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I built a planter box from salvaged wood all by myself in a morning. While the project was a little more involved than I had expected it really encouraged me to keep trying to build new things.

My wife saw the farmhouse table and wanted me to build it so bad, that she sold our current dining table the next day! Looks like we had to do it! Just love this table and the plans were so easy to follow. We modified the legs and a few other things, but all in all we are so happy with the results. This is only my third build, so im learning as I go, but we couldnt be mroe happy with the results! 

I love these benches/table. They were easy to make and are comfortable to sit in.

Really inexpensive to make --- want to make a couple more for gifts!

This is a bed that we did for my son's room, Star Wars theme.

I made this sliding mirror jewelry cabinet for my wife for Christmas. 

My best friend's 30th birthday was approaching and she had mentioned that she needed some nice chairs for her front porch. I got so excited when I saw these. So I made her one! Unfortunately, I had a few issues with the prop support, but I think we've remedied it. The dowel kept splitting when weight was bared on it. Now, neither of us are "small" girls, but we're not huge, either! So I replaced it with an oak piece of 1x2. That seems to have fixed the problem, and the corner of the 1x2 fits in between the slats nicely and holds it in place. Sorry the pictures are awful. I'll have a finished product picture up soon. (-:

This was actually my first "real" project. I've fixed several things before and tinkered around with woodworking, but I'm just starting to get into it. I can definitely say that I've found my hobby!

We finished with outdoor stain for patio deck!
Looks amazing!! We loved

This project was based on the A frame chicken coop. I changed the dimensions  to metric with the main frame being 3m long and each side of the frame being 1.7m. The 2x4 was from reclaimed decking with new 2x2 for shorter pieces.

I added a chicken door (with a rope to open and close) and an egg door (with a tower bolt)  at each end of the enclosed chicken house section at the top. The chicken house has a removable roosting bar and space for the nesting boxes.  One of the bottom sections has a hinged frame to allow easy access to the run.
The hardest part was fixing wire netting to the inside as there wasn't much room to swing a hammer to put the fixings into the wood. I used a mix of 13mm and 25mm mesh and welded 50mm framing. There is wire mesh all the way round the outside to stop foxes digging into the run.

Wine cabinet made from grandy sliding door console plans.

We made the Lydia bed for one of our yurts. This bed is a perfect fit for our beloved Betty yurt.This bed adds a touch of whimsy and femininity. Guests love this bed and comment how it adds to the experience of staying in a yurt.

I needed a new toddler bed for my daughter because we have another baby coming soon. Instead of spending $60 on some rinky-dink bed from the store or pay way too much for a quality bed, I decided to try this project. I was able to use quality or standard pine for the entire bed (with a lot of sanding) so we saved a lot of money. Be sure to use dimensions specific to the bed and not what was listed. For the curved top, I recommend cutting and sanding a template out of MDF and then using a template router bit for the actual piece to be used. Great plan and cost savings!! Thank you, Ana!

For several years now we’ve put the guest bedroom at the bottom of our home decorating priorities, but a couple of weeks ago we decided to give the room some love and built these nightstands.

You can see all the details in my blog.

I made a wooden game board for The Duke from Catalyst Game Labs. The Duke is a 2 player abstract strategy game. In some ways, it is similar to chess. For more details about The Duke visit the official website for the game where you can find the rules and files for a Print & Play version of the game. (Unfortunately, at the time of writing this tutorial the physical copy of The Duke is out of print.)

The game board for The Duke is similar to a chess board. It uses a 6×6 grid instead of the 8×8 grid in chess.

After finishing my Farmhouse Dining Room Table, my brother asked me to build him a new kitchen table. We chose the Modern Farmhouse Design but changed the dimensions to fit his kitchen. I also used the same building plan to create a matching bench.

I've documented the construction of the table here: http://www.tommyandellie.com/Site/Home/Entries/2011/6/20_Modern_Farmhou…

And I've documented how I did the finish here:
http://www.tommyandellie.com/Site/Home/Entries/2011/6/23_The_Finish_Mov…

Creating the table legs was the hardest step for me. I used a combination of pocket holes, biscuits, and wood glue. I also rounded off all the edges with my router. For the table I added corner blocking.

Love this simple plan! I took down a wall in my kitchen and, when cleaning out the cabinets, I found crazy amounts of spices. With this it's so easy to see all of them and find the one you want.

I did shift the shelves to make two 3 1/2" shelves and this made the bottom shelf 9" for some taller things. I found that I could not fit my shorter spice containers in the very top shelf due to the hanging board in the back of it. The hanging board may have been thicker than used in other's builds.