DIY Wedding Tables and Benches
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We made these tables and benches for my daughter’s wedding. They made setup for dinner just what she wanted!
Cindy Prescott
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We made these tables and benches for my daughter’s wedding. They made setup for dinner just what she wanted!
Cindy Prescott
My little quarantine project all started with a three foot circle in the back corner of my yard and turned into this. After finishing the structure, we were looking at different furniture and considered either going on the cheap ($20 plastic chairs) or the expensive route ($1200) for this same setup. That was when I came across your site Ana. Your amazing plans and community's brag posts gave me the confidence to give it a go and we could not be happier with the result.
The chairs and tables went together super easy as everyone had mentioned. I sanded everything before cutting and then just sanded the cut ends. I did not have the stain on hand (not did we know the color) so we waited until after assembly to stain, which ended up not being too bad, just a lot of little nooks and crannies to get into. I used a small foam pad to get in between the boards.
Overall, I would say that the build, from start (rough lumber) to finish (sanded and assembled) took me about 2-3 hours per chair, and about the same to do two coats of stain on top and one on the underside, bringing the total time per chair to about 5 hours.
Now on to the landscaping... ;) I am also planning to build some planters to hold posts to hold some string lights around the perimeter. Boy how these little projects have a domino effect...but in the end, there is nothing better than sitting back and enjoying the fruits of your labor.
When we moved into our new house, we quickly realized the boxsprings for our queen-sized bed were not going to fit up the stairs. So while hubby was busy with his own projects, I made a 2x4 bed frame at 16-1/2" off the ground and built the farmhouse headboard. We like to use the end of the bed for sitting and putting on socks and shoes, so I did not build the coordinating footboard.
I absolutely love the way it turned out and have received so many wonderful compliments. Take about an ego boost!
Cutting took about 1 hour (first use of a radial saw) and assembly took another hour. I applied 1 coat of Minwax Red Oak stain and 2 coats of Minwax semi-gloss polyeurethane sealer.
In reply to NICE! by Rusty Cottage
Thu, 08/23/2012 - 12:49
Good eye, I forgot those were in the picture. Thank God for scraps!
This was my first build from your site! Farmhouse bench.
I was a little confused with the miter saw instructions "bevel cut at a 10 degree angle off center". I had to google to figure out what you meant. In the end the bench looks awsome and I feel very empowered with my tools.
(still need to stain the finished project, bought all the wood and built in 1 day)
Thank you Ana for sharing your plans!! I love your site and I love my Kreg Jig!
Vicki
(Canada)
Wed, 04/15/2020 - 11:38
It looks great and rock solid. I can't find a plan for it. Could you please help me?
Ive been looking for a sewing table to fit my space. but found none for less than $500 and they were quite small. I found a post at quiltedcupcake.com that linked me to another blog, linking me here. I modified the plan to be about 2 feet wide and cut a hole to fit my sewing machine. There is a support in the bottom to hold my machine level with the tabletop. When I make this in the future, I will splurge on a fine hardwood. This plan was easy to build and looks great! Just what I was looking for :D
Sat, 09/15/2012 - 16:38
Thank you! This project was very easy to build and would be very easy to make in a smaller size. I'm so glad I did it, free motion quilting is so much easier with this table.
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 07:13
Good morning Ana,
Where can i get the plans for this table.
Sun, 09/16/2012 - 10:11
Now, I've just got to make it! I love to free motion quilt and that would make it easier. With each baby I've had my quilting space has diminished (of course it's worth it) but now I think I will reclaim some space ;)
Tue, 02/26/2013 - 14:14
Cannot seem to find the plans for this project. Please post them.
In reply to Plans Please by SinKitty71
Tue, 02/26/2013 - 17:40
I used the plans for the narrow farmhouse table (search in the plans tab) and made a few modifications for my sewing machine.
Thu, 06/20/2013 - 12:27
What size boards did you use for the top of the table?
Jenny from www.birdsandsoap.com became my hero when I saw her sweet pea garden bunk bed plans on here! I love these storage stairs and everything else about the bed. I decided to build the whole works. Here are the storage stairs. I added the last couple photos to show what my girls and I did with the scraps from the cut out hearts. We made a fishing game out of it... used screws in the "fish" to make them magnetic and we just used fridge magnets for the end of the fishing pole. Pretty fun! We'll get to making more fish and painting them later... right now I gotta finish this awesome bed house! (I just wanted to share that to let everyone know how creative I can be... normally I'm just a big style biter off ana white and Jenny from birds and soap and Pinterest lol... I bet if you went in my house right after Jennys house they would look pretty identical. I also made her version of the farmhouse storage bed, what can I say? She's got good taste!) YEAH!
Mon, 12/31/2012 - 08:50
Where did you find the plans for the stairs? I can't find them on this website or the Birds and Soap website.
Mon, 12/31/2012 - 08:51
Where did you find the plans for the storage stairs? I can't find them on Ana White's site or the Birds and Soap site.
In reply to Where did you find the plans by HollykmB (not verified)
Mon, 12/31/2012 - 22:28
This link should take you there... http://ana-white.com/2012/09/plans/sweet-pea-garden-bunk-bed-storage-st…
Hope that helps. Good Luck!
Love your site. The 8’ pony wall I recently made was a great plan. I’m also going to build the outdoor storage plan you have. Thanks for your creativity!
This was based on the "Small Kitchen Island" Plans but needed to put 2 - 33 Gal Trash cans in. I used Select Square edged Pine. The depth remained the same as the plans but the width changed dramatically (52" wide). I also increased the height to match the other furniture (3' High). I added 4 - 1 X 2's to the top of the cabinet to secure the top.
This was so much fun to do! Very easy and I added some personal touches. I made the lower level an enclosed sandbox area with a chalk board on the back wall. On the outside of the back wall, I added a "ball wall" that my kids love. I enclosed the bottom sandbox with plastic "chicken wire" to keep the cats out. :)
Thu, 11/22/2012 - 13:05
This is an awesome build. love the colours too, could you share them with us, including the roof colour. Thanku
Thu, 11/22/2012 - 15:34
Thanks! Glad you like it!
The paint was from Dunn Edwards: Roof was "Louisiana Mud", playhouse walls were "Drifting" and then the white was a snow white from Lowe's.
The slide and accessories were also from Lowe's.
Tue, 04/15/2014 - 09:35
I LOVE this! This is exactly what I'd like to build. Do you have plans you can share with us? I think I'd also like to add a couple of swings on one of the sides too. Thanks so much!
In reply to Love this! by m7hennen
Sun, 04/27/2014 - 08:39
I know I messed with the dimensions a bit but I don't remember exactly. I made the playhouse larger (deeper and taller than original plans) . I also cut the roof line on the deck side for more room. I put aluminum over the wood on the roof and then painted. The Ball Wall was made out of plastic gutter pieces that I painted and we used practice rubber golf balls to throw into them. I hope that helps! We sold that house, so I can't go out and measure it :)
In reply to Plans for Playhouse by Dawnybb
Thu, 05/28/2020 - 15:32
You may not get this as this is an old post. Did you dig post holes? I have older kids and I am thinking about building a plan like this but at a 6ft height. Wondered how much it moves around when there are a bunch of kids on there. The house I will build is also 6 ft heigh.
After Xmas I decided we needed a better place to keep our growing collection of board games. I made mine a bit deeper to fit our longer board games. Also, put a 3rd door on it. We also needed a central place to charge our phones and tablets. Paired with the top of the bedside charging table this cabinet is the perfect solution. Thank you!
My husband did this for me for Halloween! I'm going to leave it out til Thanksgiving. I love it!
This was so fun, used contact paper on the back plywood and it turned out really well.
I finally got tired of my computer set up being on my sewing table. I will be working from home for quite some time and I'm so glad I finally have a designated desk for work.
This desk came out perfect. It's not too difficult but the X did take some time to get right. Used Ana's video instructions.
Thu, 11/19/2020 - 11:10
Thanks for sharing your project, it's nice to have a designated work area!
Cut-off lumber cart on heavy duty 3 inch locking swivel casters. Used 3/4 copper pipe and 3/4 plywood with a couple of pine wood scraps. Keeps things neat and clean. :)
I started this just for fun and ended up doing so much more
Ana's plans are so easy to follow. This sectional was a breeze to build.
My first projec twith drawers! the metabox drawers were definetly easy to make and use and work beautifully.
I made the carcase using plywood and did 1x2 poplar for the face frame. Shaker doors are 1x3 poplar and sureply underlayment for the inserts.
cabinet doors were finished using BIN primer (2 coats with sanding) and then Benjamin Moore Advance cabinet paint in High gloss silver satin. Interiors were finished using leftover / mistints, and I still need to do some filling and sanding on the insides of the doors (I have to take them down to do a final coat but am waiting until I have finished the other set of doors)
the upper cabinet is a dish drying cupboard so I omitted the bottom plywood piece and instead used 1x3 on the front and back so the bottom would be open. then I made the shelves using 1x2 and dowel (paint the dowel first before cutting!!). This thing is a dream to do dishes in!
Used Kreg pocket screws, Kreg jig for the euro hinges (1 1/4 and 1/3" overlay), and also a kreg jig for the shelf pins. Metabox hinges for the drawers. Still trying to decide on handle hardware so I'm using painters tape at the moment.
Countertops are concrete using Rapidset mortar mix and the michael builds method (linked below).
Planters are just a small poplar shelf using leftover 1x3 with metal terra cotta pot hooks attached to the front. I lined the pots at the bottom with plastic yogourt tubs with holes in the bottom so the cutlery doesn't chip the pots. Those also drain onto the drain rack below. everything is painted the same colour although I used high gloss for the door fronts, so the shelvings behind the pots matches the wall perfectly and sort of dissappears into the walls to highlight the terracotta.
sink is a "new" vintage ceramic sink that I found on FB marketplace for 50$!!! had never been installed and didn't even have the holes bored out. unfortunately the drain holes were very deep and requied some macgyvering but luckily my husband had a great attitude about it and managed to make it work with a lot of googling for odd sized drain bins. Props to husband for doing all the plumbing on this bad boy, including moving over our RO system from the other side of the kitchen and installing a new hose bib under the sink for the other side of the house (why not?!).
I learned so much from this project! Including to store your poplar inside and on the flat surface or it will warp and your doors will not be flush. luckily it only affected one door but it is still super annoying.
thank you ana for everythign! loved the comment "Get on board with these euro hinges!" you are so right they are so forgiving!!
Fri, 08/27/2021 - 08:31
Love the integrated flower pots and the dish rack is so cool! Thank you for sharing, I can tell a lot of work went into it!
Built from the Triple Pedestal Farmhouse Table plans. Had to size down the plans a little bit to fit into my dining room. Created three pedestal legs but only ended up using two on the final table. Took about 16 hours from start to finish. All of the wood is pine except for the top, which is Poplar. Made a couple of mistakes along the way but am very happy with the way everything turned out. Feel free to ask questions and I will do my best to answer them. Happy Building!
Thanks Anna for the inspiration. My bench is 12 feet long.
Cool project
I followed the Shed Coop Plans to make this chicken coop and designed my own run. Because I wanted to view the chickens coming in and out of the coop, I moved the chicken door to the front and built a little covered area to shelter the coop door so I did not have to have the entire run extend over the front. I also made the access to the layer boxes be accessible from the front rather than the top so that my kids could more easily access the egg boxes. I thought these were great plans to follow and easy to adapt to fit what I wanted in a coop. I also ended up adding a lean-to storage on the back with an inside access so I could easily refill their feed.