Made these planters which was my first try at building something from wood! They came out great and can’t wait to try another project!
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.
Mon, 09/01/2014 - 16:24
Why isn't anyone commenting on my table. Does no one like my table.
My brother-in-law and I took on this project in the fall of 2016. I don't mean to brag, but it turned out amazing. #happywifehappylife
We adopted the plans from the Full Farmhouse Bed Plans. But we added two banks of cabinets and made it a lot taller.
I am brand new at building but my big boys requested desks in their room for distance learning. One fell in love with the flip down wall art desk and this is our take on it. The other wanted a bigger surface, so we used an IKEA desk top and built our own brackets. The boys loved being part of the building. I put all the right angles together with a Kreg jig, and attached everything directly to studs in the wall (I don’t trust my boys not to be rough on them).
After seeing Ana's plans and how Jen Woodhouse at "House of Wood" finished it, I wanted one too! Ana's plan are very thorough and Jen's blog showed a very detailed version of how she completed it. I made a few changes, such as the pull down drawer front to conceal the DVR player and I inset the top rather than have an overhang.
It was quite a bit of work but totally worth it! The piece turned out beautiful.
Thanks Ana!!!! Beth.
Makemeprettyagain.blogspot.com for complete details
Sun, 11/04/2012 - 05:28
Love this. Looks like a lot of work, but what a nice functional piece of furniture! I have always loved that style of drawer pull.
-Ann
Although handy - these are the first pieces of furniture I have ever created. Used only 2X4 and 4X4 pieces - Douglas Fir right out of the lumber yard - not kiln dried wood. First time using pocket hole equipment - was worth getting the premium kit from Kreg's - drilled close to one hundred holes. Other than the equipment, the materials totaled less than $200 for all three pieces. $120 for the wood and another $80 for screws and paint products. Sanded the wood to a 220 finish and applied a Gel Dark Walnut stain and added 5 coats of clear satin from Minwax. Tried the wood conditioner on a test board and did not see not much difference so I decided to go without on all 3 pieces of furniture that I built. Experimented with different stainable wood fillers from Elmer's. Quite happy with the result - just in time for a visit from mom and dad. Total time for three pieces - close to 40 hours but worth it.
Thu, 08/21/2014 - 07:35
They look great! Mom and Dad are going to be quite proud... and maybe ask for a set of their own. ;)
I built this slightly modified version of the buffet for my wife. She LOVEs it and did a great job finishing it with Annie Sloan paint and a wax (she's the finishing expert in the house). Plans were right on and I'm very pleased with the final product. Thanks for a great website and plans! Getting ready to undertake a dining room table now.
Am a big fan of Ana's work, and have used several of her plans in prior builds including the more traditional Adirondack chairs. Those stayed with my old house, and I wanted something different for my new house. Really liked her Modern Adirondack design with the floating arm rest. However, plans are like recipes to me--a guideline. I wanted the back boards to run up and down, and I am a bit more robust than the lovely and petite Ms. White, so they would need to be wider after I built the first one at 19 1/2" wide per plan. The next three I made 22" wide and that worked well without throwing off the geometry and angles of the other parts. Since I ran the backboards up and down, I needed some cross beams for stability and to give an attachment point for the middle of the boards. Cut some 2x4s at 15" wide, drilled pocket holes in both ends, and attached in between the back supports with the pockets facing up to be hidden by the back boards. All of the 2x4s were leftover cut-offs from the houses being built in my neighborhood. Since the frames were free, I splurged and went with cedar boards for the backs and bottoms. With the wider frames, I had to use 1x12s ripped down to 10 3/4" to get the right look (about a board's width in between). Needed some color, so I painted the frames Teal Seaglass from Menards. Cedar was stained with a natural deck stain from Sherwin Williams. I experimented with salt paint (mixing unsanded grout with the paint) to give a heavily textured and weathered finish but this was unecessary--the wood was distressed enough and I am a terrible painter. It also toned down the color so I skipped that step and just went with 2 coats of plain paint. It looks like outdoor furniture should up close. As always, am pleased with Ana's plans. Thank you for doing all the hard work!
Fri, 08/21/2020 - 16:59
I absolutely love how the back was done!! Thank you so much for sharing!
I can't believe I made these two picture frames thanks to wonderfully simple plans! We bought a painting in Italy 16 years ago and I was never able to find a ready-made frame beause of the unusual dimensions and I didn't want to pay for a large custom frame. Now I have one! The smaller frame accommodates an 8x10. Both frames are made out of the $0.89 furring strips at Home Depot.
Did the multi-finish on the step stool. On the steps, I used the Minwax Pre-Stain Conditioner, followed by Minwax 'Early American' stain and then Minwax clear gloss polyurethane. The rest of the stool was painted with DIY chalk paint. The paint is 1 cup flat paint (Valspar Jungle Thicket) mixed with 1/3 cup plaster of paris and 1/3 cup water. The chalk paint portion was finished with the Minwax Finishing Paste Wax and gave the flat paint look a nice sheen.
Tilt-out trash/recycling cabinet made with aspen stained with a combo of Minwax Natural and Golden Oak.
Sat, 10/31/2020 - 13:06
Love this. I don’t suppose you have plans available to share.
This was the 2nd table I built. I made this one for my daughter. The table I built for my wife is 10 inches wider.
Followed the plan perfectly. A little too perfectly, as the table turned out so well that I have To go back and rebuilt the iSideTables ;)
Same as the plan, used Kona stain, but I left it on for 2 coats.
I made this bed for my son and his girlfriend.
I used pallet wood and new pine for this.
I also added two metal strips to the headboard for decoration.
The headboard is connected to the siderails with 2 bolts straight through the side of each leg. The siderails are on the inside of the headboard.
The siderails are connected to the foot of the bed with 2 bolts straight through the foot into the end of the siderails. I added a third fake bolt to balance the look.
In reply to Lovely Pallet Bed! by earthbybike
Wed, 10/15/2014 - 07:25
Hi EarthyByBike,
I had previously built the queen farmhouse bed and this bed was modeled from that one. I basically ran the boards vertical instead of horizontal. It uses most of the basic techniques as the farmhouse bed. I took the ideas from the farmhouse bed and then just changed it up a bit.
I can't remember the exact height of the bed but I think it was 165cm.
Mon, 10/13/2014 - 17:17
How high is the finished height of the headboard?
Thanks!
In reply to Headboard of the Queen Pallet Bed by earthbybike
Wed, 10/15/2014 - 07:25
I can't remember the exact height of the bed but I think it was 165cm.
Built from Shanty2Chic Industrial Farmhouse Bench Plans
Pine and Main builder for the South Florida Area.
Super easy to follow your plans. Had to modify a bit as lumber yard was out of 1x10s.
Piece of cake compared to building the table. Added hardware and stain, just have to put on the finish.
Sun, 12/30/2012 - 06:51
That looks great! I want to make this bench very soon then also make the matching table... where did you get the hardware for it? Thanks!
This is a loft style bunk bed. the original plan has the bottom mattress resting on the floor. instead of leaving the mattress on the floor we raised it up to the level of the bottom ladder. In the original plan the bed frame is only 48" high and we changed it to 58".
This was my first "major" furntiure project. I used the plans and modified for a 36" fireplace insert.
Thrilled with how this turned out!!! Thank you!
Very easy to follow plans and I cut then down for shallow shelves.
