I made this with on the farmhouse bed plans using red oak and cherry. A new child, new house, and two dogs later, I finally managed to finish it after three years.
Your plans were so helpful. I used rough cut lumber from a white pine we harvested and milled ourselves, so had to do a bit of figuring, and also increased the height to 48”. I just love it and your plans made it so much easier.
This was an incredibly easy project. The construction only took a couple of hours, but because of the horrific humidity it took me days to finish staining and waxing the headboad. The wood was the cheapest Home Depot had to offer. It was perfectly imperfect. For the finish, I used 3 coats of Minwax Stain in Jacobean, sanding with steel wool in between each coat. I finished the stain with 2 coats of Minwax Paste Wax.
This is the first wood working project that I did, all by myself, Thank you so much Ana for sharing your plans. Sense then I have built another one but used a 2x8 for the seats instead of the 2x4's to make one solid seat and used decking boards for the top instead of the 2x4's. I have added the 2nd table to show what it looks like. Thank you so much Ana for sharing your plans. I have enjoyed it so much and i'm getting more confident building other things.
We moved into a new house with exposed dark beams and white railings. Plus, we were gifted a new white couch, so the wife wanted a new coffee table. I loved this project and decided to do it a little different and try the dual finish look to go with our furnishings and house. We love the finished product. Assembly was a snap. As always, the staining and clear coat step took the longest.
My wife asked if I can build her a blanket ladder as oppose to buying one in the store for $60+. I used scrap 2x4s I had around my workshop. I also used pocket holes. Very quick and easy project for anyone just getting started!
A Christmas gift for my G- kid!!!!
Finished it in about two weeks, but that was during my sons daily two hour nap window and two days of staining. Had to make a few adjustments so the pillow from West Elm would fit, because the plan calls for 11 slats on the deck when it should be 12. I added some wheels to the back and will add pull out drink tables soon. It was a fun project and my wife is thrilled.
I followed the twin pioneer bed plans, made a few changes here and there. My 3-year old son loves it!
Your saw horse plan worked great for a wooden boat project I'm doing -- the 3" wheels (with one locking) enable me to move the boat around the workshop or even outdoors for heavy duty sanding.
I added blocks of 2x4 to the legs for more surface for the wheels and I extended the cross pieces to 4-feet long as the old AuSable River (MI) guide boat is about 40" wide.
We built this playhouse for our daughter's 6th birthday. She absolutely loves it! We were looking at purchasing one, but they were way out of our budget. Ana saved the day with these plans :).
I have to say, this turned out phenomenally for me. I set up my whole garage with new shelving, planned it all out so I have very little plywood waste by altering the widths a little. This is by far the best carpentry project I’ve ever completed. Thank you for the great video, and I love the Kreg jig. That made a big different too. Over 2 years since I installed them, and they are all still solid, level, and plumb.
Chris from Maine
A shelf with space up top for decor or storage, and hooks for robes, towels, coats, etc. See more on my blog!
This was my first real project, and I am quite happy with how it turned out. I wanted a side table that would look good with the sawhorse dining table and bench (which makes an appearance in the background) that I am building, so this is what I came up with.
The legs are, for each side, 2 X 2x4 X 22.5"(vertical), and 2 X 2x4 X 14.5" (horizontal)
The bottom shelf is 5 X 2x4 X 10.5"
The table top is 5 X 2x4 X 17.5"
The trim is 2 X 1x4 X 17.5", and 2 X 1x4 X 19"
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.
After seeing the post for these new plans, I knew it would be only a matter of days before I was building my own set. I've always wanted to do Adirondack Chairs but disliked the dated look and all the curved cuts of the typical styles. Great job Ana on such an amazing set of chair plans. One substitution I made, as I wanted to go treated but didn't have 1x10s locally, was to use 2x10s for the back and seat boards. I also lengthened the back supports 1/2" to accommodate for the thicker boards and extended the arm rests 1 1/2" so they went past the legs a bit. With those two changes, all of my long pieces use a 33 1/4" measurements for cuts. Will be making my second set as soon as I have time. These will be about 3 1/2" wider to give a bit more room to the chair. Another awesome plan from Ana White!
I built this using scrap lumber and Ana's charcuterie plans. I decided to make it a bit smaller and added this lazy susan hardware, love the outcome!
This was my first project and I had SO MUCH FUN doing it! Can't wait to make nightstands to match. The only reason it took me so long and that I'm not sure of the final cost is because it took me a while to finish it due to work/life getting in the way. Plus we have no garage, basement or any indoor work space so were dependent on the weather to behave. I went back and forth to the store so many times for little incidentals I really couldn't tell you what the final cost was however, I can tell you that the wood came out to be about $50.
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I am still working on my portico furnitures..but as we have changed the colour of our Home, I have decided to change the colour of sofa ( terrible decision) and than to build the adirondack chair for Home depot of Ana to be part of the ensemble.
Thanks Ana. I love it.
I used the same project just changing two small things ( a small support under the arms and making the arms more similar to the original adirondack chair. I used the oxydizing solution to paint and it is a great stuff!
ciao patty
p.s. I already posted the sofa is always Ana's project.
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!
Just bought a compound miter saw and saw the plans for the Adirondacks Chairs on your channel. Showed them to my wife and she lived them and so became my first project with the new saw. I finished them with leftover deck stain (PPG Cedar 077). I'm sure they will be around for years to come.