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We made this table that seats 8. I loved the farmhouse table but we needed something that did not have cracks for food to seep into with 4 you kids this was a requirements. Much playing around with idea we made this table with out of Cedar 2x6's and a kreg Jig. The white spot is just extra poly we are filling a hole with. I did not want to use any wood filler We love it. We used legs I found on a old rusted table. In which I sanded them down and refinished them. The chairs we also found in the old storage shed on our property. We cleaned them up and painted them black. We do plan to make matching benches for the table.

I decided to dress it up a bit using oak for the surfaces. I then used Provincial stain by Minwax and semigloss poly. The legs/skirt are clear pine and both primed and painted. Rather than screw the seat to the frame from above, I used Kreg joints and secured it from below giving the chairs a smooth final finish.

I modified this chair with 2x4's as the base and 2x2 for decoration on arms, this is prior to sanding and finishing

I made two of the chairs using cedar 2x4's and then stained them cedar color. The cushions were on clearance at Lowes for 6.97 each. Super excited about that as well. For the back I did the three board suggestion versus just the two for more back support and I also added an extra board for the bottom seating. Project was pretty easy and the instructions were easy to follow.

Carrie

It seems like organization is always a work in progress especially in my one car garage shop. Honestly it took years to realize what I needed to customize my space in order to organize things. I've built bulky work benches out of 2x4s and plywood. I've rearranged the work space over and over again over the last few years and finally came up with my own system

The miter station is a life saver. I had one of the fancy ones with the foldable wings but didn't like it. The object of it was to be able to fold the wings down for storage but I never did and it caused other space saving problems. Now I can easily store all of my small tools and woodworking knick knacks all in one spot. You can find plans for these if you google miter station, but take my advice and custom make one that fits all of your needs. There's a spot for my vice and speed square too. Things like that make it count.

The router table is probably my favorite tool in the shop. You can do so many things with the router table. I started out with just a top and a base and worked from there. Now everything router is in the cabinet ready to go.

Everything is on wheels. Us military guys and gals have to move around a lot so we have to plan for that. Now everything can just roll up the ramp and in to the truck.

Take some time and think about the efficiency of your shop space. How does everything flow? Or do you even flow at all? I used to woodwork myself in to a bunch of brick walls and now I don't.

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Patrick

Built these Ana White Faux Oars out of scrap pine. I experimented with the finish, trying to make a more weathered look. I used Minwax Special Walnut and Jacobean and white washed. I also rounded the edges using a router and orbital sander. Easy and fun project!

Ana White … we love our chairs. We did make our chairs out of cedar and a side table from some cedar scraps.

I started this Table and bench because, we have a one year old and we had a bar height table. Something a little shorter was needed, so I picked the Benchwright plans since they were most like our style. I used all white wood from Lowes and some pine 2x4's. Since the original plans made the table a little too large for our house I shortened the length on the table and bench by 15". This was the largest project I have done so far, but the plans are so easy to use, that the major time spent for me was getting the wood, and sanding and staining. I submitted the last picture here, because I originally picked out a Rust-oleum Sunbleached stain, or so it said. As you can see from the photo it just made everything grey, and was not the look I or my wife were looking for. I recommend very carefully picking a stain color out and testing it on similar wood before using it on your finished project. I spent two hours after this mistake sanding off the stain, and since it was grey it still shows through a lighter color. In the end we are both happy with the final product, and you don't learn until you try and mess-up a few times. I really had a lot of fun with this project, and can't wait for the next thing to build.

we recently used the plans for the farm house twin bed, and created it with our own little twist for our 3 year old son! Instead of the normal slats we used car siding to create the "blocks" for my Lego vision. The bed is stained with a black gel stain by min wax, and the slates are painted from colors I picked out a Lowes. I wanted him to have a matching bed to his dress. I got this really neat dresser from a friend and I stained the out side and painted the draw fronts bright colors like Legos. our next project for his room will be night stands and possibly a bookshelf

We have a very small laundry room and we wanted some additional room to put shoes when we walk in. We also couldn't have the pedestal be too tall or our washer and dryer would hit the shelves we put in over the laundry room. For this reason I modified the plans to remove the bottom and adjusted the height of the plans to just fit. I was worried about the stability, but made this super strong.

Built this table over the weekend with the intention of selling it. My wife isnt so sure she wants to let it go now though! I used a 2 in 1 stain and poly that i am not happy with the results of. From now on im going to stick with the tried and true method of doing the stain and finish seperatly. Overall, i like the plans and will probably build a few more of these to sell.

DIY farmhouse table built by my wonderful husband. We used legs from Osborne wood and the apron and legs were stained and antiqued using a crackle glaze and antique white paint. Love it. The plans were great. Our cost was high because we had to purchase a kreg jig. But it will get a lot if use. Next project will be the corona coffee table-square

Needed shelves for my shed. Ur design fit the bill. Cannot wait to make more

Easy!