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This was my first project working start to finish with my husband, and let's just say that I prefer to build without him! This was a lot of trial and error, but I think in the end it turned out really well. We splurged on the plywood top, the sheet alone was $60, but since we used it on this, 3 benches, and our kitchen island, it was well worth the splurge!

We made the vessel sinks from metal bowls snagged at Target for $17 each. We drilled a hole using a hole-saw bit, and popped in an $8 drain kit from Lowe's. The faucets were given to us by my father-in-law, who's the manager of a plumbing company. I sewed a curtain that I stapled on the inside to hide the plumbing beneath the sinks. I love how it all looks now!

My granddaughter decided to raise chickens so she asked me to build her a coop. I used a Ana White plan with a couple modifications and along with my son, wife, and granddaughter built this. She’s had hawks and raccoons try to get in, to no avail.

I always have leftover pallet wood lying around. So I decided to whip of a beam ledge as a gift. I ended up wrapping it before I even got a final photo but it was finished in a dark gel stain. I think the next time I make one I will apply a simple Tung oil finish so all the wonderful character can remain.

I built this pine Rustic X end table for my Mom-in-Laws' cottage. They wanted it plain as possible, so I built it to please.

I used Ana's plan to make this pie hutch...in about 45 minutes (except for painting)!! It was lots of fun and my daughter helped paint it afterward. She still plays with this almost every day!

This is my first ever build. Now I have cut wood all my adult life, trim wood and straight cuts for husband. As to actually build something all on my own, this is a first. I started small, and have other things in mind to build up too (excuse the pun). I did have my husband drill the holes with his Kreg Gig. It might look like old barn wood but that was a happy mistake. First I used oak stain, then black stain, white paint, red and turqouise paint. And sanded like crazy, again, Happy Mistake!!

The toybox for my grandson for his first Christmas was my first project. I'm super happy with how it turned out and his parents love it!.
After the toybox I decided to make a coffee table for my daughter and she picked out the design from your site. She loves it!

This was our first project to build. It was a great experience and a fun project to do as a family. We chose to make the tabletop out of red oak so that it could take a beating but the base is pine utility boards just as suggested in the plans. My husband has woodworking skills from school days and I have a fair amount of finishing skills. We had some pitfalls getting familiar with the Kreg jig but now that we are our second project was a breeze! We already made 1 of 2 modified bitty benches to go with the table.