My Farmhouse Table and Bench
Finally completed my Farmhouse table and bench today and couldn't wait to post pics (brag). Many, many thanks to Ana for sharing her talents with us. I am thoroughly enjoying my new hobby.
Finally completed my Farmhouse table and bench today and couldn't wait to post pics (brag). Many, many thanks to Ana for sharing her talents with us. I am thoroughly enjoying my new hobby.
Needed something to help my daughter keep track of all her jewelry and especially earrings. This plan seemed to fit.
I decided to use small wooden dowels on one section and angled one for rings. For the doors I used metal window screening and stapled it on.
Sun, 11/17/2013 - 17:53
Looove this! What a brilliant idea for hanging the jewelry with dowels! And I absolutely love the "screen-door" look. It's fabulous!
Great pans and made my own hardware with the link that was on the site....
After looking for an outside table with no luck, not to mention the unbelievable price tag, I asked my husband to make me this table..He worked on it for the day with my son and ILOVE the way it came out!!! The plans were simple and easy to follow. Thank you Ana!!!
Created the stand for the raised planter using 2X2 assembled using dowels. Painted the stand mixing black with a bit of white to simulate metal. The actually plastic window box fits within a wood open box with mitered corners fir clean log. Bottom of the stand provides a shelf using (9) 2X2s with a dado placed on either end to fit on the runners of the stand.
Mon, 05/01/2023 - 08:24
It looks super high quality, love your take! Thanks for sharing.
I did this bed today in just a few hours. I am new to this site and have lots of project to be posted. I thank my wife for the lovely display. I am stationed in the Navy overseas and good furniture is hard to come by. The Euro makes stuff expensive and the military store carries lots of expensive "cheap" stuff. I started with a picnic table for the kids this past summer and my Facebook went out of control with request to build stuff. So, I do a lot of look a likes. I get to build things and my fellow service members get nice furniture for the cost of wood.(I get a little for me too). I hope you enjoy my projects because there are many more to come. If you want plans just ask I keep them in my head and can type them down and email them to you. Thanks Ana White for the great ideas! Happy New Year everyone.
This was a super easy project and I like the way it turned out. I just got a 1x6 board in pine (that cost about $3.50) sanded it, stained it and marked all the inches with a pencil. I then used a painter's pen in black along with my square to get all the lines straight. Then I used some stencils to do the numbers - also with the painter's pen. The whole project took probably an hour to do (besides waiting for the stain to dry).
Brazilian walnut flooring top from lumber store and pine everywhere else.
After a successful attempt at Ana’s farmhouse desk I decided to make a bed for my wife... needless to say I think she likes it! Thanks to Ana and Pretty Handy Girl’s plans! (This is my 3rd woodworking project)
I used 1 by 8 rather than 1 by 10 for seating. Nice cedar was used, very comfy, thanks for the plan
Made this for my son's playroom. I added the cross supports in the base to make a sturdier chair.
Thu, 01/05/2012 - 07:25
I LOVE the fabric! I could never get tired of cowboys!
Really simple edition to make this project portable and efficient for group functions. Add some legs lol. Measure the height you want from your kitchen seat, cut, and screw to the bottom. The pictures should help with how to place them.
Hope you like it
Inspired by the Narrow Cottage End Tables plans. Tapered the legs a bit at the bottoms. Added a bead to the top and bottom of the drawer front. I finally used a 100 year old board salvaged from a barn in Tennessee that suffered a fire - giving the white oak a great dark patina. There is a shop in Orange County, CA called True American Grain that sells reclaimed wood - I bought the board for $40 - it adds a lot of character to the finished project.
I am embarrassed to admit, but we had been using a 8ft plastic folding table with a table cloth and folding chairs for TWO YEARS prior to this build. I had struggled to find a table that was large enough and that I actually liked. I was so fed up that we decided to build this table. It was a huge learning curve because we had never build anything before. BUT IT IS DOABLE and FUN!
Tue, 09/03/2019 - 17:46
What a beautiful table! Thanks for sharing and encouraging others!
Our home had a window seat that was only 14 inches deep and too small to sit on lengthwise. The before photo shows it just before I started the demolition phase. I had found the mudroom bench with easy drawers plan and decided it would work for our space. This was my first DIY woodworking project. I bought a Dewalt 12-inch compound bevel, sliding miter saw, a Kreg Pocket hole jig, and a Kreg straight-edge guide, and I plan to use them for future projects. I really enjoyed following the plans and building this project.
I got all of my wood at my local Lowe's by sorting through a lot of boards to find the best ones available. I found a nice-looking sheet of hardwood plywood for the top and sides. It was expensive ($84), but I wanted to try staining the project rather than painting it so that it would complement our flooring and other furniture in the room. I decided that if it didn't work out with the stain, I would paint over it.
A local Benjamin Moore paint store did a great job at finding a stain that would match and could be painted over if necessary. It only required one coat of stain to achieve the desired color, and I applied three coats of polyurethane over it.
We ordered a custom cushion with a cover to match the size of our new window seat with drawers. We, and our doggies, are very pleased with how the project turned out! Thank you, Ana White, for the excellent plans and video!
Gene St Germain, Poulsbo, WA
Sat, 05/13/2023 - 13:06
Amazing first project and upgrade, it looks so great! Thanks for sharing.
This is a Chippendale Chest of Drawers in Cherry. I did it a couple of years ago and it is still holding up very well. It was my first experience with ogee bracket feet and I was very happy with the way the feet turned out. It is a lot easier than it looks. There is no secondary wood, it is wholly out of American Black Cherry (prunus seritina). It took about four months to build and it has exposed dovetails on the top as the carcass is dovetailed together. Brasses are from bail pull type brasses.
I made the mini farmhouse bedside table as my first attempt at wood-working! It was really fun, and turned out pretty good for my first shot. I need to learn how to cut more consistently and get better at making things square. Thanks for the plan!
Rustic X Coffee Table done in American Walnut. Top was planed and joined for smother surface.
Farmhouse Breakfast Table inspired by the x coffee table
I just Built two of these for my wife and I. the plan was great and easy to follow for the most part i would really suggest spending as much time on the drawers as possible it makes such a big difference getting them to slide easily. now hopefully with anyluck ana will find time in her busy life to post a farmhouse tallboy dresser plan or something close to it!
Comments
Ana White
Fri, 12/30/2011 - 00:58
What a breathtakingly
What a breathtakingly beautiful farmhouse table and bench! Thank you for sharing, I'm so impressed and inspired!
lmaniscola
Fri, 12/30/2011 - 07:57
What kind of stain is that?
What kind of stain is that? Its beautiful.
Tinia
Fri, 12/30/2011 - 12:52
Wow! Georgeous!
Wow! Georgeous!
10todd
Fri, 12/30/2011 - 18:23
Thanks!
Thanks for the compliments! Imaniscola, I used Minwax ebony stain. Just one coat. Then, I applied 4 coats of Minwax water-based poly in a clear satin. It was my first time using the ebony stain and I am very pleased with it.
laurakc181
Sat, 12/31/2011 - 04:32
This looks fantastic! Great
This looks fantastic! Great work :)
Jessica Bischoff (not verified)
Sun, 01/08/2012 - 12:40
Love this!
I love this! You should sell this or any other woodworking you have like on Etsy. If you did I would definitely buy this! Awesome job!