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I started with the doll farmhouse bed. Someone made a super cute version as a dog bed- and I loved it as a mini sofa...

I love this table!  On cool winter mornings we fill it with warm water.  The built in umbrella stand will be essential once the Texas sun comes out.  

Hopefully it buys me some free time to finish some projects!   

I already have lots of requests to build more of these for friends and family.  I have some edits in mind to make it a little faster and easier next time.

Many thanks to Ana and all the contributers for all the inspiration and tips!

Farmhouse style doll beds modified width one less slat.

When I first saw this project I thought it might make a great looking table for our dining room - however after seemingly endless frustration with the 2x10s (and also 2x4s I tried after giving up on the 2x10s) badly warping I eventually gave up and bought a couple of pre-glued pine board panels to use as the table top. I had my heart set on a nice flat dining table and the construction boards just weren't working for that. The base was still made from basic pine 2x4s as per the original plan however.
I shortened the table by about 2 feet so it would actually fit in our dining room, removed the inner angled boards because getting the angles right after shortening the table was being a pain, and added a couple of support boards that run lengthwise under the table top since it's thinner than originally planned.
This project seriously took me about 2 years to make, between all of the re-starts and so on.
Tools used include circular saw, belt sander, orbital sander, router, power drill with pocket hole jig.
Not counting wasted materials, this project probably cost me about $120 between the lumber, the hardware,the stain, the finish, etc.
After all that work and hair-pulling though, in the end my wife says she loves it, so I guess that's all that matters :)

My wife's cousin builtthis table using your plans and we loved it. I wanted a lager table, so I made a few modification. The table top is 5 8 ft 2x10's. I love the finished product. More importantly, my wife loves it! Thanks for the plans!

This was a big undertaking for indoor furniture and I learned so much! I slightly adjusted the size to what I had available with some scrap wood from my old stairs so saved a little on costs with lumber!

Finally completed my Farmhouse table and bench today and couldn't wait to post pics (brag). Many, many thanks to Ana for sharing her talents with us. I am thoroughly enjoying my new hobby.

Needed something to help my daughter keep track of all her jewelry and especially earrings. This plan seemed to fit.

I decided to use small wooden dowels on one section and angled one for rings. For the doors I used metal window screening and stapled it on.

I did this bed today in just a few hours. I am new to this site and have lots of project to be posted. I thank my wife for the lovely display. I am stationed in the Navy overseas and good furniture is hard to come by. The Euro makes stuff expensive and the military store carries lots of expensive "cheap" stuff. I started with a picnic table for the kids this past summer and my Facebook went out of control with request to build stuff. So, I do a lot of look a likes. I get to build things and my fellow service members get nice furniture for the cost of wood.(I get a little for me too). I hope you enjoy my projects because there are many more to come. If you want plans just ask I keep them in my head and can type them down and email them to you. Thanks Ana White for the great ideas! Happy New Year everyone.

This was a super easy project and I like the way it turned out. I just got a 1x6 board in pine (that cost about $3.50) sanded it, stained it and marked all the inches with a pencil. I then used a painter's pen in black along with my square to get all the lines straight. Then I used some stencils to do the numbers - also with the painter's pen. The whole project took probably an hour to do (besides waiting for the stain to dry).

Brazilian walnut flooring top from lumber store and pine everywhere else. 

I used 1 by 8 rather than 1 by 10 for seating. Nice cedar was used, very comfy, thanks for the plan

Made this for my son's playroom. I added the cross supports in the base to make a sturdier chair.

Really simple edition to make this project portable and efficient for group functions. Add some legs lol. Measure the height you want from your kitchen seat, cut, and screw to the bottom. The pictures should help with how to place them.

Hope you like it

Inspired by the Narrow Cottage End Tables plans. Tapered the legs a bit at the bottoms. Added a bead to the top and bottom of the drawer front. I finally used a 100 year old board salvaged from a barn in Tennessee that suffered a fire - giving the white oak a great dark patina. There is a shop in Orange County, CA called True American Grain that sells reclaimed wood - I bought the board for $40 - it adds a lot of character to the finished project.