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We needed extra garden space this year and I thought adding one of these planters would be a great addition. So far it has. It allows me to easily weed, which is my most despised gardening job. Added bonus that the dog can't dig it up, and bunnies can't nibble on my plants. It also makes a great art canvas for my son's chalk drawings.

Instead of the double handles I went for a center handle. Little darker stain than what's posted. 

I built these side tables with a friend. We under estimated the time it would take by a long shot! We estimated that with the both of us it took 15+ hours to complete. We spent $120 on all the wood, paint and hardware for both. It was a lot of work and the most time consuming part was the finish (sanding, painting, sanding, painting, clear coat, sanding, clear coat, sanding, clear coat). In the end, it was worth it! They turned out so cute!

I hope everyone is having a fun summer! I decided to take advantage of the long 4th of July weekend and tackle my 2nd woodworking project: a custom-built cabinet to house all of my nail polish! While I don’t consider myself a “girly-girl”, I have always enjoyed painting my nails and thus have accumulated quite the collection over the years. The building process went fairly smoothly. I began by cutting all of the pieces to size (hooray for using a miter saw for the first time!) and pre-staining them a trendy weathered grey. After that, the piece came together quickly. I constructed the cabinet and door separately, added the stainless steel handle and glass inset, and finished the piece off by attaching the door with 2 profile hinges.

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I built this coffee table from the Taylor's Coffee Table plans (http://ana-white.com/2014/02/plans/taylors-coffee-table) with a few "artistic"/necessary liberties.  For the top, I used a slightly different pattern than shown on the plans.  Starting from one side to the other, my plan includes a 1"x2", a 2"x6", a 2"x2", two side-by-side 2"x6", a 2"x2", a 2"x6", and finally a 1"x2".  I liked the extra overhang that the 1"x2" included on the outside edges of the table.

I do not own a jigsaw, so instead of making the entire bottom shelf out of plywood, I made a "border" with 1"x4" boards with the adjoining corners cut at 45 degrees so that each side of the border matched up nicely.  This allowed me to use a standard rectangular piece of plywood for the shelf "inlay."  

As a first attempt at any sort of table, this turned out much better than I could have hoped!

I have had this space under my television that I never knew what I should do with it. There is a baseboard heater on the wall so I always figured I could put anything against it. I also have a lot of shoes. When I saw the plans for the vegetable bin I figured I could convert it to hold my shoes. 

I used 1x8s for the middle legs allowing the cabinet to sit over my baseboard heater. I adjusted the height of each cubby to fit the various sizes of shoes I own. I put 1x4s along the back so as to allow everything to breath. It took me about 2 days to complete. 

Super easy. Done in less than one hour. Used Target's Black-Out curtains.

We used the least expensive pine at Lowe's because I really like the variation in the wood.  I think it adds character.  This was the first time I've used Weathered Oak and boy is it sheer!  You can hardly tell it's there over the dark walnut but it did seem to lighten it just a little and give a slight grey to the very dark areas.  Really liked the outcome!

This was my first project with drawers, and I learned through sad experience how important it is to have ULTRA straight boards to begin with! I am grateful for things like itty-bitty washers to help correct things that aren't quite straight enough. More info on my blog!

This is my first DIY furniture build.  Had some issues with the Poly, but it turned out better than I thought.  I used a couple of Turnbuckles with black hammer spray paint instead of the back slant supports.  Made some mistakes, but learned a lot.  Thanks Ana for the great site and all of the great posts.

I assisted a friend in building a loft bed for her daughter.  We followed free plans by Ana White for the junior loft bed. We made a few modifications such as changing it to fit a full-sized mattress (more details on my blog). The loft bed is the largest furniture item that I have built thus far. I have learned a lot from working on the project.