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My kitchen needed a rustic pot rack to hang all my pots and pans. Instead of paying way too much money, I decided to get exactly what I wanted by making it myself. $20 worth of 2x6's and spray painted hardware purchased at The Home Depot in an oil bronzed was all that was needed to create this rack. I attached the hardware with metal screws to give it an even more rustic feel.

I tried to follow the plans as well as I could. I had the sheet of plywood and paint already. So I just had to buy the screws and coset rods. It was  around $40 or less! 

This was my very first project (yay!). I finally got over my fear of power tools and my husband bought me a jigsaw for my birthday. (Yes, I built this whole thing with a jigsaw! Clearly I was clueless about power tools back then! :) But even a jigsaw was pretty intimidating at that stage!)

Ok... so in hindsight it was a really bad idea to start on a project marked as "intermediate" for my first project, but I was so in love with this desk that I just HAD to have it. The drawer made it really tricky, but I figured no one has to know if it has its little quirks. :)

I saw a similar version of this desk on Pottery Barn's website, which retailed for a whopping $700! Thank you Ana for giving us the gift of amazing furniture for a fraction of the price!

Made from pine boards and plywood.  Golden Oak stain

We used Anna's outdoor Sofa plans, which were very easy to read. For wood, we kept costs low by using pressure treated wood, and staining it with Minwax Colonial Walnut stain. We did use the lumber cutting service at Home Depot- only $15 for the cuts, and it made the project time very quick.  The cushions were from Lowes, and throw pillows were purchased the previous season at Homesense. We are so happy with how it turned out. Thanks, Anna!

Went together nicely. I had to use cedar 4x4s for the posts -they were kind of pricey compared to the pine.

Initially made this to display Christmas cards in.

Made from 1 by 4 No. 2 Whitewood.  Was stained with Rustoleum Driftwood and then painted with some left over paint I found in garage.  I then sanded it back a bit to show the grain and stain through.

The nails are 1 inch Clavos nails from a website called www.Directfrommexico.com

Measures about 30 by 25 inches on outsides.

Rather than buy a cheap toddler bed from a chain retailer I decided to build my own. Ana's plans were amazing! I changed just few things to fit our needs. My son loves it and so do I.

A buddy of mine brews his own beer (great beer btw) and mentioned that he was looking for some tap handles that he could write on to identify what brews he had on tap.   I decided to help him out...

For more details and photos, check out my DIY blog:

http://www.woodworkingfourdummies.com/blog/keg-tap-handle-diy

Cheers,

Ian

Instead of mixing pine and cedar, I used all cedar.  I mounted the panels to the legs flush at the top so that I could add the trim pieces.  Finised with Cedar Timber Oil.

Trim and all cedar increased the price to about $35 each.  Of course cedar prices are really high right now.

Wanted to make a table for my knife making projects. Often watch tutorials online so I built a frame to house 2 computer monitors and attached a spare laptop to the underside of table. Dimensions are pretty close to original plan, little taller (with the obvious height for back 2x4's. Sheet of plexiglass over monitors. Added baseboard trim to create "pool" for tabletop, adding a bottlecap epoxy top later.

I needed a good sturdy bunk bed for my boys and I didn't want to spend a bunch of money. Every bunk bed I looked at seemed to wobble and cost a fortune so I ventured off to make my own! I came across the Side Street Bunk plans and did a little modifiying to make them work with the mattresses we had. I absolutley LOVE the way they turned out and my boys are so excited to finally have their bunk beds! Thanks Ana!

I found the Little Sloane desk and bookshelf on the Land of Nod site. I thought it would be a great bday gift for my niece, who has a very small bedroom. I did not have an actual building plan to use, but I loosely based my plan off the Leaning Bookshelves project in Ana's book. The picture I have is when I first gave it to her and then a few with it in use.

For my second project I decided to make a small dresser to match the Camp Loft bed we bult last week. I must say it was a great success.  The only challenging aspect was installing the drawer slider properly.  This took quite a bit of time to get it right.  Everything else was a breeze.  In the top drawer I added a little divider so I can seperate undies from socks.

This is my one and only woodworking project so far, and I am so proud of it. I used reclaimed 2x6 redwook deck boards for the top and had to modify the design to make the table a little bigger. I also added an umbrella hole to the center. I'm hoping to add benches one of these days, but with two daughters and a baby, I'm not sure when that will be! Thank you, Ana, for your design!