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My husband made me this table after me seeing and falling in love with your drop leaf storage table.

Added backdrop using 6inch boards.

Built this with 2 pedestals instead of 3, 7 feet long. Stained the top, then belt sanded and added a second coat for a more rustic look. Sprayed the entire project with the Titan Flexspray. 

Toy chest / hope chest for great grandkids. My first project in about 30 years. Never had time before.

This project my husband and I started together. We live in a very damp and rainy area where cushions would just be more of a pain than a comfort outside.
We decided to add slats on the back so the sectional would stand alone without cushions.

Well, after the first corner piece, I got busy and every day my husband would add another piece to it.

I did do much of the sanding and painting. We sanded and painted these before assembly, made life tons easier.

It was white pine with out exterior house paint color. We really love them!
Thank you Ana!!!

Very simple. The vinegar/steel wool solution works fantastic as long as you put a coat of brewed tea on first. Otherwise, the wood wont turn color due to the lower amount of tannin in the pine. Also be sure to finish all of your pieces on the same day. The stain solution gets its color from basically rusting the steel wool in the vinegar, therefore, the longer it sits, the more the color will change. Also, I built these for my wife and she opted out of having the "x" on the tables. I also modified the end tables to be smaller and better fit our living room.

Took the advice from another and made the width 16 1/4.  Fits the changing pad perfectly.  Thank you!!  Made from oak with Espresso stain and 2 coats finishing wax.  

I used an old fence that friends took out of a yard for this potters bench. Modified the plans a little but thank you for making your plans available. I’m having so much fun.

We added a small porch on the front of our house last summer, but the only seating we had out there were our porch rockers. So- I had been checking Ana's plan catalog for something we could use. I came across the Weatherly Sofa- but with the back on it would cover some of our picture window... plus we wanted someplace to put the cushions while we were not on the porch.

I designed this using those plans- but enclosed the bottom as well as stopped the backrest at the point where our picture window starts...

The W-Mart here in town had their summer end clearance on pads at $10 a piece and voila- completed project.

ou cannot see the bench top- but it is pieced together from 1x4s. The remaining bench was made from 2x6 and 1x2s.

I had a fun time building this easy to follow project. A brad nailer does make a world of difference. I chose to stain the inside of the drawers but had to let it sit out for awhile before use. Thank you for posting this project, it has made my family very happy.

Thanks for this, it was fun to build!

I made this bed for my wife using the plans found on this side.
I worked out great and she loves it!!!! Very east project. It took one week end to complete. I altered it slightly and added decorative side panels.

We built this off the standard plan. We stained them with deck stain and used pressure treated lumber. The only thing we did different was ana arrow-shape top.

My wife and I were looking for a farmhouse style media console and found the Grandy Sliding Door Console and loved the look of it. After reading the plans and discussing it we decided that we did not want to take the extra time to build the metal sliding hardware and also wanted it for a lot of storage items, so we decided to just build 4 hinged doors instead. We love it and the plans were so easy to follow. We followed the plans step by step up until we built the hinged doors. We also did not put any wood on the back side of the project since it is against the wall and we have doors covering the front opening. Time consuming to finish it nicely with staining, sanding, painting, etc. But not too difficult of a project overall. The doors take some time to get all the angles just right, but worth taking your time to make sure everything is straight and even.

Using your entryway bench plans I made 2 of these. They are the envy of everyone who visits!

This is my first project, and I'm so happy with how it turned out. This was so easy to make, a great place to start for beginners! Thank you Ana White for your inspirational website.