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Modern Round Table with Live Edge Top

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 08/15/2024 - 10:27

40"x34" oak cookie. I tried some metal legs but couldn't get them wide enough to be stable at the requested 24" height, unless I had some custom made for $$$. I found these plans and changed the dimensions to fit the table and made the legs out of oak. Very pleased with the results.

Dave C

Built from Plan(s)

Custom designed Queen Music Bed

Submitted by TannerF. on Mon, 11/05/2012 - 15:31

I was looking for my next project for woodshop my junior year of high school. I happened to run into this website while looking for plans and found Ana's farmhouse queen bed and was inspired to make something similar. Now that I have accomplished this task, I want to share it with the community that inspired the build. Let me know what you think! Thanks.

Estimated Cost
$350
Estimated Time Investment
Week Long Project (20 Hours or More)
Finish Used
Natural-Stained panels, Golden Maple-Stained rails and styles, and Traditional Cherry-Stained legs, caps, moldings and leg-base wraps. All finished with three coats of Lacquer.
Recommended Skill Level
Advanced

Comments

Kitchen tower

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 11:14

These plans make it very simple to make.

Built from Plan(s)
Estimated Cost
$30
Estimated Time Investment
Day Project (6-9 Hours)
Finish Used
Latex paint
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

Media Console

Submitted by suzshepp on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 17:35

My fiance and I built this media console from Ana's plans to replace the UGLY black plastic/glass tv stand we had previously. It was pretty easy to do. The only thing I recommend is waiting to cut the doors after the box is put together. Our doors did not fit exactly and we had to cut them again to fit. I'm sure that our measurements were off somewhere along the way. We love the way this piece of furniture looks in our family room now, for about $150!!!

Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
Rustoleum heirloom white spray paint
Rustoleum stain in dark walnut with a coat of Rustoleum stain in kona because it wasnt as dark as I wanted.
Clear coat of paint on poly
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

Comments

lphair

Fri, 11/09/2012 - 19:39

Awesome! I've been eyeing this plan for a while but couldn't decide if I wanted to paint or stain it. This is great, thanks for sharing!

Sideboard

Submitted by naomi on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 07:55

Bunnings had cheap cedar lining boards so I grabbed a few packets and figured I would find something to do with them later.

After buying the Ana White book I fell in love with the hutch and console table combo. I thought this would look great with the cedar lining boards.

I love how this turned out.

Estimated Time Investment
Week Long Project (20 Hours or More)
Finish Used
White enamel paint and walnut stain.
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

Adirondack chairs

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 08/30/2020 - 17:37

Super easy to follow your plans. Had to modify a bit as lumber yard was out of 1x10s.

Estimated Time Investment
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Finish Used
Special walnut stain

Time Out Chair

Submitted by SherryLR on Sun, 08/31/2014 - 09:56

Kids stuff usually sells pretty good for us. Considering in our area, to buy kid size chairs are about $25 we looked for another option. This stackable chair fit the bill perfectly and was so inexpensive and easy to build!! Made the back part solid so I could paint on it and added some moulding on the side. Going to get my grandson who is being homeschooled, busy building some more as part of his wood shop class.

Estimated Cost
$6.00
Estimated Time Investment
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Finish Used
We just painted with our own chalk style paint and used acrylic for the decorative part. Sprayed with a polyurethane when it was finished.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

Zara's Playroom

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 12/19/2016 - 08:44

Grandpa Myron made this one for Zara's playroom!

Estimated Cost
$80.00
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
Playroom
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

Large Wooden Dog Crate End Table

It was a straight forward project and the plans were excellent and easy to follow. We did purchase the Kreg Jig and that takes a little practice to get it right but it does make an extremely strong joint. We applied three coats of paint and one coat of stain on the top. This is for our German Shepherd and he loves it. It took us three or four days just because we worked on it a little bit each evening.

Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
Flat White Paint
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

My Table and Bench

I know this is an older project on this website. However, I only recently happened upon this treasure trove of plans. As such, what better project than a new table and matching bench for the family? I made some adjustments to the bench as a result of the comments section. Essentially, I shortened the bench so it would slide between the legs of the table (65" instead of 72" as the plans call for). I also moved the stretcher supports to the inside of the table legs and shortened the stretcher (70" instead of 74" as the plans call for) to give a few more inches to push chairs in. I had every intention of staining the entire project uniformly. My wife really enjoyed the contrast between the dark and light, you see which idea I kept! The legs are a natural stain with clear coat. The tops are Minwax jacobean stain, I did two coats and a light sanding to expose some of the grain under the darkness of the stain. The cutting and assembly of the table and bench was rather quick. I would estimate 3 hours total of cutting and assembly. However, I spent a good amount of time on the sanding and staining. I would have been able to complete the finish quicker if the weather hadn't turned cold for about a week and slowed my dry times down. Finished the stains with a couple layers of polyurethane satin finish.

Estimated Cost
I already had the screws, stain, and clear coat. The wood for the table cost me $63.83 before taxes and the wood for the bench cost me $20.24 before taxes
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
Minwax Natural stain for bottoms
Minwax Jacobean stain for tops
Minwax polyurethane satin finish
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

Big wall lamp

Submitted by joja on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 13:22

Solar eclipse in our living room!

Estimated Time Investment
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Finish Used
Paint.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner

Farm Table

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 12/26/2016 - 18:17

Brazilan Walnut flooring for table top and Pine for feet and supports. 

Estimated Cost
$300.00
Estimated Time Investment
Week Long Project (20 Hours or More)
Finish Used
Triple Thick Coat Poly on table top and White semi gloss paint on everything else.
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

Washer/ dryer platform

Submitted by balbright on Sun, 09/06/2020 - 10:21

Only regret is not buying the storage containers I wanted and sizing for them, it took a while to find storage containers for under the platform.

Finish Used
Paint
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
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