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I redid this whole room for less than $600! Make sure you take your time with cuts and fitting. I did this with my father in law (my daughter even got to help out!), and it's less than perfect due to some rushing! More details on my blog.

I also couldn't find any 4x4's. Instead of doubling up on 2x4's, I just used one. That allowed me to change the tops of the head/foot boards to only 48" instead of 50 1/2. You can get enough for a head and foot board out of one board this way.

After looking at a TON of bunk bed ladders online, I designed my own. Just some leftover 2x4's. The sides are 47 1/2 inches long, and the rungs are 13 1/2 inches long. It's screwed to the bunk bed from the back so you don't see the screws.

I have recently started working with wood and I love it!!! It started with a few little cubbies, then a small primitive cabinet and today I built my farm table and I absolutely LOVE it!!! I kind of combined plans,,used the size of the narrow farm table and did the basic frame of michaelas kitchen island

New house equals room for all the junk. Built this off the Garage Storage Shelves plan for our basement storage area. Leveraging the existing exposed studs made it a bit easier. Made these 48" deep to accommodate the big bins with all the holiday decorations. I added another along side, but made it 24" depth...one more yet to go. The wife can't throw anything away!

Not from a plan on the site.

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This was a great project! If a 70 year old woman can build it, so can you. I had an old bench that used 2x4's and those plastic ends. I took it apart and salvaged most of the boards after sanding them down. So my cost was zero dollars to build this, but I'm sure it wouldn't last as long as using new wood.
I found the instructions easy to follow. I used 2 1/2" exterior star screws, and finished the wood with solid exterior stain in a sage green. The wood wasn't in great shape, so a transparent stain would not be a good choice for me.
I bought a $16 chair cushion and I'm tempted to make another chair!

The second one was before. It was the very first project I ever did all by myself. It only took me a couple of months to get the nerve to go to the store and buy everything. Then I cut and did everything on my own. 😬 I am so stinkin proud of myself.

I modified the Small Old English Style Farmhouse Dining Table plan to build a writing desk.   

I used five 1x6 boards for the top for a width of 27.5 inches.   I made my desk 56 inches in length.  I put the drawer on the long side like a pencil drawer.   I did use the legs that Ana recommended in the plan.   

I watched the video Ana posted on how to make the drawers for this table and it was so helpful.  I just made it like Ana did in the video but on the long side instead of the short ends.

I love how it turned out.  I used Watco dark walnut danish oil and Minwax dark wax for the finish.  

I deviated quite a bit from the plans.  Mostly, I used readily available swingset hardware to beef up the design. This stuff can be found on big online sites or specialty sites. 

I bought all of the swings, and ninja rope online along with the 4ft slide and safety handles.

I'm calling this a Skiki Bar which is a word play on Tiki bar. It is based on the Simple Rolling Cart design. I used my own dimensions according to the width of cross-country skis. I have a large number of these old skis for projects. They are sold for very cheap at garage sales, etc. The top of the bar is made from boards that I had removed from an Adirondack chair set, which I had made Ski chairs with. So those were already stained and they matched the stain I used on the pine 2x4 frame of this Skiki Bar. I already had a pair of wheels laying around so I only had to buy 2 more of the same size. The pictures were taken before I installed a shelf on the bottom with some scrap plywood I had in my garage.

I estimated the time to factor in how long it takes to stain all the boards and let them dry.

On the left edge I installed a Ski bottle opener I made.

I estimated my cost on what I bought that I didn't already have. I bought the pine 2x4's (also a 1x4, 1x6), Construction Screws, Stainless Steel Screws (For attaching skis), and 2 wheels.

I already had: Skis, Bar top boards, 2 wheels, deck screws (attaching the bar top boards from underneath), stain, clear coat, wood glue and tools.

My next project is to make Ski bar stools. Thanks for having a look at my design!

This was my first Ana White build and I love it! Built all by myself in 4.5 hours. Decided to paint it to match the plaster in our pool since it will be located close by. I am very pleased with how quickly it came together and how sturdy it is. I did an an additional 2x4 brace in the center of each top to help keep the 1x4's straight and hopefully prevent sagging.