I built the queen sized version of this bed and love how it turned out! I decided to use two 6" bolts on each post to connect the side rails. The reasoning behind this is so that it would be sturdier and easier to disassemble/reassemble.
I also made the headboard larger than the plan. We may add finishing touches to it to make it more polished.
Daniel
Thank you so much! The plans were fantastic! - Kyle in Nebraska @kkreimers
My husband slightly modified the height of the footboard of the farmhouse bed plans. We truly love this bed. It’s extremely sturdy and we have friends and family lined up to have him build them one!
I really liked the idea of making a TV console for our house. I used your plans as a guide and then added a few features to it. I made all of my rail system hardware vs. ordering a kit. I also added some Walnut accent inlays on the ends of the table top.
Great plan. Easy to follow.
I am not a carpenter, I do not even have a tape measure. I got tasked by my leadership dothan class to build a farmhouse table for the academic dream room which is part of the Bright Key Program. Which is being renovated at Honeysuckle Middle School. Found your plans and got inspired. One glitch they wanted this table to be able to sit fourteen chairs. So I had to make a few adjustments like increasing the main boards to twelve foot. Because of your plans, many urban middle schoolers will have a place to get tutored considering cafeteria tables are so expensive. I am a believer of your plans. The positive feedback I received was well worth my time and would not of been a sucess without your plans. I did mine with pocket holes as well.
This farmhouse table I built is 40x84 and has 9" extensions on each end for a total of 102." I opted to go with 2x4 extensions instead of 2x2s for a durable look and feel!
My wife was upset that we didn’t have a mantle in the living room of our new home a d I said, “no problem!”
Built this today per request of my daughter because she wanted our stockings hung! I loved the stand Ana made but wanted to be able to use it after Christmas. I saw Shant2Chic built a stocking box and decided to combine my two favorite inspirational builders and came up with this! I hope you like it!
I added a 50” box (monitors Shanty2Chic’s measurements) and screwed it to the top of Ana’s Stocking stand!
Sat, 12/26/2020 - 19:09
Love the combo of the plans and so happy to hear you were able to hang the stockings!
We made some modifications to the greenhouse to include a bench with three levels, a working bench and a square foot garden. We also put it on concrete to keep all the weeds out from the bottom as well.
My daughters decided they wanted to do a lemonade stand at their Nana's yard sale. I'm a beginner when it comes to woodworking projects so when I came across Ana's plans for the fence picket lemonade stand, I just HAD to give it a try! This was a fun project and the plans were extremely helpful and straight-forward. I would definitely recommend if anyone is looking for a cute lemonade stand for their kiddos! Side note - my girls raised $75 for the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation to help fight childhood cancer! So proud!
This was a blast to make, we added 2 roooms and a swing but every thing else was the same!
Tue, 02/07/2017 - 08:07
Love your American girl dollhouse, the swing on the side is so fun!!!
Fri, 04/17/2020 - 16:59
Love your house!! I can’t find the actual PLANS, though.):
Fri, 12/04/2020 - 10:07
Do you make this & the exact replica with possibly a garage? I'm looking to buy 1 for my daughter for christmas?
This project is a modified version of Ana's loft bed. We shortened it and made it a bit more narrow to fit our space and because we only needed a place for our eight year old daughter to read and work, not a place to sleep. We also added a desk to the bottom, making it a full-service work station for our elementary school girl!
My husband and I spend a few hours on this. It was our first furniture project and we made our first pocket holes yesterday! We did a platform bed with slats to avoid a box spring. We used Douglas fir and left it natural, just with a clear poly coating. We love it and are addicted to making our own furniture!
This started out a project driven by inspiration. I wanted a bed similar to the Hampton Bed in the Pottery Barn Teen Catalog, and I wanted a handful of beds from the newest Crate and Barrell Catalog. So, I sat down with a piece of paper, and a felt tip marker, and sketched out the bed. I had just built the farmhouse bed, and knew it was strong, so thats how I designed the frame. Then I used plans from the Simple Bed to get another reference point and for full size dimesniosn. Then I built it. I journaled each step of the way on my blog, if you want more info on how building went, or the learning process. I am truly very proud of this bed. Thank you Ana for giving me the courage to do this one without step by step instruction. You rock.
A good friend of mine, a pastor of a local church, asked me to build a pulpit for their recently finished church up in the countryside of Grenada. She showed me a picture of what she had in mind and based on that, I drew my own plan in SketchUp, and then built it out of Yellow Pine boards and Plywood.
Note to the dimensions:
After I drew the plan, and just when I was at the lumberyard to have the plywood and boards cut, I thought I might have had it estimated not wide enough, so I decided on the spot to make it 2" wider and the top panel 2" wider and deeper too. So if you'd like to build based on my plans, please consider if it's wide enough for your purposes.
This is what I used (corrected measurements here):
2x 2x8 26" long YP Boards (Base)
1x 18 1/2" x 6 1/2" Plywood (Base Support Panel)
1x 26" x 16" Plywood (Top)
1x 18 1/2" x 9" Plywood (Shelf Panel)
2x 45" x 9 1/2" Plywood (Side Panels ) - these are cut angled, see plans
1x 44 1/2" Wood Moulding (for the "stopper" on the top panel, and the "back" of the top shelf.
I made this table and chairs for my 1 year old nephew. He is still a little small for it but the table and chairs are both very sturdy. The table top is a one piece, 24 x 36 ,edge glued pine board. I used the one piece table top as an alternative to screwing the 3 boards together. I followed the plans for the table for the most part. As for the chairs, I followed the plan to build the seat base. For the legs of the chairs I took advise from carongirls' table and chair brag post and used 2x2's. I used 1x3's to stiffen the chair legs. I also lengthened the table legs and chair legs by 2 inches.
This is a Murphy Bed that I made for my daughter Alicia for their getaway home at Canadian Lakes, MI. Due to limited space i had to make it horizontal instead of the normal way of being vertical. It really comes in handy and takes up very little space.
Fri, 07/19/2013 - 15:17
Looks great! Love the color and the trims you used. Where did you find your hinge hardware? PS- How did you like the baking soda paint? I've tried ASCP which was good but very pricey, and last time made my own with some plaster of paris. Your finish is lovely.
Sat, 07/20/2013 - 18:47
I bought the spring hardware on line. I can't take the credit for the paint as my daughter did that part. She loves the way that the baking soda and paint covers everything and it is a whole lot less expensive than buying the commercial stuff.
Sun, 09/28/2014 - 01:02
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I needed sturdy stairs for my 2 60lb dogs. My bed is 33 inches from floor to top of mattress. So, this is my very first project completed by myself! Custom size pet stairs 24inx24inx24
I made this sliding mirror jewelry cabinet for my wife for Christmas.
Your barn door cabinet pattern reconfigured to fit my wall and my first from scratch project "Jack's Tavern" named after my appreciative husband. Working with your patterns and experience through trial and error gave me the confidence to create!
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