First Project
This was my first project and I loved it!! Can't wait to do more!!
This was my first project and I loved it!! Can't wait to do more!!
I borrowed the idea from the dog kennel plans, made obvious modification, and this is what it became. Enjoy!
Video of the Build:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH3ABM3X3uE
Build Instructions:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Garden-Trellis/
This adjustable garden trellis for cucumber/pea/bean vines is a quick project for the vegetable garden. The trellis gets the vines off the ground and is more productive in less space. No giant rotting cucumbers to find three weeks after the rest have matured. It is made from small lumber and twine. Paint is optional but gives a nice pop of color. Just in time for the rapid growth of summer!
We made this sewing/craft table by combining plans from the modular office. It was a big job but SO worth it! We love your plans and use them all the time!
Submitted by Candace Ann Williams
very quick to make
I made this table and chairs for my 1 year old nephew. He is still a little small for it but the table and chairs are both very sturdy. The table top is a one piece, 24 x 36 ,edge glued pine board. I used the one piece table top as an alternative to screwing the 3 boards together. I followed the plans for the table for the most part. As for the chairs, I followed the plan to build the seat base. For the legs of the chairs I took advise from carongirls' table and chair brag post and used 2x2's. I used 1x3's to stiffen the chair legs. I also lengthened the table legs and chair legs by 2 inches.
Took awhile to build but it’s done with 90% reclaimed wood
Thanks so much for these plans. I looked at dozens of Adirondack plans but 99% of them had tricky cuts requiring templates and more perfection than I wanted to give.
These are very straight-forward. I removed an old deck last year and saved all the 2x6 decking. I used those for this build. Ripped some down to 2x4’s but left the rest as-is for wider arm rest and seat/back boards. Everything came together perfect. Took me longer than I’d like to admit on the first, but the second went quick.
Can’t wait to drink a few beers in these chairs.
Thanks again,
Taylor Jones
Memphis,TN
Sun, 01/30/2022 - 18:44
WOW, way to go, thank you for sharing your sweet chairs!
This was my first project using a jigsaw. Both of my children absolutely love it. If I had to do it again, I probably would have made the folding version instead, but I am still very happy with how this tower turned out.
My daughter's room didn't have a closet, so I built one. This only took a couple of hours to build. I found the bins on Amazon and built to fit. It's 60" wide 18" D and 75" tall. I love this plan, it's super easy to modify the size and configuration!
This was such a fun project and only took 1 day to complete! It was a lot more fulfilling to build my own coffee table than go out and spend $400 on one. It looks beautiful in my living room and is a perfect accent to my rustic, earthy decor.
My brother and his fiancee just bought their first house, and these sweet little boxes were the perfect housewarming gift! I used the recommended cedar picket, and found some old reins at a flea market for the handles. Piece of cake to build, super inexpensive, but absolutely adorable!
I made a wooden game board for The Duke from Catalyst Game Labs. The Duke is a 2 player abstract strategy game. In some ways, it is similar to chess. For more details about The Duke visit the official website for the game where you can find the rules and files for a Print & Play version of the game. (Unfortunately, at the time of writing this tutorial the physical copy of The Duke is out of print.)
The game board for The Duke is similar to a chess board. It uses a 6×6 grid instead of the 8×8 grid in chess.
It isn't perfect, but it's beautiful and made with love!
Tue, 07/12/2011 - 20:59
Same question! That is a beautiful finish; I'd love details on how you achieved it!
Tue, 08/23/2011 - 12:37
I'd also like to know what stain you used, this is absolutely gorgeous!
Fri, 09/30/2011 - 04:31
This is EXACTLY what I was hoping to do with the table we just built. Would you be willing to share your finishing process here? Beautiful job.
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 14:18
Im dying to know what the name of the color of stain you used for your table. It's beautiful! The color of the white part would be nice too:)
Fri, 11/18/2011 - 14:03
Thank you so much for all your compliments! I apologize for not responding to your questions sooner, I never realized I had comments on this post! I used MinWax stain in Dark Walnut and three coats of MinWax Fast-Drying Polyurethane in Satin finish to seal the stain. For the paint, I just used some white, satin Olympic no VOC paint right off the shelves at Lowe's. It was left over from painting my house. To date, I have not sealed the paint and I may not bother since it's holding up just fine. As far as my "technique" is concerned, I just followed Ana's tips about sanding between coats. I applied the stain and poly with a small white sponge roller. I used a paint brush for the legs since I feel like I get better results, even though it takes a little more time.
I spent the last 8 months building 2 bunk beds from the Ana White site. This little girl sweet pea version for my granddaughters and a cabin version for my grandsons. This took alot of time but their smiles made it all worth it. I am thankful for the website and plans you provided. It allowed someone like me to build something that my granddaughter loves and hopefully will remember forever. Many, many thanks!!!!
After building a large planter from Ana's plans and my salvaged fence wood I thought 2 smaller planters for the entrance to our kitchen garden would be nice. The complete instructions are on my blog, Let's Face the Music. Jo
7ft Fancy X farmhouse table
This was my first project! We just bought a house and have no furniture except a mattress on the floor! But soon, we will have a home full of custom built furniture :)
I modified this plan quite a bit so it would fit in my space better. My husband really wanted a square table, so I came up with this one based on the farmhouse table. I changed the table top pieces to 2x10’s simply because I like how they look. It took me quite a while because I wanted the top to be super smooth with minimal gaps between the boards, so I ran the boards through a planer quite a few times until they were perfectly flat. Also, since it is square and smaller, we didn’t need the support beam along the middle.
I really wanted chairs that matched the table, so I ordered chairs that were unfinished and stained them to match the table. This took FOREVER and they were a little expensive, but they turned out great! We also got 2 barstools that match.
Like any other project, the finishing took the longest. I sanded for what felt like 20 years, then stained and poly’d for another 10. I am pretty happy with it considering it was my first try!
Thu, 08/22/2013 - 11:21
I ordered them from a manufacturer in California called Maywood Shops, LLC. The chairs weren’t that expensive themselves because they are a wholesaler, but I had to pay around $175.00 to ship them!! After that, they were comparable to store-bought chairs.
Mon, 08/26/2013 - 11:39
Not exactly what I was going for, but it turned out pretty good!!
I had to modify these plans to use what I had on hand. I used left over cedar fence pickets (planed down and sealed) and adjusted the size to fit all my outdoor cushions. Overall dimensions are 49" wide x 28" deep x 26" high. I also used 2x4's instead of 2x2's because that is what I had in my shop. I added 1x3's around the top to fit snugly instead of using hinges (again trying to use what I had on hand). We get A LOT of rain in the summer so hopefully the cushions will stay dry. I also added some screen left over from the screened in porch to the bottom before adding the "floor" to keep bugs out. I just stapled it to the frame before adding the floor boards. I did add a piece of treated 1/4" plywood under the top in hopes of keeping the rain out.
I needed new bases for my glasstop desk. I found the Sawhorse Leg Storage Desk and thought it would be perfect! I am a beginner and this was my first time cutting an angle like 5 degrees parallel and not paralell. The pictures in the instructions really helped me out with that. The units came together pretty easy and I decided to plank the shelves instead of using plywood (because I had scraps on hand and wanted to use those rather than cut plywood). I am a beginner and am still a little weary of using my circular saw too much, so planking the shelves was a better fit for my skill level. I think it turned out really good. I used white satin spray paint and got small clear plastic "bumpers" to pad the top where the glass sits on the bases.
This is my second project. (My first was the canopy doll bed.) It just took a couple of days to get it all cut, put together and sanded. This was my first time with the Kreg Jig and I loved using it. So awesome.