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First project made from scratch....took me a while but glad it is finished! Will try to do one more of a larger size for my other dog.

Seen here is my first personal wood working project. I loved the two tone look of this piece as the white really complements and makes the antique walnut stained drawer fronts pop! While the dresser turned out really well considering it being my first build, I learned a lot of lessons. I had a lot of challenges because like every new wood worker, you likely wont have all the right tools for the task at hand. I built this dresser with a circular saw, Kreg jig tool, a miter saw and Wagner spray gun. With these limitation, most task took 2x-3x longer than it normally would. In the end, I was pleased with the outcome.

This is a project that I really enjoyed making. I did it in a hurry though because I really wanted to build a playhouse under a loft bed and felt like i should build the stuff that will go inside the playhouse before I but up the playhouse walls. So, here is my sort of finished play kitchen. I still have a few details I wanna add but I'm over it for right now... ready to build the playhouse! The best part was that I made this kitchen for free out of leftover scraps from other projects.

First project I have done by Ana White.

Hello everyone, Happy Holidays. I know so many of you are very busy getting ready for Thanksgiving, I would like to say I am so grateful you took a moment out of your busy time to visit me. Thank You.

I also have been very busy. This year my husband challenged me to get our big table done before Thanksgiving. He didn’t think I could do it. Ha Ha, I showed him, and two additional chairs also.

This table is gorgeous, but I cannot take all the credit. This design comes from Ana White.

I was so excited to see the plans for this on Ana's website. I knew that it would be on my list of things to one day do. That day finally came about 6 months ago. I know it's not suppose to take that long but I work full time and go to school at night so they only time I had to work on this was on the weekends (if I was lucky). After the build, I stained with a Chestnut color and used a color by Sherwin Williams named Greek Villa. I distressed it with a sanding block and finished with 3 coats of a poly satin finish. I finally finished this project about 4 hours ago and I could not be happier with the outcome!! Can't wait to start on the nightstands to match!

This was fast and easy, and it is so useful. Thank you for the plans!

This was a scaled down version of the Fancy X Table. Dimensions are 19.25" deep, 30" high and 55" long. I eliminated the cross bases because I wanted to store baskets underneath. The sheet metal was cut to size and aged by a local guy for $50. Fun project!!

I needed to fill a larger space. I modified the plans to make a 3ft planter.

Awesome project and my son couldn't be happier.

Living in a small apartment in NYC, I had to rent the mitre saw from Home Depot ($50 for the day) and lug it and all the lumber up the flights of stairs. Other than that, the project was a breeze and took two days, by myself, from start to finish. I added some metal L brackets at some of the load bearing joints for extra support. Also used a 2x4 as the mattress rest (instead of a 2x2) and added another 2x4 as a center beam to support the mattress.

All that's left is painting and decorating, either with a curtain or plywood, depending on what my son wants. Thanks for the plans!!

A slight modification from Ana's original plans, but with the same character and feel.  I did not include the footboard, at least not yet, and we wanted reading lights mounted and wired to the headboard.  I bought track lighting fixtures, mainly because they were the size we were looking for. I ran each light to individual switches on each side of the bed posts and then concealed the wiring in routed-out board on the back and down the one post to a cord.  I also subbed out the 50w halogen bulbs (hot!) for 35w LEDs, which is the perfect amount of light and cool to the touch.  I did alternating width boards and then stained the edges of all the exposed wood with an ebony dark stain.  Once dried, I painted an antique white, distressed with sanding along the edges, exposing the stain, and then sealed with a light brown wax creme finish to give it a little more character.  A simple, solid and heavy project that should last for decades.

I needed a loft bed for my daugher as her room is small and she could use the floor space for playing. Bed is made of pine & whitewood. Back is lag bolted to the studs and front is supported by steel rod from the rafters. Project

Grandpa made this bed for my daughter. He followed the plans but made some changes so that it could be taken apart if needed, changed some of the design elements. It's so cute! Love that it's handmade and can be passed down.

Used the Henry Media Console project as a starting point but wanted to change the height of the shelves to better fit my electronics. I put my center speaker on top, so my receiver and DVD player were going to be on the shelf. I measured it all out and decided I would go with a 7" shelf and a 13" shelf. My plan was to have a solid 3/4" back (so I could still use my PHs and screws) with a 1" opening at the top that wouldn't be able to be seen when watching TV. That would be for cable management and allow heat to escape. 

Well once it was all built, I realized the shelf was not deep enough for my receiver and that it was going to hang off the front of the shelf...I couldn't have that. So I ripped off the back panel I had on there and went and bought some luan. At that point I came up with a hidden way to allow for a deeper top shelf, allow cables to go down and out instead of up, and also not have any opening be seen. The bottom back is just attached to the shelves, the top back is attached to the back of the entire shelf. That leaves 1.5" of extra depth to the top shelf and allows the same distance for cables to escape to the back. I'm very proud of myself! ha!

Once it was built I put the stain on using a cloth...never again. As you can see, it was way too dark. At that point I decided rustic was the way to go by sanding it all down. It turned out much better than I had ever imagined. 

Followed the design on Ana's website, made the desk slightly taller. Put a pecan color coat on it and pink drawer fronts.