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My husband and I built this kitchen for my son's 2nd birthday and it continues to be a huge hit. We scaled the dimensions up a bit so he can use it longer, and used 3/4" birch plywood with veneer on the ends. The oven knobs spin on dowels, the stove burners are just painted on and we added moulding to the edge of the countertops to give it a nice rounded edge. We used a cheap bar faucet from ebay, hardware from IKEA, and a stainless steel bowl with a rim for the sink. I highly recommend using a flap stay on the stove door to keep it from slamming open, and magnetic catches on the oven and fridge doors. We also used anti-tip furniture straps because these suckers are heavy.

I spent time over my winter break from work to build this for my nine year-old. She absolutely loves it. It is much sturdier than the basic wooden loft I had in college. Now my 6YO wants one! I bought a Kreg Jig, which was a great investment to build something like this. I used a circular saw but next time around would borrow or purchase a miter/table saw for the large number of cuts required. I spent $475 in lumber, screws, nails, paint, etc which was more than I had planned, but we are happy with the result! It took me about 40 hours to build this in my basement. Great project for daddy/daughter time while school was out; she made the majority of the measurements for me! There were very slight issues with the plans but overall it was not too difficult.

This was my very first project I did. Very proud of how this turned out. Now my sister has one and I am building another one with Mickey Mouse on it for my other sister. I build it in a day with lots of breaks due to 4 teenagers.

Untreated 4x4s are so hard to find around me so I used 2x4s for the legs. To get the legs truly square, I used my table saw to rip about a 1/4" off from each side of 2x4s (making the legs 3" by 3"). This also helped the legs appear to be one solid piece. After sanding with palm sander I applied Dark Walnut Minwax Stain. After the first coat set, I applied more stain to random places on the table to give it a somewhat "worn" look I guess. I finished with two generous coats of Minwax Semi-gloss poly. I like the way it came out. I also built the tryde coffee table, and after doing so I realized that the 2x6 breadboards had a slight angle to them. To fix this on the console table I attached the breadboards more inward toward the center of the table. The level look is just more appealing to me, but it's no biggie. Now I'm working on finish two tryde end tables, and soon I'll be starting a tv stand. Love the plans and the site in general! Thanks!

Using the original plans, I modified them to fit a full size mattress.

My wife is an avid quilter and I've just begun woodworking, so when we needed a bed for our spare bedroom, we combined my love of woodworking with her love of quilts to come up with this bed, modified from your plans.  We couldn't be happier with the way that it turned out!

I built this desk for my 15 year old daughter. We needed to size it so that a neat yard sale find seat could fit under it. I also added supports for the legs at the bottom. It just didn't feel sturdy enough for me. Large, single drawer was painted on the inside to match the color of her walls, pulling the whole look together! Lots of fun to build!

I hated my old flimsy coffee table and I decided that I needed another one. After searching online for tables that I could build, my wife and I came across this one. Its large, sturdy and has the underneath shelf for additional storage. Plus the styling was cool too.

I built this console from the Grandy Sliding Door Console. I modified the plan slightly and lowered it to about 30 inches high, and have since hung the TV on the wall. I made the sliding door hardware at a local metal fabrication shop, and used patio door wheels for the hardware. It is stained with Rustoleum Dark Walnut stain wiped on with a cloth to ensure a non-uniform stain for a distressed look. I used the Kreg jig for most of the connections, and added support of the mid shelf in the back of the piece.

I used a modified version of the Planked Wood Sideboard to fit the space I had. With the exception of the frame, it’s made of walnut. I love the way it turned out. Thanks Ana!!

These came together nicely but I definitely advocate the right tool for cutting the curves on the sides. Also, the next time we make them, and we most likely will, I will make the roomy version. The wider size will give us a little more room for a few extra books. All in all the girls are very please with them. I like that they are just above their bed to make night time reading easy and fun. Couldn't have done it without you Ana. Thanks.

We needed something to put clothes in. A dresser wouldn't of been big enough, so I decided on the armoire. I shortened the height so I'd only had to buy 2 1x12's. Everything else is the same. The 1x12's were so warped I had a heck of time with the doors.
I'm not digging the distressing. I tried the Vaseline thing. Never again it was a mess. I'll just stick to sanding it down from now on.

This bed came out beautiful! Thank you for the plans. 

Made from RedCedar and WhitePine. All rough cuts from the local mill.

I wanted a hallway side table, using Ana White's Simple, Cheap and Easy console table directions (as usual with most of my built) and revising the measurement and adding some thing in here and there I was able to build me this! Thanks to my new jigsaw my husband bought me :) Measures 55" long, 34" height and 14-1/2" depth.