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We love this little desk for my 3-year-old's room.  She chose the light blue color and helped me paint it.  We used Valspar chalk paint and wax and love the look.  We didn't have room for the double-sided storage so we used pre-made table legs for the other side.  Thanks again, Ana!

p.s. Sorry about the photos rotation.  I have no idea why they are all sideways.  

I just wanted better organization and shoe racks up close to the front of the closet instead of in the back but I also didn’t want them too deep. These plans fixed that.

I built my new sofa!
I am so happy how it turned out. I had to translate all the instuctions in french, and modify the dimensions to adapt them to the lumbers I found in my country (France)
I had to change inches in centimeters too.
It was just a little difficult but I built it!!!
Thank you so much Ana, I am one of your fan.

This was such a fun project!! Kudos to Ana White for a great design!! We made several changes, including the dimensions; 10ft X 42-43 in (left the outside edge raw.  Table top is 1.5" thick American Walnut with a semi gloss clear poly, and the base is milled 1.5" thick poplar, stained dark walnut.  The pedestals also have threaded rods vertically drilled through the center beams (one top and one bottom) and used 3/4" dowels sunk into the base and riser for added structural stability.  Finally, the mortise and tenon runner on bottom used dowels to hold it in place and the top is removable using my own fabricated wooden cleats to attach the top in an old style removable way.  All in all; although this was certainly not the cheapest (about $1,500 all things considered) or simple (although comparable materials and craftsmanship would cost about 3x what I spent); this table is bullet proof and beautiful!! Thanks for the inspiration Ana!!!

I built this table for my wife as Christmas gift. I love how it turned out. I used a wood burner to write on the bottom some lyrics from our song from our wedding. It’s humbling to know we will sit and have dinner at a table I made. Thanks Ana for the great plans. 

My hubby and I built this for a fundraiser. A few challenges along the way, but lessons learned for future projects!

Built this for a customer of mine. Love this bed, it's our current personal frame also. Paint is behr ultra white. Ty @ana for the plans

Great console table.

We just got the table up into the kitchen area today! (1/5/19) So glad he finished this! Next will be a bench or maybe two. Thank you Ana for the plans to make this! It came out very nice and everyone who I’ve sent the pics to have given my husband praise! (I also included the photos and the link to this site in my blog! Whoo! Positive vibes!)

The project took him a little bit since he works FT

I loved that I used strapping, or furring strips, for this bead. The topper wood is a 2X4, but every other 8" piece of wood cost between $1.25 and $1.99 each. Yeah! Of course, for that price, you have to know you will be sanding the heck out of it. We had a metal frame for this bed but I wanted a headboard. Because it was going against a wall with a 45 degree angle, I had to make it a lot shorter than I wanted. I made it just tall enough so both pillows, when stacked on top of each other, did not fall off the back. I just love it.

Although I know the original idea for this plan was to save space, I ended up building a bigger version. I loved the design and overall look but wanted something with more counter space. My husband does property maintenance, and is always coming home with scraps of wood he salvaged from work. I dug through his wood pile for 90% of the wood I used on this project. I repurposed most of the accessories and bought the rest (including the hardware) from the dollar store. I spent a total of $38 on the entire project! I absolutely love how it turned out and can't wait to see the look on my daughters face on her birthday!

This project took me a little longer to finish but I'm happy with the results.  I used the plans to establish the size and carcass, but changed up the style on the inside by putting a shelf on one side and drawers and glass/wine holders on the other.  For wood I used 3/4" Maple plywood and common board pine.  The color is minwax Jacobean and for protection I applied wipe on poly satin finish.  This gave it a nice hand rub look.

Very easy instructions!  I made mine 8 feet wide 6.5 feet tall and 2 feet deep. Thanks!

We bought a house with a death trap for a back step. Until we get to re-doing the entire back patio area I needed a temporary solution to keeping the kids from toddling off the back 'ledge'. I modified Ana's plans to make a nice border around the step so kids can't fall off when they are coming and going from the backyard. We had left over cedar fence slats from when we did our fence last spring...PERFECT and FREE!!!!!

This was a very simple pot rack and spice shelf using 1x3 for the pot rack and 1x4 for the spice shelf.

Spice Shelf is 7ft and the most complicate part was cutting the uprights for the large baseboards in our house. I used a profile gauge but this wasn't quite enough. Eventually I did some sanding on the spot to get the best fit. Having gained my addiction from Ana for Kreg Jigs the shelves and mounting pieces were added with pocket hole screws. By placing the screws on top or on the bottom I was able to avoid the necessity of plugging holes. Shelf spacing is completely custom for our needs and the large bottom portion will receive a cross brace in the front to hold in our shopping bags. Butterfly bolts were used to mount the shelving through the lathe and plaster walls.

The pot rack is simply a 1x3 ladder where I used a 1x3 for the spacing between the rungs. Large bottom to hold pot lids. Hooks were hand bent using a jig to ensure they were all the same. Mounted to the old brick chimney in the kitchen using TapCons.

Both items were finished in MinWax Mahogany and had one coat of of poly to keep the rustic feel.

Length of project depends on drying times.

Any questions please let me know!

So appreciative for the plans. This was one of the bigger projects I've taken on but I had so much fun with it. A client of mine actually sent these plans to me because she wanted this exact bed with headboard. I was a little apprehensive at first because I haven't normally done a lot of custom work but it was a lot of fun. 

To be honest, not my favorite build but my daughter loves it.  Just one of those projects plagued with problems