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My wife sent me your YouTube video of making the sectional.  She asked me if I would make her one.  It was perfect timing because our 9 year anniversary was just around the corner.  So my 5 yr old daughter and I went to Lowes and purchased the supplies on a Friday night.  Her 8 year old brother and her helped me measure, and assemble (I did all the cutting;).  We enjoyed the project as a family and were very proud to present to mommy for a gift...

thank you!

Jack Christensen

I made this day bed with dividers for a friend who requested it mirror the farmhouse table. I think it turned out wonderfully! I replaced the 2x6's with 1x6's to cut down on weight since it was being fit for his 5th wheel trailer.

I used the project as shown except that I changed the door. Our pups love a more cozy environment and so I made the panel on the door from leftover 1/4" plywood, and I used a doggie bone and puppy cookie cutter and traced the outline of the shapes and then cut them out with a jigsaw. I used Whiteboard from Lowes, and with stain, screws, materials the total cost was about $90. Doggie biz downtown wanted $800 for one like this. One comment about the Kreg Jig, Best Money Ever Spent!

I used the main plan for ideas, but opted to use 3.5 inch pickets instead, which allowed for a smaller planter that wasn't as big. Also chose to miter 1x3s for the top which I think really finishes it off. Sanded everything with a belt sander to 220 grit. Used min wax golden pecan plus three coats of poly inside and out. Finished size was about 17x17. Tile spacers work great to keep the gaps even!

Took my husband, stepdad, and I about 6 days to complete the project. Ended up following the plans to exact and the twin mattress is a great fit, I was worried the measurements would be too small. We did the main cabin in whitewash with antique glaze and the roof and batten board a blue with antique glaze. 

Did them for a friend that owns a bakery.
I don't have access to new lumber unfortunately.
The bulk of what I make is pallet. That's why there are four instead of 3 slats.
Same plan though. Pretty easy to follow.
I did add some handles to make it easier to move
since they will be brought in and out daily.

The 2 doll beds are birthday gifts for my granddaughters. They are built out of white pine. I stained them by rubbing on minwax gunstock and finished with 3 coats of polyurethane. The white bed is a donation to relay for life raffle and has 2 coats of valspar with 1 coat of polyurethane finish. The single bed is a Christmas gift and is finished just like the first 2. My sister sewed all of the bedding.

My beautiful wife showed me this picture and asked me if I could make it. I didn't see any reason I couldn't so I went to HD and grabbed the lumber and hardware I needed and Presto we have a shelf in our bathroom. I made this shelf 48" with 4 hooks any bigger would of looked silly in my bathroom. However this shelf can be built any length you wish. I used pine for this shelf and painted it white and the hooks I also painted oil rubbed bronze to match our fixtures. I am very pleased with the result. You can contact me if you have any questions or would like me to build one for you.

I built a shorter wider version of the bathroom shelves for storage.  Stained with Minwax Early American.

Love Ana’s 2x4 patio loveseat sofa sectional, it was easy to follow. I have made 3 sets for my close neighbors.

When we moved into our new house, we quickly realized the boxsprings for our queen-sized bed were not going to fit up the stairs. So while hubby was busy with his own projects, I made a 2x4 bed frame at 16-1/2" off the ground and built the farmhouse headboard. We like to use the end of the bed for sitting and putting on socks and shoes, so I did not build the coordinating footboard.

I absolutely love the way it turned out and have received so many wonderful compliments. Take about an ego boost!

Cutting took about 1 hour (first use of a radial saw) and assembly took another hour. I applied 1 coat of Minwax Red Oak stain and 2 coats of Minwax semi-gloss polyeurethane sealer.

Built the table a year ago and never got the chance to post pictures!!

Here are some pictures. I ended up building an end table based on this model as well and can post pictures if some are interested.

Table is made of Western Red Cedar.
I made some tweaks because I could not find 2 x 12.
Also, I've distressed the wood a little bit on the top.

The finishing for the top was made with oil stain quickly washed over then wiped off. The dark stain went in all the cracks and holes made from the distressing technique. Then some lighter stain was used and oil varnish (at least 6-7 coats to make it really shiny).

Finishing for the bottom part is a mix of lighter and darker

all minWax oil products.

Overall approximate amount of work I'd say is about 24 hours.
The end table took less time: about 15-18 hours as I was getting comfortable. :-)

Took about 26 hours total, so a full weekend and couple of evenings painting!

I made a couple of changes - things are typically in cm/mm here in the UK, and couldn't find 1" planks anywhere (so used 18mm planks, and 44mm square timber). Also used 18mm MDF for the sides and back, as it was a bit expensive to use nice wood, and no point anyway if it's being painted.

Very pleased with the result, they look great.

Built for my daughter!

Wanted to build a new bed for my daughter and ran across the fancy one on here...I'm not too great at mimicking design shapes so I made my own. Stained with white country and a high gloss finish. I love it! Thanks Ana for making such easy to follow plans. It took me 3 days from start to finish. I use all rough cut lumber ran in a planer. Can't wait to build more!! I shrunk the plans down to fit a twin size mattress.

This is my first attempt at recycling old furniture. I'm pleased with how it turned out with the slight distressing on the corners.

These modern style shelves are easy to make and can be used for a myrid of things. We are using them primarily as DVD storage, but they will work for books, small toys, and other display items. 

My daughter likes movies and by likes, I mean she loves movies!! Her world, much like many other 4 year olds, revolves around Disney characters. At this point she is hung up on Toy Story, for the second time. When next week rolls around, who knows who or what it will be next.

My wife and I have been buying her Disney movies and all other various cartoon movies since she was first born. The problem with that is, you start to run out of places to store them after a while. Our dvd storage racks have been overflowing for the last couple years and we finally decided enough was enough. I had to build some more storage, preferably in her room this time. This would alleviate some room for us and put the movies where she could more easily access them. I knew I wanted something colorful and not too complicated, I was pretty happy with what we came up with. 

You can check out the rest of the article and the instruction here and get the plans here.