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My Amazing Gallery Wall, thanks hubs!

My husband built this for me while the government was shut down and he was furloughed. He rocks. The frames are from ikea.

Estimated Cost
45
Estimated Time Investment
An Hour or Two (0-2 Hours)
Finish Used
Trim Paint
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

Bookcase

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 08/21/2019 - 05:07

Bougth some furniture but no bookcase . So I started to make it myself; first time ever I worked with wood.
I used the plans of Channing bookcase but modified them a bit.
It fits completely with the other furniture: same color and structure , but most important, 5 times cheaper.
Thanks Ana White

Built from Plan(s)
Channing Bookcase
Estimated Cost
70 €
Finish Used
old white paint
Recommended Skill Level
Starter Project

Storage Day Bed

Submitted by SophieW on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 07:34

My first project using Ana's plans. Quite a learning experience with a few rookie mistakes but all in all I think it turned out pretty ok.

I followed the plans to the T. Trusted my lumber yard to make most of the cuts since I was not really equipped and that was a HUGE MISTAKE. So I went out, bought some tools, recut some boards and whatever mistakes I made, at least they were mine.

I followed other people advice on this site and added some casters under the boxes after I screwed them together. Makes it a lot easier to move around.

Thank you Ana - your website is truly inspiring.

Built from Plan(s)
Storage Daybed
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Recommended Skill Level
Starter Project

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SophieW

Fri, 01/06/2012 - 07:35

Thank you:) I ordered the mattress online - Futon mattress - can't remember where from though... But for $118 I'm REALLY happy with it!

kids vanity stool & slipcover

I used all scraps to construct the stool modifying the leg height to 12 1/2" and the seat to a 12" diameter to fit properly at the kids vanity. See the complete details on the slipcover in my blog post link.

Blog Link
"V" is for Vanity Stool & Slipcover
Built from Plan(s)
Play Table Stools
Estimated Cost
$10
Estimated Time Investment
An Hour or Two (0-2 Hours)
Finish Used
no finish
fabric slipcover
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

Wall Jewelry Cabinet

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 02/07/2016 - 22:15

I built this for Girlfriend this Christmas. It was fun to surprise her. I put some jewelry in it, wrapped it, and put it under the tree. I think it turned out really nice. I installed a recessed bead-board back and 1/8" glass in the door. All black hardware and a two tone finish.  She loves it but she filled it up real quick. I guess I could have built it bigger! wink

Built from Plan(s)
Farmhouse Jewelry Wall Cabinet
Estimated Cost
$70-$90 including lumber, paint, stain, glass, and hardware
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
Swiss Chalk Paint and Minwax pre-stain conditioner, Dark Walnut stain and Satin Polyurethane
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

Fancy X Farmhouse Table

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 09/08/2019 - 11:35

Fancy X Farmhouse table for the wife. Modified to 8ft table with 2x 4Ft benches and 1x 8ft bench. Used bolt screws to diagonal slats for looks and pipe horizontal support vice the 2x4. Top is Dark walnut stain and an egg shell Chalk paint with outdoor clear coat. Kids had a blast distressing the table and benches for an older look. Not a bad weekend project.

Built from Plan(s)
Fancy X Farmhouse Bench
Fancy X Farmhouse Table
Estimated Cost
$300
Estimated Time Investment
Week Long Project (20 Hours or More)
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

My first chair

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 05/15/2023 - 05:16

Thank you Anna for designing such beautiful plans, and making them available for free. My husband likes the chair so much he doesn’t want it outside! I guess I’ll have to make a few more for our deck.

Built from Plan(s)
Essential Wood Outdoor Chair Frame for Deep Seat Cushion

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Princess Castle Loft Bed

We used the plans from this site to build this for our daughter. We did however make the bed part a bit more sturdy to ensure that no one would get hurt and to make sure it could support any weight. We added 4 2x4s across the bed like rafters and screwed the slats on top of them.

Blog Link
Castle Loft Bed
Estimated Cost
$350
Estimated Time Investment
Week Long Project (20 Hours or More)
Finish Used
Paint
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

A princess castle bed

My first ever woodwork project! Thank you Ana white! 

Blog Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaNqdXQ13w0&t=53s
Built from Plan(s)
Castle Loft Bed with Stairs and Slide
Estimated Time Investment
Week Long Project (20 Hours or More)
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

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Bed built

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/21/2023 - 06:47

This is my second bed built it was build for my daughter. I enjoyed building it Great Plains I added a border around the headboard. For the paint we used chalked paint aged gray we also painted the nightstands to match the bed. Thanks to my wife for helping on the painting.

Built from Plan(s)
Farmhouse Bed - Queen Sized

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Princess Bed with Stairs and Slide

Made a princess bed for my little peanut. We adapted the idea of the stairs with storage and then added a slide. I hung LED Christmas lights underneath with a foot switch so she has light in her play area.

Blog Link
Princess Bed with stairs and slide
Built from Plan(s)
Storage Stairs for the Playhouse Loft Bed
Estimated Cost
$350
Estimated Time Investment
Week Long Project (20 Hours or More)
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

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Guest (not verified)

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 19:20

Please tell me your roof pitch is 12:12 - we are building a house and I have already promised my children to build them both this kind of bed. But I'm fretting that I won't have enough head room - but seeing this picture gives me hope! Our roof pitch is going to be 12:12 and our house is 28 wide, witch will make the upstairs rooms about 20 foot wide I believe at the base of the wall....sorry for rambling....just excited to see your pic. Great job by the way:)

trenthenderson

Fri, 01/13/2012 - 07:17

I made another comment but forgot to hit reply. You can see it below this one. But the point at the ceiling-wall intersection you see in the picture is 72". Hope that helps on perspective.

Trent

trenthenderson

Wed, 01/11/2012 - 14:11

If our pitch isn't 12:12, it's dang close because it's steep on that side. The general layout can be found on Ana's site. I had to modify extensively on height and width to accommodate the room and the play kitchen and the slide. My dimensions are 67" high at the posts, 114" wide from outside slide to outside stairs, and 42" deep. With her mattress on there, she has 8" of railing to make sure she doesn't tumble out. Hope that helps.

If you have other questions, let me know.

Trent

Guest (not verified)

Sun, 01/22/2012 - 17:23

Can you post the plans and dimensions for the slide? I love this bed, and I'm planning to start on it for my daughter.

trenthenderson

Sun, 01/22/2012 - 18:24

I honestly don't know how to post plans here. My email is trent henderson at hotmail dot com. If you'll email me the request, I'll put it on a PDF or something and send it to you.

DIY Salvaged Mudroom setup inspired by the Fancy Hall Tree

I was inspired by the fancy hall tree project, but what I made is a total modification/inspired by with salvaged materials, I loved the idea of having wood backing for the mudroom bench and hooks. I had some leftover vintage door knobs from our interior refurbish, so kept them raw metal (sandblasted the metal and clear coated it with polyurethane to keep from rusting). I found some amazing old mahogany bleacher boards from a local high school and a great slab of fir for the bench. I've been building several of Ana's plans and using some of the projects for inspiration when working with salvaged materials ;)

Blog Link
DIY Salvaged Mudroom
Built from Plan(s)
Farmhouse Hall Tree
Estimated Cost
$175
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
used dark walnut stain on the bench, and on the wall/bleacher boards, I stenciled on numbers to look like "seat" numbers, finished all of it with 3 coats of water based polycrylic in semi gloss
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

Who needs Restoration Hardware??

We have huge open walls in our new house. We needed something big! And like everyone else on here, we didn't want shell out $3-4000 for something we really wanted. These plans were perfect. I did make a few adjustments. The overall dimensions are 98"H X 63"W. I used some different trim. I custom made the bottom trim. I also added fronts to the shelves to cover the exposed plywood edges. Really happy I added those. Made a huge difference IMO. I really love it!

Built from Plan(s)
Shanty Sideboard
Shanty Hutch
Estimated Cost
$350-400
Estimated Time Investment
Week Long Project (20 Hours or More)
Finish Used
2 coats of Minwax Driftwood and Hellmans Spray Poly
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

Farmhouse coffee table

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 10/01/2019 - 18:11

My husband and I have enjoyed building this coffee table together. This is our 2nd Ana white build together. So glad we found this website. Thank you for creating these step by step plans, we're excited to build more beautiful furniture for our home.

Built from Plan(s)
Coffee Table [Modern Farmhouse Collection]
Estimated Cost
112
Estimated Time Investment
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Finish Used
Varathane Briarsmoke
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

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Rustic 3 X Hall Tree with 3 Hooks

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 05/26/2023 - 07:42

I started with the Rustic X Hall Tree plan and modified it to 43" width to fix the space. All X's are half laps cut on the miter saw.

Built from Plan(s)
Rustic X Hall Tree

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Ana White Admin

Fri, 05/26/2023 - 19:38

Thank you for sharing! If you uploaded a brag post of 2 end tables, I was working on fixing the sideways photo and accidentally deleted it. If that was yours please reupload!:) Sorry!

XL Snack Cabinet

Submitted by Jarrah on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 18:13

I built the Channing Snack cabinet as a Christmas present for my husbands "man cave". It's bigger than the plans outline in order to accommadate the larger "mini-fridge" I bought from Target. He absolutly loves it and it looks like a piece you would get at a real furnature store and not something I built in my barn at night.

Built from Plan(s)
Channing Snack Cabinet
Estimated Cost
75
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
High Gloss Bombay Mahogany
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

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lalapizzaparty (not verified)

Sat, 01/14/2012 - 19:12

I love this! So fun. I love that you built this in your barn for your hubs mancave.
That makes you sound pretty cool!

woodtop

Sat, 01/14/2012 - 19:34

Hey..that amazing. I have a brother who own a mini fridge in his room. This will look nice for him to put his mini fridge. It will also look nice if can add a door to it.

Modified Jr. Loft Bed

We loved the idea of the Jr. Loft Bed, but made some modifications to fit our needs.

Modifications:
-I didn't really feel the 2x6 railing was needed, so to cut costs, we used all 2x4s. On the end, I put two 2x4s one on top of the other to keep the mattress from sliding off the ladder side.

-Height was a concern for me as my kids are 4 & 2. So I lowered the overall height by about a foot. 54in is the height. Since we are putting my youngest on the bottom (on the floor) we made sure she had enough head room.

-We wanted this to be STURDY and reversible. So we added bottom supports on both long sides to ensure that the frame wasn't going to move. We also added six 2x4 supports under the mattress on the top. I can climb up there to tuck in sheets with no problem.

-We skipped the stairs & landing. I didn't want my kids to be playing on the bed. So we skipped the stairs and just built a ladder into the frame instead.

This was a fairly easy build. We previously built a HUGE Ana White Table. And I felt like I was kreg jigging for DAYS. This was only a few hours of cutting, sanding, kreg jigging, and a simple put together. Staining took the longest! It's a great bed and we're so excited it's finished!

Built from Plan(s)
Camp Loft Bed with Stair, Junior Height
Estimated Cost
$70
Estimated Time Investment
Day Project (6-9 Hours)
Finish Used
We used Minwax Polyshades. Classic Oak Gloss. 2 coats.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

Sliding Barn Door Console

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/16/2016 - 12:14

We wanted to build this piece for so long, but couldn't find 1/2" metal anywhere. Mind you, we live in a pretty small town. We finally just decided to use 1/8" Metal, which works just fine in my opinion. We followed the rest of the tutorial, but I find that they don't go over how to install the metal at all. That needs a tutorial all on its own. We improvised with what we had here in our small town. We ideally wanted to find old metal, but that didn't happen. So we bought new steel, spray painted it & then beat it up so it looked more vintage. 

I'd say hanging the barn doors & the track is the longest part for sure. 

Blog Link
The Rugged Rooster Creations
Built from Plan(s)
Grandy Barn Door Console
Estimated Cost
300 ( We live in Canada, so everything is much more expensive here )
Estimated Time Investment
Day Project (6-9 Hours)
Finish Used
Top is stained in our Beachwood ( colors mixed from the Minwax stains ) Bottom is painted in pure white. Hardware is black & beaten up
Matte Polyurethane finish.
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

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My first wood working project after being inspired by Ana white

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 10/01/2019 - 22:53

I followed the plans pretty closely. I always wanted to get into woodworking and once I bought a house I finally had the space! My wife wanted a farm house table and rather than spend $500+ on one I told her I could build it. Luckily that turned out to be true!

Built from Plan(s)
Farmhouse Dining Table
Finish Used
Walnut stain
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

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Ana White 7-piece Patio Set

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 06/01/2023 - 04:20

This is my first outdoor furniture project, learned much from Ana's plan and my own mistakes. Used Cedar as material which total to ~$500 and ~$200 on cushions found as discontinued items from AtHome.

Projects
* 2x4 Outdoor Sofa https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/2x4-outdoor-sofa
* Essential Wood Outdoor Chair https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/essential-wood-outdoor-c…
* 2x4 Outdoor Coffee Table https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/2x4-outdoor-coffee-table
* 2x4 Outdoor Side Table https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/2x4-outdoor-side-table
* Modern Cedar Outdoor Storage Bench https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/modern-cedar-outdoor-sto…
* Tongue and Groove Ottoman Tray https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/tongue-and-groove-ottoma…

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