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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. 

I used Cedar balusters instead of furring strips.

This turned out to be a great project.  In the end it took far more time than I thought.  I used Mahogancy and Maple for the table top. That was expensive and costs around $250 in material alone.  I attached the boards together with Kreig Screws.  It took around 120 screws to get it all done.  

There are a few things I would do differently.  I would not use 12 inch wide boards.  They are all warpped or cupped.  I would either use birch veneer plywood or I would use 4 to 6 inch boards, straighten the edges on a table saw and then glue them together.  There are YouTube videos that show how do to that.  The 12 inch boards just did not cooperate and I really had to struggle to deal with the twisting and cupping. And, I hand picked what appeared to be straight boards.  

The top took a lot of sanding.  The Krieg system states that glueing is not necessary.  However, that is really not accurate when using different kinds of wood of this length.  So, the edges raised up and needed some serious sanding.  I also should have cut all the edges straight because after the job was done I could  see spaces between some of the boards.  Not a big deal but just somehting to take note of.  All together this took around 50 hours.  I also used a router to cut the shelf supports, (a challange in cupped wood) and I put some extra mouldings on to cover up the cupping and warping in places.  Then we painted it white with aqua trim and decided to re-do the color to dark blue.  

My wife loves the table and it looks great and no one knows about the mistakes but me. It is a great design and very functional.  I really like the hardwood top. 

Easy, fun and inexpensive headboard!

I saw the plan posted on this site and had to bulid this for my grandson Paulie. The whole build took one day from start to fininsh. I didn't have to spend much for the project since I already had most of the material on hand. I used a tabel saw, Jig saw, and Miter saw to make all my cuts as directed by the plans. I found the project plans to be very simple to follow. I can't wait to see the look on my grandsons face when he sees this on Christmas day.

Respectfully,

Rich

I designed this closed storage unit for my main bathroom. Two adjustable shelves behind each door make storage very flexible. The open middle shelf is tall and easily accessible for items used multiple times a day.

I built this with a single sheet of plywood. I splurged on nice hinges for a full-overlay door.

I drilled my shelf pin holes using a piece of pegboard as my guide, and some painters tape to mark the depth on my drill bit so I didn't drill too deep.

Getting the doors to hang straight was one of the hardest parts! I apologize that the pictures are all sideways, I don't know how to fix it.

I modified this project to fit my space.  I'm pretty new at woodworking but everything was fun to do.  One of the hardest parts for me were the legs so I opted for cabinet feet from Ikea.  I've gotten so many compliments so far!

Modified the post from birds and bees. - Jay Varghese

Great rustic farmhouse dining table

Fun quick project for our new house. I finished this bed in 2 days, and my wife was very happy! I stained it in Jacobean (Minwax), and finished with a clear satin poly.

My son loves to be in the shop with me. For Christmas I thought he would really like his own workbench with some tools that he sees me use. He really gravitates toward the clamps and my drill. I lucked out and found a fun drill that he really enjoys... "just like Daddy's!" I hope it serves him well for years to come.

The frame is joined with glue and screws. The screw holes are filled with contrasting dowels and cut flush. The top is 2 pieces of 3/4" birch laminated together. I rounded over all the edges with 1/4" roundover bit in the laminate router. The top is attached with pocket screws.

Herringbone Table

Thanks for the wonderful plans! This is my 2nd Ana White build (traditional turned leg, pottery barn desk). I used the legs from this build and then leveraged some tips from another blog for the herringbone top using 2 sheets of MDF as a base (http://www.southernrevivals.com/2014/06/tile-top-herringbone-table-make…). My herringbone table took some planning, as it is over 13' long. Now all of my family can eat together when we get together!