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I have used one of your cooler plans to create this one of a kind piece. Love your website - Thank you !

This one was very straightforward and pretty easy, and it gave me an excuse to finally buy an air compressor and finish nailer. i did the building, and my wife did the staining to give the new wood an older look. it turned out great we think.

This was my first major build and while not perfect and I was little clunky building along the way, I’m happy with how it turned out and I think the girls will love it for Christmas. We are beach dwellers and surfers, but I’m also a former (always) a farm girl as well, so we put a surfing pig on it too. I wanted to keep it whimsical a bit so put starfish knobs for the burners. Took me a long time and more money than average probably because of learning curve as well as having to sneak work on it between working, toddler and infant. I got a Kreg and more tools for Christmas, so I am looking forward to more building! 

update: My little destroyer broke the door within 10 minutes because it was too big for her to work around. So I “remodeled” it and made the door just the top half so that is her oven. MUCH BETTER. Now she can use it far easier and it isn’t dropping to the floor. 

This was my first project using plans on this site. It was relatively easy and a joy to complete.
Everyone loved it!

I needed a nice work bench or table for my new 12" Ridgid miter saw. This thing is a beast so it needed to be super strong and I also wanted it to be moveable so we can optimistically be able to park in the garage some day.

I had a 2 x 4 and a few 4 x 4 posts. I went and bought a sheet of mdf and some lag screws and here is what happened.

It's super strong, moveable and works like a dream. Plus there is plenty of room to add removable boxes on each side to hold up large lumber.

For around $15, you can't beat it!

I built this as a Christmas gift. The overall length was shortened to 6' long, I only used two legs, however I built the bench with three legs overall length 6'.  Finished to match chairs purchased from overstock.com

We followed the plans for this table that will sit behind our sofa in the main room. We've never really built furniture before, but this wasn't too difficult to make and I love how it looks. Plus it's super heavy and sturdy, so it will be perfect to store items and decor for the main room.

Can I be real with you here? This projects was a pain. I love the way it turned out, but getting there was a horrendous process. Blisters, cuts, sore muscles and exhaustion contributed to an overall very distasteful experience for me.
We have cheap hollow core doors throughout our house that are slathered in what turns out to be 12 layers of paint. Getting that paint off was torture. Paint stripper, painters tool, steel wool, wire brush, mineral spirits and a belt sander all did their part over 4 days to get this paint off. Afterwards, when I sanded the holey, splintered mess of a door, it actually looked like I could make something of it. I stained it, and cut strips of 1/8" ply, nailing them to each side. I ORB sprayed the knobs and hinges, moved the casing (breaking the casing, of course, and having to buy new casing) to fit the new width of the door, and installed it all in place.
As I said, I love the results, but boy was it a chore. The white door is a before door.

Living in a small cabin there was no room for a dedicated dining area so this coffee table/dining table combo was just the ticket!  Quick to convert and fits my cabin style.  The L brackets (basic utilitarian brackets spray painted hammered black) on the corners serve as extra support as well as a decorative element. (time will tell if I need to add any extra wood braces to the long sides)

I made a smaller version of Ana's trash can for outdoor use. I used scrap wood that I joined with the Kreg Jig but I think it would have been easier to buy the size she recommends (but this was free!) We are always walking our dogs and then stuck with bags of poop and no where to put them. They end up in a pile near our door (GROSS.) so I built this to 'house' the dog poop until trash day. It's enclosed so there's no odor when you walk past it, and it looks much better on our front porch than poop bags. I painted it to match our front door so it looks like it 'belongs' up there. Ahhh, much better.

I'm so excited to have finished my 1st woodworking project!! Not sure why I thought a King Bed would be a good start but I LOVE how it turned out. I used the Cassidy Bed plans and Jennajustfine's beautiful herringbone design as inspiration. The headboard and footboard insets are 1x3's that I stained using 2 different colors and varying coats. I am completely addicted to working with wood now!

This is a simple design that any can build. The only thing I added was the wooden nut and bolt on the bottom strecher. This allows the table to be taken apart.