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My very first furniture build! Followed the construction plans and my bench turned out great! Thank you for helping others enjoy this craft!!

Solid Wormy Maple Top, "clear" grade, no knot westerd red cedar 4 x 4 legs, 4 inch lags (no Kreg Jig), Spar Urethane on top (clear satin, 3 coats), and Danish Oil on legs (one coat to keep "dry look").  Wormy maple boards, S4S, joined and plained.  Bench is one solid piece of wormy maple, same top coat as table top.

Corner unit for kids bedroom. Added fabric boxes from ikea. The fit perfectly 

I built this table be ie for a medical student w hi o wanted a standing desk. It’s a basic butcher block design ( my own design) and made from pine 2x10’s. I’m a self taught novice woodworker.

When Ana posted plans for these a few weeks back I knew they would be perfect for the front of my house. Instead of putting them on the never ending "to do" list, I just made them!

I kreg jigged them all together.

I used wooden eggs from the craft store for the finials.

Lined them with landscaping fabric.

Fairly easy to make and I love them, but I think I need a couple more :)

I have always wanted a farm bed and didn't think I could make it but here it is
Thanks for posting this great project.It took about 5 hours. I used a Kregg Jig to build it and I love it. I have built a lot of other things with it sense.

this was a lot of fun to build

We were looking for a cheap project for the weekend. We found the plans for the Tryde Coffee Table here on Ana White's site and we decided to give it a try. We knocked off about 10 inches so it would fit in the living room, what I found out was that 10 inches knock off allowed me to build side table with a few pieces of scrap wood we had sitting around in the garage. The plan is to build the matching entertainment center with hutch attachment. That will make my living room 90% built by me. The finish on this is Rustoleum American Accent Heirloom white with Minwax Walnut stain rubbed into the paint for the aged look and the top is dark walnut stain with 2 coats of poly.

My precious second granddaughter loves her tower!

I made a few mods:
1. Eliminated the curvy top: no band saw.
2. Used piano hinges for strength.
3. No need for anti-tipping legs; just lower the platform to lower center of gravity.
4. Kreg-Tool a MUST. Didn't like the KregTool white plastic hole plugs.

PS I built my precious FIRST granddaughter a toy box to match her bedroom furniture.
And a Cradle Boat:
http://www.clcboats.com/shop/boats/rowboats/dinghies/baby-cradle-pram.h…

When a friend sent me a picture of a Restoration Hardware inspired dining table from Shanty to Chic and asked if I could recreate it as a coffee table, I was up for the challange.  After sketching up new plans to the measurements she needed, I came up with this and am thrilled with the finished piece...and so is she!

All lumber is knotty pine.   I used pocket hole construction for most of it, but used my 16 guage nailer and glue to attach the angled pieces.  I attached the table top with "z" clips, first cutting a slot with a biscuit joiner for the clip to slide into.

My sister needed outdoor chairs and these were perfect for her front porch. I made them as a birthday gift (she got them a few weeks early). The cushions were bought at Garden Ridge for $60 for each set and the wood was all scrap wood left over from other projects. These really are easy to make!

I am thinking of making the couch for my mom since the chairs turned out to be so comfortable and relaxing to sit on.

My best man (and his wife) are expecting their first child and this was my very first project. The Kreg Jig is great but you need a right angle clamp to put this box together. I stained the project using Minwax white tint base in their driftwood color, I'm not a big fan of the color on the entire box but it serves it purpose as being gender neutral for any future kids. I bought the letters at a crafts store and painted them white and then sanded off the edges and rubbed Danish Oil on it to give it the "distressed" looked.

I used Ana's simple closet organizer and some other brag posts and created a closet organizer for my craft/kid size room.  

I used:

(6) 1x12x6' pine for tower and shelving

(4)  1x4"x6' pine for all the cleats

(3) sets of closet rod holders

(2) 4' 1.25" wooden dowels

I primed everything outside after cutting the pieces, which took way too much spray primer - I should have just used brush on.  Then painted the finish coat in place using some good Benjamin Moore trim paint.

I'm happy with how it all turned out - errors and all.  

Ana's benches are soo addictive - I had to try my hands at this one! It is meant for the porch on the new house to be built sometime next (?) year. I must say, I didn't quite manage to get accurate cut-outs with the jig saw, but the design is quite forgiving. The timber is Cypress Pine - an Australian native - sold as fence pickets in the convenient size of 65mmx20mm. I love the grain and variation in colors, ranging from chocolate to blond, and think it is totally underrated. The is top made from 5 planks, so a little wider than the original plans.

We modified the plans a little so that our little girls bed would fit snug into the bedframe. We also cheated and bought round short legs from Lowes and stained them with Rust-Oleum Dark Walnut. We wanted the bed to sit low since she is only 3 and I also didnt want her to be able to stuff things under her bed!!