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Faux Fireplace with hidden DVD shelf
After seeing Ana's faux fireplace with the hidden DVD drawer, I knew this idea would be perfect for our master bedroom. My husband added river rocks to make it look a little more real, and installed shiplap above the mantel. I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
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Tue, 01/10/2017 - 18:12
My husband built this for me for Christmas
I accidentally added the picture of our faux fireplace without logging in, but my totally awesome husband built this for me, and I love it!
4x4 Truss Benches
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Made these to match my truss table. I am very happy with the end result.
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Pallet shelves
The first time I saw Ana's pallet shelves I knew I had to build them! It took a while but I found the perfect application. A place to hang the kids bibs and our snow pants that are a bit too long for the coat rack, and the bonus shelf for wet hats/mittens or chicken gloves that you don't exactly want in with your clean stuff ;>
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Emerson Console
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Super easy and I love it!
Kitchen cabinets in Newfoundland and Labrador
Used plans from your site to build these, great experience, anybody could do this! The cheapest quote I got for these was 6500 cdn. All this including the router bits, stains, materials (pine) and hardware cost less than 1000, the countertop was a juniper tree my grandfather planted when I was a kid.
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Daybed with Storage Trundle Drawer (Modified)
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Great plans for a really useful storage daybed! I modified the plans to include a slat back and rustic x sides, as well as changing the Trundle drawers to a single drawer to fit my exercise equipment. I finished the daybed with stain and chalk paint in old white and Paris Grey distressed for the perfect shabby chic look!
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Side Street Bunk Beds - Modified Ladder
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I followed the plans for the Side Street Bunk Beds and added the ladder and guard rail from the Simple Bunk Bed plans. I modified the angle on the ladder so that it wasn't as steep of an angle as called for in the plans. I'm not sure the length for the ladder stated in the plans was correct anyhow as mine came up too short, leading me to modify my angles and not completely scrap my boards. I don't recall the angles I used at the moment. This was a "side" project that I completed this Fall in between the normal duties of mom and being in 3rd trimester of pregnancy! Not a hard build, but a heavy one! I used 1/4" lag bolts for the rails so we could easily disassemble it.
Sanding proved to be a big task. I thought I had skimped a little on this task, but once we applied our paints, it all smoothed out just fine. We distressed it, so it has a slightly rugged look, yet a shiny, satin finish. I didn't focus too much attention in painting the slats and inside rails (one coat of white plus one clear top coat). We sanded down the rails that are exposed to the bottom bunk, and slacked on the ones closest to the floor.
The beds are gorgeous! The picture doesn't do it justice. Well worth the effort and savings as opposed to buying a $1500 bed. Plus, my girls got to see mommy create something practical! When they are old enough, they can help!
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Sun, 03/09/2014 - 10:40
Plans
This looks amazing, exactly what I need for my girls!! Can you email me these plans to [email protected], Thanks!
Sun, 03/09/2014 - 10:40
Plans
This looks amazing, exactly what I need for my girls!! Can you email me these plans to [email protected], Thanks!
Tue, 03/11/2014 - 08:05
I used Ana White's plans
The links to Ana's plans are in the post. I changed the ladder dimensions a little, but I don't remember what I did.
Tue, 03/11/2014 - 08:05
I used Ana White's plans
The links to Ana's plans are in the post. I changed the ladder dimensions a little, but I don't remember what I did.
2 Drawer Rustic Kitchen Island
modified a bit to add 2 drawers and only 1 shelf, also make with 6" overhang around for stools or chairs.
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Sun, 10/05/2014 - 08:51
Fantastic!
Isn't that the best plan? So versatile. I love the look - would love to see a picture after you have the island as part of a kitchen scheme.
Doll Pram
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This was such a fun project and my daughter loves her baby carriage.
Barn door Console
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My first project, I built it out of rough cut lumber that I cut on my parents portable sawmill. Took me three weekends to build, turned out pretty good, but I would change how I did a few things.
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Varathane triple thick
Varathane grey stain
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Bedside Tables
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I used the "Reclaimed Wood Look" bedside table plans but altered them to make it taller to go with our bed and to make them less wide and long. The finished product has top dimensions of 14 1/2" by 14 1/2" to fit in our small room. I also removed the top drawer to make a bookshelf. The first table took about 4 hours to build and sand and the second one went a lot quicker. I stained each with one coat of Minwax Dark Walnut and sealed with 3 light coats of polyacrylic. The pulls are from Lee Valley.
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Riley's AG doll bed
This is one of three doll beds I made for my nieces and their AG dolls.
paint - $0 leftover on hand
fabric - $4.00 for satin animal prints
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Tue, 10/07/2014 - 10:05
Very Cute!
Very cute beds! And the comforters are adorable. (I have enjoyed building baby doll beds and high chairs for the granddaughter and great nieces. They're older and now and have the AG dolls, so need to get busy on this bed for them.)
Fancy "X" Dining Table Build
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Took me about 2.5 weeks to finish this project (working on it mainly on the weekends when I had some time)! This build was modified to fit our dining space I made the table a little wider at 44" and a little longer at almost 11'!! This was my first furniture build and I am very happy how it turned out! I look forward to building more projects! Please pay no mind that as soon as it came in the house it was being used to fold laundry LOL!! This is the beginning of a new life for my dining room!
SW "Reflecting Pool" Paint for base with Early American stain to "age" it.
Rustic Hall Tree - just the right size!
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Using Ana's Rustic X Hall tree - I modified the size to fit this small space in the cottage in my backyard. It was impossible to find something to fit this space -- and this is one of my first indoor projects; I am a beginner. It was so much fun building! I used pine from a big box store mostly but opted for Bead board for the backing to achieve a farmhouse type look. My daughter lives in the cottage and loves it!! Thanks Ana for the sweet plans!!
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My first try!
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Here is my fist whack at this bed for my son. I am starting the one for my daughter as well, but am modifying the design to have storage stairs.
Easy Ledge Shelves For Bathroom
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This took only two hours! I couldn't believe how easy it was. I used cabinet grade plywood from another project and left over paint. The shelves are actually six inches rather than four inches and they feel very sturdy.
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Farmhouse King size bed with taller foot board
We ended up making the foot board about 12 inches taller as we prefer a taller foot board. We opted to make this platform bed as you'll see in the photos. It turned out great and was fairly simple due to the DIY plans provided here and all the friendly posts by others with their hurdles, etc. This is an amazing site, THANK YOU Ana!
Mud Room in the Kitchen
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This winter brought gloves, snow boots and snow pants spread throughout my kitchen. This mama was going insane. Storage before was one hook per child at their height and 4 hooks for mom and dad with a pile of coats and shoes at the bottom. It took me about 3 days to complete while the kids were on Christmas break, which is pretty amazing :) This project was pretty easy once I got the hang of the Kreg Jig. The only issue I ran into was our corner wall is not square which gave me a gigantic headache.
Thank you Ana for these plans!
From a mama who is a little less insane, Tonya in Kansas
A Toolcart for my tools
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I am a hobby woodworker having a PhD in computer science; quite the combination I wonder. To my advantage, before start working I usually build the project in software like Google Sketchup etc. This gives me the precise picture and dimensions of the different components of project.
I usually work in my backyard of house which is used for variety of purposes. I so happens that whenever I was working, I used to go inside the house each time to fetch the tool I forgot. Big trouble!
To rid myself of this problem, I built me a toolcart to my liking. It has cabinets, drawers and of course shelves. It also serves me a second table to put my tools on during working. Alas, I do not have the amazing kreg jig so it took me more time than usual to build this. Anyhow feel free to comment.
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Wed, 10/15/2014 - 09:08
Toolcart looks great!
Could you upload the google sketchup for this. Very interested in your plans, especially your layout on the drawers and locking mechanism.