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This took about 7 hours over the week after work. 

This was our last furniture build to complete our DIY bedroom makeover. We have a small space, so the dimensions of the Beach Cottage Dresser were perfect. We used mostly spruce, because we were going to paint the project. We used leftover accent paint from the walls and stained the top to match to rest of the furniture we've built. This was our third project.

Well I decided to do some wall hangings and this one was my favorite all hand craftedand hand painted. Feeling inspired by wife I wrote this personal note to her "Home is wherever you are. "

Using four planks I lined them up and then made a picture frame and screwed it all together for a " farm door" look. Then I stained it and proceeded to paint it free hand.

This project didn't require much when it came to woodworking other than the wood mounted base. I have seen a few variations of pulley pendant lights on the web and thought it would be neat to build my own. I came across an old pulley and hanger at an antique mall. I bought the light hardware from a local big box store. I put some scrap lumber to use and applied some paint and stain I had around. I was hoping to make this my first custom made item to sell but once the Christmas season is over and the decorations are packed away, the Mrs. says she wants this hung in the house.Thanks for looking.

Play kitchen I made for the grandkids 

My Tryde coffe table. Fun to build and looks great! Thanks Ana!

I started this project and wasn't sure what I was doing. This is the first project I've ever built and I look forward to the bigger and better projects I will be doing. As a spent several weeks online looking for the perfect bed to build for my son, I found this web page and truly found it to be easy to follow and easy to customize.

I built the bed and bought the fabric storage boxes at a local store and decided that the lights would be a great addition. I found some LED lights on Amazon.com which were extremely easy to install. The lights added only an additional $28, total, which added a cool new look to my sons room. He uses the lights as his nightlight and I love the way it turned out.

My next project will be the king farmhouse frame.

I built this as a Christmas gift for my office partner/best friend.

This dress up center was made by me & my hubby for our daughter's first classroom. We used old shutters for the ends and added a couple inches to the bottom & front/back boards to make them all match up. We used the "get your duds on" & Cricut vinyl to make it work for all the cowboys & cowgirls in her class! The shutters open & close giving them an added interest and a teaching moment to bring in recycling!

The house is 48" high and 36" wide and 28" deep. It has 3 floors with a total of 10 rooms. Floors were made to look like hardwood floors and stained. Was fun to build and my granddaughter cried when she saw it. Due to the size of it, I installed wheels on it also. I made it from a picture on Ana White of Kidkraft Chic Dollhouse 2011-12-06 Paint all your pieces before you assemble. It makes it a lot easier than trying to paint afterwards.

I made 6 for my nephews & niece for Christmas. Great project!

I needed a new sturdy sewing table so my husband built it for me. I painted it turquoise and then mod podged my fabric fabric squares in a crazy quilt design on the top. It is sealed with spray acrylic. I love it.

Built three 10 dollar ledges of fir for a tall, awkward area over our stairs. 3.5, 4.5, and 6 feet long. Looks great and finally can make use of that space. I initially bought red oak but decided it was too heavy (and too expensive at $90). Still need to putty the screw holes.

My bed frame dimensions were 76 wide by 80 length. So that is the inside demension after assembly. My headboard posts were cut to 54" and footboard posts were cut to 24". Headboard panels are 31.5" (14- 6" boards) and footboard panels are 15.5" (14- 6" boards). My posts were made from combining two 2x4s together. I plan on mounting the metal bed frame to the inside of the bed rails. I enjoyed this project greatly.

Made legs 16 inches to bring to height suitable for the mattress I had.  My first project ever using Kreg K5.  

My daughter has really been getting into American Girl Dolls so I went on the official website to see if I could find some accessories for them for her birthday and YIKES - that stuff is expensive! So I went on Ana's site and found plans to make bunk beds. My daughter has four dolls so I figured we could build two sets at a fraction of the cost we could buy them at.

This was our first furniture project so we had to buy everything, which makes the project more expensive than if you have scraps laying around, but still totally worth it. My husband and I built two of these in about 3 hours. Sewing four of everything probably took another 2-3 hours.

I made the blankets reversable - flowers on one side, strips on the other so she could mix and match as she liked. I think I am going to make a reversable pillow for each bed with the blanket fabric, but I haven't gotten that far yet. I totally misunderstood how much fabric to buy - I thought it was 1/2 yard for mattress and then another 1/2 yard for the blanket, but it's not, it's 1/2 yard for both so needless to say I have a TON of fabric left over. Since this project went so well we are going to build a doll table and chairs for Christmas so I figure I can use the left overs for placemats, etc. and carry the theme through the set.

I love the way they turned out and I can't wait to give them to her for her birthday!!!