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When we made the decision to get a Great Dane puppy, we knew she would need to be crate trained.  The idea of a metal XXL crate wasn't terribly appealing so my wife suggested I build a piece of furniture.  My skills are above beginner level but I had never built a piece of furniture.  I started with the dimensions for the metal crates (54"L x 37"W x 45"T) and put pencil to paper.  We agreed we wanted somewhat of a rustic look for the finished crate.  I decided to use pine 1×4's, 1x3s and 1x2s, pinned and edge glued together.  For ventilation I chose the black metal banister rails.  The bottom of the crate is a sheet of sub floor covered with sheet vinyl.  I lined the inside of the crate with hardware cloth to deter chewing on the wood.  The top is made of tongue and groove carsiding, I had left over from another project.  The 4 sides are finished in Dark Walnut Stain.  The top has the same stain plus 3 coats of Satin Urethane.

I have always loved the entertainment center from Pottery Barn. When I saw that the sale price was still $900, I knew my husband and I could build it for way cheaper. This took about a week (with a lot of breaks) and the total cost was around $250. I think the biggest expense was the all the knobs, but I feel like they make the piece!

This is a great way to double up on space & creativity! My dad and I built this dress up storage/puppet theater for my daughters using Ana White's plans with added inspiration from The Picky Apple's post about their own top shelf and theater hacks - you can view it here: http://www.thepickyapple.com/blog/2011/03/24/dress-up-storage-bin-and-p…. We added hinges and magnetic catches to the front so that the storage center can be turned around and opened to lay flat for access to the puppet theater.

These are such fantastic plans! I found my 7yo niece lying across the bed under the Christmas Tree on Christmas Eve. She loved it so much she wouldn't let anyone carry it out to the car for her, she had to carry it herself! I think the picnic bench might be her birthday present...

Modified the plan to create an 96”L x 18”D x 36”H buffet with:

• Wine storage
• adjustable shelves
• 3 pull-out drawers
• sliding barn doors
• copper counter top

I recently found this plan and decided to build it for my front porch. I am so happy to have finished this project (my second build) and look forward to decorating it for each holiday! I did not angle to the top of the bench because I wanted it to match my first build, the $4.00 chair.

started and made the coffee table first then decided i wanted matching end tables so i looked up some different designs on here and decided on one. made the top and the front of the doors the same to match the top and drawers of the coffee table. next is gonna be the tv stand i think but here are the three all done.

We made this peace 12 feet long, the hardest part was to find straight boards at home depot and adjust the feet because of an uneven garage floor. It was my first big project and hubby helped so I can't take all the credits :)

This was our first build together and first furniture piece from woodworking. The kreg jig really helped out and we didn’t have any major issues while building except for some board being warped but we fixed it with a planer.

Finished building the entire table in one day and staining and coats of poly took 2 extra days. It was a very easy build. When we move to a new area that has better access to lumber I’d like to remake this using oak/maple.

My first project, great for learning the very basics, didn't take long to build, but took a couple of days to finish, with drying times of paint and finish.

We used a pocket hole jig to build the ledges (to practice using our pocket hole jig), and loved how easy it was to put these together. We made each ledge 32" so we only had to use 1 1x2 and 2 1x4.

Turns out these ledges work perfectly to "house" or baby's books (and a couple of our own in the mean time). Love this build –and so much cheaper than buying (or building) a bookshelf!

Plans are not exact online recomend buying one more 2x2 for front legs.

I used (2) 1x2 from front legs on each side nailer them together with brand nailer makeing some other measurements diffrent.

This project took me about 4 hours with assemble and sanding

I was looking for a bed for my daughter, and a project for my sister and me. I looked at a well-known children's website and fell in love with their cottage loft bed, but didn't want to pay $1,300 for it. My sister found Ana's website with plans and everything for the same bed! We built the bed, (with the help of our husbands) that weekend. Abbi loves her bed! Thanks, Ana!

This desk cost me ~$40 to build. I used a precut piece of oak for the top and worked the dimensions around the piece itself.

I omitted the drawer out of laziness.

Barn Greenhouse