center to stop sag. I didn't feel like I needed diagonal bracing in the center to support the cantilever beam (Note: Original design has center diagonal supports in wrong direction which do nothing for structural integrity of table). The table top planks were strong enough to span an 8' distance. The table top over hangs each end by 2' on center. I left the wood as rough cut as possible. I did rough it up a little more. I sanded with a #36 grit only to sand off writing, dirt, and burrs. I stained with MinWax Early American and sealed with Satin Poly by MinWax. Feel free to ask any questions. This is my 2nd wood project and I am hooked.

This is my 3rd build from Ana’s site. I built the dream Dollhouse with my daughter. She loves it! I would recommend taping off a section the size of the finished doll house to get a feel for the size. I knew it would be big, but wow it is huge. Fist thing she did was climb inside.
My 3 year old daughter helped when she could. She applied wood glue with a foam brush, painted the bottom and checked all the board walls and floors with a level.
I did not do the stairs, I did not think my daughter would play with them; I also wanted to keep the floor space. I still need to finish putting the wall paper up & add the casters. My dad got me 1 ½ trim for crown molding from the habitat for humanity store. He is also looking for caters there as well. Next time he come to visit are we are going to install it. With the crazy snow in Washington it might be a while.
I used a cheap primer that really mad the paint worse, but like my mom said I can always remodel it later.

I the supplies were close to $75, the new saw blade, Kreg Jig Jr., and other misc. to stock my shop a lot more.

Thank you Ana for such a great plan!
Becca

This (so far) is my best creation yet! I had previously made a bed for my son but my joinery skills were not up to par so it didn't make it. After re-evaluating his room I realized he was lacking on space so we needed to ditch the dresser. So glad I ran across this plan on Ana's website!

Since I was ditching the dresser in his room I needed to make sure the drawers were deep (25"x18"x10.5"). I once again ran into some issues where I was not paying full attention to the instructions and ordered side-sliding drawer slides instead of under mounting ones. So I had to alter the plan a tad bit. Not to mention my drawer openings were not completely square so I added some door trim and beadboard to the face and let it cover the imperfection. I must say it was well played!

I didn't have all the tools needed right away so as I got to different parts of the project I bought so many tools!!!

Two hours and done!

Easy project, had it done in about 8 hrs, staining and paid ting took another 4 hrs. Not bad at all.

Was very easy to put together even with pocket screws.

4x4 farmhouse beam table using pressure treated lumber, made a little longer to accomodate 6' church pews, so pleased with the build, best part, it took me 3 hrs to complete!

My family has been needing something like this for a while to keep our toddler out of the trash. Now I can tell people I built it myself. This is my first Ana White project and first time using pocket holes and I have to say I am very happy with how it turned out.

I built this set from the plans of the Simple white outdoor sofa. I did make a few changes to meet my needs. My original idea was to make 2 sofas but after doing some measuring I realized a loveseat would be better so I just took about 24" off of the length. I also did add slats to the arms, just to give it a different look. I found this project to be pretty easy with the plans that are provided and I used the link that is attached to the page for sew mama sew to make all of the cushions! I built the side table from the plans for the Ottoman or Accent Table for Simple Modern Outdoor Sectional although I made the table larger width wise (24 x 24) to fit nicely between the sofa and loveseat.
The only thing I would do a bit differently if I were to build it again would be to use a slightly better grade wood so I would have to use less wood filler and sand less ( That is what took the most time ) otherwise this could have been finished in half the time it took me. This is a great project that really transformed my back patio!

I followed the plans mostly. My wife really liked the design. I spaced the drawers out 4 more inches I believe and I made a removable top ,not pictured, so I could stack on top of it. It came out great. Cool idea thank you!

Mike

We need bedroom furniture desperately! So, I decided, for my second build I would start in our bedroom! The dresser first, because I was going crazy without a place to put my clothes!