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crown ledge shelf in poplar scraps - i used a scrap 1x6 for the backside to hang my hooks off of.

It was time for my daughter to get her very own big girl bed! I found the plans and my wife approved and construction began. 3 weeks later this is what we have created. Everyone at work is super jelious and have referred quite a few people to the website. Thank you Ana for having such a great resourse!

Just finished! Plans worked great - longest part was attaching to the wall - finally settled on L-brackets and toggle bolts to fasten to the garage drywall.

A year ago I built my daughter a custom dollhouse for a Christmas present. She asked if I could make her one in her size. Initially, I laughed and said that I didn't think I could pull something like that off. Over the next Spring Break, I decided to give it a try. After pricing out custom playhouse kits online, I figured I could do it myself. I watched some youtube videos and looked at pictures online and came up with a project plan. The detailed step-by-step instructions along with pics are available on my blog: www.momthebuilder.net. Good luck with your playhouse project!!!

My son told me he needed a desk for his room, for his recording equipment. I remembered seeing this desk and that I had some wood in the garage. Using 50+ year old 2x4's and a 100+ year old 2x12, left in the garage from the previous owner, I made this desk in a day. My son LOVES it! Thanks for all you do. 

Roger

We were looking for desk that will grow with our family.  This was the prefect plan.  We went back and forth with the hinges and decided the chain would be best.  We also added magnets to use as closures.  

The plans make this huge!  I had to narrow down, and adjust for shelve opening.  Hardest part were getting slides situated on sides, there was just enough difference from 2x4s to upset slides a little.  I recommend going for the longer slides, if u r running into the same issue.

Love the plans and love this site, so much inspiration here!

Thanks Ana

dan

My Husband made this twin bed for our son off the Alaska Cabin Bed plan. 

It was easy enough for him. To complete without any mistakes. Took aprox 3 days to complete,  about $130 in lumber. He used

6 (pine)2x4's &  1 sheet of cabinet grade Baltic Birch. He added a center support beam. 

Painted a white trim around drawer fronts  coordinate with white nightstand. Used magnet clasps on drawer flaps. The bed is solid enough for us to lie down and read bedtime stories with our son, and the bed doesn't even creak a sound. Easy to slide mattress off a little and change the sheets. I would highly reccomend this plan to others. 

Didn't use the wheels, so I lengthened the legs to compensate. Also I didn't make it round but instead cut the corners off and used a router on the edge. We use it mostly for puzzles.

Used some cool old pallet wood to put together a dog food bowl stand I've been meaning to make. My big 10 year old lab is getting a lot slower and struggling a little bit so I thought this could help him out some and get his food and water closer to his face. Winged this one. Had a vague idea in my head that sort of evolved as it progressed. Used some left over 1x4 lumber to build a simple frame, and encased it in the pallet wood to give it the wood crate look (jigged some hand holds in the side to give this same look) . Used jig saw to cut the holes out of the 2 top boards for the bowls. 

LOve your site for basic plans, easy to follow and modify. Used the step stool and created personalized ones for clients.

Keep the good ideas coming

John

I wanted to build some cabinets to his our computer, stereo, game consoles, and seeing machines. I needed something that would allow a remote control to work through, so I used decorative metal sheeting found at the orange hardware store. They're built to be nearly flush with the fireplace. The left cabinet is made of 1x8s and measures 36"x36". There are 2 interior shelves. The shelves are slightly shorter cuts, measuring 34 1/2. The right cabinet is the same as the left, but with a 18"x36" unit kreg jigged to the front. That was to accommodate the larger media units while keeping the cabinet flush with the fireplace.

The fronts are just 2" trim frames with metal sheeting screwed to the inside. I used metal corner braces to hold the corners in place. They're mitered corners. The hinges are cheap $2 hinges and magnetic closures hold the doors closed.

I also made the mantle. It's a piece of 1x12 on top with a flat foam piece of molding and 2 corner pieces.

I combined the Narrow Farmhouse Table plan with some changes and Bluedinosaurs tutorial for making a sewing table. http://bluedinosaurs.com/diy-platform-sewing-table/  It came out beautifully!

Thanks for the great plan!!

2x4's and 2x8's kept my cost way down! The top was finished with minwax provincial stain and a few coats of minwax polyurethane to finish it off. Joined with my Kreg jig throughout. A very fun project!

This is a coat rack that I recently built for a friend of mine who was struggling with a way to organize her kiddos' coats and packs. She doesn't have a coat closet off of the entry way, so we installed this wall-mount tree design on an interior hallway as you enter the home. This would also be cute in a kid's room or a mudroom. I posted step-by-step instructions with pictures on my blog at www.momthebuilder.net. Let me know what you think!