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So excited about how good this turned out!!!

Mo Harris

My husband built this bed using the plans for the Hailey Storage Bed but added a few extra features of his own. Our 2 year old could not be more happy about her new big girl bed!!!

A skinnier version of Ana's table, combining her plan with Letterpress for a custom table.

My wife recently started Grad School and needed a better space to study other than the dining room table. She found the plans that she liked on Shanty2Chic and bought the addtional tools needed for the job...she was serious about this project. I made the desk over 3 weekends, a few hours each day.  I only diverted from the plans by adding a 1 1/2" spade bit hole in the back to run the power cords through and tacking a surdge protector in between the top beams to help organize and hide the cords.

Single wide rustic x console table build

So this is the third piece that we decided to make off of Ana's site (all in a 2 week span!) The bar was definitely not hard and looks awesome (much better in person - my camera is not stellar).

I would definitely suggest investing in nice hardware. We special ordered the towel bar from Lowes. We also had a bulldog bottle opener that we attached to the side. It adds something really fun to it!

Stain all pieces separately and make sure that all sawdust is off from the sanding (using a vacuum and a tack cloth).

The piece that the towel bar is on we ended up taking off to put the towel bar on and then reattached it...just something to keep in mind.

We love this bar so much and it is a great addition to our home.

**The top does get REALLY heavy so be mindful of that.

Tabletop made from walnut and finished with waterlox. Base made from Fir and painted a nice chocolate color.

I made two of these tables and they were pretty fun, but were a little more work than I thought they would be.  All of the wood is kiln dried douglas fir, as the first table top I made warped as it was green wood and not the look I was going for.  I shortened the length to 72" so I had to adjust the angles for the center pieces.  I decided to build the tables, stain it, them took them apart and glued important joints, prior to staining the tables a second coat to avoid the glue standing out.  I also used 4x4's instead of sandwiched 2x4's as I thought it looked nicer that way.  I finished with 9 coats of polyurethane on the top and than a coat of wax using 0000 steel wool to get all the little imperfections out.  

This is our first woodworking project! My husband and I decided to build a bookshelf because my old store bought flimsy bookshelves didn't make it into our new home. They completely fell apart. Needless to say, with 16 boxes of books sitting in our bedroom, we were well motivated to build this bookcase!

I saw this Ladder Shelf in the PB Teen catalog months ago and knew it would be an easy knockoff project. It took maybe 20 minutes to build the ladder, and then I painted it using a paint sprayer. All-in-all, it only took a few hours to build (minus the glue dry time). And I was able to build it for 1/3 the price of the original! Check out my blog for the instructions on how I built it. http://addicted2diy.com/2014/07/01/pb-teen-inspired-ladder-shelf/

This is what got me started in woodworking.  I started by repurposing different things. This is a piano that I repurposed into a bar.  I have repurposed many items. Then I got the urge to build new items.  I can't stop!!!  I am totally addicted!  I have built the sandboxes with the lids that fold into seats, (I adapted the plans to make a 5' by 5'), toys boxes,  childs tables and chairs, lego tables, and the list goes on.  I cannot stay out of my garage.  But I am loving it.

This bench was made from the Garden Bench build plan. It includes 2x4s, 1x3s, 1x4s, 2x2s, and an old head board for the back. It has been finished by sanding and spray painting.

Started my summer project to build outdoor furniture.

Sofa table

Modern farmhouse side table. I chose this as my first project for woodworking class!