Community Brag Posts

I built this lovely, modern park bench from plans I found at Ana White. The only adjustment I made was to make the legs out of 4x4s. I like this plan because it's all straight, right angle cuts, a one day project, which I tackled by myself. I'm definitely getting more comfortable with the miter saw. The wood cost under $50. I plan to paint it with primer, then white exterior paint, both of which I have around the house. Stain would be beautiful, too. If I had to do it over again, I would paint all the pieces before assembling. And I wish I had a brad nailer; it would make attaching all the slats go much faster, and would have to fill as many screw holes.

This was a fun little project to make. The goal is to open the box. 
Build Instructions: https://www.instructables.com/id/Nail-Puzzle-Box/

How it work: https://youtu.be/9t4GRjx8-y8

Made from farmhouse plans

Thanks to Ana White and Lady Goats for the idea from their prior plans on the Rustic X Bookshelf. The bookshelf is 6ft tall and the shelf height is perfect for DVDs or books.

Designed and submitted by Andre

Toddler Jeep bed made to fit Ikea youth mattress. Looked at a lot of toddler bed plans before custom designing this one.

my first project, loved how this came out. Thank you so much for the easy plans. I made this for my wife as a surprise mother's day present. She loves it, we will be using it all summer. Made with Redwood, and just a clear coat finish.

This was one of those "Labor of Love" projects. I was nervous about the rockers but the hardest part about them was getting the ends rounded perfectly. I didn't scribe the legs, instead I cut and assembled both sides and then laid them up against my rocker 1x4s. I marked where the legs met the rockers and then cut the rockers leaving the areas where the legs met at full width. Made it much easier. I also rough cut the rockers and used my orbital sander to bring the wood down to my pencil lines. I had the rockers clamped together for the entire sanding/cutting process. I love the silky smooth finish of the milk paint and hope my nephew and his wife love the finished cradle as much as I do. Thanks for a wonderful project Ana!!

Submitted by Abigail Marolt on Facebook -

I made a your crib mattress sectional with an extra armless couch to make one large U-shaped design! It was my first project with a kreg jig and a circular saw, but it certainly won't be my last. We love using this couch every day!

I needed some extra space for towels & misc items for my bathroom. So I replaced our over the toilet vanity for these floating shelves, and it was perfect for extra towels and what not. Ana you're the best!!

I needed a sandbox for my little guy and came across these plans about a year ago. Needing some basic woodworking tools I put it off for a bit until I got a circular saw for Christmas. Come May I figured it was a good time to get this done.

The plan was easy to follow, and it went together quickly. The only time consuming part was waiting for the paint to dry. Since this was going to be outdoors I wanted to make sure it got treated in some way. I saw similar colors from another brag post and decided to roll with that. I also added landscape fabric to the bottom to prevent weeds from growing in.

Built this from farm house end table plans.

Our two oldest (both boys) had been needing bunk beds for some time. I came across the Side-Street Bunk Beds and LOVED the design; simple, easy, and most importantly, sturdy!

I used standard framing lumber from Home Depot and picked out the cleanest, straightest boards I could find. For safety (because boys will be boys...), I routed all of the edges of any part they could come in contact with using a 3/8" curved router bit. Along with tremendous amounts of sanding, that was the most labor-intensive part of the project. The Kreg Jig made short work of everything else, and eventually sprayed on the paint (I used Kelly-Moore brand paint, but the color is Behr Cinnabar Red).

Although I could have built the beds for cheaper (I spent upwards of $350+), I wanted to make sure the project didn't look like it was built out of framing lumber. A lot of sandpaper, wood-filler, and extra coats of paint could have been reduced, but at close look you can't even tell the main posts are laminated 2x4's.

For some reason, and I still have to find out, the paint still remained tacky long after drying, but that hasn't kept our boys from loving their new beds! Great design and a fantastic first project!!

Isn't this the coolest pencil holder EVER?! Hubby made this from a landscape timber with the drill press. Love how you can see through the holes in the bottom!

He used a hole saw attachment on the drill press, after cutting the block of wood down with the miter saw. This one is the prototype, from scrap wood. I'm thinking this would be absolutely gorgeous in Cedar! This received a quick sanding and 2 coats of clear water based poly.

As soon as he teaches me how he did this, I'm going to post the plan for 'Dan's Super-Cool Pencil Holder!' Thanks Honey! :)