Dollhouse
Thank you for the plans! It came out great.
Thank you for the plans! It came out great.
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!
Changed some measurements to make table smaller to fit space and made benches to fit! Took 2 weeks total with the help of my wife! Great plans to use as a guide!
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!!!
Fri, 12/07/2012 - 02:43
This came out beautiful. Great job! Love all the attention to detail and the rug is awesome, too!
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.
Lots of sanding and staining but love how everything turned out. Very sturdy and doesn’t creak when you jump into bed.
My handy husband whipped this little bed up from the leftover wood of the rustic "X" end table! I love it so much, a great toy / newborn prop!! I wanted to finish it with the steel wool/vinegar method, but it was too late, he already painted it. I love it just the way it is! Thank you for the awesome plan!!
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.
I love this site and the user friendly plans. I used the suggestion of turning the 2x4’s but I think it would have been better to have more to screw the top boards to if I hadn’t.
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 followed the directions for every step but the down strut supports in the middle of the table. I reversed them purely for aesthetic reasons, I thought i looked better that way.
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!