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modified that bed, it is higher. We also paid our neighbor, who is an artist, to design and paint our foot board. Our cats love this bed too! We are putting the sideboards to cover up the mattress tonight.

p.s., If you live in GA and want to do something like this, let me know and I will give you the name of our artist

Added backdrop using 6inch boards.

Built this with 2 pedestals instead of 3, 7 feet long. Stained the top, then belt sanded and added a second coat for a more rustic look. Sprayed the entire project with the Titan Flexspray. 

Loved doing this project. Used a kreg jig and had pocket holes for my project. Less screw holes.

Ira J.

This was made entirely of scrap molding. The sides and bottom shelves are left over baseboard. The front stops are made out of door/window casing.

We wanted this to hang on the wall instead of the floor, so we added 1x3 scrap under the 2nd and 4th shelf and countersunk screws into the studs in the wall.

Very simple. The vinegar/steel wool solution works fantastic as long as you put a coat of brewed tea on first. Otherwise, the wood wont turn color due to the lower amount of tannin in the pine. Also be sure to finish all of your pieces on the same day. The stain solution gets its color from basically rusting the steel wool in the vinegar, therefore, the longer it sits, the more the color will change. Also, I built these for my wife and she opted out of having the "x" on the tables. I also modified the end tables to be smaller and better fit our living room.

Took the advice from another and made the width 16 1/4.  Fits the changing pad perfectly.  Thank you!!  Made from oak with Espresso stain and 2 coats finishing wax.  

We had some roughcut cypress lumber left over from building our house which has been laying in my yard for a few years. Once I received Ana's new book, I knew just what to do with it! We love our new chairs so much we built a firepit to go with them!

Since the original post, I made burlap seat cushions. Love it!

I had a fun time building this easy to follow project. A brad nailer does make a world of difference. I chose to stain the inside of the drawers but had to let it sit out for awhile before use. Thank you for posting this project, it has made my family very happy.

An easy afternoon project. Thanks Ana White! The painting was more laborious than the building, by far.

We built this off the standard plan. We stained them with deck stain and used pressure treated lumber. The only thing we did different was ana arrow-shape top.

My wife and I were looking for a farmhouse style media console and found the Grandy Sliding Door Console and loved the look of it. After reading the plans and discussing it we decided that we did not want to take the extra time to build the metal sliding hardware and also wanted it for a lot of storage items, so we decided to just build 4 hinged doors instead. We love it and the plans were so easy to follow. We followed the plans step by step up until we built the hinged doors. We also did not put any wood on the back side of the project since it is against the wall and we have doors covering the front opening. Time consuming to finish it nicely with staining, sanding, painting, etc. But not too difficult of a project overall. The doors take some time to get all the angles just right, but worth taking your time to make sure everything is straight and even.

Another huge THANK YOU to Ana for her amazingly timely posts! My daughters attend a pre-school that hosts an auction fund raiser every year. Last year I made Ana’s kids storage bench and filled it with fun craft items. This year I saw Ana’s jewelry wall cabinet and knew it had to be done! We have some amazing local artists so I purchased a beautiful pair of glass drop earrings to hang on the front of the cabinet. I think it turned out great (if I do say so myself!) Thanks again Ana! And by the way, distressing wood is an awesome project for little helping hands!!

Really simple project, modified the plans a bit but kept the same concept. Had a lot of bun building.