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My husband built this for his grandma as a Christmas present. The frame is made of white pine and then the slats are cedar.

I used wood glue and scrap 1 x 2s (yellow pine). Cutting the 1 x 2s, 9 inches long (there are 5), I sanded them and then glued them together with wood glue, leaving them clamped together overnight. The following evening, I stained the piece with a light wood stain for the rays. The next night, I used painter's tape to create my version of the sun, so that my son, who wanted to paint it, didn't feel pressure to stay in drawn pencil lines with a paint brush. My son picked out the colors and where to paint them from my Lowes oops paint collection. After the paint dried, I sanded very lightly to give it a bit of an aged feel before applying 2 coats of Polyurethane to seal it, lightly sanding between coats. A self leveling picture hanger finished it off. The finished product was not too much bigger than my IPad.

I was inspired by two other bloggers' bigger projects.
http://www.iammommahearmeroar.net/2013/10/how-to-create-giant-art-for-g…
http://www.inspiredbycharm.com/2012/01/from-wood-to-wall-the-making-of-…

I like a bit of the sun on the wall.

Last year I was fortunate enough to stumble upon Ana White's website when researching play kitchens as a Christmas gift for our little girls. I had never built anything previously, but the plans seemed simple enough, I enjoyed making their gift, and they love playing with the kitchen set. I looked for something to continue the Christmas gift tradition this year and found the play vanity plans shared from That's My Letter. It turned out great and was again simple for someone who doesn't have many tools or experience. The girls have enjoyed playing with vanity very much, much more than I imagined. I look forward to finding something to continue the tradition for next Christmas, and hopefully to have time for a few other projects in between! Thanks for all share these plans.

I used the design for the adirondack side table, but modified the top to have glass tiles. I just used a 12x12" sheet of glass tiles from the blue store to create the top. The wood is just clear poly. This is my Mom's Christmas present.

Used the reclaimed wood bench top plans for this project to make it a console table. This was very easy to alter. Rather than cutting out a triangle at the bottom, I left it uncut. I squared off the top edges too in addition to placing the boards longways instead of small pieces like a bench.

The finish I made it look rustic painting VERY lightly white one and instantly wiping it off for the rustic effect.

Pretty good for my first project every!

We wanted our sitting room to look more like a sitting room than my craft room. So My husband came up with the idea from my first woodworking project (I built a cabinet for our kitchen and used the canvas art work that was hanging on the wall as the door for the cabinet.) His idea was to make three large cabinets and make our own cavas frames to fit the cabinet. Our girls and my husband painted the artwork and I built the cabinets. Now I just have to hide all of the cables.

Fun build for my wife. Added back boards to the shelves. They were routed and set flush to the cabinet

Please visit:

http://blog.prettyinprints.com/2011/12/quick-easy-diy-shelving-for-your…

For the cut list & instructions (:

Building this dollhouse was fast and pretty easy, but finishing it was super time-consuming. It should be big enough for her dolls...and dinosaurs. LOVE how it turned out and am so excited (for Santa) to give this to our 3 year old for Christmas!!!
Thank you, Ana for the plans!

So I didn't build it myself but I just wanted to brag anyway. David built these for my sunroom. We changed the dimensions a bit on the shorter bench and didn't put a back on them. He also cut a corner piece so there's not a hole there. I love them. I will paint them, gray with orange and blue accents.

This was my first wood working project, and I made all the cuts myself (I'm pretty proud of myself!!). I only had a cordless drill when I started this project. Through good sales and craigslist, I ended up with a circular saw, a jigsaw, and an orbital sander to complete this project, plus I built myself a really nice large workbench so I had somewhere to work! It turned out very well, and my girls love it. I made some modifications by making the sink and stove 22" tall instead of 20" tall to better accommodate my 5.5 year old while allowing my 22 month old to be able to play too. Instead of putting a curtain on the front of the sink, I turned the upper shelf area into a microwave by lowering the shelf some to make the area larger, and added a flexible rubber calculator as the microwave keypad. This is my 5 year old's favorite part of the kitchen!

We had to modify the plans by a few inches to fit the space and we changed some other details to make it look more like a castle. But it came out awesome and our daughter loves it!

I made this taller and added and extra shelf. I also didn't add the angle cuts and for the front pieces. It was so easy and I built it within three hours with my 8 yr. old son.

Here is a brand new piece I just made for holding my extra computer components. It is wholly made of American Black Walnut (juglans nigra). It took about four months to make. The original, from which this is copied, was made in Williamsburg, VA in 1765. When I first saw it, I fell in love at first site and had to make it. It was made with rough lumber, nothing pre-milled. I found 16 1/2" wide walnut which I used to make the single-panel doors. I think it looks great and is faithful to the original.