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Just finished the legs on my first project tonight. Instead of using the Krejig I found a really nice pocket hole jig that had some amazing reviews at my local Harbor Freight. Turned out really nicely if I do say so myself. I intend on finishing tomorrow as far as building goes. Will probably sand and stain a dark espresso in the next week or two.

This was a fun project that my Dad and I had the opportunity to work on together. We were able to locate an old barn that and recently been blown over (farmer gladly told us to take whatever we wanted). We salvaged the wood, hit it with a little sand paper that provided the true rustic farm house look. With some modifications and a biscuit joiner we were able to fit this together. All in all I think I spent a total of $6 on the lag blots for the legs. 

Made in 2014 from the playhouse bed plans with the storage stairs as well.

Music and wine have always gone well together, but never quite like this...
Like most of my projects, this one was inspired by giving an old object new life. In this case, the guitar was one I had used in my job for a few years before it started to fall apart. As soon as the nut fell off, and one of the tuning pegs broke, I decided it was time to expedite the deterioration. Surprisingly, it's not that hard to get the neck of a guitar off it's body. Some light heat from an iron applied above the 14th fret softens the glue. Pry gently and you're free!
One of the main design features in my work is that I put a lot of thought in to the hardware. On most of my pieces, the hardware is either extremely obvious, or not there at all. In this case, I chose huge, bulky bolts to hold the neck on to the base. I've always been intrigued by the way things work, so I tend to want the mechanical aspects of art to be thought provoking. Juxtaposing the industrial look of bolts against the elegance of a musical instrument was really fascinating to play with. This kind of balance is what inspired the name 'Industrial Zen'.
More pics at www.orenpersing.com

I made a couple of decorations from my scrap wood.   On the snowflake, I had some extra parts of 1x2s laying around so sized this down to 20" and used those.  The tree is just a bunch of different types of wood I had left over.  This was really fun to do. 

It took me a little over a day as I had to paint and wait for it to dry before I could assemble.

Thank you for the ideas and plans.

So, after having built the rustic console and rustic end table, I was staring at the blank space in my room and the stack of books and decided that I could fix two problems with just a slight adjustment of the console plans.  Basically the structure is exactly the same for the top, "legs" and shelves, but then instead of running 2" x 2" trim, I did 1" x 2" and 2" x 4" at the base (mostly to keep the dust bunnies as bay).  The other significant difference is the ends, which I paneled and trimmed out rather than doing the open "X".  And then ran tongue and groove paneling along the back to finish it out.

As with my other rustic builds, I left off the metal trim (again, for now at least) and distressed the top and face with a rotary wire brush.  The texture on the top of this one turned out really wonderful.  I hate to even put anything on top to hide all that grain.  Price was a little more too, mainly for the extra 1" x 12" x 6' and the pack of tongue and groove panel boards.

Santa's elves made this one just in the knick of time! Ana makes it impossible to not spoil this child :) I wish I had one of these when I was a kid, we used to play "store" all the time

I took a different direction on the doors instead of using the barn doors I used old wooden windows in place of them. 

I built this for a friend as a surprise for his wife.  I used hardwoods and took my time.  I recommend using pre-stain conditioner.  The stain used  is Minwax Red Oak.

I built the children's farmhouse table and 4 storage chairs for my 2-year-old twins.  I followed the plans exactly, except the addition of some minor details using my router:  I gave the table top a nice edge using my Roman Ogee bit, rounded the front and side edges of the seats for comfort using a 1.5" roundover bit, and rounded the inner corners of the back on both sides and the top and bottom of the back rests with a 1/2" roundover bit.  I bought a roll of drawing paper from Ikea in the children's section, and it will be attached underneath using a removable dowel so we can pull a sheet of paper out from under the table for coloring or to use as an easy-cleanup paper cloth if they eat at this table with their cousins!

As stated in my table post, I just wasn't happy with what I was finding in the stores as nothing seamed sturdy nor made out of solid material. So I built a pub table and these stools to match.

I combined the stools from multiple projects and eventually just made my own measurements and mimicked the table construction that I made.

Although more expensive, I used Oak so it is sturdy and will take more than normal wear and tear (as I have three young boys under 10)

I made this coffee table almost a year ago. It has withstood the use and abuse of my five year old and still looks great!! Thanks Ana for the awesome design!

First "big" woodworking project.  A lot of fun and my daughter couldn't be happier 

Built out of love for my 3 year old and 1 year old daughters. Christmas morning was awesome! We also bought play kitchen pots and pans from IKEA and a couple of play food sets off of Amazon. Had an old push button led light for closets that is inside the oven. It is on a timer set for 30 seconds so the batteries will not drain too fast.

Great plan & project for the kids.

Have always liked sliding door style furniture and once I saw this, I was inspired.