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What a quick easy project!!

I bought 8 ft long boards....and was able to make a 3 ft shelf and a 5ft shelf with each set. (The 5 foot shelves are going in my bedroom for photos...I'll be finishing those up this week!)

I hung these (3 foot) book shelves behind my daughter's bedroom door....so I adjusted the 1x4's to 1x2's....that way the door can open all the way and not bump in to them. A perfect fit for usually wasted space!

I staggered the shelves in my daughters room, so some taller books could stand up on the sides. She LOVES them!!

~Don't mind all the other chaos in the photos....that is all my daughter's "projects". She's a doer- like her Mama! =)

This was done entirely with thrown out pallets. Lots of work and sweat but I love it! Used polystain as the finish. Only spent about $30 in supplies ie screws, nails, stain.

From selecting wood and staining, it took about a weekend to build and an additional weekend for finishing. It's stained with Minwax  classic grey and protected with three coats of poly. Recommend only using 0000 steel wool between poly coats, as sandpaper took off the stain. Also modified ladder and safety rails. For smaller space, it works great! Build cost came in as expected. I used a Kreg Jig and flush screw plugs. Great project! Best I was able to find after an exhaustive online search. Keep up the good work!

From Greece. Thanx Ana!

My husband built this bed using the plans for the Hailey Storage Bed but added a few extra features of his own. Our 2 year old could not be more happy about her new big girl bed!!!

A skinnier version of Ana's table, combining her plan with Letterpress for a custom table.

Built from Ana's plans. Thank you so much Ana! I had just enough scraps for this and I just adore it in my girls room! 

This was my second project using plans on this site and I loved it - I made this for a friend's daughter who was moving into her own apartment. She and her girlfriends loved it too! It was very easy and quick to build. Wheels took a bit of time and effort!

This was a real hit and I'd love to make more, if I had room at my house I'd make one for myself!

So this is the third piece that we decided to make off of Ana's site (all in a 2 week span!) The bar was definitely not hard and looks awesome (much better in person - my camera is not stellar).

I would definitely suggest investing in nice hardware. We special ordered the towel bar from Lowes. We also had a bulldog bottle opener that we attached to the side. It adds something really fun to it!

Stain all pieces separately and make sure that all sawdust is off from the sanding (using a vacuum and a tack cloth).

The piece that the towel bar is on we ended up taking off to put the towel bar on and then reattached it...just something to keep in mind.

We love this bar so much and it is a great addition to our home.

**The top does get REALLY heavy so be mindful of that.

Tabletop made from walnut and finished with waterlox. Base made from Fir and painted a nice chocolate color.

Super simple plans that were easy to follow for first time builders.  We really love how it turned out and are working on an end table of the same style now. 

I adapted your plans for the indoor playhouse to make a bridge between my daughters’ beds with a landing for their dolls and favorite dresses. Lots of fun painting and used leftover lattice and posts to brighten it up!

This is our first woodworking project! My husband and I decided to build a bookshelf because my old store bought flimsy bookshelves didn't make it into our new home. They completely fell apart. Needless to say, with 16 boxes of books sitting in our bedroom, we were well motivated to build this bookcase!

I saw this Ladder Shelf in the PB Teen catalog months ago and knew it would be an easy knockoff project. It took maybe 20 minutes to build the ladder, and then I painted it using a paint sprayer. All-in-all, it only took a few hours to build (minus the glue dry time). And I was able to build it for 1/3 the price of the original! Check out my blog for the instructions on how I built it. http://addicted2diy.com/2014/07/01/pb-teen-inspired-ladder-shelf/

We built this bench using Ana's Entryway Bench Plans. We modified it by adding adjustable shelves for additional shoe storage. We added the back with hooks for coats and backpacks. We’ve made this small space feel so much bigger by adding storage and utilizing the space that is in the room. We can’t wait to finish this project.

This bench was made from the Garden Bench build plan. It includes 2x4s, 1x3s, 1x4s, 2x2s, and an old head board for the back. It has been finished by sanding and spray painting.

Started my summer project to build outdoor furniture.