I love the versatility of this furniture. I wanted the ability to move it around in different seating sets. It was my first project with no help from my husband. So very easy to do and follow. I made a few tweaks and made wood plugs for all the screw holes. I plan to stain it later. I used ikea cushions.
When Ana posted plans for this I immediately fell in love with it. I had a friend visiting, and I thought this would be a great project for us to do together.
A lot of time spent on this project was taking apart pallets, not an easy job. My poor friend did that part, she is great! I think the old pallets really made this look as good as it does, they were already so rustic.
The pallets were free and collecting free pallets was an adventure of it's own. I found a large piece of particle board in the depot's scrap bin for 51 cents! Can't beat that.
Modern Adirondack Chairs
I made this for my wife. I used 2x3 glue and screw together for the table top. I have a conception that a heavy table top create a sturdy table. I used redwood 2x3 with lag screw. The sitting bench is completely made out of 2x3.
Thanks for the plans Ana. I substituted 5/4 x 6 for the 2x6 and it is plenty strong and sturdy. Also added an angled back to support 24x24" cushion. Very pleased with the finished chairs.
BTW: I have now used 4 of your plans. The X harvest table, an outside dining table and patio loungers (4 of them) and the box chairs. Cheers!
I made this less wide then the plans to fit in my small bathroom. Thank you for these wonderful
Plans!
Tue, 10/05/2021 - 09:49
Wonderful mods, fits like a glove and adds so much storage! Thanks for sharing:)
The storage bench/ coffee table, customized for a small room to hold my son's lap top, and game controllers.
I cut it down from 48" to 36" and it worked great!
I built these bunk beds for my almost-10 year old twins this spring! These were modified from the Side Street Bunk Bed plans to accommodate the longer Twin XL mattresses. I took inspiration from the Maine Cottage bunk bed collection for the end panels of the beds, and added furniture feet as finials on each post. It was a fun build, but pretty time intensive as I built both sets at the same time. This was my first major build.
This is a sample of what I have done using Ana's plans. Thanks Ana!!! I will be posting my entire kitchen Reno in the near future.
I built this amazing green house following your plans! My wife and I moved our family from the city to an amazing 5 acre homestead out in the country here in Wisconsin. We are super happy that we will be able to keep our new garden going longer! Thanks so much for the plans!
Fri, 06/21/2019 - 05:05
Cute, nice job. I'm going to build one in Tennessee.
I used one by material because I wanted a piece that was less bulky. I also made side tables from the same plan.8 love these, they are exactly what I have been looking for!
Mon, 10/04/2021 - 16:55
Excellent builds, love the color choice! Thank you for sharing ~
We went a little crazy bringing pallets home once I got the idea that we could build something so cool and functional out of only a small amount of new lumber! We've had these about 6 months now and they still look great and serve our family in a very real and functional way! My boys have been WONDERFUL about keeping all their shoes in their crates!
I stumbled on this site a while back as I was looking for ideas for an enclosure for my grill. I decided that my current table was fine, but found a TON of great ideas here on this site.
This patio table was first on my list. We enjoy having people over and I really like the built in coolers. We've started using our patio so much more already now that we have a good place to sit.
I modified the plans slightly: Extended the table so that we could fit up to 8 people, used 4x4's for the legs instead of 2x4's, and added a hole in the middle for an umbrella.
I need to build a couple benches (the chairs are a little low). That's the next project on the list!
Tue, 05/28/2013 - 17:02
Yes, I added the extra 2x6's to each end and extended the skirt about 6 inches to help bear the weight.
It's wide enough for us so far. If you were planning on setting the table with a lot of extra food you might want to widen it or you can just keep one side covered.
Tue, 05/28/2013 - 17:02
Yes, I added the extra 2x6's to each end and extended the skirt about 6 inches to help bear the weight.
It's wide enough for us so far. If you were planning on setting the table with a lot of extra food you might want to widen it or you can just keep one side covered.
Mon, 06/10/2013 - 14:11
Did you create your own plans for the grill enclosure? I think it's great! We have an old Weber grill and it would be ice to have it as a back-up for foods that we want cooked over charcoal rather than gas. This dresses it up a bit. :)
GOOD JOB!
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 11:55
I'm loving the idea but am curious about the melting ice....dripping, clean up, etc....Would it be possible to drill a hole and put a plug in?
Sat, 01/23/2016 - 18:50
Ryan, fantastic job. I am for sure going to mirror everything you did here. I also want to make it a bit wider so we can fit a few more folks around it. Do you have to have the additional measurements that you implemented?
Thanks, Matt
This was my first build and I loved making it! I wasn't able to make the 60 degree cuts needed for the x's but I hope to be able to add them in the future!
I built this outhouse to go with a dry cabin I'm working on, and also as an emergency backup for my house. I used treated lumber on the base/deck and splurged on T-111 for the siding. I wanted to use greenhouse polycarbonate for the roof, but found a piece of metal roofing in my shed that was exactly the right size so I used that instead. I thought about doing a fancy cutout on the door but ended up going with a half moon because it was easy. I'm thinking about cutting out stars of different sizes all over the rest of the door to let in more light. I'll trim and stain it next summer.
Build an outdoor sectional easily with these free plans.
I built this bench the day before Thanksgiving. I used scrap 2x6's left over from building our son's bunk bed. I shortened the plan to 43 1/2" total length to fit my space and accommodate the boards I had. The top of the bench is 4- 2x6 boards instead of a 1x12 board. The legs are 2x4's instead of 2x6's. I wood puttied all screw holes, sanded, painted 2 coats of Behr's decorator white, and applied 3 coats of Polycrylic.
After using it over the last few months I have noticed some of the pine knots have bled a little yellow into my finish. If I were to do it again, I would prime all knots with Zinsser cover all primer.
We really enjoy this bench and are happy with how it turned out. Although unfinished at the time, our Thanksgiving guests were impressed that I could whip out a bench by myself. Thanks Ana!
This was an easy project that should help provide us with fresh, pesticide-free produce for many years to come. Thanks, Ana! xo
This week I built a french cleat sanding station to house my orbital sander and sand paper!
Blog: http://www.lanebroswoodshop.com/2015/04/french-cleat-sanding-station.ht…
Plans: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_RQfvQzkmz3OENtUWdmMENCYlk/view?usp=s…
I really liked the basic table design. But since it was going in my wife's medical office I decided to make the top out of Maple and Walnut. It turned out to be a very big job. I had to Straighten the edges of the boards so that they would fit together without a space between the boards and then put them through a planer. I then glued the edges and used Kreg screws to put it all together. Surprisingly it all fits and the base sits flat and level. I spent a great deal of time measureing all of the 2 X 4s in an effort to make sure that the base was level and the angles all work.
I love the way this bench turned out! And your plans were so simple to follow (as always). Thanks do much for sharing all your plans!!
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Tue, 10/05/2021 - 10:47
Very versatile!
YES, love the different options to use and move around as needed! Way to go, thanks for sharing!