Rustic X coffee table
Hi all,
Joining a large group who have already done this coffee table. Hope you like it.
Hi all,
Joining a large group who have already done this coffee table. Hope you like it.
Fun project!
Finally found the perfect table for my foyer! Only possible because of this site... Thanks Ana! The step by step instructions and detailed illustrations were sooo easy to follow. I finished the table in a day and a half. The drawers on the other hand gave me a run for my money. I am positive that was due to my less than perfect circular saw skills! Which are improving by the way:) Everyone loves the table and are pretty impressed with my (as my 8 yr old would say) "mad skillz"!
I built this media console from 100% reclaimed shipping pallet wood. I added 4" steel hairpin legs which I thought went well with the rustic appearance of the wood. The shelves that are in place are removable. Although this is not built from one of Ana's plans I really enjoyed working with reclaimed wood and I hope this post will inspire others to do the same.
- Brad
Instagram: Timberandsoul
Since my daughter turned 5, she has joined the ranks of those children (un)fortunate enough to have 2 bedrooms to furnish. In approaching her 6th birthday I asked her mother if there was anything she needed for her new room at her house, and she suggested a new table to do colouring/craft etc at. I was actually searching to buy a table and chairs, and was decidedly underwhelmed by the selection and the quality/cost ratio on offer.
Thankfully I stumbled across the plans for the Clara Table, and it was precisely what I was after. I have made various tables before, for garden and dining, and have always gone with reclaimed wood and a rustic style, but for this I did just use the plans as-is, and I bought new pine timber purely for the convenience of it.
The table is simple to build, I already had a pocket hole jig, and the table itself took about 90minutes to build. Most of this time was spent sanding off the foaming glue I decided to use between the planks used for the top. If you are considering using this sort of glue, or indeed any glue, I'd say it isn't necessary. I had neverade a table top of this construction before, and went for the belt and braces approach. In my opinion it's totally unnecessary, doesn't add much security, but adds plenty of time to the project. If you really want, I'd go for bog standard wood glue, but by the time you screw it onto the legs, it's solid as a rock anyway.
It is mentioned to set the aprons back a way, to avoid splitting the legs. I did this, by using an off-cut of the 3x1 as a spacer on the face of the aprons as I screwed them in. Worked a treat, set the aprons back, but not all the way, and gives the illusion of a little more heft to the dimensions.
I then painted the top with chalk based emulsion, distressed and did the signwriting to personalise it, finished it with wax and my daughter was more delighted than I ever thought any child could be by having a table daddy made for her birthday, and at a fraction of the cost of a shop bought one of far lower quality.
Am.so.pleased I stayed on this website, and have already lined up the matching chairs for her as my next project!
Thank you for inspiring me to get back to making things again...it's been a while!
The timber cost me about £20, and the biggest expense was all the paint tester pots for the top!
1st project in the bag. I love how this turned out. Now to decide on the doors!
My first real furniture DIY project. My wife has been asking for a farmhouse table for a couple of years and I found Ana's site 3 weeks ago. By reading the plans the project seemed simple enough to give it a try. I modified the plans to shorten the table to 72" to fit in our dining room. I bought lumber from Lowe's and lumber costs for the table was approx $65 and the bench was right around $20. My wife loves it and I have had multiple requests to make more tables for other family members. The project took a week to complete working a few hours each evening after work. Stained with Rust-Oleum Ultimate in Kona and 4 coats of a Rust-Oleum Polyurethane in Satin finish. A big thanks to Ana for the free plans and for my new hobby of furniture making! *EDIT* The table and bench are not as dark as the pictures show.
My son and I conquered this project over the winter. Cut all the pcs and the assembled 4 chairs for less than $150.
My husband and I wanted to store our bicylces on the main level of our home, but to do that we need to move our tv and it's components to a corner. We didn't see any premade consoles that we liked, so I searched around on the web until I found Ana White's design!
Feel free to visit our blog to see the unit come to life in detail :)
My dream bed is finally done. Blood, sweat and tears.....not really, but after making a few mistakes along the way, I can finally say it's done. I am happy to report that it only cost $300 -- a whooping $ 1895 savings from Restoration Hardware's Maison Bed Collection. I am in love with my new chic bed. I will be posting my tutorial for the Chestwick Bed - King size - very soon. In the meantime, thanks for looking.
This is a Lego Table that I built my Grandson for his birthday. I found the plans for it on Rogueengineer.com
https://rogueengineer.com/free-diy-lego-table-plans/
I switched things up a bit by routing all of the edges to soften them, and I added the little mover men casters under each of the legs.
It's one of the better projects that I done recently, and nothing beat the look on his face when he saw it...
Built this farmhouse Queen bed as an anniversary gift to my husband 🥰
So the husband was not happy with the fancy x dining table he made and thus, within a short 4 month period, he made another dining table :/ This one, however, he loves, so no more dining table making for him anytime soon! He veered off plans by joining most of the projects using dowels. You can read more about the build at our blog:
http://tonyandkristine.blogspot.com/2013/03/diy-farmhouse-table.html
With another baby on the way in a few months, we decided to move our 2+ year old daughter across the hall into her first big girl room. I built big sister the Kendal Extra Wide Dresser, Traditional Wood Toddler Bed, Letter A Shelf and a Dollhouse Bookcase and matched the colors with her new comforter, lamps and princess canopy tent from the Land of Nod outlet.
While I have built drawers with other projects (with less than spectacular results), it took some time and trial and error, but this is the first project that I was able to install drawers with any sort of success in lining them up (kind of) and getting them to work properly. Of course, bookcase drawers in a child's room are succeptible to a lot of wear and tear, so hopefully, they will hold up on us. We definitely have been satisfied with the result and love how it turned out.
Dining Room table and benches tops built from reclaimed Douglas Fir and table and bench bases built from 4x4 posts.
I used the outdoor bar plans to build this table. I have limited space in a living/dining room and had to fit the measurements to the space I have and the size of the pre-existing tabletop.
Moved our 3 year old into her big bed and she needed a stool. I loved the Rustic X Bench design and simply shrunk the measurements. The legs are made from 2x2s and were compound cut with the 5 degrees off center and 5 degree bevel. I used 1x2s for the aprons and other supports including the "X" support. Topped with a 1x12 cut 14" in length. Joined all together with countersunk 1 1/4" screws. Only added wood glue for the top piece. Stool measures 9 3/4" high which gives a nice 1/2" clearing to push under her bed when needed.
Fri, 03/29/2013 - 08:47
Love it! I have loved the full-sized bench since I first saw it. Miniaturizing it into a stool makes it even cuter! Thanks for the info on sizing. I'm going to have to make one!
This angle frame Twin over Full bunk bed with a trundle was made of yellow pine and stained with a dark minwax stain from Homedepot.
I believe I built this to spec from the original plans without much deviation using higher-grade pine boards (straight and not too many knots). It took an afternoon to build. I primed then painted with 3 coats of "Mocha" paint. There are 3 antique bronze hooks which are hard to see, but go well. The biggest challenge was finding baskets to fit, after the fact. I happened to get lucky with baskets for the bottom bench, but never did find anything to fit the top, at least in the way I envisioned. I wish I'd have located a set of baskets first, then measured and built the bench and shelf to suit the baskets. The bottom baskets actually stick out the back of the bench by about 3/4". Any rectangular baskets I found for the shelves seemed to stick out the front a couple inches. I highly recommend getting your baskets FIRST, then adjusting your measurements to accomodate them.
I LOVE the chairs, not only am I making them for me but I am helping my friends make them as well. The plan is so easy to follow (once you figure out how to cut the stringers). I needed a foot rest so I made this one with the scrap. The angle is from the stringer and I just used the scrap that I had left over from making the chairs, no more cutting needed. Thanks!
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Don Ellery
Sat, 04/22/2017 - 17:51
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