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This site introduced the Kreg Jig which was a game changer as far as allowing me to give this a go. Thanks to the various posts for inspiration particularly Suzie_R. I added an off the shelf guard on the bed - photo to follow. I built the dimensions to fit a day mattress that I bought.

My husband and I created this using farmhouse table plans and we're very excited. It took us longer to get done than most because we all ended up sick. :o) Total cost was under $100 and it is awesome!! Thank you so much for the plans!!

Thank you for the fantastic tutorial to build this laundry pedestal. I was able to have the the pieces cut at my local Lowes store. After making the pedestal I would make a few adjustments to make it more sturdy. I would attach the four posts to the inside corners and cut the bottom platform corners to fit around the posts instead of attaching them to the platform with brackets. I made my posts a little taller too because my laundry baskets were taller. I love my new addition to my laundry room! The link to Saushas Laundry Pedestal that I followed is here, http://ana-white.com/printpdf/2011/01/sausha’s-washerdryer-pedestals.

I needed a way to get my shoes off of the floor, but wanted to store my shoes in a way that was easy to see and easier to retrive.  As you can see I have VERY limited space.  I found Ana's plans for floating shelves and ran with it, adapting it to fit my need.  After this picture was taken, I have added a piece of lauan to each shelf to complete project.  Hopefully someone can take this idea and adapt it to your needs as well!

I built this coffee table for a friend. It is a square version of the Tryde coffee table with a shelf underneath. The dimensions of the tabletop are 42" x 42." It took a couple of weeks of working at night to complete, but she loved it.

Small Farmhouse table with custom made husky legs and side trim. I used my router to create the legs and trim.It was my first attempt at turned legs. I used minwax white wash pickle, then I went over with a mixture of minwax of dark walnut and golden oak.

We had 2 empty closets in our 100 year old home. The custom shelves took a day to build and have worked amazingly for our organization.

I modified the single bowl raised pet feeder by adding tile over hardibacker cement board (over the wood platform). Then, I trimmed it with a thin border of wood. These are pretty addictive to make, as you can see from the pictures!

Picnic table and benches from an original (as far as I know) design I copied from my father-in-law. It is roughly 4'x4' and can comfortably seat 8 people, and is very sturdy.

This project took me about 8 hours from start to finish over 3 days. I can't buy 4X4's here (unless they are treated or made of cedar ($25) or $60 each at the specialty store) so I made the legs out of 1x4's that I ripped down and then did a bevel edge and glued and nailed with my 23 gauge nailer so that they look like posts. I just followed the directions after that. I used little L brackets to secure the top instead of the figure 8 brackets in the plans. They worked fine. I also didn't put in the cross pieces. I tested the top without them and it was really solid so I didn't see a need for them. I wouldn't recommend cutting everything ahead of time like they say to do in the plans. Nothing ever works our perfect with wood so it's better to cut as you go to get the perfect measurement. For example, the end pieces of the top we supposed to be cut to 21". I needed to cut to 21 1/16th. It doesn't sound like much but when you are then trimming the whole top out with 1x2's it is really noticeable if everything doesn't line up.  I sanded as I went.  I find it much easier to do it as I go then trying to get all the nooks and crannies when it's all put together.  I also stained and put on the poly before it was completley together.  I did the frame seperate from the top and the bottom shelf slats.  Once everything dried I put it together.  It's hard to do sometimes because I just want to get the piece together as fast as possible but it is actually quicker in the long run if you sand and stain along the way.

It will go at my rental house at the lake. I tried it out at my home. I don't need a coffee table but I may have a hard time letting it go. I really love how it turned out.

With the extra wood from some earlier projects I was able to make this tiny nightstand. Ive got limited space between my bed and wall and there was no way to find a suitable solution, so I built one.
Did not follow a plan, but used some of the design features from some of the benches on here.

made with scrap wood

A few notes on our build:
- we wanted to keep the center section open for a wider display by deleting the middle upright

- if using barn door slider kits, you need to take into account the recess and height of these. Recommend either building up the top as we did with layering more boards in a stepped fashion, or going with 1x6 for full clearance.
we dressed up the sides by adding a cross brace. I found a double door kit on Amazon for $125. I now have a spare rail for future project.

- the top was finished from walnut

Overall pretty easy build, and first time spraying paint through HVLP sprayer. Thank you for the plans and ideas!