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I made these toy boxes for my two grandsons for Christmas. They have been laser etched with their names and a special note on the inside of the top lid. "Always remember you are braver than you believe, Stronger than you seem, Smarter than you think and Loved more than you will ever know. Love Papa and Lita.

Last year, I found these plans and with the help of my brother we modified them so they could be used with or with out cushions and to add storage underneath the day bed. I found the cushions on clearance from Crate and Barrell and managed to get them all for around $250. I finally finished staining the furniture this past weekend and thought I would share the finished result. The shade is a $8 curtain that we stretched across the top. We have had a lot of good times using this furniture!!

Excellent plans and a great build! We had a blast and LOVE our new table that will go in our new house once built.

We have now stained the benches but have not taken any photos. We also added the brackets shown in the photos.

A table that I made out of a slab of rough wood, end cut from a mill. The rounded sides of the coffee table legs were made out of round fence posts cut down the centre & placed on the sides of cedar boards. I painted my wife  & I on the legs "2 old crows". I had sufficient wood left over to build a side table.

Needed a table for our deck, but didn't want to spend the $400-500 on sets at the store. Followed the plan for the most part and it was fairly easy to build. The only thing I did differently was in building the ends was put the "X" supports in after making the "I" shape in case I was off with my cuts.

Spent an hour cutting all the pieces on a Friday night and about 3 hours assembling Saturday morning. Table was ready to eat lunch on!

-This is a gorgeous table and I am very happy with how it turned out. I could not possibly pay for the turned legs at $40 each! Even if I did, it would be worth it, as this is a piece of furniture that will last several lifetimes.

-I used very rough 2x6s for the project, so I had to do a lot of work to get them square and smooth

-I did not purchase the legs, I purchased a 8 ft piece of the best cedar Home Depot had, which actual dimensions are only 3.5x3.5, so the legs are not quite as chunky as I would have liked.

-I turned the 18" legs on a brand new mini-lathe I purchased from Harbor Freight, $150 after coupon. For the price of the legs, I chose to buy the machine and make them myself!

-I also used 1x4s for the lower shelf rather than a sheet of plywood, I felt the smooth bottom did not match the planked top. (The bottom is not done yet)

-The assembly was very straight forward and easy

-This is the first project I made it a point to stain completely PRIOR to assembly! It turned out so much better, I also glued and screwed all joints with my Kreg Jig.

It's quite a massive heavy table that will last generations, my children dance, climb, sit etc all over it and its been in use about a month now. Two coats of the poly have held up very nicely so far, and the matte finish does NOT show dirt or fingerprints, where a glossy finish would!

I used the Modern Park Bench plans. I made it a little narrower and taller to accommodate who I made it for as he is tall. I also used oak ply for the backing in order to showcase the skull art that he requested. The design was taken from his favorite shirt. Ply was ok since it is on a covered porch. Thank you Ana White for providing plans to use. Very much appreciated!

My daughter and I decided 2 weeks before Christmas to try your easy mantle project. Well not so easy for us, lol my husband had to help, but it was fun! I think it came out great! Thanks Ana

Jackie

I needed a sturdy place to hang clothes in my laundry room as I took them out of the dryer. I saw the dress up center and it was perfect (just needed to be altered to fit adult clothes)

My first project, not directly from Ana White but combination of Ana White and benches I've seen on other sites.

I followed the plan directions to a "T" and it worked out so well! This projects gives me joy everytime I walk up my front steps. Thanks!

My husband completed this project in three short days.

In search of a sofa table for the sectional we found this site and plans and upgraded using wood instead of MDF and using back splash tile on the top to give a custom feel.

This was the easiest and fastest project ever! We built it out of 2x12's instead of 1x12's but i wish we had done it with 2x16's because baskets are a little hard to find in these dimensions and I would like it a little deeper. But I still love it!

When we bought the wood, we had Home Depot just make all the cuts for us. so when we got home, we just had to assemble it. It went together in about an hour {we did have to make a few adjustments because we used 2x's instead of 1x's but nothing too hard}. We decided to add some screws to the 1x4 back and side rails instead of just nails so that they would be more sturdy. We have 3 kiddos and know that they will be pulled on, walked on, ran into a lot.

The finishing took me about a day to do with lots of breaks in-between.

We stained the seat with Minwax Dark Walnut and then taped it off so that I could pain the rest white. After 3 coats of white paint, I sanded the edges and rubbed the same stain all over it. It made the edges dark and make the paint an off white. Then we put two coats of clear coat on top.

We used some scrap beadboard that we had instead of plywood. I love the finished look!!!

It cost us about $50 or less for the wood. I don't know exactly because we had a few other supplies to get there too. But it was cheap!

Almost done :)