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Awesome plan, used 10” boards and 6” wheels to add height. Also added hinges so that the top opens up for storage. Found some hardware to give it some personality. 

I fell in love with the simplicity of this table. I had been wanting a new table for a good while and when I stumbled on Ana’s YouTube video of this table, I knew this one was easy enough for my husband and I to tackle! Thank you, Ana!!!!

The cover is a tonneau cover for a pickup truck. It's for a 6.5' truck bed so if you notice, I had to ad a 2x4 and one more picket on top to accommodate the extra length. 

The cover would add a ridiculous amount of money to the project but it was repurposed.  I found it on a truck that was in an accident and going to the scrap yard. I think it it came out great and my grandson loves it.

John

I scoured the web unsuccessfully for months trying to find a cabinet big enough to store everything we needed to store. I wanted something huge and bright and simple, and so I decided to just build away. It's 8'4" long, 18" deep and 36" tall. Topped with a slab of Giallo Napoleon granite and painted a nice plain white. Took me only a few nights to build and paint, thanks to my power nailer and power paint sprayer. Thanks to a great deal on a remnant granite slab, this was just about $400 total start to finish. I winged the entire plan and didn't really use any plans in particular, though I have gathered many great ideas and tips from this site.

Fun project 

Thought I'd try two tone. A bit of a challenge after it has been assembled. Have to tape off, etc. The yellow ended up being brighter than I wanted so I decided to put stain over it and wipe it off for an aged look. The biggest challenge for me was getting the rounded ends, that the dowels go in, just right. Can be quite frustrating when you are a perfectionist but your skills aren't quite there yet. However, still happy with the outcome!

One of a kind custom kitchen island with a butcher block top. 

I could not find ready made cushions for this project so I purchased outdoor fabric in the green and 2" high density foam at Fabricland which we doubled to make 4" thick cushions. The throw pillows I bought at Walmart. I will probably buy more foam and fabric and make cushions for the back as well. I find the throw pillows aren't quite large enough to protect your back from the wood.

First ever woodworking project!

I wanted to add a sectional in my veranda, but all the models at stores around my place were at least a 1000$ and didn't had the proper dimension. The plan given on this website was ideal for my space, since my veranda is limited in space (was converted from a balcony, 7'x14').

The whole project went slowly since I did it part time, but overall it went well. However, the entire project from A to Z was time-consuming since I decided at the beginning to do the wood working AND the sewing part, and I'm a beginner that doesn't have any experience in any of these fields. I did literally everything by myself, from cutting 148 pieces of wood with a rented mitre saw, sanding each single one of them, staining the assembled chairs and table after assembly, cutting various pieces of foam for my cushion with 72"x30" sheets of foam, and lastly do the sewing of all the green cushion AND the smaller squared cushions. That was a lot of things to learn for a first timer and fortunetely I was enough motivated to do them, and most importantly patient. I had the moral support of my girlfriend during the whole project and showing the progress of the project to my friends, family and coworkers did help a lot to keep me motivated to finish the project.

I learned a lot from this project, whether it's wood cutting, sanding, assembly, staining or machine sewing. These skills will help for future projects for sure!

Thank you very much Ana for helping me, with these simple plans, learn new skills that enabled me to create something amazing!!!

Ana White inspired Rustic X Coffee Table finished with dark walnut stain and Annie Sloan graphite chalk paint.

I used pocket holes to hide the screws. I made an ottoman out of the outdoor coffee table plans to my dimensions that can be used as a coffee table when we need it.

Farmhouse style table using Ana-white plans and HoneyBear finish. 

I made this bench just as instructed except I made the back legs taller (after the fact) for more back support.

My husband modified these plans by making it a 42" tall bar high table. He built it and I stained it with Dark Walnut Danish oil and it came out better than we imagined. Thank you for these awesomely cool DIY plans.

Wanted a Patio table and when I saw the plans on this site I really liked it; I just changed the plan a bit. Everything was screwed from the underside of the table, also I attached the legs with 2" lag screws.