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Built a bunch of benches for Christmas/wedding gifts. It was fun to have them all finished in different colors and line them up for pictures.

This is our first project. I mentioned to my mother in law, we were one a mission to try an Ana White project while we were home over Thanksgiving. She surprised us with a kreg jig for Christmas! It is absolutely amazing!! I suggest it to anyone who is considering making this a hobby. Not on screw, is visible. THANKS SO MUCH ANA, WE CAN'T WAIT TO FILL OUR HOME WITH BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE!!

Our kids love this table.  Everyone had to put their handprints on it!

This was my first wood working project. I am really starting to enjoy it.

Someone had asked me to build them a tv stand and this is what I did. Thank you for making the plans so clear. 

Made this unit in 6 sections

(2) End Units = 15" x 14.25" x 83"

(2) Middle Units = 27" x 14.25" x 68"

(1) Middle Unit = 15" x 14.25" x 68

(1) Top Unit = 69" x 14.25" x 15"

Total for the whole unit = 99" x 14.25" x 83"

I used my Kreg jig (K4) for pretty much the whole project.  Made all the shelves adjustable also using the Kreg Shelf Pin Jig.  Glad I purchased the pin jig because it made the whole project go easier. 

What I did different be from the plans shown:

1.  The shelves:  I used the 1x12 and did add the 1x2 but just made the front go down instead of out to give it a bulkier look. 

2.  The top: I basically mirrored the bottom shelf that way it would be a flush look.

Using the Michaela Island plans, I modified them for this croquet-inspired island, complete with black iron foot rail, sewing spindle drawer-pulls, and iron-supported cantilevered top. The extra boards making up the overhang are also supported by a trio of 1/2-inch dowels drilled through several of the planks.

The top was stained using several colors, with sanding in-between, and finished with paste wax.

The bottom shelf is supported, albeit not visibly, using a croquet mallet head.

I needed a nice way to hide our TV electronics and at the same time serve as a bench for seating. I could not find plans for ANYTHING like this anywhere! I decided to take the Rustic X Console table plans and change the dimmensions around and it worked fantastic. I can now hide everything I need to in the baskets with the wiring exiting through the basket handholes and at the same time I do not have a useless media cabinet taking up space, but instead have additional seating in our living room for 3 more people! 

This was my first furniture project, and I modified these plans slightly to get 2 drawers, as well as a smaller depth of the desk.  I took this photo before I added drawer pulls, but I love how it turned out!

Pretty easy project.  Check for square often.  It will pay off when putting the shelves in.  The "x" on the sides was the trickiest.  Cost was approximately $100.

I made the top removable by attaching blocks to the inside corners of the apron and using a spade bit to drill a hole.  Then attached hanger bolts to the table top and fastened with washers and wingnuts.

My table is without the X's because I was having some trouble with the angles. I am just starting out, so I think it turned out pretty well!

Treated myself to a load of new electrical tools and bought a kreg jig, this was my first project of this size for many years and also using the pocket hole method, my wife was very happy with the end result as was I. The doors, all made from scratch using the jig also finish the shrine off well. I'll be hunting around on the site for a new project soon, this one took me a lot longer to complete than I anticipated, it ook months before I finally managed to finish if off but then I had an issue with the amount of time available I could spend on it on a weekly basis.

I made this for my sons pirate party. It has an entrace under the plank to the pirateships "basement"

This is my first project.  With some help from my husband (navigating the power tools-- the table saw in particular) it was completed in a few weeks.   We live in Army housing, so I never really know what kind of space we will get. Inevitably, there is never enough storage, so this will find a home in any new home we might live in.  I used beadboard for the back, stained minwax special walnut. The paint is Benjamin Moore serenity blue- and then I used acrylic polyurethane- adding another level of kid resistance;)  Great plans Ana, and I am so excited to do my next project!