Farmhouse bed progress
Distressed antique wood finish curing nicely. Minwax common grey, dark walnut, and an off-white latex limewash. Stoked for the mattress to arrive!
Distressed antique wood finish curing nicely. Minwax common grey, dark walnut, and an off-white latex limewash. Stoked for the mattress to arrive!
First project from Ana White, and loved it! Building more as we speak. We loved this table but wanted it in painted finish. We chose to fill in some of the gaps to make it look a little more finished. Very happy with the result!
Tue, 02/05/2013 - 18:44
Thank you! It was our first attempt at a glaze. We shortened the table length wise and then used 3 2x10s instead of 4. For the finish we painted the table Navajo White Behr color from home depot. We then mixed about 1 part of a Minwax espresso stain with 4 parts of Behr Faux Glaze. Then we just rubbed it on with rags and waited a little bit and rubbed it off.
Wed, 02/06/2013 - 15:29
WOW Extremely nice I am from Arizona and the color you have chosen is just perfect nice job and finish congratulations on being the proud owners of a Very Beautiful Table
Mon, 02/18/2013 - 17:39
Great job! Beautiful finish. I have yet to build anything, but this is my favorite plan from Ana White and I will be starting it as soon as the weather cooperates :/
Nicely done!
Wed, 06/05/2013 - 18:58
Nice job, I just finished mine and followed plans 90% of the way. I altered the legs to look beefier. I have not finished mine yet. I spaded the top and will be using it outdoors so unsure what I want to do for the finish. But thanks for sharing.
I needed something to get the camping stuff, toys, strollers and everything else organized and up off the floor of our unfinished basement so my boys can ride their trikes inside over the winter. This was perfect! Just changed it slightly (made it deeper) to accommodate some larger items. Thanks again Ana!
We had to narrow the width of the table so that it would fit in a hallway. We distressed it..a lot and then washed a stain over the paint. Soooo pretty and rustic. Love your website!!!
We started this late 2013 and finished it June 2014. We used an old IKEA bed hardware for the middle support for the full mattress. We had to use Hemlock Fir "white wood" for the 4x4's (found at Menards in Wisconsin). We used Satin polyurathane from Minwax and allowed a month for the fumes to die down. My boys and guests seem to enjoy the bed.
I moved to a new house and the table I had was way to big. I decided to make one. I found a picture on here of one I liked. I made some changes to the design and built it myself!
I ran across this when looking for ideas for a coffee table. My wife wanted a rectangular table, rather than a square - simple adjustment. I ordered the legs from
Osborne - great selection and good service.
theses are the $10 ledges, i used 1 1x4, 1 1x6, and 1 1x2. i made a total of four which measured 2ft long. it was very easy to do, and was pretty fast, and really cheap
13 hours First wood project Learned a lot! I surprised my boyfriend with them and he loved them!
Tue, 12/16/2014 - 15:40
Love this. The chairs are on my to build list! Great job!
Made this dresser for a friend. She has 2 boys and wanted a sturdy dresser. The Hudson plans are clearly written and the illustrations are great. I used 100 pound full extension drawer glides and reinforced the areas where the glides mount with 2x2's to ensure the glides would not rip loose. I modified the drawer construction using finger joints for increased strength.
The flush mount drawers offer a challenge to get the spacing right and that the drawers are flush.
We absolutely LOVE this clubhouse bed. Not sure who loves it more, my litte boy or his parents! My husband has zero wood working skills, but his dad has a few wood working skills, so together they made this happen. We bought half of the lumber-cheapest whatever we could find, and my father -in-law bought the other half -the much more expensive stuff. We probably could have made this around $150-$200 using all the cheap stuff. We added a window box to hold little super heros and a shelf on the opposite window, we also added a shelf half way up on one of the post at the bottom to hold a lantern. We raised the bed 4 inches higher to give more room at the bottom. We used ply wood for the bottom of the bed rather than slats. We used a cherry 223 Minmax -1 coat and then put a clear coat on it.
My wife used the benchmark media console plans with her own idea for the doors
Original plan was for 8ft...had to shorten to 7 to fit my space better. First try at making my own table top like this and first time using a joiner and planer. Didn't' get the seems on the 4 2x10s perfect, but again for my first try, not bad. Significant other is very happy with how this turned out and so am I! Lot's of fun to build. It's crazy that I see tables just like this online selling for $2000.
You were right, this really was super-easy and super-cheap!
I did not like the way the X looked with our other furniture so I decide to replace it with 2 upright 2x2's.
My brand new $1500 kitchen! New countertops, new peel & stick backsplash, new homemade diy real wood doors to cabinets, new self-closing hardware and pulls, painted old body of cabinets to match doors, painted accent wall and area behind fridge. With appliances, total cost was more like $3000. Also, pics do not show other side of kitchen, with sink, bar & dishwasher. Still looking for "before" pics of that. Will update as I find them.
LOVE my "new" kitchen! <3
My first project besides some simple shelves. I wanted to use old sturdy wood I had from parts of a bed so I used the ana white plan but improvised quite a bit. I also accidentally made it much higher but like it this way. I am going to paint it a deep bright greek blue in the spring. I am happy with it!
This is a toy box I made for my cousin's son for Christmas.
Wanted a couch that could also fix my storage issue for all my paperwork. I saw a plan for a filing cabinet bench and some plans for a storage couch and used them as inspiration to make my own. The railings are made with PVC pipe because of my budget, they hold up under my weight, but probably wouldn't work for a heavier individual. I'll eventually upgrade to iron pipe when it's in the budget. Still trying to figure out what to do for the armrests.
My Biggest build so far. We have a large living room and needed something large for that wall. I really had fun on this one. It took longer than I wanted but in the end, I’m really proud I finished. This was my first time to use the router and learned how build shaker style doors. -Instagram.com/theorthfam