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Thank you for these plans - they were great for a first time build. Definitley learned a lot building this...and now on to the next project!
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Thank you for these plans - they were great for a first time build. Definitley learned a lot building this...and now on to the next project!
Really enjoyed making this bench. The X’s were a bit challenging but learned alot. Thanks for the plans Ana!
I build the Farmhouse Bed with Arch in queen Size. I built this over the course of a couple days and then finished it slowly over a month. I did modify the bed to have a 6 inch taller footboard. Also, the mattress I have has a low profile box spring that's only 4 inches tall. The mattress itself is about 10 inches tall.
Additionally I changed the plans a little bit to make it modular. The legs of the headboard are mounted on with bolts and the side rails are also bolted on. This allows me to take it apart and move it fairly easily. The other modification I made was because I couldn't find untreated 4x4s. I ended up using two 2x4s with a 1x4 in the middle. Cut everything separately and then glued/nail-gunned the leg together.
Also in the extra pictures you can see the set of Tryde tables I made at the same time. That post will come once I get a finish on them.
Fri, 07/29/2011 - 20:05
Thanks! Everything was built in a week but I did have the advantage of a nailgun and lots of time.
I loved this lounge chair when I saw it posted. After contemplating them for awhile they became my first building project.
Unfortunately, the cushions from the original design were to expensive for my budget. I resized the lounge chairs to fit cushions I found at my local big box store.
A couple of weeks later I made the loveseat using these plans: http://www.oldpaintdesign.com/2012/03/05/bristol-outdoor-loveseat/. The also resized the loveseat and made it to fit the same back cushions as the chairs and a crib mattress for the seat. I also added three more cleats to add sturdiness to the seat.
I was able to use cedar that I reclaimed from an old sauna in our basement. So, the wood was free to me!
After using the chairs and loveseat a couple of times two of the arms popped off the front. As a result, I added some extra sturdiness to both the arms and to the angled back.
To the arms I added "L" brackets. For each back I added "mending braces".
I'll be adding more information about the modified dimensions and cut list I used on my blog: http://amilliontinylittlethings.blogspot.com/2013/08/bristol-lounge-cha….
I'm very happy with the furniture! Thank you Ana White and guest poster, Shane, for inspiring me into this new hobby!
We made the headboards 7" shorter because the collage wall was already on the wall. Also, we used plywood instead of slats for support for the mattresses. Oh, and we had to trim the side rails to 75". Overall, it was a quick and simple project!
My first Ana White project, constructed in the first months after I retired. Well used now, a peaceful place to work.
This was a fun project for us and our daughter loves to use it to wash her hands and brush her teeth. We used some wood scraps we had leftover so it didn't cost as much! I was inspired by another brag poster to change the detail on the bottom and printed my pattern from the computer. We did find that we really needed better saw blades than what came with our jigsaw - the second side's curves came out so much smoother.
I've posted pictures of these separately, but I'm so excited about how these things came together in my room! This is the reclaimed wood headboard (queen) and the mini farmhouse bedside tables (only 1 pictured but the other is identical). Thanks so much Ana (and friends) for these awesome plans which have given me a fun thing to do in my free time and also inexpensively furnish my house!
I needed a wider bookshelf with doors, to hide all my DVD's. I was able to make a mod of the original design and added panel doors to complete. This took a little longer than expected, as I ran into a complication with my original door plan. Once I found the panel door plan it all came together.
Modified to Full sized, my first bed!
Tue, 10/30/2018 - 11:00
This is beautiful! Love what you did with the footboard!
Modified the original plans to make the bed a full over full. Planning on adding a trundle underneath later in the summer. Thank you so much for the plans! It was a lot of work, I can’t imagine having to design it too.
Thu, 07/28/2022 - 11:01
Every last detail is darling, great work! Thank you so much for sharing.
I saw the plans for the narrow farmhouse table and had.to.have.it! I showed my husband and he liked it but wanted turned legs. This was the compromise. I'm so happy with how it turned out!
From the plans, we added 2x6's to each end of the table to make the table a better size for 6 people, and also used 4x4's as legs rather than the 2x4's suggested. It makes the table much more sturdy and even looks best in my opinion.
Modified the plans for the rustic x console to fit in my kitchen. This was my first furniture making adventure, but end product was worth it, even if not perfect. Final product is 41inches by 25 inches and is 36.5 inches tall. I used shiplap for the top, over leftover 3/4 inch birch plywood.
Changing table built for my first grandchild!
Fun and quick build. Made this one out of maple and African mahogany (khaya) for the laundry area of the garage.
I know this website is more about building furniture, but I spent the last year refinishing this dining room set in my spare time (between working full time and going to school part time). I bought it at a garage sale for $100, and with a lot of love, time, and energy, it is finally ready for family dinners!
Sun, 09/09/2012 - 22:30
Very good job. I myself love finding old pieces and giving them new life.
This Project was my second build. I had a few issues finding the materials required to even build it. Everything was found easily except the 4x4s. Everything here in my part of NC is either already pressure treated or cedar. Since everything else is Pine that really didn't float my boat. Plus for 1 4x4x8 of cedar cost $29 and for a color i didn't even want it wasn't even considerable. After calling around to a few places and no success i finally though of calling a lumber mill.
The Lumber mill had what i wanted for really cheap 4x4x8 for $5 but they were in rough condition. I had to do a lot of sanding to get them into workable condition. oh and by the way these are really 4x4s none of that 3.5in stuff here and man are they heavy.
Once i Started building my girlfriend decided she wanted the footboard to be higher and she didn't want to see any plywood for 1 we were going with a light finish and didn't think it would look to good. Instead of the footboard being at 20in high we raised it to 26. This allowed me to use some existing wood i already had to fill in the holes of exposed plywood. I used a 1x12 and 4 1x4s, i really only required 2 1x4 but to continue with the raised look of the footboard i used 4.
As far as the headboard goes i had to change that up a little bit as well. Im not sure if it was just because of the queen size or the fact that the lumber place i used to buy the 1x3s only had round edges so i opted to go with the 1x4s. Well because of that when i got to the last row of shims it was less than 1/2 the size. So resolve this issue again i used a existing 1x6 and replaced the top 1x4 with it. i made a line on the 1x6 which was taller then the headboard and cut it off with my circle saw so its now like a 1x5. Also on a side note when it came to the shims i cut them all 6in long due to the fact the center of the head board was 60in. it gave me an easy 10 shims per row. i used wood glue to hold them in place.
When it came to hooking the headboard and footboard to the bed frame i used 3/4s in-7in Lag bolts. this allows for easy on and off plus theres no way im breaking through them.
I loved this build but man those shim took forever. Sanding the 4x4s took me about 2 days. This job took me about 1 week to complete it working on it a few hours a night. But it was well worth it. I loved the way it turned out. its bigger than i though it would be but its workable.
Sun, 01/05/2014 - 18:13
You've really done a beautiful job! And I don't even like light-stained wood typically. Beautiful shim work.
Made a couple modifications:
That last bullet was super-important to the Mrs. She was adamant that the table should not have spaces in between the boards, yet she did not want any seams for crumbs to collect. The result was that I had to sand down the table top about an eighth of an inch... but the seams disappeared.
Also, we initially used Ebony stain... until we realized it was too dark. Sanded that down a bit, then went over top with the Kona stain. Result was a dark brown with some black detailing. Finished with some minwax wipe-on poly. Turned out really nice!
Thank you, Ana - This project was a ton of fun, challenging, and ultimately, very rewarding!
We had some very old Adirondack chairs that just broke on us (in the middle of summer, no doubt) so I went looking for some new ones. They were so expensive I thought I’d make some but I have limited tools (circular saw, drills, etc. but no band saw or mitre saw or table saw). Found these because they were fairly simple and didn’t require fancy tools.
It took me a couple of weekends to build four of them, and they still need another coat of sealer, but I’m stoked with the results, and they're SUOER comfortable too!
Thanks Ana for these awesome plans!