Made it four feet longer for her four chicks. Will be adding automatic feeders and water soon.
I retired from law enforcement and took up a new hobby. Your plans have helped me learn to build. This is a tv console I built for my sister’s new house.
We just slightly modified the plan to accommodate our really great industrial sewing table base.
A great weekend project...the "love swing"! I used the plan from Ana for the swing seat and added two arm rests from left over 1x6, rounded them off and sanded.
I cobbled together an A-frame to hang everything, made from five 8 foot 4x4s and two 8 foot 2x6s laminated together for the stretcher. Assembled with 1/2" galvanized carriage bolts and hung with 1/4" chain.
Definitely going to want a good miter saw for the A-Frame angles (the top ones are a bit tricky to get everything lined up)
Love it! Thanks for another great plan Ana..and of course..Shanty2Chic!
I’m an avid boxer and wanted to be able to work out in the convenience of my garage without making too much noise, and still make it easy to carry out normal garage functions (workshop and parking the car). I came up with an original design of a speed bag platform that locks away in a raised position, completely out of the way for normal garage usage. Then it unbolts and slides down when ready to engage. I also used rubber dampeners where I mounted it to the ceiling rafters to reduce vibrations and cut down on noise travelling through the house.
I documented the whole project in my blog post at http://www.justmeasuringup.com/blog/diy-boxing-speed-bag-station-that-stows
I work on a lot of projects in the garage, and having a speed bag right in the middle is a great way to take a short break in the middle of it all - or when I bang my thumb with the hammer and want to release some anger :)
Thanks to your clear plans it was easy to make these two chairs from scrap 2x4s. Found the cushions at Lowe's. I'm a grandfather with eight grandchildren live in Iowa.
We love the medicine cabinets that are found in 5 star hotels and had come across a blog (Batchelor's Way) that had built one very similar. We decided during our renovation that we wanted one, too. In the photo you can see that we still have to install the light fixture, which fits perfectly within the high top molding, and the vessel sink and wall-mount faucet below.
Sat, 08/04/2012 - 18:42
This is beautiful. It turned out so great, I think I may have to copy you! We have such a tiny bathroom, and need all the storage space we can get. We have similar taste, I have beadboard in my bathroom too.
Did you get the latches some place special?
Wed, 08/15/2012 - 10:06
The latches came from Home Depot (but they are special order and take about 3 weeks to come in)
Here is the link:
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202241332/h_d2/ProductDisplay?c…
The hinges are just simple hinges from Lowes.
Make sure you see the "From Plan" link so you can get the DIY info from Ronda at Batchelor's Way. I copied her!
Good Luck!
In reply to The Latches by boxermum
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 10:02
Thank You. I looked over her bathroom post (several times actually) and it is amazing. Did you see their kid's room? The pirate room? another amazing DIYer. I'm really thinking about making this, just have to finish my other million projects first.
In reply to Thank You. I looked over her by birdsandsoap
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 15:40
I can totally relate to having a million projects in the mind bank - I want to build the Lydia daybed, farmhouse night stands, the apothecary console for the living room, leaning shelves for the breakfast room, installing board and batten in the dining room, plank wall in the guest room, and the list goes on and on and on. We installed the light fixture on the medicine cabinet yesterday, and what a difference it made. We still haven't installed the wall faucet or vessel sink, though. Just so much to do and life gets in the way!
I did see Ronda's other rooms (her pirate room was featured in This Old House magazine) and it really is creative. She was really helpful when I asked her questions about the medicine cabinet, too. Totally classy lady.
What projects do you have in the works?
In reply to Millions of Things by boxermum
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 22:09
I just finished remodeling my kitchen for the 2nd time in 3 years due to a leaky water heater. I am currently finishing up a bunkbed that I built my girls over the summer (it has taken for-e-ver!), I have to tile my bathtub surround since we added a new tub when we did the kitchen. I've got to paint both rooms, and also paint a desk that I built earlier in the summer. I'm homeschooling, and we've got a bunch of furniture that goes in our "schoolroom" that needs refinished, ugh! I think I've done more painting in the last 4 months than my entire lifetime and I've got a lot more ahead. I'm going to build a divided shelf for the schoolroom (the plans are somewhere on here, it's a PB knock-off) and I've also got two dressers planned in my head for my bedroom. We want a built-in look and since our bedroom is tiny (old house, tiny bedrooms) I have to build two separate dressers so that we can move them into the room. I also wanted to do wall-to-wall shelving in our schoolroom up around the ceiling, but I don't know if I will get to that or not. I keep piling on the projects and I'm running out of time! As soon as winter hits, I'm done building; so if feels like a mad rush to "get 'er done!"
In reply to I just finished remodeling my by birdsandsoap
Wed, 09/26/2012 - 10:27
...are you insane???? :)
In reply to No Offense... by boxermum
Wed, 09/26/2012 - 12:54
Yes, I am.
I'm probably certifiably nuts at this point, haha!
This was my first attempt at building something with doors- the one on the right got knocked off square at some point and required some finagling to get it to fit. As a result, there's a gap above it, but it opens and closes smoothly. I'm okay with it. It's not perfect, but at least it's MY not perfect.
This project was very straight forward and fairly simple. The only big changes we made to this:
-Used solid wood paneling in place of plywood. We are now fans of using this stuff over plywood (For furniture building)
-Made the top drawer faces flip down isntead of building drawers
-Added roller catched to all drawer faces to keep the kids from gaining access
-Added a 1x4 on the back to have something solid and easy to strap our tv to
This is now our favorite piece in the whole house, very funcitonal! Thank you for the plans Ana!
You can see more pictures at: http://gingerandthehuth.com/2016/08/restoration-hardware-tv-console/
I built a set of these chairs based on Ana's simple modern outdoor chair. I wanted it to match my front porch which I built a few weeks ago. Thank you for the plans.
This is the first thing I have ever built and I love it!
Inspired by a photo on a DIY site i made this simple stool from pallet wood. No plan, just an idea, and i know that the hight should be around 20".
Build this bench for our dining room. Had some left over stuff and got a 11 feet plank for free at the lumber yard.
66 inches long, 14 inches wide and I made it a little higher, 19,5 inches.
Have a weakness for red benches :-)
My new handmade Rustic Console, made from 4x4 Douglas fir, 2x4 pine and 2x6 pine wood. This stained using leftover stain from Minwax Expresso and Special Walnut and mixed them together and created a deep golden dark brown color with made the grain texture stand out more. Then I applied Varathane Polyurethane to protect the finish. The entire project was fairly easy besides the angle pieces on the legs since my miter saw only can achieve a 65 degree cut. I ended up creating a jig to cut the angle pieces.
44in long X 15in wide X 33.5 in high
More pictures available on my Facebook:
This was our very first project! It went amazing ❤️ I absolutely love it. The plans provided were exactly what I needed and broke down everything for a first timer. Thank you so much Ana!
Such a fun project and turned out so good. Really changed our entry space. I opted to use 1x4s instead of 1x3s on the face frames to give it a little bit of a thicker appearance. Stained with October Brown from Valspar and one coat of warm satin polyurethane.
Cody Field
I am going to be a first time Grandma and this project has been on my mind to make for him as soon as I saw it!!!
Assembly was a little tricky as I felt I needed to be sure it was very sturdy and safe. I also felt a bit out of practice as I haven't been making stuff as much as I was in the past, it may be more of a beginner level project, but I definitely needed my dad's guidance and assistance. (Thanks dad!)
I felt it needed a thicker wood for the body of the scooter so I used 1.5" wood instead of 3/4".
I am unsure on the time to make as I worked on it in the evenings after work. It did take more time than I expected, but I am super picky and wanted to add some extra touches to it.
I found the perfect monkey and bodysuit with scooters on it and that made it the perfect baby shower gift!
Sat, 08/04/2012 - 06:26
Oh my goodness, I LOVE this! The modifications you made are brilliant too! I've been trying my hand at building more, and it seems like I'm plagued with splitting and such. Now I know to try 2x instead of 1x wood! I also love that you sandwiched the supports between the rockers instead of on top. Great ideas to make this build better!
Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:35
I love how yours turned out!!! I want to build this for my daughter for her 2 year old birthday but was afraid the 1x wood wouldn't be strong enough so I was considering the 2x, and I'm definitely going to do it now after looking at yours, thanks! Her birthday is in one week so I have to stay focused this week!
Fri, 12/04/2015 - 16:35
You did an amazing job. So adorable! May I ask what you used to cut the thicker stock? I don't have a bandsaw and I'm wondering if it's a "must have" tool for this project. ;)
Thanks! :)
My son is a big Mario nut. And when it came down thinking about a new bed for him we sat down online and started searching for ideas. When we found this bed we both loved it right away. And when i found it was made from plans on Ana- white i was so excited as i have made a few projects already. My son was so happy the whole time this was being made. He was going to have his own castle. Once we finished the build he decided that he had to have a door so i made some curtains and embroidered Mario characters on each one. I let him decorate the inside with Mario stickers and he loves being able to have a Mario level right where he sleeps.
This was an awesome, quick, and easy project. The sanding, staining, and drying, took forever for me but the actual cutting and assembly was super quick. I have this on an uncovered patio and my local store didn't carry cedar in the sizes I needed so I went with the cheapest wood I could find and used a high quality oil based outdoor stain. I am hopeful it will hold up to our pacific NW winter because it won't be coming in. Considering I had never made anything before and had never used a miter saw, sander or quick square, I am happy with the time it took to finish this.
I used 5 5/8 fence pickets I had in the scrap box to give the chairs a wider arm rest. I wanted something wide enough to safely hold a paper plate and drinks.
I planned them, routered the edges and put a coat of oil based polyurethane on them.
The table is just something I put together and the top is a 1.5 inch thick 16x16 concrete paver.
If you like the wide arms, use wood glue and clamps, not nails or screws. Saves you from having to fill them and it looks better too.
Enjoy
And thank you Anna for a great build!
