Jelly cupboard
Made from Ana White `s plan. Thanks for the help.
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Play room makeover
Our playroom needed serious help so as my first Ana White project I decided to tackle these shelving units.
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Estimated Time Investment
Day Project (6-9 Hours)
Finish Used
Satin paint: Sw-Tame Teal
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
My Boys Playhouse!
We made a few changes to fit our needs but love the design. Way better than any kit you can buy!
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Trestle Desk
I made this for my son; he loves it! I don't have the tools to bevel edges so I did my angles with a cheap jigsaw and I think they turned out just fine. Thinking of adding a narrow shelf on the bottom.
Super easy and inexpensive build!
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Estimated Cost
$20
Estimated Time Investment
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Finish Used
Dark Blue paint for the legs; Minwax Golden Oak stain for the tabletop.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
Expanded Cube Shelf
My husband and I needed more room and storage in our small one bedroom apartment. In order to get both we needed to get rid of our big hutch, desk and tv stand. So when I saw these cubes shelves I thought they would be perfect, then I saw TRACYSMITH's brag post a decided that was perfect! I painted it and did some organizing and it was probably the best decision we have ever made!
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Estimated Cost
$150
Estimated Time Investment
Day Project (6-9 Hours)
Finish Used
I used a 2 coats of paint and primer in one, in a really, really light grey color (sorry I don't have the exact color). I just use a regular paint brush to apply.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
Simplest Stool
I modified the Simplest Stool plan for this project to use some old threshing floor boards that I had leftover from another project. I like the blocky and chunky look it gives it. We chose to distress these stools to make them look as though they've been around for awhile. The stools didn't take long to build, but since the finish needed time to cure between coats, the overall length of time for the project was about a week.
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Estimated Time Investment
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Finish Used
Minwax 'Early American' with two coats of polyurethane. The legs and rungs were painted with Behr semi-gloss white paint, and distressed using Minwax 'Early American' stain.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
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Chicken Coop with Run
My husband and I live on a small hobby farm and are growing/raising a lot of our own food. We decided to venture into working with chickens. We wanted to start out small so we got 6 chickens and needed a home for them. We found a kids play house one day while shopping and got the idea of modifying it into a chicken coop with a run. We took off with this idea and with quite a bit of modification and some extra building materials we were able to raise it up in the air and attach a run so our chickens would have a nice home to protect them from preditors and the emements and not to mention one that looks good in our yard!
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Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
Cedar deck stain and white outdoor house paint
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
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In reply to OMG! by benfoldsfivealive
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 18:42
Building chicken coop doesn't
Building chicken coop doesn't have to be expensive. Just get the easy-to-follow plan from this:
http://bit.ly/how-to-build-cheap-chicken-coop
Fri, 06/17/2011 - 21:26
Looks awesome! I just spent
Looks awesome! I just spent the evening building a coop for 4 hens of my own!
Tue, 02/21/2012 - 19:08
Fab little coop!
Are the plans available? I have Black Copper Marans and Lavender Ameraucanas and I really need to separate the LAs from the BCMs and this would be perfect!
Sun, 02/26/2012 - 18:00
Where are the plans?
When I click the link to get the plans for the standard coop, they are not there. Do you know where I can find the original plans? Thanks.
Tue, 02/28/2012 - 10:20
Yes - would love the plans
Yes - would love the plans please!!!
It's gorgeous - great job!
Sat, 06/02/2012 - 15:22
No Plans.....
Sorry guys there are no plans for this coop. My husband and i just "winged it" and built it without any plans.
It is a play house that we found at Mills Fleet Farm and we modified it to make it a chicken coop. We put together the play house based on instructions from the box (with a few of our own modifications to make the window on the ground etc.) added some chicken wire to the doors and bay window, added some 4x4 "stilts" and a floor to get the house in the air, and constructed a frame around it with 2x4's and wire fencing to make the run
Sorry I dont have any plans to give you guys!
Easy Build Wood Headboard, Cal King
This was my first project and I loved every second of it. I did the whole thing by myself (with the "help" of my two-year-old) and I'm 5 months pregnant! THAT is how easy it is.
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Estimated Cost
80 bucks
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
I distressed it a little before staining so it didn't look too brand new. I filled a sock with bolts and screws and beat it up and scratched it with a steak knife to make fake cracks.I did one coat of Minwax Jacobean and it was really blotchy. I should've conditioned my wood, so I lightly sanded the whole thing and added a second coat and it evened out the blotchiness a lot, but it did turn out darker than I wanted. I added only one coat of Minwax Polycrylic Finish in satin because I wanted it to look rustic and not glossy. The cutting and assembly only took about 4-6 hours. The staining and sanding and distressing and finishing took a couple days.
Recommended Skill Level
Starter Project
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Sun, 08/11/2013 - 20:41
Power to the mama!
How awesome is that? =D It looks gorgeous, and I applaud you for tackling it with your 2 year old and baby on the way. =D When I was pregnant, the only thing I considered doing was putting furniture together. Now that I've built furniture, I now realize how much harder it was to follow the assembly directions than it is to make your own assembly directions. Keep it up!
Super Simple Bedframe/Hailey Planked Headboard
My grandaughter and I built the super simple bed and modified the Hailey planked headboard. We used common douglas fir from Home Depot. The finish is equal parts Minwax cherry and early american with 3 coats of Minwax wipe on poly with a light sanding with 220 grit between coats. Total cost was about 250.00.
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DIY Barn Door and Hardware for around $80!
I really wanted to put a barn door in my husband's home office, but have you looked at the prices of the kits? No way was I going to spend that for a door. So I decided to fabricate it myself. For the rail hardware- I used a 72" steel rod, copper pipe fittings, and lag screws. For the door hardware, I used 12"ish, long pieces of steel, pulleys, and carriage bolts.
The door itself is made from plywood siding, 1 x 4's, 1 x 6's, and 1 x 3's. The entire door and hardware cost around $80 to make myself. It's functional and looks amazing! The entire tutorial is up on my blog!
Estimated Cost
$80
Estimated Time Investment
Day Project (6-9 Hours)
Finish Used
white paint
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
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Toddler beds,Toddler bunk beds,Toddler lofts
Building Bunk beds and custom beds is what i do. I router the corners so that they are rounded, plane the face's of the boards,and sand to perfection. then i glue and screw it all together. you can check out the site at http://www.dreamworksbunkbeds.com
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Estimated Time Investment
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Finish Used
all my products come with no finish just natural.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
Farmhouse Bed
I built this bed as a modified farmhouse bed. I chose to have a solid wood headboard instead of having a slotted look as it fit better in the decor of our home. I purchased a bed rail kit from Rockler so that I could remove the rails without removing any screws. (http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=5783) It was a relatively easy project considering my skill set was very low when starting! http://www.lifewithfingerprints.com/2010/09/labor-of-love.html
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Estimated Cost
$110
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
I used a satin black paint finish with a polyacrylic coating.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
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Wed, 08/17/2011 - 14:03
Beautiful!!!
Very beautiful! I dream to build the farmhouse bed. The finish is awesome in black.
Three story doll house
I built this American girl doll house for my daughter. I wanted to give her something to keep her youth alive!
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Estimated Cost
$150-200
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
Light grey paint for all the walls and ceiling. Classic grey stain by Minwax for the floors. I also added baseboards to all the rooms with some small trim I found in the window trim section at Home Depot.
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate
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Sun, 01/06/2019 - 16:43
What an amazing Christmas
What an amazing Christmas gift! Super dad! Thanks so much for sharing a photo and building! Ana
Sun, 01/06/2019 - 21:46
Thanks Ana! This is her momma
Thanks Ana! This is her momma that built it for her. I wanted to tackle something on my own and challenge myself. Your plans were amazing to work with. Thanks for taking the time to make these plans so easy to understand and follow. She is very happy with the doll house! Happy New Year! -Abbey
Coffee Table
Thank you so much for sharing your plans!! You are so generous! This is my first attempt at building furniture!
Check out my TikTok at - https://www.tiktok.com/@floridagirl092/video/7152573909735427370?is_fro…
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Seasonal And Holiday
Mudroom bench
Ana I came across your open bottom garage bench design and really liked the concept. Inspired by your design I put this together in our laundry/mudroom and am really pleased with the result. As you described, being able to clean under it is a huge benefit and the whole bench was less than $200 even with the solid oak boards I joined and edge routed for the top. Thanks for the inspiration and all of your project posts.
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Fri, 12/02/2022 - 08:34
Striking set up!
WOW, this is gorgeous! Absolutely love the color choice the oak top and the hardware, bravo!
Jewelry Box 2
I built this as a Christmas gift for my office partner/best friend.
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Estimated Cost
$50 (bit of a guess, more if I add finishes which I already had, less if using scrap wood)
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
I used wood conditioner, then stained with Goudey stain in Rosewood. Next was a shellac washcoat, followed by glaze in Van Dyke brown, another washcoat, and finished with 2 coats of Tried and True varnish oil, then another 2 of Tried and True original wood finish. Knobs and felt were from Lee Valley.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
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Sun, 01/03/2016 - 14:53
Gorgeous Jewelry Box!
Gorgeous jewelry box! You did a fantastic job on this build! And your finish is amazing!
4X4 Truss Table and Bench
My daughter moved into her first apartment and asked me to make her a dining room table. I used the plans found on Ana's website and made a slight modifcations. I used 5/4" pine boards to build the tops and regular douglas fir 4x4s and 2x4s for the bases. All screws are hidden exept the lag bolts I painted black and used to bolt the end trusses to the center truss which gives it kind of a industrial type accent. Thanks to Ana White and Shanty 2 CHIC for the great plans. My daughter loved the table and bench and she is going to find chair for the other side of the table.
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Estimated Cost
Approximately $275 for the table, bench and misc stain, screw, sandpaper etc.
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Finish Used
Varathane Stain and Poly Mission Oak in Satin. Two coats on the bases and three coats on the tops. Used a pre stain conditioner prior to applying the Stain and Poly.
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate
Tiny House Flip Sofa Bed - by Deirdre
Modified from our twin sleeper chair plan, this amazing hinged sofa bed was built and shared by #tinybuilderau
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Dining chairs for X based pedestal table
I made the 4 chairs to complete the dining suite. The table was made from the X based pedestal table plan.
The timber was all cut from 200mm x 50mm pine sleepers and finished with Cabots clear finish.
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Mon, 03/06/2023 - 13:35
Love the look!
What a beautiful set! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing work:)
Truss table
Fun build 4hrs to complete.
One of of the cuts is off says long to short it's long to long.
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Estimated Time Investment
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate
sectional and chairs!
my husband and I used your plans for the sectional, end tables and chairs I made the pillows thanks so much for the designs we love them
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Mon, 04/03/2023 - 20:12
Great set and great teamwork!
Fantasic job, thank you so much for sharing your lovely space!
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Ana White Admin
Mon, 12/27/2021 - 22:20
Very Pretty!
Looks great, thank you for sharing!