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This took me and my father a few weekends to complete simply because that is all the time I had to work on it (was the weekends). We put a lot of effort into it and made sure everything was neat and safe. We modified the original plan a bit to give some more boy feel to this bed, and we added window bars to keep my children from climbing out of them. You know boys! We also added a window on the far side of the top bunk. We should have added one to the bottom too since it is so dark, but he likes it anyway! If you want to see some step by step photos, you can go to http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151477424866465.1073741825.5…

P.S. The estimated cost was for the bed only, not the mattresses or stain

This was my first project and I had a ton of fun working on it. My grandpa has a professional wood shop, but as he has gotten older it hasn't been used as frequently. Most of my time was spent fixing broken equipment. I made a couple wrong cuts and had to go back to the store. All in all I love my new bed, I spent quality time with my grandpa, and it is a solid piece of furniture built for a fraction of what a bed should cost.

I'm just a novic so this was a challenge and lots of fun! I Made this one and just finished. I used oak plywood, oak lid, rocklar hinges, stained and poly coated ever thing about 3 times. Looks great!  Those hinges a expensive but work great.

Made this for our 3rd daughter for Christmas. I had finials, but ended up liking the look of the crib better without them. It was so fun to build and my daughter was super excited Christmas morning! Thanks!

This was my first build, I never picked up a drill until now, but my mom really wanted something nice to hold her microwave but everywhere we looked for an island that would support it was just to flimsy so when I saw these plans and how cute it looked I told her I'm gonna build you this. I didn't add a drawer manly to force my family from putting junk in there that doesn't belong in a kitchen. I had a lot of fun building this and definitly learned a lot. Thanks for the plans.

This dog bed was built with furniture grade pine and stained in Minwax Golden Oak.  I added stairs and a storage drawer in the bottom.

This was my first Anna White experience. It was a great beginner project. My husband was even impressed with the results. I was a little scared of the Menwax Ebony stain, but I applied it with a rag (several coats) and it came out very even. I used paste wax to finish off the project and it turned out great. I'm soooo proud of myself. I hope I don't sound too obnoxious, but it was just so much fun, and I was so surprised that I could build something that looked this professional. Ok, shutting up now. :-)

This project was a labor of love for sure.  It took me an hour here, an hour there over the course of several months before I finally finished it.  I have never felt so proud of something I built, and I truly could not have done it without the plans written up on this site!  Thank you so very much for the service you provide with your free plans!  

I started with rough-cut American walnut from a guy's basement.  It had been stored for over 50 years in a nice dry climate.  After planing it, running it through a jointer, and trimming off the crooked parts with my table saw, I was able to get everything to line up pretty well.   I will say the drawers sure gave me a run for my money!  Those are so difficult to get perfect! 

The stain I used is a Kona stain from Varathane.  I truly couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out.

After showing my wife the plans, she did not like that flat top so I did some drawings until she liked what I had. I Modified the plans so that we could get what we liked. I used all 2" lumber instead of 1" because I wanted it to be nice and heavy. Raised the base of the side rails by 3" so that there would be more ground clearance, and used plywood under the slats so that we didnt need to use a box spring. I think it came out well.

My husband and I loved the Squared2 Chair we saw on this site and we knew that we wanted to have this design for our dining chairs. As my building experience has increased, I thought it was time to try. This is my first chair: it is not perfectly executed, but I learned a few things along the way and I've decided to buy a few tools, too. I modified the square back pattern cut lengths explained briefly on my little blog.

With another baby on the way in a few months, we decided to move our 2+ year old daughter across the hall into her first big girl room. I built big sister the Kendal Extra Wide Dresser, Traditional Wood Toddler Bed, Letter A Shelf and a Dollhouse Bookcase and matched the colors with her new comforter, lamps and princess canopy tent from the Land of Nod outlet.

A lot of people have done some pretty cool modifications to this project, but at the end of the day, we decided to follow the plan verbatim and build the Pottery Barn design. This build was super easy. Probably spent most of the project time sanding over and over in order to ensure that it was splinter-free, smooth, and safe for our princess. I do note that the side rails in the project design are somewhat low after you put the mattress down. However, this was really only a concern during the first few weeks. Although our daughter somehow was able fall to the floor during the first night (without incident--she did not even wake up--thank god for carpet), after she became accustomed to the bed, the lower side rails actually work rather well. Our daughter, a insanely crazy sleeper, usually wedges herself against the side rails at different parts of the night. She might hang a limb or two over the rails, but never through the rails, and she never falls off the bed.

had a lot of scraps and put them to good use with this shelf, east to change out any art/photos my kids would like on their walls, size of frames, etc...without nailing frames, changing positioning, just re-arrange on the shelf :)

I modified the size to fit my dining room and I am so pleased with the results!

I couldn't find any wardrobe that I was really happy with - and then I stumbled upon Ana's design, and I loved it! I went for two different colors (white for the supports and rosewood for the shelves) to give it more presence. Dimensions are 60" wide X 22" deep x 86" tall