Here is my very first project.
Loved Ana's original of this and we saw cedar plans on sale over the holiday weekend we had to give it a shot. Loved how it turned out. Thank you for the inspiration.
Modified plans to accomidate a smaller eating area. Took us about a week working on it a little bit a day. Wood cost was about $110. Dark Walnut stain, primer and linen white chalk paint over primer on the bottom.
I used somebody else's design photo from this site and inserted my own numbers when figuring out the top dimensions and cuts. I wish I could remember whose for proper credit. Legs were completed using the ana white legs from the original plan with no alterations.
When I told my husband we were going to make patio chairs instead of buy them - he thought I was crazy!
I started looking for chairs during the tail end of the pandemic’s stay-at-home order, but after looking for something that was a nice quality yet reasonably priced, we soon realized the options just weren’t there. In my 20’s, I had made a dining room table when I could really afford anything nice! Man I loved that table! So I decided to google DIY patio chairs and found your site! OH. MY. GOODNESS. I want to make all the things. In addition to these beauties, we’ve also made counter height garden boxes, and are getting ready to start on the Farmhouse Potting Bench. Your videos are great - and make everything look incredibly easy. I stained and polyurethanes before assembly, but in hindsight might have opted to wait until the end! All accessories, including cushions are from at home. Make these chairs! You will love them!!
Having a 65" TV I had to modify the plans some. This bad boy is heavy. The solid wood is all red oak, with oak plywood.
D.E. Mackey
I made this without the fancy headboard, but I'm very happy with how it turned out! See my blog for complete details.
My daughter is finishing her last week of preschool. I wanted to make a small "thank-you" gift for her 3 teachers. I pieced together different ideas from ana's site and other places on the Internet. The printout is from shanty 2 chic's website. I created 3 boxes using 2 six-foot cedar fence panels. I cut mine down to size based on the dimensions of the flowers I used. Drilled a few holes on each edge and used 1/4" sisal rope to make handles. Used hemp to tie the label's to each box. Each box took approximately 15 minutes to make. Including the cost of the flowers, each box cost less than $5 too!!
Really enjoyed making this and the end result is impressive. Wouldn't categorize as a starter project because the frame is a bit more advanced.
A coworker asked me to make this for his daughters. He supplied the lumber and I got it done in less than an afternoon. I didn’t have all of the required dimensional lumber so I improvised using only 2x4s for the lower shelf. I also extended the length by about 6” in order to make a small center shelf. That provides enough room to be able to lock the lids on the containers and for the kids to put some toys. I used 1x3 scraps to make the center shelf. They didn’t want stain so I just sealed it with Valspar deck sealant.
I wanted to build a really neat table for the patio and came up with the idea to do a concrete top with LED lights and a built in cooler. I loved Ana's plans for the pedestal base and so I used her plans to create the base. I did modify the plans a bit to help it hold up the the heavy concrete top. I have the modifications listed on my blog. There is also a complete 17 minute tutorial showing how to do the concrete top.
In reply to Beautiful Creation! by Ana White Admin
Sun, 06/01/2014 - 12:31
Thanks Ana! It was a lot of fun to do and your base plans were perfect for it! Love your site!
In reply to Beautiful Creation! by Ana White Admin
Sun, 06/01/2014 - 12:32
Thanks Ana! It was a lot of fun to do and your base plans were perfect for it. Love your site!
In reply to Beautiful Creation! by Ana White Admin
Mon, 06/02/2014 - 11:54
Thanks Ana! It was a lot of fun to do and your base plans were perfect for it! Love your site!
This was my first Ana White project, I modified the plans a bit because I didn't want the 2nd stabilizing bar on the floor. I also went a bit bigger, my table is 10ft 5.5in.
Overall I am very happy with how it turned out.
Thu, 10/27/2016 - 05:59
Looks great. We were planning on doing a similar build where we get rid of the x braces in the middle and use the pedastals you built with the long boards in between. But the plans called for 3 of those pedastals. I was curious of the 2 pedastals/legs are stable enough? I like the look of just having 2 instead of the full 3.
Modified 1x6 slats for seat and seat-back. Purchased four 1x6x8s for both chairs to replace 1x10s
My husband built this coat rack and it is amazing and beautiful.i love it. I know the hooks look crooked in this picture but they are definitely straight.
Tracey and Wilbur Fawbush
This was my very first build ever! I enrolled in a beginning woodworking class at the local community college and our first assignment was to make a cutting board. All that was required was a super simple cutting board with some wood strips glued together then cut into a shape of some sort. But I decided that if I was going to bother making a cutting board, I was going to make something awesome and useful. I wanted to make a butcher block style cutting board. My boyfriend's only input was that he wanted something "big enough to hold a tri-tip". This was the result! It's made of PC maple and measures 23-1/4" long by 14-1/2" wide and 2-1/4" tall with the feet (1-1/4" thick cutting surface). It took me way longer than most of the other people in the class, but I love it. For this project alone, I had to learn to use the table saw, the compound miter saw, the planer and jointer, the router, an assortment of machine sanders and palm sanders available in the school's shop, the glue scraper (oh goodness I hate glue squeeze-out), and how to do clamping set-ups. At the very end, I finished it with mineral oil, and we broke it in with an amazingly delicious prime rib at New Year's ;D
I have been in love with Ana's laundry dressers since she first posted them. When I helped makeover my sister's Closet/Laundry room I knew she had to have one! Only problem? We were out of funds. I wouldn't let that stop me!! With some free old deck wood I modified Ana's laundry dresser into a rustic awesome laundry crate! Talk about bringing cute to the laundry room, this totally fits the bill, and it is of course useful. She uses the top as a folding station too. To make it taller I cut small pieces of the deck wood and stacked them for feet, which I love! Then I added casters so she could roll it around the room. For a full tutorial check out my blog post, you won't be sorry!
I loved this bed and after making Ana's fancy farmhouse table for my daughter, I couldn't wait to try this. It turned out beautifullly and even accomodates our three labs. Extra support added underneathe, of course! Love it!
Used watco danish oil. Table will be used outside not sure how the danish oil will hold up by itself. May add polyurethane or if it falls apart I’ll build new next years. Also added diagonal supports at the bottom because it swayed a bit
Our new house has an imposing exposed brick wall over a fireplace and mantle. To fill the big wall, we wanted to post enlarged pictures of our baby/family, but did not want to spend to money on a massive frame. Executing these plans turned out awesome. We blew up a photo, had a matte and glass cut to size, and then I built the craftsman frame to fit around everything. The framing probably would have been better/easier if I had a router to cut out an indent on the backside, but I ended up framing the photo/glass/matte inside some plain molding I nailed to the back.
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Kara (not verified)
Mon, 07/30/2012 - 21:08
Beautiful..where did youfind
Beautiful..where did youfind those bins?