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This was my husband's first project, to build our son a new big boy bed. For being his first project, it went pretty smoothly. He worked on it off and on for about a week, but didn't take longer than 12-14 hours or so. We painted it with a semi-gloss white paint, and I'm currently working on curtains (made to look like a barn) to hang on the bed. Noah loves his new bed!

I found the plans for this table after googling "rustic coffee table". I had planned on purchasing a table until I saw this photo and LOVED it.  It took a little time to convince my husband to take this on with me since neither one of us has experience building furniture.  We decided to purchase the wood from a higher end lumber yard since the big box stores didn't carry much kiln dried lumber.  We wanted to start on our project without having to wait for the lumber to dry out in the sun first.

This is definitely a two "man" job.  The only issue we had was figuring out the "x's" since our saw didn't go past 45 degrees.  We decided to just eye ball it and made the cuts.  The cuts came out perfect.  We also had some issue trying to figure out how to secure the "x's".  After a few strategically placed screws and some wood glue, they stayed put and look great!  We also took a lot of time sanding and picking out the perfect stain.  We decided not to do the oxodizing treatment (husband vetoed that) and instead mixed two shades of minwax satin stain.  I am so happy with the end result!

These were a fun build and pretty easy to put together.  Certainly need to pre-drill pilot holes or risk splitting your boards.

I contemplated putting a back rest on the chairs but didn't end up needing them due to close proximity to the walls.  Having the cut-list on hand was super handy as I just set a stop on my miter saw and was able to cruise through the cuts quickly.  

The only thing I did different to the plan was add 4.5 inches to the back slats so I could round the edges and 3 inches to the right arm rest so I could cut out a track to rest a wine glass. One thing I highly recommend is to create a stencil of the stringer. I did and now I have it for the next one so the next chair will be consistent. Thanks Ana white, this site is very therapeutic for me. Already built 3 projects in the last month.

This was supposed to be a table top, however I screwed up a corner so we stained it and turned it into a headboard. We decided to add eye bolts and make it look like it was suspended from the ceiling with rope.

I made the shim bed a long time ago and really liked the look  and height of the apothecary side table. I can put all my books and stationary and the stuff I want stashed next to my bed. I modifyied the plan slightly to have shims make up the front panels so it has a slight rustic feel to it and matches my bed. Thanks to Ana's plans I am starting to make my own bedroom set for under $300 bucks and completely to my taste. 

I told our daughter I would build her this bed for her birthday. She is still choosing what colors to paint it. Overall cost was $217 using white pine. She is's in love with this bed.  started it Saturday morning and had it all put together by Sunday afternoon. I changed up the guard rail. Instead of screwing it in,  I added a second set of 1×3s on the back side, so it is easy to slide on and off to make the bed. 

We're adding our chickens this weekend!

When we remodeled our kitchen we had a piece of leftover granite which was previously used as a bar top.  Rather than having it go to waste, my husband used the plans for the rustic x console table and modified it to add another level.  The goal was to use this as a pass-through from the kitchen windows to the deck.  We also added wheels to the bottom of the table to make it portable, to be used as a bar or a grilling station.

Farmhouse table and benches

This was my first project and it turned out great!
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A spin on the original design. Made an end grain butcher block table top out of cherry and red oak. 3 applications of minwax gunstock stain on the pine.