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My fiance wanted a new craft desk so I sent her some ideas from Anas site, and she loved this one.  I had her pick out paint  (bright white by behr) and stain (minwax dark walnut), then got to work.  Easy build overall, though I strongly recommend people measure the X brace angles they'll need before cutting them, because using the angles provided in the plan left gaps I wasn't happy with and had to redo the cuts. 

I had been dying to make this bed for awhile but first I needed to convince my husband that it really would be okay to let his sentimental old headboard go. He doesn't like change. Obviously I eventually won. This bed is absolutely bomb proof! I built it as a platform bed and plunked a brand new memory foam mattress on it. We love it!

The main thing I learned on this build is to measure and make sure something will fit where its supposed to go! I had already edited the plans to be the width I wanted, but not the height. They were about 6 inches higher than my couch :D I had to pry them apart and re cut them!

I followed the plan and it was way easier than I expected.  This thing is sturdy as a rock!  Shake it all you want, it's not going anywhere.  I'm doing my son's full bed next.

We used the plan from the basic open base collection. I attached four and left two unattached.

I love the library cart idea, but needed something for my 4 yo and 7 yo crafter/artists to use to keep their supplies on hand and contained. I modified the cart to have 2 shelves (not angled). The top shelf is converted to a tray to keep supplies stable as the cart is moved around on its wheels. Stores in the closet and can be pulled out to use.

This was a quick morning project. It took an hour and a half to cut and build I have not done the finish yet but it won't take longer than an afternoon.I am available to do builds for people who like what they see and dont want to pay retail price for this stuff. check out my profile.
http://ana-white.com/users/daddydrew

My dad built this table using Ana's plans. He had it together within 24 hours of buying the lumber. It was meant for me to use on my back patio, but it's way too pretty to be outside!

So thankful for these plans!  My daughter requested a cabin loft bed that could double as a "crafting nest".  I only had to make a few architectural modifications, but I built this by myself in five days, so I would say it's a very DIY-friendly build!  My daughter loves it and it adds functional and aesthetic appeal to the room!

I used the plans for the craft desk and modified it a little. I made the top like a lid that just sits on top so I can take it apart easier. I also put on full extension drawer glides and made the drawer larger. This took me quite a long time because I was working on it and studying for finals! Well worth it though!

This was our first project. We needed storage for my son's small room and this worked out perfectly!

I built this bench in one afternoon and did the finishing work on the other. Tools used were a handsaw, jigsaw, Kreg Jig Mini and electric sander.

I modified the plan to use 10 inch lumber for the sides so that it would fit in the space where it would be used. Overall length was increased to 30 inches. Most of the wood was already on hand, but a 12"x4' piece was purchase for the top (instead of reclaimed pieces)

Bottom shelf was joined with the Kreg screws. Aprons were fastened with brass screws. The top was put on with finishing nails.

Built table top out off old pine beam and distressed the base. All together build cost me close to 100 dollars 

We decided to make 2 of these chairs, and like others have said, we needed one more 1x2@ 8ft to get all of the cuts. Other than that small hiccup, there were no issues and we really enjoyed making these. We used pine wood for the frames and stained them in Mirimax's "English Walnut". The fabric is from Joanns which cost me $11.99/yd (40% off). I wasn't planning on spending that much but after all of the supplies these chairs actually cost us close to $20 a chair. If I would have shopped around for better prices, I could have likely found them, but wanted to get them done soon! These would make a great gift!

I made this for my nephew's 1st birthday! I followed others advice and pre-drilled and it worked pretty well :)

My son had a 'lightning Mcqueen' toddler bed- but we needed to get him into a little bigger bed.  We had a spare full bed, and Batman is his current favorite... Since there aren't Batman full race car beds- time to start planning and building from sketchup!  Took me about 2 weeks of evenings (after the kids go to bed) and about $110 in materials.  The model is available in the sketchup warehouse at:

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=u6b750a53-37a4-4d52-9d31…

For the wheel covers I ordered online at Amazon for $25 for a set of 4.

For the Wheels both HD and Menards make a 18" wood table top for ~$7 that I just cut the middle out  with my router to fit the wheel covers.

The slats to hold the bed (made to fit both box spring and mattress) were just 1x4 pine boards from menards.

The body was made from 3/4 MDF, though you could of course use plywood. 

I used a projector to project the image from sketchup onto the board to get it transferred- else it would have been 50+ pages if printing..

For the logos I just used a minila folder as my stencil and cut out the logo.  Needed to touch up the 'tabs' to hold the logo in the circle after pulling off the stencil.

Lockers for the whole family