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It was pretty straight forward with your plans. I've built others from your great posts. I used a dark walnut stain after sanding and dusting real well.

Tom Lucas

Check out my blog post for more on building this giant, hardworking piece! It took me about 45 hours to build it from start to finish (I work slowly) and cost about $400 in materials.

This is my first fully finished build. My very good friend was about to have her first child and I wanted to do something special for her so I embarked on this project. I had HD cut my wood to size. After I came home and started building I found that my wood was not exactly cut to size. One side was one quarter inch too short. I did some improvising and some trimming with my jig saw (only saw I had) and was able to eventually create a rectangle.

This is also my first mitered trim project. The edges are NOT perfect but what I could I filled in with wood filler. That helped hide where the edges did not quite meet.

I then sanded and sanded and sanded. Don't want little fingers to come into contact with bad splinters. I finished with a bright white paint.

I wanted the toy box to also be a seat so I got some fabric and did just that. I was going to add hinges to it but then thought again and decided not to. Wanted to prevent any accidents.

I built it over many months spending maybe 20 hours or so. Many many mistakes and many hours thinking about how to fix them.

The table was my very first project and with the help of my Dad, we completed build, stain, and finish in 2 days.  I've had it over a year now and of course it is still beautiful (I've learned not to move it around too much to clean because the legs have a few splits in them now!).  Just finished the matching bench ($17 project). I adjusted the legs to make them longer, so that my kids will sit up higher at the table  :-) 

We made this for our daughter, and our other daughter wanted to paint it to look like a mushroom. We are very happy with how it turned out.

My first project based on the Outdoor Storage Bench. We will use it indoors for firewood.

This console table was actually pretty easy to make. The top was constructed with 1 x 6 pine boards, and assembled using a Kreg jig and pocket hole screws.

For the base, I used 29" long, 2 x 3 legs attached together with 1 x 4 aprons. To make the platform, I cut 2 pieces of 2 x 6 the width of table top, and 2 pieces of 2 x 4 , two inches shorter. I stacked the 2 x 4 on top of the 2 x 6 and attached them with glue and screws. I then ran 3/4" cove moulding in the corner between the two pieces.

Using my Kreg jig, I drilled 2 pocket holes on the inside of each table leg, and attached the platforms. I then cut and mitered 4 pieces of 2 x 2 for each end, notching them in the middle to create X's. I attached the X's with glue and finish nails.

The last step before finishing was to distress the wood. In addition to hammer, chains and nails, I skipped a hand planer along the edges to create a "hand hewn" look.

Cabin bed made into a barn for a 3 year old birthday boy! He. Was. Pumped!

My first ever attempt at woodworking, after I built the pergola I used the 2x4 outdoor sectional plans and modified slightly to fit the space I had. So easy to follow and delighted with the result. The hardest part of the whole project was making the cushions, that's how easy the woodworking plans were to follow!

This project was lots of fun. Made it for a college apartment- it is perfect.

Made using the plane old shelf plan.

We were going to rent 5 farmhouse tables but the cost of renting was more than double the cost of building them myself plus by building them myself I could finish them the color that I wanted. We were then able to sell 4 of the 5. I kept one for my self. I also was able to build a smaller size one to custom fit my son and daughter in-law new house. Nothing like the satisfaction of building something for something so special.

Added another set of steps and planter box. Thank you so much for the plans. It was a quick easy project that was doable in 2 nap times.

I gave my son's girlfriend a "gift certificate" for her birthday that said I would build her anything she'd like. There is a small patio outside my son's apartment that faces a lake. She decided to ask for some chairs so they could sit out on a warm night and watch the ducks swim by.

Though I've built a lot of kids' furniture now, I think this is my son's favorite item. He requests it constantly. I built two more for friends and even a tiny play one for his toy house.
This was my first attempt with a jig saw, and my biggest advice is to be sure the trigger is pressed all the way in and to go very very slowly. Also, when you are cutting the straight edges on the side, you can clamp a guide on just like with a circular saw. That helped a lot. By the time I made my second and third it was easy.

Rekourt dining room table with bench