My wife and I built an outdoor bench!
Ana sent us the plans for this bench and it worked out great!
Ana sent us the plans for this bench and it worked out great!
I used Mission oak stain with a satin finish. Picked out the straightest and best looking lowes 2x6's and did a lot of sanding. Came out wonderful and I love it! So easy. Built it in 1 afternoon and two days to finish inbetween coats.
This project was so much easier than I thought it would be when we started. If you follow ana's plans your bunkbed will be much stronger than anything you can buy for a fraction of the price. I would never do it but I honestly think I could park my truck on these beds. The finish is red mahogany stain with a couple coats of polyurethane over it. They say not to use dark stain over pine because of the uneven coat but i like the way it striped the grain. Not everyone's cup of tea but we love it.
We've all heard the saying "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for life. Thank You Ana for teaching me to fish. This was the first, but will not be the last project i do from your site.
Mon, 10/27/2014 - 12:43
What materials did you use for your matress supports (size, spacing, attaching)?
We are remodeling our 3 bedroom house into a 4 bedroom. In doing so, my youngest is getting the smaller room. We decided to go with a Murphy bed to allow more play time space. I do not particularly like the fact that this bed doesn’t sit off the ground but overall love the simplicity of making it. We turned it horizontal and just love the overall product. I can mot wait to make something else from this site!
Tams
Ana White's plans are super easy and fun to do! I made these for my mom and I really enjoyed doing it. It’s an antique white water base stain.
David Marks
This is our second bed from Ana and definitely our favorite. This bed is one nice, sturdy piece of furniture. It went together easily and everything was right on. We did make a couple changes. Instead of putting two legs on the end of the bench in back, we put three - one where the center divider is and one on the dividers on each side of the center. We changed it so you wouldn't be able to see the bench legs from under the bed. It worked perfectly! Also, we added a 1x4 top trim to the back and arms instead of just stopping with the 1x3. Thank you so much for saving us hundreds of dollars!
Tue, 06/18/2019 - 13:47
What a beautiful room! Thank so much for taking photos and sharing!
This was my 4th woodworking project and boy did I learn a lot! I was dead set on building something with a drawer and also with staining it. My first for both. For one of my first wood projects, I think it turned out cute =) It's a definite improvement on my first 3 projects!!
The plan was great, I changed up the top a little but not by much. Otherwise followed it pretty step-by-step. I did not do pocket holes (a Kreg Jig is my next purchased).
I made this for my sister the day before her house warming party. It was a pretty easy build. I used wood glue and 2" nails. Using a nail gun, this came together pretty quickly. I do wish that I had wide enough clamps to hold everything in place while it dried, because there were a few gaps due to some imperfect boards. I used 104" stud length boards, so I only need to purchase 7 instead of 9. this was enough to make the cuts for the top and both leg pieces from each board. the price was the same and we had limited space in our van for boards, so this was a better option for us. I used a sprayer hooked up to an air compressor to apply the stain and was able to get in between the slats fine with this method, brushing over it as I sprayed. Luckily I chose the same color as her deck not knowing, so it matches great. Now I need to make one for myself! :)
This is my first try at building furniture. I've built larger things in the past like decks and a fort for my nephews, but never furniture. Even though I used the plans to build the main box, I did change up the bottom and added some new stuff. I added wheels to the bottom my wife could easily move it around her classroom. I didn't want to put a square base on it because I thought it might hit her ankles when she was standing close to it. So I sort-of notched it out to give an opening for her feet and I used some scraps to create a short shelf at the bottom. I also added more trim that the plans call for. I cut strips of the pine plywood for the base molding and topped it with quarter round. I used corner trim for the front corners, the self inside and the bottom notched shelf. I also used screen trim for the back of it. I think it came out nice and I've very pleased with it. I used 2 coats of Minwax PolyShades American Chestnut on it.
Mud kitchen made from scraps for my coworker’s kids. (Mud kitchen is a little kitchen to make mud pies and let the little imagination play.) They love it!
Aminnie Laws
I make and sell kids picnic tables on craigslist and a buyer asked about making one of these. I took it on and found the plans on here very easy! I now list these on craigslist also and hope to sell more before the summer is over.
From scrap pile to a fun picnic table. Thanks Ana for the plans.
Hi Ana!
My husband used your plans to build the 2x4 outdoor cedar sectional :) He did it in 1 day and it couldn't have been easier! He even tried first time working with pallets to make a small table and it came out perfectly too! Can't wait to enjoy family time on our new back porch.
Thanks Again & Love From Austin ❤️
Kathleen
Thu, 10/24/2019 - 16:35
Hi, your furniture is beautiful. May I ask: Where did you find your cushions? And what color/ brand stain did you use? Lovely job.
Built Patrick's Router table and added a rockler table, fence, and lift to finish off.
Sat, 11/03/2012 - 19:28
Here's a tip for that 1617 router. Try putting a bandaid over the on/off switch. That thing will get gummed up if left uncovered. It's annoying.
Sun, 03/22/2015 - 05:26
Well, you can read this review http://routertablereviews.com/router-table-lifts-kreg-prs3000-vs-jessem… as well.
Sun, 03/05/2017 - 21:13
My question for Patrick is when he built the top section for 2 small drawers and middle section for the router access..
Did Patrick put on top a 3/4" pc of plywood then the router table top.
Can l attach my router table top to the top pc if 3/4"plywood then my table top is 1 3/4" thick that it would be to thick could you email to let me know please.
Jim
I've made another record cabinet, this time with a nice dark walnut stain. To see more details and plans visit my blog.
http://www.woodworkingfourdummies.com/
Cheers,
Ian
I used the jewelry cabinet as inspiration by adding crown moulding to the top and b-board to the door and changing the measurements.
This was my first DIY build. Having been inspired by my good friend, the brilliant Jen Woodhouse of The House of Wood, I decided surely I could do this too. So I picked something that looked like a challenge, but that we also needed. We have an old piano we bought from Craigslist that has heretofore been benchless. So I used the Flip Top Storage Bench plans, headed to Home Depot, collected the wood (and let them cut it - but made a few of my own cuts, too), and got to work.
I had a little trouble at first, simply because, after assembling the sides and aprons, the unit did NOT square up. I took a few pieces apart and realized it wasn't user error (what?), but warped wood. That's right: one of my 1x3s was warped and bendy. So I rebuilt that side with some of my leftovers, and made sure to square up after each step, and lo and behold it came together!
It's not perfect - one of my legs is a bit off, so it wobbles when no one's sitting on it, but there's no issue when it bears weight - but for my first build, I'm quite pleased! And now that I know I can do this...well, this is just the beginning!
Total time it took me was probably around 15 hours, which includes practicing using my circular saw and kreg jig (both of which were straight out of the box when I started), along with my rebuilding the side.
I used Minwax pre-stain wood conditioner after sanding, followed by two coats of Rustoleum spray stain in Kona. I sanded with 400 grit sand paper after each coat of stain, and finished with one coat of semi-gloss polyurethane. I considered a few more coats of stain, but so fell in love with the weathered look that evolved from the staining and sanding that I just left it!
I also spray painted the hinges - that was a bit of an accident (I didn't know how NOT to cover them in stain...), but turned out to my liking!
My estimated cost is about $100, which covers the wood (including the extra 1x3s and an extra 1x2 I needed for a screw-up), nails, screws, three cans of spray stain, polyurethane, wood conditioner, paint brushes, two packs of sandpaper, and my hand sander. All but the wood will be used in my next few projects too, so that cost covers QUITE a bit!
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 08:19
Hey Angela,
The Kreg Jig is a tool that creates pocket hole joints on all your boards - whether you're joining vertical to horizontal pieces, or two horizontal or two vertical, etc.... - and made this build, as my first, INFINITELY easier. You don't *need* the Kreg Jig to build this bench, but Ana recommended it, my good friend Jen Woodhouse, who contributes a lot of plans and builds to this website recommended it, and I highly, highly recommend it. It's about $100, and worth every penny.
Here's the video I used as a tutorial on how to do it. And seriously - it made this job SO much faster than it would have been without the Jig! :)
I built this for my daughter after Christmas sinse she had the living room covered in toys. The dimensions are 37" x 18" x 20"
Tue, 01/09/2018 - 05:51
HI Anna,
Can you provide more pictures or instructions on how you assembled this toy box? i want to make one just like it!
Thanks!
Wed, 03/10/2021 - 16:31
Looking at the wall panels they look like the long edge of each panel has a small bevel cut on it. This gives each panel edge a more pronounced or well-defined edge? Is this true? Was it done with a router?
After building myself a Christmas Tree shelf for 2019, friends and family wanted me to build them one for 2020. Three people wanted a smaller tree so I scaled down the plans and used 1x4's ripped to 3 inches. I also included cup hooks (3 or 4) and an aluminum french cleat hanger I found on Amazon for about $5 each when you buy three.
Mon, 11/09/2020 - 10:16
Love all the varieties of sizes and finishes!
Just had to raise the top to make room for the Amazon purchased barn door rails
Comments
Ana White
Mon, 06/03/2019 - 11:34
This looks awesome! Thank…
This looks awesome! Thank you so much for sharing, great job! I love the table in the middle
gabecc77
Wed, 11/25/2020 - 20:11
Awesome
Can I get the plans for this bench, I love it
Jscatajr
Thu, 09/16/2021 - 06:32
Building plans
How can I get plans for this? I love the idea and want to build these for my fire station.