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This is one of my first furnish DIY projects.

I really had trouble to pick defect-free 1x6 boards at my local home depot, and it took me two different store trips to get all I wanted.

I spent more time than what the plan estimated. The drawer rails were tricky to install. In the end I had to disassemble the drawers and trim them down a little bit in order to get the rails fit.

Great plans. Fairly easy project. My husband built it and I stained it, Briarsmoke by Varathane. The most difficult part was to get the bread boards to sit flush with the perpendicular boards when attached. We had to undo and re-do that part several times. We followed the plans and built the table base before adding the bread boards at the end, but my husband decided that it would have been easier to attache one end of each board to the bread board, then attach the perpendicular boards together, then attach the other bread board.

I followed the 6 cube shelf plans but just accounted for the extra cube plus 3/4 inch shelf. It was pretty simple build. The hardest part was painting it.

Beautiful farmhouse bench by Leila Adams

The plans are modified from ana's Tryde side table plan.
I used smaller timber for the legs and top and finished it with a maple stain to match in with our other furniture.

chairs from Ana's adirondack chair plan and table from the round adirondack table plan. Plans were easy to follow and this was fun to do. Made for my daughters patio.

I built this chair to match the outdoor sofa.  I had some extra 2 x 4's after I completed the project.  I just substituted 24 inch 2 x 4's for the 72 inch 2 x 4's that the original plans called for.  

This is my providence bench made from left over scrap wood from our new deck. I used 4x4's for the legs. This bench is SOLID! It is also huge! We had five 6-7 year olds on it last night with room to spare.

This is the first thing i have made using 2x4's. the plans were very easy to follow. it cost me approxmently $100.00. I made the stripe pillows from fabric i have had.  

These bookshelves are modified from the Extra Wide Console Bookcase Plans from your website. They were constructed using 3/4 inch plywood for the bookcases, 6” MDF boards for the cup cubbies, and 1/2 inch plywood for the shelves. Purchased a jig from Rockler to drill the 1,000+ shelf holes and built the rolling ladder from oak using the plans and parts from Rockler. What began as a plan for a simple bookcase morphed into selling the dining room furniture and converting the room (which we had only used once in over 2years) into a library that we enjoy every day!

I was initially very intimidated by these plans due to the drawers, but I have a great, handy dad who offered to help with the drawers. The wood is all recycled, most of it my dad has been hauling around for nearly 40 years and finally had it all milled this past year. With the offer of free wood, I couldn't say no! The plans worked great. It took a very long time as I have limited hours to work on and my dad is a sanding nut! I am more into rustic, worn look and my dad more fine wood working...so I had to keep assuring him it was just fine like that, and move on already.

This was a very simple and fun project!!! One of my favorites!! Plus I learned two new DIY SKILLS......upholstery & tapered legs!!!

My wife and I wanted to replace an ugly metal wire shelf in our kitchen, fortunately Ana had plans for a nice-looking kitchen island!  The two new challenges for me with this project were the notches for the shelf supports, and the drawers.  I was able to figure both out and am glad to now have those skills in my toolbelt.  The top was a pre-made red oak board from Menards.  The other shelves are red oak, the rest of the frame is pine.