A variation on your barn style greenhouse. I included a cooling fan with intake louvers, temperature controlled heater and grow lights. Also used anchor bolts embedded in concrete footer.
David Buckmaster d [email protected]
I took on this project about 3-months, I was inspired by the excellent plans provided by fsmumford. I made a couple of modifications, adding a small bump out in the middle, to enhance the castle look, fabric covered seat cushions on the stairs, and an added 2x2 in the middle of the bed to add extra support.
Thanks to fsmumford for the awesome inspirations and great step by step guide.
This can be put together pretty quick. The finishing is what takes the longest. And I used the Kreg plugs to fill the pocket holes, which meant extra time for gluing and sanding, But they work nicely.
Tue, 06/23/2015 - 11:52
This just made me gasp, lovely! The stained top and painted legs look great!
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 :)
Modern Adirondack Chairs on our front porch lakeside!
Faux fireplace.
Tim from Philly
It was time for a new mattress - as it so happened, the store had a sale on: any size for the price of a single. So I couldn't resist and got the king rather than the queen size. Rather than buying the the bottom of the ensemble as well I decided to try and build a bed.
Would have loved a farmhouse bed, but the bedroom is tiny, the king only just fits in, so no foot end or chunky posts. Mom's fine farmhouse bed was the initial choice - but I like my timber `natural' and couldn't get pine mouldings. So ended up building the reclaimed headboard - out of cypress pine fence pickets: these come in 65x19mm (i.e. close to a 1x3 pine board) and up to 1800mm long, but used pine for the bits which are not visible (easier to work with & lighter). I wanted a bed where my feet touch the ground when I sit on the edge and which don't need to climb up to, so shortened everything to make the top of the mattress at 550mm from the floor.
The bed itself is from Mom's farmhouse bed plans, modified for a King (72 inches wide) with a middle rail. The sides are made from two length of cypress tongue and groove floorboards each, joined together with pocket hole screws and with the top tongues ripped off. The slats are fence pickets as well - managed to find enough of the nominally 1800mm ones which were just long enough to fit across after squaring off the ends, the most economical option. To hold them in place, I glued on spacer blocks cut from a 1x2 length of pine - the slats sit between them snugly & making the slats removable makes it much easier to move the bed.
I sealed the timber with a base coat of oil-based polyurethane and the applied furniture wax (carnauba) and buffed it to a soft glow.
This was a big project, it took me the best part of 4 weekends - lack of space & winter weather didn't help (ended up assembling the bed in the lounge room). It cost me almost $300 all up, about $220 for timber, the rest for screws, nails, sandpaper, glue, varnish, woodfiller and wax - half the price of what the commercial base alone would have been.
I used Anna's plan for the farmhouse table and shortened the length to fit my space. I liked the look of the angled 4x4's on the middle brace, but with my smaller table I had to make them into an X. Really pleased with the results. Thanks Anna for the inspiration!
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 modified the Beginner Farm Table plans into a work-from-home desk! It is perfect for my little office. This was my first project. It was a breeze to build - total time was just under two hours.
I added a 6 inch lag screw to support the arm in case someone sat on the arm. I also added small metal brackets hidden to help secure the leg strength.
Matt
Custom Farmhouse Table built using plan by Ana White!
Wed, 12/19/2012 - 15:10
Trying to get the plans for the farmhouse dining table
Tue, 02/24/2015 - 14:12
definetly going to use this building plan but scale it down by 50% and make a cute, sturdy, lasting coffee table. Thank you for the plans
This was my second build and though it took longer than I'd hoped (as everything does with little helpers), I'm pleased with how it turned out. I deleted the arch in the plan and added trim on the edge of the 1x6s on the head and foot board to cover slightly larger gaps due to my poor spacing. Also, I was unable to find untreated 4x4s for the four posts so ended up using two 2x4s for each post (shown in the last photo). Otherwise, I followed the plan which made it fairly simple. If I can do this with a three and one year old and one on the way, anyone can! Thank you Ana for your inspiring and easy to follow plans as well as all of the great information provided on your website for beginners like myself!
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:
I previously had rocking chairs on my porch, but was looking for something much more comfortable that I could enjoy sitting on the porch and watching the squirrels play in the yard. Created this from your sofa plan.
Valerie Tanner
I had some leftover plywood after I made my storage bench and asher/dryer pedestal so I made plans for a storage ottoman with it. After I put it together I cam to Ana's site to upload my plan only to find out she had already made something similar. The only difference in mine is that I added a divider so my wife and I have our own sides and used polyester filling for the top instead of foam (about half the price).
We wanted a place for the kids to play when the weather outside is unbearable. So, we modified the camp loft bunk bed plan to work in our game room. We have a pool table in the room and we didn't want it to interfere with any shots. Subsequently, we cut the width down to 24 inches and extended the length to 93 inches to fit in our space. Additionally, we pre-ordered a slide that had to be mounted at 48 inches and measured 71 inches in length. So, my husband framed it out so the planks that are meant to hold the mattress would sit right at 48 inches and we could mount the slide. This has been the best idea ever for our kids, because they can't get enough of sliding and swinging indoors.
Wed, 05/28/2014 - 18:53
Loved this project. Paid back with hours of giggles and fun. :)
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.
Took this same plan, but for the inlay, used a bunch of different scrap woods and make the brick pattern. Then stained the frame and legs with a weathering grey stain to go with the striation gray board that I found in a lumber mill. This was a great project to learn some skills from my uncle and work on together with him, and best of all, I get this beauty for my home, and I have not had a true bed frame (only the metal ones that come with a mattress) in almost 15 years. Thank you for the wonderful plan. Will be able to enjoy this for years to come.
