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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.

Bathroom vanity with vessel sink.  Made 32 inches high to have a vessel sink on top.  37 inches wide and 22 inches deep.

Hi friends!
 

Jen here from Jenwoodhouse.com, sharing some exciting, free plans! How adorable is this Easy Kids Indoor Playhouse? 

Is that not the most adorable thing you ever did see?

The tongue-and-groove planks!
The transom window!
The flower box!

Seriously. I can’t even. I am dying over here.

Your kids will love it. OR maybe just build yourself an adult sized one for when you need some me-time. No judgements here! 

If you want more details for this build, you can grab them on JenWoodhouse.com!

Be sure to tag me @jenwoodhouse if you share photos of your build on social media.

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I loved doing this project. I used Anna's plans but modified them just enough to help be with my biggest problem, stuffed animals! :) I increased the height by eight inches and cut one of the bead board panels just above the mattress. Next I attached the top panel using a piano hinge. Finally, I reinforced the bottom panel with an extra piece of 1x1 (horizontally) so that my daughter can climb in to and out of the corner unit and not crack the bottom bead board panel. She now has a place to put all her stuffed animals and as a bonus a new "secret hiding place.

To spruce up the storage beds and corner unit I added moulding to the front of everything and then painted everything cream colored to match her dresser. The molding took extra time, but it was well worth it! Because I increased the height of the corner unit I also added a thin piece of plywood behind each piece of bead board (heard boards) to help reinforce it and would support the weight of someone leaning back on the "head board". All in all it was a great project to work on, Anna's design plans were easy to read and allowed me to make adjustments when necessary without any trouble.

I created this pair of bookshelves from the Kids Storage Leg Desk plan for my two older children to help relieve their book clutter. I used the larger boards from a pallet and a couple of boards I scored at the local ReStore that had been abandoned from a bed frame for $4. With stains I had on hand, I think we did this for around $5. The pallet wood was shorter than the lengths given in the plan, so these book shelves were made at the height of 1/2 of a pallet board or about 22". They work great for what we need and when the kids outgrow these, I have one kid still under the age of two that can use it as a desk and all we'll need is to add the desktop.

I used red oak for this bed and finished it with danish oil (golden oak colour).  It turned out pretty well.  I decided to go without nails and screws, glue and biscuits for the joints and I used small dowels to hold the caps on the posts.  First project that I tired using only glue and biscuits and it wasn't that hard.  I also bought some bed rail hangers from Lee Valley to make the bed easier to take apart and put back together.  I used 2x2 for the slats because I don't have a box spring in the bed (to keep it lower since my son is only 2 1/2 at the time I built it).  If I put a box spring in there later, I'll change out the slats to something thinner.  Thanks for the plans, it worked out great.

I built the cedar shim headboard and bed for my daughter and her husband a few months ago.  It turned out so beautiful that I decided to make bedside tables to match.  I used the basic pattern with some adjustments to accommodate using a 1x8 for the drawer instead of a 1x6 to give more room for the shims.  

The final tables turned out even more beautiful than I could have imagined.  Thank you Anna for the patterns and the inspiration to create such beautiful gifts.

This was my very first project to take on with Ana's plans. It took a little longer than I would have liked only because I got frustrated and put it to the side for a MONTH. I realized how important it was to pre-drill my holes and then got the motivation to get back to it. Once I got started again, it was finished in NO TIME! I still need to stain one of them, but I couldn't be happier with the result.

Came out very nice , thanks Ana this plan! I love it! 

Built from Ana's Adirondack chairs from book.

Loved creating this- I was worried that it wouldn't come out well and I wasn't prepared for the amount of time it took to pick out my supplies, but it's done and I love it! Thanks for the plans and for everyone's brag photos- I loved seeing that others had done it and hoped I could, too.

While my wife was away for the weekend, the boys (3 year old twins) decided to surprise her with a new coffee table! We had to get rid of the old IKEA one due to its sharp edges... we've already had one ER visit and nine stitches! A few notes/things I learned: * Pay attention to which side of the wood you leave facing out. A lot of my boards had one smoother side and I accidentally put those face-down. Meant a lot more sanding. * A belt sander would have made this a lot easier. * I took care to round all the exposed outer edges with the sander. A router would have been better for this, as it took a lot of care to make sure they were even. * It's going to get about three coats of polyurethane now, but I still would recommend coasters. This thing is HEAVY. It will probably outlast me. :)