Made this out of a ton of scrap wood I had laying around. On the downside it made the project more difficult, but on the upside all I had to buy was hinges and handles...
I completed this project on a day off from school. It took about 8 total hours from start to finish. I purchaced 1x8's and cut them to size to minimize the looking through piles of lumber for stright boards. My first project, and im looking forward to the next.
Used your plans to do these for our mudroom I just remodeled.My wife loved them.Took the original plan and modified it to fit the corner.The bench ended up being white with a grey top.And for xmas my step mother made cushions for it.Love your plans.Thanks
Balustrade Coffee Table made of cedar and pine wood. Approximately 49.5 length. Stained in special walnut and white painted chalk paint base. Used dark wax to distress base and legs.
With a desire to decorate a mantel for the holidays, my husband and I decided to build a fireplace mantel and surround. This was our first building project.
Inspired by the faux mantel at Blue Roof Cabin blog and with the drawn up plans from Ana White, this mantel was fairly easy to build.
I (we) are very happy with the results. Since the plans were adapted to fit around our existing fireplace, the completed dimensions are 66 1/2 inches high x 74 3/4 wide. Total cost came to $130.81
For more details about the building process, please check out the tutorial.
Thank you.
Julie
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 18:50
Excellent! I want to do the same thing to our boring gas fireplace! :-) looks great!!!
We modified the original plnas to convert one set of front shelves into thread storage. We used 1/4" wooden dowel cut to fit 2 spools of thread on each.
Made this for my 14 month old, this was my first ever attempt at making/building anything! Hand painted and assembled with inspiration from the Tennessee Titans. My son loves standing in it by the window watching the trucks go by our house so I added his own jungle gym steering wheel and bike horn.
Farmhouse bed
We made this table following the Rustic Console Table plans. We bought all the supplies at our local lumber yard so the cost was about $60 for the project. This plan turned out so great that we even made the matching side table:) It is sturdy, useful and plain and simple great for the space! This is a fun one to make!!
Mon, 02/25/2013 - 18:22
I plan on making this "X" set as soon as I finish my sons toddler room. Can't wait to start.
Yours looks amazing!
Wed, 03/06/2013 - 12:26
Thank you:) We had a blast making it and learning as we went:) It is a sturdy table! We love it and it has led to so many more projects. I hope that you have a great time making it too:) And good luck on your sons room...that is always a work in progress here too.
Thank you so much Ana for this plan. Our 2 year old is too big for a high chair and will not use a booster seat. He wants to be like his older sibilings and use a real chair. This was perfect because it is a real chair (no booster seat) and then we put a Mickey Mouse on the back and he absolutely loves using it now.
Sat, 01/03/2015 - 16:46
This chair is just darling with that Mickey Mouse on it! You did a great job!
What a fantastic plan. I made one for my granddaughter. It has two advantages over the doll house I made years ago. (1) It can be unstacked and shipped. This one will be shipped. (2) It allows the child to restack and rearrange rooms. My grandaughter loves to rearrange things. It is an "engineering inclination" according to her mother. Well, she can rearrange these rooms as many times as she likes.
I made only one change to the published plan. I expanded the rooms to 8" wide, 8" high and 16" long in order to accommodate a piece of furniture my son-in-law had already made. Maintaining the 2-to-1 ratio keeps everything fitting together well.
Thank you again.
My dad has been looking to buy an outdoor soda cooler for the summer, and when I came across this plan I knew I had to make it! The design is so pretty, and the plans are very easy to follow. It is time consuming to complete but the end result is worth it! The biggest challenge I found was getting the spigot to attach to the cooler. Make sure your cooler lid is glued in level too because I learned the hard way it is a pain to fix after the fact! I personalized it to my dad's favorite soda and photo shopped him into a vintage moxie ad because it's something he would get a kick out of! He loved it! Thanks for the plans!
Mon, 02/22/2021 - 11:30
The sweet build and customization is what building is all about! Thank you for sharing, he is a proud father indeed.
This coffee table was my second woodworking project. I changed the dimensions for a square instead of a rectangle. New dimensions are approximately 40in x 40in. I had to use 1x8x8 kiln dryed boards instead of 1x10x8. As I am new to wood working , it was a learning curve that the 45 degree angles were a beveled cut and not mitered. Overall I thought the plans were easy to follow.
I have been wanting to build a media console for a while and finally got around to doing it.
This is build 2 and I was really happy with how well it came together. I used Douglas Fir again as it takes the vinegar and steel wool mixture really well. This piece was hand waxed for a different look than my corner table. I love the tight grain in the top and how the variations in the grain caused some of the wood to appear almost white while the rest of the top is very grey.
In reply to Bravo! by TwoCuteKids
Thu, 01/08/2015 - 08:42
Thanks for the very kind words. I was picky when I selected the boards for the top. I loved how tight the graining was. It was interesting to see how the one board went almost white. I used minwax's paste finishing wax on this particular project. I rubbed it on by hand and then used a orbital buffer to bring out the shine.
Thu, 01/08/2015 - 06:48
Clark's Hardwood Lumber Company in the Heights. It's awesome place with every wood imaginable. 700 East 5th 1/2 Street, Houston, TX 77007
Thu, 12/03/2015 - 17:06
Thank you so much for the comment you added about scribing the angles for the X's. After a lot of frustration; purchasing a carpenter's square, a sliding t-bevel, and a protractor; and ending up with cuts I just wasn't satisfied with ... I'm so glad I took the time to page through all the comments and found yours. I wouldn't have been able to finish without it. :) THANK YOU!!!
Fri, 12/04/2015 - 16:01
I've looked through pages of comments from the original plan and still haven't found the comment you are referring to. Do you recall what page it was on? I have two x's that I am ok with but next project I'd prefer a better cut.
I made this from Anna White's plans. Thanks for your idea and the plans. It is made from Mahogany, Pine, and I used 1/4 aspen plywood for the back. I made the face frame (rails and stiles) with the Mahogany, and did mortise and tennon joinery and then attached to the shelving. I made the raised panel doors out of Mahogany also and made the crown moulding as the trim piece out of the same species. The shelving and back board is from pine and capped with mahogany trim on the shelf edge. The door knobs are not yet on in the picture, but I used solid wood round knobs and stained the same colour and located the knobs up near the top of the door stiles.
Stained in Dark Walnut Minwax Water based and finished in Varathane Semi Gloss water based.
This is my take on the Rolling Rustic Wooden Dresser. I did not use the wheel and extended the sides to increase the height.
Used the edge glued project panels from Lowe’s for the Top, Side and Drawer Faces.
Biggest cost increase is the inclusion of the much more expensive drawer hardware. My wife likes the self closing under drawer mounts that run $25-$30 a pop.
I wanted a tree feature in my living room, but I also needed a lighting source. I saw this coat tree and decided that I would make it into a lantern tree with some hand-built, simple wood lanterns. The result is an inexpensive standing "lamp" of sorts, using scrap wood and 2x2s. I have plans for adding a punch of color to the tree, but for now, I love the clean lines and the unique simplicity of this piece of solid wood furniture.
I've been seeing a lot of window panes turned photo frame and really liked the look. We didn't have any extra panes around but I did have a bunch of scrap pieces of 3/4 inch plywood so I decided to make my own!
Sun, 01/11/2015 - 01:50
This is great! I love the vintage look and the black and whites!
We built our coffee table to match our farmhouse entry table! I love the tutorials from Ana White! We made changes to the bottom shelf and used 2x2 slats instead of the 1x12 pieces. Also changed the dimensions so it measures about 56x34 (kept the height the same). It complements our living room perfectly! I can't wait to built end tables next!
