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Rustic Sofa Table with black metal accents.

We needed some sturdy side tables since we have 3 boys who like to climb. I saw these and thought they'd do well at our house. I will say that next time I make any sort of table I will invest in some better wood. I got the cheaper wood and found out that getting it to be square was a problem. But I made it work. I would have liked to stain them but I ended up having to paint them because there were some gaps on the top I had to fill.

I have been working on this project intermittantly for months now. It is so amazing to have it finally finished and have it fit my style perfectly. Those shims took forever to apply. I stained them first and then attached them with wood glue to both the headboard and footbard. 

I made a few modifications to the aesthic though none of the cut lengths. Instead of using 4X4 posts I used 2x4's and attached them with metal brackets to give it a slight industrial feel. I also painted the framing black and the posts black and stained the top 1X6 and 1X12 siderails the same color as I stained the shims which I thought tied it all together and made it look warm and rustic. 

I did not build out the wood frame but instead used the metal frame I had already to set the bed down inside. I am really happy. Thank you Anna for this plan! I never would have thought I could pull something like this off!

What an awesome project.  

This was my bed handed down by two other siblings growing up a number of years ago. It is a Jenny Lind which I cut the foot board in half, attached to the head board, used the side rails for the frame on the front and sides and attached with my Kreg Jig. The underside frame was from left over pine trim from a window project and the seat was from leftover paneling from a bathroom remodel. I painted the bed with a satin black spray paint and left the seat as is.

This project is the coolest.  The laundry room was a sad sack of disorganization, open cabinets (who took off the doors??) and no surface to work on.  The dog food sat in its' bag in between the washer and dryer.  Here's a video of the makeover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIi2Ay2vXEE

Used Ana's tut on making raised panel doors, and purchased tiny trim moulding to fancy it up.  I also routered the edges to give detail.  I LOVE these doors!  I created the dog food pull out bin to match it all so the food is concealed.  In hindsight, I should've sprung for better bigger wheels because we have 50 lbs of food in there and it's a little difficult to pull out when filled all the way.  It's just a cardboard box lined with a trash bag and painted white on the outside. 

Table top was made from plywood and scraps.  It's more useful than I thought.  Very nice to have a solid surface to put stuff on.  Routered the edge of the plywood for a more finished look, though I'm not sure that's wise with plywood. I love that the cabinets are now closed and I painted the room so it looked more fiished.  Yay for $75 room makeovers!

My wonderful husband and father built this dry bar for me using the Rustice X TV console plans.  They modified plans to so it is 42" tall, 6-1/2' long, and shelving is wider and centered.  I love it.  Thank you for sharing your plans.

This is my first ever build using Ana White's awesome plans! I stuck to the plan mostly, but used 4.5 lag screws and joist hangers like others had suggested. Oh, I also used a 2 inch board in the middle of the headboard and footboard, since my HD only carried 7.25" 2 X 8's. I had a couple of hiccups.....the headboard fell down in my garage and some boards got tweaked out of place, but I think I was able to sufficiently cover up the aftermath with wood filler and paint :D I really wanted to do this project by myself (sort of a "I am woman, hear me roar!" kind of thing, but it would've been a lot easier to have a helper.....just some advice :)

Built these for Christmas presents for the family. Used the 5 1/2 in wide pickets for the big ones. Used the 3 in wide pickets for the small ones, and cut everything else to scale. I don't have a kregg jig so I just screwed them in from the sides. Doesn't look quite as nice, but is plenty sturdy. I also added the mitered top like many others have.

The dark ones are Java Bean stain, the one is raw (obviously), and the other is Red Mahogany stain.

Super simple build! Thanks for the plans!

I built this as a side table to eat tv dinners on. I put felt on the bottom instead of wheels.

Built this project almost entirely of reclaimed pallets. I was able to keep the one skid almost entirely intact for the top and salvaged to 1x4 boards from the other skid for the bottom shelf. Th 2x4's came from yet another skid. My total investment was about $2. Finished with American Walnut stain and a satin polyurethane.

Our Tv veiwing area was a disaster. I found the console plans on ana's website. I had no Idea what a Pocket Hole was until I bought my lumber and a Kreg Jig. This was the result! Had so much fun I made us our first nice coffee table. Great plans, Thanks Ana.

This was a christmas gift for my wife.

This is a bench my mother and I made from an ana-white.com.

Adapted the woven back bench plan into two chairs. Talk about a ton of pocket holes!

Table with a small propane gas fixture.