I've been wanting to build this plan for quite some time! Took me about 2 hours to build and 1 hour to finish. Giving these as gifts for Mother's Day! Total cost was about $15 per planter. I scaled down the design after I found the plants I wanted to put in them. Ana has the best and easiest plans!
After completing all the pieces for myself based on 4x4 pedestal dining table with planked wood top, I thought I would build a table for my daughter.
The pedestal base is the same as the plan.
Now all i have to do is get it transported 400km down the road
The table was made from 200mm x 50mm pine sleepers
The top was finished with 2 coats of British paints 1 coat finish
Tue, 05/30/2023 - 12:52
Wow, this is gorgeous, thank you so much for sharing! Your daughter will be thrilled.:)
Wood = Pine
Finish = Minwax Special Walnut (after Pre-Stain)
This was a pretty straight forward build, but nice to have an extra set of hands. On the top board of the head/footboard, a countersink bit was used to recess the screw heads (otherwise, all fasteners in the plan are concealed). Then a mixture of glue/sawdust was used to smooth over the countersink hole. The whole project was sanded starting with 60 working up to 220.
We followed the plan, and in the photo this is the height of the bed with box springs and mattress. The bed feels sturdy and comfortable. It was a fun project and my first shot at interior furniture.
Entry Way Table with Slatted Bottom!
Mon, 07/24/2023 - 20:19
So perfect with the bottom shelf! Love this! Thank you so much for sharing a photo!
We built this master closet using the simple closet plan. It looks wonderful and wasn't too difficult to do once we determined the measurements we needed to use to fit our closet. My husband does not have much building experience at all, but he was able to do this with Ana's fabulous plans. Thank you so much for saving us hundreds of dollars! We have real wood in our closet and we love it!
We used plywood and painted all surfaces with indoor latex trim paint.
Sun, 01/12/2014 - 19:02
It looks very nice. May I ask what dimension of the plywood you used?
They look more than 3/4'' thick to me, right? My husband and I are planning our very first project!! Any info /advice would be highly appreciated.
This project was a super easy and fun build that I made for my mother's herbs. In total I spent probably around $12 in material, and only spent about 2 hours building it. Came out great!
In reply to wood used by jfwoodworking
Tue, 04/26/2016 - 14:13
Being that its going to be holding moist soil, and inevitably warping some, I didn't want to waste too much money on better wood, so i went with cedar fence boards (5 1/2") for this build. It DID move around a little when I first watered, but everything has held together fine, and I defiantly think it will add to the "rustic" look for my herb garden planter. i will try to upload some pictures as it "ages"
Started these wishing wells as only having fun and for family it seems now that it is going to be a little more than I thought now taking orders from family friends
In reply to Wishing wells by Jason48
Tue, 11/19/2019 - 07:33
I love the wishing wells, but I can;t find a plan. My mom has wanted one of these forever! She now has stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma Stage 4 and I would love to build her one before it is too late.
Fri, 04/04/2014 - 08:49
Good or bad? I can't imagine anyone would say anything bad! This is awesome! Looks great!
In reply to Good or bad? I can't imagine by stacynabby
Tue, 04/15/2014 - 07:23
Thank you for the compliment
Fri, 04/03/2020 - 17:24
Can I ask where you got this plan from.Would love to make one.
I had fun building this Leaning Bathroom shelf you posted from RyobiNation! I had been looking for the right bathroom storage for awhile. I have a small bathroom and not much really did it for me until I found the link to the plans on your Facebook feed. The moment I saw it I knew I had to build it for my bathroom so thank you so much for posting it!
I made these modern Adirondack chairs for our business in Anchorage. GREAT and easy to build design by Ana - we upgraded the arms to tapered 2x6 and they're awesome!
Needed a patio table for this space and decided on this plan. After the build portion, the stain finish really made it complete. Now time for some summer get togethers.
Super fun project!!
I want to give a big THANK YOU!! to Ana. I found your website a few years ago when I wanted to move my toddler to a big girl bed. Since then I have built several things but this is the first that I have shared on the site. Long story short this is a bench that I made for my father in law for Father's Day. It was a pretty simple build that I believe came together pretty well. Next, a tailgate bench for my own dad for Father's Day. Luckily he doesn't mind that it will be late.
I didn't have a jig-saw since I am still pretty new at this, so I searched for alternatives. I found these plastic ashtrays at the dollar store, flipped them upside down and spray-painted them! Now my bin even says 'made in china' ;)
I am so excited about this project! I re-did my entire little man's room. It included a ton of Ana's projects! The closet, $10 ledges, step stool and the toy storage. This was quite the venture for me, I have done a lot of plans from Ana, but this one was a lot - a lot of painting. And hanging the doors, was a challenge :) I couldn't be more happy. My little man didn't want to leave his room he was so excited!
Mon, 10/22/2012 - 08:16
Love your new room for your son! I love using clear toy storage bags to organize toys and then you could put the bags on display or behind the doors in your storage unit - http://mommby.com/Store/Bag.php.
My (excited!) first time building a piece for someone else. This table was made as a housewarming gift for some awesome friends. Many people contributed to material cost and my husband and I put it together.
The table is made out of all cedar to deal with the southern rain and sun (we haven't had a dry day since we delivered it a month ago, so you get a wet but sunny picture - yay hurricane season)
We modified the plans to incorporate two planter buckets for icing drinks and such. This required us to make two longitudinal frames instead of the one used in the original plans. We spaced the frames just enough to fit the planters down in them, then added short 1x2s between them to support the planters. Before boarding the top 2x6s together, I made rough cuts for the openings. When it was all together, my husband used a 2" router bit to clean up the edges of the holes.
Made the 8 foot FancyX benches to have as much seating room as possible for lots of friends and family. Looking forward to using it more when the weather dries up a little.
I bought a box of oak scraps from a local lumber store - sold a firewood for $6.00 and I was able to get enough big pieces to make this step stool for my granddaughter.
I really needed somewhere to park my rototiller and mower during the summer and ended up modifying the plans to include a lean-too/over hang area. This required flipping the shed to extend the roof line. I continued the 15• roofline and also then had to create and cover the soffits. I also reduced it to one door and placed it on a skid foundation so that technically it would be considered a temporary structure, no permits needed. I first used a semi transparent stain that looked much darker and grayer in the store but looked very blue and terribly streaky on the shed, see back wall area. I then restrained it with a solid stain, which I think looks much better and covered the streaky stain. Because I extended the roof and stained it twice, this really increased the cost, but I think it was well worth it. I can store all my yard and garden tools underneath and inside.
I built this table for a friend who wanted a rustic, plank-top kitchen table. She wanted a square table with 4x4 legs. Since I don't have clamps, I used pocket holes and wood glue for the table top. Also, I only have a 7&1/4" miter saw, which means the 4x4s were too thick to cut. So I made one cut in the legs, then flipped them and made another. It worked! :) I sanded down the sides of the table top with 80 grit. They needed to be evened up since some of the planks were a little longer than others. I back braced underneathe the top with (3) 1x3s. Then, I sanded all over with 120, vacuumed, then wiped it down with a damp towel. Fun build!!
54" Bench with Cross Bracing, used the plans on this site, plans were great, easy to follow. I used a 2 x 12 for the bench top to give it more heft. I think it looks better than a 1 x 12.
On to the next plan.
I use the counter height bar stool plan but changed for the kids to make their seats smaller 15x14 and taller about 27 ". I used an old wooden office chair and Birch or Beach 1/8 plywood veneer to mold the back using wood glue and clamps and then I cut out the shape with a jigsaw instead of doing the ladder back.
Sat, 12/26/2020 - 19:07
Very nice and functional, they look great! Thank you for sharing:)
Still need to choose a color or stain but we love having the garbage hidden