Community Brag Posts

This was our second project from Ana's site. There were some bumps in the road (oh, the perils of getting warped 2 by 8 boards to line up perfectly side by side with the Kreg jig). All in all, this table isn't perfect, but it is ours and we love it.

The size of the table in the plans is quite perfect, I'd say. It is long, but fairly narrow. We can sit across from each other as a family of four and still feel cozy, but the table will seat ten if need be.

It is also very, very sturdy....which as a mother to two young boys I appreciate.

This was a 10-20 hour project for us, but we had two children under the age of 5 "helping" and are new to building furniture. I'm certain someone else could build the entire table in an afternoon.

I really liked the look of the kitchen island in the plans, but we needed something longer, so I added 2' to the length, an extra drawer, and some supports in the center (worried the shelves might sag otherwise). We also wanted an overhang for stools, so I added a foot to the width and some decorative corbels. For the top we used reclaimed bowling alley wood. A really fun project and were really happy with it. Thanks for the plans!

This is my first time attempt at building a piece of furniture. There are definitely some mistakes but, think it still came out okay. Guess it is a learning experience.

I decided to go with Oak boards for the table top for a little more durability.  Simply fastened together with dowels and glue and clamped to dry.  Then I added extra supports to the bottom.  The top looked a little thin compared to the base so I added the accents pieces out of 1x2 for a table skirting of sorts.    

Loved the design when I saw it and jumped on it the minute my husband said we needed something under the wall mounted tv! Took us 5 or 6 hours on a Sunday to put the cabinet together and another day for my husband to build the doors which turned out exceptionally well!! Used pine with a dark stain followed by Annie Solon old white chalk paint and clear wax giving it a nice aged look. Will be looking for 16 x16 bins for some grandkid toys and a few spots for pretties. Ordered hardware on Amazon and had to re-order additional set of wheels as the kit comes with only 1. Thank goodness I have prime 2 day delivery!

6 feet long gallery shelves using Ana's plans! They were built in 10 minutes! Total cost was about $30 for all three.

Addition of chalkboard paint to the doors to label contents. My mother-in-law loved this for X-mas. 

I made them in brown and black

This is for my cooking tools drawer. It's still a bit cramped, but it's much easier to find things now (and I don't have room in my tiny kitchen to expand)! I used a pine 1x3, which was sanded and sealed with a Minwax stain/poly blend. I used a countersink bit to drill the pieces together and used Elmer's stainable wood filler, but it didn't take the stain well. I'm not sure if it was the wood filler or the sealant. Next time I might try a stain and then a poly coating instead of a combination. This was my very first project so I'm pretty excited about it. I will post pictures of my utensil drawer soon.

My wife loves this shelf. Thank you so much for the plans! I made mine using Aspen and an Early American stain. Now I need  to make 2 more. 

Some small modifications to Ana's design... My grandaughter loves it!

This is not my first project, but it is my first brag. I installed new windows in my house this fall and took out some double-pane windows. I can't yet afford to build Ana's greenhouse, so I made this. I removed the old frame around the glass and took some old 2x6 green-treat, ripped them down to 2 1/2" and made new frames around the glass. I then purchased some treated pickets to make the box. The top is slanted at 15 degrees and I put a shelf in the back for a few extra six packs. The overall size at the base is roughly 36" by 46", so I can fit 6 flats there. Since I didn't have to make sure it was really square nor did I have to sand, it was my favorite project yet. I can't wait for the snow to melt and the hard frosts to disappear.

This build was for my daughters.  They needed a new dresser and I figured I could pull this one off.  

I used regular boards from the Big Blue Box store.  I went a step up for the birch playwood because it would take paint better.  The drawer pulls are stainless steel.  

I modified the given plans so that I could add two more large drawers.  I made a few modifications to pull it off and give the dresser more support.  For example I added some supports under the top plywood board and in between each row of the drawers.  You can see that I added a middle support under the bottom set of drawers as well to keep the weight of the drawers from saggin in the middle.  I also had never installed drawer slides before.  This was way harder (and frustrating) than I was expecting.  My drawers don't have slides but they still work well.

All in all this was a moderately challenging build for me.  However, the paint and finish ended up being super nice.  My girls love it and I think it is going to last for a long time.  I am now working on modifying these plans to build a matching side table with drawers.  I hope to have pics of that soon as well!  

We couldn't fit our box spring up our stairs in our house so this bed worked perfect. It took about a week and I followed the plans exactly, except just using all 2x6's for the headboard. I felt it would look more appealing. Thank you. 

Easy to build toy center for mine craft figures