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Christmas Stocking Stand by Julie Latham on Facebook.

I used the plans for the simple outdoor lounge chair and just made the arms wider, the cushions came from Target.............the dog loves it !

My daughter has been accumulating American Girl doll clothing and accessories since her birthday last summer (2013), and we were rapidly running out of room for all of it. Luckily, her Grandpa ("Pop") is a skilled carpenter and whipped up this awesome closet for her in a weekend (including the amount of time it took to pick out all the materials, paints, and paint everything/let it dry). She absolutely loves it and it is the perfect way to keep everything organized, while still looking great!

Great design and project!  I am working on the second one in my wife's school colors.  Thanks!

I used two towels to make the sling portion of the chair, instead of outdoor/decor weight fabric. Even though the towels were thick, I did not need to change the dimensions of the dowels or slits in the wood that hold the dowels.

Base was easy to do, drawers were another story! very big drawers, plan a lot of time for these.

I started with the Fillman Platform Twin Bed plan and made a few modifications.  

• I adjusted the size of the bed slightly to fit the mattress we purchased for the bed.
• I wanted the bed to be a little taller, so I simply added a few inches to the legs.  
• I made the headboard from old barnwood and added pieces around the side and end rails of the bed to tie it all together.  
• Used a bunky board instead of slats to hold the mattress.
• Decided to stain the legs and paint the top cap cream to match some other furniture in the room. Still not sure if I love it, but I thought it might be too much dark wood if I stained it like the legs.  

With a mitre saw, Kreg jig and nail gun, this project is pretty simple to put together.  Obviously painting or staining takes some time, but the bed itself can be put together in 1-2 hours.  

We converted our mud (junk) room into our daughter's playroom. The room is awkward (5' X 12'), but I knew I wanted a reading loft by the window. The area we were working with was 63" wide and 23" deep. I wanted the loft to come right up to the window which is exactly 5'. This is obviously not a standard bed size so we couldn't just buy something. I came across your site (love it!) and found the loft bed plan. I reconfigured the loft using our measurements and my husband is the one who actually built it. It turned out so well! I still have some pillows to make, but my daughter and her friends have already been spending a ton of time up there!

I am happy with how this turned out, but I did run into a couple of problems while building this. First of all there is a typo in the cut list. It says to cut the drawer sides 23 and a quarter inches, but they need to be 21 and 3/4 inches. I built the drawer to deep and then had to take it apart and cut the sides down. Then the drawer was ever so slightly too wide to fit under the table after I put the L-brackets on (which are definitely needed to make the table sturdy enough.) So I had to make a little room under the table by taking the sides back off and adding a little piece of wood as a spacer on either side.
Also I decided to use poplar for the top just to make it a little more dent resistant because poplar is a hard wood. But after I started staining it I learned that poplar acts like a soft wood and can be very blotchy when stained. I had to keep going darker with the stain to try and make it even. It came out okay in the end.

I really liked the design of the Rustic platform bed, and wanted to make a small version for my toddler.  So I tweaked everything down to fit a toddler mattress, and then reduced the wood sizes for weight (2x6 became 1x6, 2x4 became 1x4).  First built with the slats design but was way too heavy, so went with a sheet of plywood.  Headboard is still 2x4 and 2x6.  I also got rid of the platforms so the bed could go up against the wall.  Finally, added the side rail guard so no rolling out onto the floor.  That required a new tool (yay!) and I bought a biscuit joiner to make it.  It took some effort to get it mounted to the bed rail, but it works.  In the end, my toddler loves it, and was so excited when I brought it in.  She loves having her own sized little bed that she can hop into (and out of) as she pleases.  Best of all, it's strong enough if she needs us to snuggle her, we can lay next to her.

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I started off with Ana's plans and kinda went rogue from there. The idea of creating those curved back legs scared me so I thought I'd sacrifice an Ikea dining chair and use it as the legs. When I ruined one of the legs I decided that I'd come too far to back out and that I must continue. I adapted many conventional methods to make the settee but I'm super pleased with the outcome. For the full step by step on how I completed the settee, please check it out here Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

I ended up using Japanese cedar for the top. I was happy with the way this came out.