I slightly modified the Rustic X Desk plan to make my L shaped computer desk with a monitor platform! The desk surface is Shou Sugi Ban with an epoxy finish. All made from stock lumber and a lot of pocket hole screws. Thanks for posting your plan Ana to give me the idea! Construct for around $200.
I know we've all seen this piece done a lot, but I knew I had to have it as soon as I saw it. I finally got around to making mine. I altered the plans slightly to allow for 4 doors. I also omitted the upper portion of the backing to allow for easy access to component wires. The piece fits perfectly in my space.
Wed, 11/30/2011 - 06:02
I love it!
The dark top looks great with the white.
We recently built a new home, which left us with a lot of empty rooms and not enough furniture to fill them. Loving the look of pottery barn and restoration hardware, we started looking around for ideas. This truss beam table is exactly what we had envisioned for our modern farmhouse dining room. Mike (my hubs) did the building, which took only about 4-5 hours total. Then I did the finishing, which is what took the bulk of the time. We are super happy with our table and it is finished just in time for the upcoming holidays!! Thanks Ana White and Shabby 2 Chic for the inspiration and free plan!
I made this for my grandson's 2 nd birthday. I followed the plans to a T. It did cost quite a bit more than was stated, the wheels alone were $60 but should last a lifetime!
Built these pieces in one day. I made the chair first and decided to modify plans to do the loveseats for lounging. The stain is Honey by Minwax and used an outdoor polyurethane. The seat cushions are 24x24 from Wal-Mart and I waited for a sale at At Home Store for the rest of the cushions.
We had an open pantry that was an eye sore in our updated kitchen. Im 75 years old and I always liked to take on new projects so I thought about building a barn door from scratch. It was a bigger opening than one would think of as a pantry goes (at least I thought as much) . The opening measured 50 x 60 approximately so the door was made 56 x 65. Plenty of door to cover the eye sore. The door was built more or less on our garage floor and up on four saw horses! I had no idea if it was was going to be successful and the staining was yet to come (Gulp) As Ana said just do it. Well the build came out pretty good Squared and level. And I totally suprised myself staining the wood to the color we were looking for. Self help videos are very helpful so Id consider it before starting out. Everything was a process and I took my time. As with some things I have attempted in the past rushing sometimes ended with disastrous results. Oh boy, not to mention a waste of time, materials and money. What I hadnt bargined for with this project was the final weight to this barn door. IT WAS HEAVY. In any event I purchased the hardware for the railing and handles and pretty satisfied the way it came out. I had no plans to work from but settled on a build that I saw from several websites on barn doors.
I am a teacher and my school is a brand new school leasing out an old school building for us to use. The classrooms were completely empty and I needed storage solutions. I didn't have cubbies for the kids to put their belongings in, nor did I have any storage for my own supplies and things for the kids/classroom. So I decided to build "lockers" for them with the additional storage, plus some bookcases to store supplies on. One of my fellow teachers loved them so much, she asked me to build her some - so I did. My classroom has the BLACK "lockers" and bookcases, the Honey colored are my fellow teacher's bookcases.
Tue, 12/06/2011 - 21:55
I'm surprised the district hasn't hired you to create storage for all the classrooms! These are really nice. What lucky kids - and coworkers.
Thu, 12/08/2011 - 10:31
How cool that you did that for your class!!! :) Love it!
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Fri, 08/01/2014 - 15:39
the $350 cost was for everything in the pictures. the plans I used are linked - the main storage is just 2 of the bookcases stacked one on top of the other.
A quick easy project to put a few of the many books that we got for the nursery on display. I love how it turned out, and it barely cost us anything!
Action figure playset built from firehouse playset plans.
Kids Picnic Table built from reclaimed 2x4's
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Than you Ana, My first time ever that I have made anything - my coffee table taking pride of place. Looking forward to making my next project from your plans.
Sat, 03/25/2023 - 09:24
WOW! This is beautiful, can't wait to see your next project. Thanks for sharing:)
My bigger version of the barnwood frames. They are about 35x31 inches. I used a nail gun for the first time and it sure did make this go faster! I found it was best to build the inside square first and then I cute each piece of the outside square as I went to the fit was as "perfect" as possible.
This coffee table is huge. will be finishing once I build the console table, the last piece of the rustic x furniture I have to build.
Our first major furniture build so the great plan really helped out. Positive feedback from everyone who sees it. We ended up building the "3-drawer open shelf simple entry console" next and modified the design to match this hall tree. We couldn't find baskets that we liked so made the custom crates for storage. On the entry console we built drawers with the crate design on the front.
I love making this table, my take on the Patriotic theme. Sanding and Painting always add time, this is a fairly easy project.
Thu, 06/20/2019 - 14:36
What a fun project, just in time for the Fourth!
This table was made out of Pecan. The legs are pine. I think the basic plan was from Ana-White.com but I am not sure.
This took me 2 solid weekends of work - one weekend to measure, cut, sand, prime, and paint both chairs and another to assemble and finish them. I had a small amount of trouble (wood split) with 2'' deck screws on the seat slats and ended up using 1.25'' screws there, which seem to have fastened the pieces adequately. The stringers were the most challenging part, but they don't have to be precise, as long as they are the same size. These are very good plans; I built these two chairs as a gift for my parents. I hope they'll get years and years of use at the cottage 'Up North' in Michigan. Thanks!
This way our first project! It took about two hours to complete the table and an additional two hours for sanding and staining. My husband and I had a great time making it and are already planning our next project.
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.
Found a bench on a second hand site for $5. The wood was rotting and the metal was rusted. Brought it home, took it apart, cleaned the metal parts and cut pine 1x3s to size. With some black Rustoleum paint for the metal, stain I had on hand, and an oil based top coat, I have a beautiful new bench for my front porch.
Sat, 07/06/2019 - 22:49
Nice job! So great you have new life to this bench rather than by a new one.
Fri, 05/15/2020 - 20:05
This is beautiful. I just did the same with my bench and have become more confident in my woodworking skills.
Moved into a new house after a fire destroyed almost everything, rather than buying new beds for my kids, we decided to build! They turned out beautifully, and the kids love them! Decided to modify the camp loft bed, removing the stairs and using the foot of the bed a ladder style.
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Tue, 03/14/2023 - 18:34
Superb desk!!!
Love your modifications, additions and finish! Thank you for sharing.