Farmhouse Coffee Table
For my first solo project this table had enough challenges to keep it interesting but not overwhelming. I love how it looks in my home.
For my first solo project this table had enough challenges to keep it interesting but not overwhelming. I love how it looks in my home.
Here it is. Our first building project (not attached to a wall) that we used plans for:) I am so happy with the way it turned out. We had been looking for a bench for months. I was thinking that I would find something I like, refinish it and then upholster the top. But then I came across this post from a wonderful blog (that I will be using TONS more ideas from) and knew that this was going to be our bench:) I am happy to say that I think I have finally found a hobby that we can ALL get use to:) The kids have fun, we have fun...and we actually walk away with a finished piece! Love that!
Thank you so much Ana for this plan. Our 2 year old is too big for a high chair and will not use a booster seat. He wants to be like his older sibilings and use a real chair. This was perfect because it is a real chair (no booster seat) and then we put a Mickey Mouse on the back and he absolutely loves using it now.
Sat, 01/03/2015 - 16:46
This chair is just darling with that Mickey Mouse on it! You did a great job!
What a fantastic plan. I made one for my granddaughter. It has two advantages over the doll house I made years ago. (1) It can be unstacked and shipped. This one will be shipped. (2) It allows the child to restack and rearrange rooms. My grandaughter loves to rearrange things. It is an "engineering inclination" according to her mother. Well, she can rearrange these rooms as many times as she likes.
I made only one change to the published plan. I expanded the rooms to 8" wide, 8" high and 16" long in order to accommodate a piece of furniture my son-in-law had already made. Maintaining the 2-to-1 ratio keeps everything fitting together well.
Thank you again.
Step stool to match our living room set. Thanks Ana white for the plans!
Like many others have mentioned, I wanted a 36" high table so I could use it as a bar. Ana mentioned that it would be too wide at 15 degrees so perhaps 10, after busting out some trigonometry I found that 10 degrees would give you about a 16" base and 15 would give you a 24" base. So, 12.5 degrees it came to be if you want a 20" base.
Many have said it takes 4 2x2's, that definitely holds true with this modification.
Here are my measurements, otherwise the cuts and assembly are the same as the original:
All angles are now 12.5 degrees rather than 15.
The legs are 33 3/4" from end to end
The outside edges of the legs should come to 20 1/4" wide for the base.
The stretcher will stay the same 13 3/4" on the bottom length, just cut at 12.5 degrees.
The stretcher is now 7 3/8" up from the ground, I found it was easiest to measure 7 1/2" up along the inside of the legs and line the bottom of the stretcher up at this mark.
And that's it!
A tip I used was clamping 4 2x2's together to get all the legs even, this only works if you have a sliding compound miter saw. I also recommend doing the straight cuts first and then leave the saw set at 12 1/2 degrees until you finish the project, this will keep cuts consistent.
Other modifications I made were to shorten the depth to 16 1/2" and use 2x6's for the top, I needed a narrow table in the room. I also made the depth of the sawhorses only 15 inches so the top would have a 3/4" overhang in front and back, I think this cleaned up the look some.
Step dresser inspired by a similar design from a boutique furniture store. We actually made three dressers using various dimensions from large, median and even small versions.
My wife loved the Benchwright table at pottery barn, and I did not love the price. Got a lot of ideas from this site and tried to make it my own. The outside and legs are made from 5"x5" Cypress, purchased from a local saw mill. I used a kreg jig on the entire thing along with lag bolts and glue. It is very heavy and I can jump up and down on it. Bought the hardware from Fastenal. Fun project, took about 16 hours total.
Sat, 03/02/2013 - 18:30
It's absolutely gorgeous. This is stunning. I'm incredibly jealous of this.
Sat, 03/02/2013 - 20:21
This is by far my favorite table I've seen on here. Wow...its all I can say. I wish it was not in the $400 range.
BTW, that is some serious saw dust. haha
In reply to Holy Amazing! by jbayer80
Sun, 03/03/2013 - 05:50
Thank you,
I helped a buddy make on shortly after I made mine. He used 4x4 pine, it looks a little smaller and the pine did not stain as dark, but it is still a very nice looking table. He made it for under $150, so that might be a good option.
Sun, 03/03/2013 - 07:37
That is a great option. Hopefully when its time for a table like this I can afford the 5X5's.
What a statement that table has!
Tue, 07/30/2013 - 18:43
You posted you used 5x5's for the outside and legs. What did you use for the rest of the top?
This is build 2 and I was really happy with how well it came together. I used Douglas Fir again as it takes the vinegar and steel wool mixture really well. This piece was hand waxed for a different look than my corner table. I love the tight grain in the top and how the variations in the grain caused some of the wood to appear almost white while the rest of the top is very grey.
In reply to Bravo! by TwoCuteKids
Thu, 01/08/2015 - 08:42
Thanks for the very kind words. I was picky when I selected the boards for the top. I loved how tight the graining was. It was interesting to see how the one board went almost white. I used minwax's paste finishing wax on this particular project. I rubbed it on by hand and then used a orbital buffer to bring out the shine.
Thu, 01/08/2015 - 06:48
Clark's Hardwood Lumber Company in the Heights. It's awesome place with every wood imaginable. 700 East 5th 1/2 Street, Houston, TX 77007
Thu, 12/03/2015 - 17:06
Thank you so much for the comment you added about scribing the angles for the X's. After a lot of frustration; purchasing a carpenter's square, a sliding t-bevel, and a protractor; and ending up with cuts I just wasn't satisfied with ... I'm so glad I took the time to page through all the comments and found yours. I wouldn't have been able to finish without it. :) THANK YOU!!!
Fri, 12/04/2015 - 16:01
I've looked through pages of comments from the original plan and still haven't found the comment you are referring to. Do you recall what page it was on? I have two x's that I am ok with but next project I'd prefer a better cut.
I made this from Anna White's plans. Thanks for your idea and the plans. It is made from Mahogany, Pine, and I used 1/4 aspen plywood for the back. I made the face frame (rails and stiles) with the Mahogany, and did mortise and tennon joinery and then attached to the shelving. I made the raised panel doors out of Mahogany also and made the crown moulding as the trim piece out of the same species. The shelving and back board is from pine and capped with mahogany trim on the shelf edge. The door knobs are not yet on in the picture, but I used solid wood round knobs and stained the same colour and located the knobs up near the top of the door stiles.
Stained in Dark Walnut Minwax Water based and finished in Varathane Semi Gloss water based.
Modified plan dimensions to accommodate 8' long by 4' wide top. Also, added 4" lag screws (just for appearance) to secure beams at base of the legs and center support
My 7 year old daughter LOVES her new loft bed!!! It was a fun build. Plans were very accurate and simple to follow. Took a weekend to build and about 5 nights to paint.
Next I plan on building a desk and some shelves under the bed. More pics to come!
Fri, 03/08/2013 - 19:35
Thanks so much for this post! I hope your daughter loves this bed as much as I do! Love the wall color, by the way!
I've been seeing a lot of window panes turned photo frame and really liked the look. We didn't have any extra panes around but I did have a bunch of scrap pieces of 3/4 inch plywood so I decided to make my own!
Sun, 01/11/2015 - 01:50
This is great! I love the vintage look and the black and whites!
We built our coffee table to match our farmhouse entry table! I love the tutorials from Ana White! We made changes to the bottom shelf and used 2x2 slats instead of the 1x12 pieces. Also changed the dimensions so it measures about 56x34 (kept the height the same). It complements our living room perfectly! I can't wait to built end tables next!
A friend wanted a T-shaped desk, but I couldn’t find plans for it, so I was inspired by these plans to build this!
Tue, 12/28/2021 - 14:22
Do you have plans for this desk? I want to make the t shaped desk and I have been looking for something like this. I love how you modified it
I used the Clara Table design then decided to make the table top into a lego table. I bought (4) Lego Plates from Target at $15 each. Then super glued the Lego Plates onto the tabletop.
*** Note- Make sure that the spacing between Lego Plates is correct. I used different Lego's to connect the different plates to make sure that the spacing was correct.
Thanks for the ideas Ana!
i was able to rescue a few doors out of a roughly 140 year old house. so the idea of a head and footboard came to mind. the headboard is oak was the front door, and the footboard is pine from bedroom. these were not taken apart just sanded cut to length and finished. now everyone around me wants a pair.
I really didn't want to need to feed/water the chickens too much, but at the same time only having four didn't really necessitate a massive system. I found this video for a feeder (https://youtu.be/pzW4YytXYaQ ), and then bought some sideways chicken nipples off of amazon and <~$20 later it was done. I've since gone in and made the street elbows for the feeder a little longer than he recommends, which has made them truly zero waste.
Also, a couple of good wheels from Tractor Supply (https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/titan-casters-4-in-rigid-poly…) on the one side and some handles on the other and boom, chicken tractor.
Finally, I noticed one person that had extended the rungs on the ramp out... my chickens love that and are on them almost all the time. Lastly, I put a quick 1x2 at the top of the ramp to keep the chips from spilling when I move it, but they really like roosting there, now.
This table was very easy to build and a lot of credit has to be given to how in depth the plans were! So much detail.
I wish my 2x4’s weren’t twisted because now I have to shim one side so it doesn’t rock but that’s all on me lol.
Great plans and I plan on making more of these! Thanks!
I really enjoyed building this headboard. I had all of the wood cut at Home Depot saving some time. Putting the headboard together was pretty simple. First I applied wood conditioner then I used an expresso stain. I then sanded everything and used Rustoleum satin fossil colored spray paint. After the paint dried, I sanded again and applied Minwax express color in walnut. That was it! I love how this turned out.
Mon, 07/15/2019 - 18:43
This is gorgeous! I wanted to ask if you used pocket hole screws or not? The product list calls for them, but never saw them mentioned in the actual plans. Thank you!