Rustic X desk
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Great desk, easy build and very solid.
Only issue with the plans was not enough 2x4 (unless I cut it wrong).
Great desk, easy build and very solid.
Only issue with the plans was not enough 2x4 (unless I cut it wrong).
Duel Computer Desk. I varied the desk width to 16.5" in and used 3 - 2x6's for the top. Other dimensions changed to allow for the narrower top. Purchased hardware for under desk keyboard and mouse tray. The His and Hers signs were made on a scroll saw by my wife.
Mon, 03/23/2015 - 17:48
I'm building a computer desk myself and just purchased a 1"x16" x 6 foot project board for the top. I love the look of your narrower Fancy X Desk, so I'm thinking I'll go that route too. ヅ
This was my first project. Shortened the bench to be 3 feet long. Angles were hard and the hubby had to do it for me and help me put it together. Other than that it was fun to build.
My Husband made this twin bed for our son off the Alaska Cabin Bed plan.
It was easy enough for him. To complete without any mistakes. Took aprox 3 days to complete, about $130 in lumber. He used
6 (pine)2x4's & 1 sheet of cabinet grade Baltic Birch. He added a center support beam.
Painted a white trim around drawer fronts coordinate with white nightstand. Used magnet clasps on drawer flaps. The bed is solid enough for us to lie down and read bedtime stories with our son, and the bed doesn't even creak a sound. Easy to slide mattress off a little and change the sheets. I would highly reccomend this plan to others.
I love this site and the user friendly plans. I used the suggestion of turning the 2x4’s but I think it would have been better to have more to screw the top boards to if I hadn’t.
My Girls are having an american girl doll christmas this year. They're each getting a doll, with cars, horses, clothes, gymnastics bar, whatever you could want to go with it, lol. I decided last minute to make this closet for them as well to help organize their stuff. I made it 2" taller and added some more shelves. On the two little shelves, I am currently making a box out of the plastic embroidery sheets (I'm embroidering it with pink satin ribbon, instead of yarn to make it prettier). Walmart had a bunch of shoes for these dolls for just $1.50 a pair so I got them a lot of shoes for their stockings and needed little bins to hold all the shoes they are getting. I had fun building it. Because it was last minute and because I still need to install the quarter round on our laminate floor (hopefully before christmas), I was making this as quick as possible to I opted to not do the star cut out and just spent the $5 more to get the two handles. I also did easier hinges. We only have the washing machine for these dolls so I didn't need all the room on the bottom.
We followed all the original plans and added a few modifications. Chickens seem happy! We dropped the height of the nesting box down a little and made the roof only cover half of the coop. We live in California on the central coast so it doesn't get too cold. We also only made one side of the nesting box able to be opened. We added a little door on the bottom level with left over t 1-11 for easy access to their food and water and in the hopes that eventually we will let them roam our yard supervised during the day.
All in all the project cost us about $150 and took 4.5 hours to complete! Thanks for the great plans!
This turned out to be a great project. In the end it took far more time than I thought. I used Mahogancy and Maple for the table top. That was expensive and costs around $250 in material alone. I attached the boards together with Kreig Screws. It took around 120 screws to get it all done.
There are a few things I would do differently. I would not use 12 inch wide boards. They are all warpped or cupped. I would either use birch veneer plywood or I would use 4 to 6 inch boards, straighten the edges on a table saw and then glue them together. There are YouTube videos that show how do to that. The 12 inch boards just did not cooperate and I really had to struggle to deal with the twisting and cupping. And, I hand picked what appeared to be straight boards.
The top took a lot of sanding. The Krieg system states that glueing is not necessary. However, that is really not accurate when using different kinds of wood of this length. So, the edges raised up and needed some serious sanding. I also should have cut all the edges straight because after the job was done I could see spaces between some of the boards. Not a big deal but just somehting to take note of. All together this took around 50 hours. I also used a router to cut the shelf supports, (a challange in cupped wood) and I put some extra mouldings on to cover up the cupping and warping in places. Then we painted it white with aqua trim and decided to re-do the color to dark blue.
My wife loves the table and it looks great and no one knows about the mistakes but me. It is a great design and very functional. I really like the hardwood top.
Just finished my Garden Bench, love the sturdiness of this bench.
I loved how these little crates turned out. I used scrap wood that I've had for so long..It's 2 different kinds of wood though which is why I painted them. I ran out of 1x6 boards so I used a 1x12 for the bottom. I hope my daughter's teachers will like them. I filled the cubbies with various little things like candy and Christmas ornaments.
I made the coffee table earlier this year and love it. It holds so much and it's filled to the brim with toys.
Spent an hour or so an evening after work to make this bench . Also made the umbrella stand but haven't drilled the hole for the umbrella yet so it' s still in the garage. Love the bench, it's long & deep enough to lay down upon. Made the arms from a 2x6 and rounded the front w/ a jig saw, made the other end the same size as the 2x4, and made them longer than the plan. Pretty simple, did use pocket holes in places. First major build & 1st brag.
I borrowed a few ideas from multiple plans to make this prep station for a kitchen with very few countertops. I really like the strong tie hardware and I purchased a bamboo benchtop from Home Depot to finish it off.
Built this for my mom as a Christmas gift!
We recently purchased a foreclosure on thirty-five acres and have been diligently rehabbing the property. (That's why the picture shows missing wall trim and unsealed floors!) We needed a desk in order to reclaim our dining table so I decided to build this one. I love how it turned out and it is perfect for our needs.
I designed this closed storage unit for my main bathroom. Two adjustable shelves behind each door make storage very flexible. The open middle shelf is tall and easily accessible for items used multiple times a day.
I built this with a single sheet of plywood. I splurged on nice hinges for a full-overlay door.
I drilled my shelf pin holes using a piece of pegboard as my guide, and some painters tape to mark the depth on my drill bit so I didn't drill too deep.
Getting the doors to hang straight was one of the hardest parts! I apologize that the pictures are all sideways, I don't know how to fix it.
I modified this project to fit my space. I'm pretty new at woodworking but everything was fun to do. One of the hardest parts for me were the legs so I opted for cabinet feet from Ikea. I've gotten so many compliments so far!
Barn door pantry scaled down to 5' x 7' with purple heart header and footer.
I had to add a guide at the bottom of the door to prevent it swinging out. Possibly my entire cabinet (or the wall) is slightly off level which is why it wanted to lean outward. I used a piece of felt inside the guide to prevent it scratching the purple heart.
My inlaws were building a beach house on the coast of NC. After years of going to the beach for family vacation and always renting houses that had water access and boat access, but no where to clean fish when we would return from the pier or boat, I decided to embark on a mission. I was introduced to the Kreg Jig work bench plans and felt that I could adapt this plan into what I wanted to do. I used all pressure treated lunber (including the plywood) and stainless steel fasteners. This did increase the cost, but was necessary for the intended location. I purchased a slab of cutting board material from USplastics.com (24" x 48") and glued and screwed it to the plywood bench top. I then mounted a bar sink and faucet for cold water access and it can either be set up on a dock to drain directly back into the water, or a 5 gallon bucket can be placed below the drain, obviously it could be piped to the drain system of the house also. It came out great. Father in law loved it, and I can't wait to see it get good use.
Great rustic farmhouse dining table
Fun quick project for our new house. I finished this bed in 2 days, and my wife was very happy! I stained it in Jacobean (Minwax), and finished with a clear satin poly.
Bed built off of plans. For one person this was a big job to finish in 3 days, but I was able to get it done before Christmas.
Sat, 12/29/2012 - 08:19
My 6 yr old recieved this bed for Christmas as well and we decided to let her choose the paint colors. This looks great with the purple and white! I love it! I showed her this picture and she likes it too. :)