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Spring is around the corner and I had no outdoor furniture. My boyfriend had just talked me into a new weber grill, which did not leave much budget for new outdoor furniture. That's when I came across this web site and thought 'I can do that'. So I talked me boyfriend into helping build this Simple Outdoor Conversation Set. We used plans for the Simple Outdoor Lounge Chair and Simple Outdoor Ottoman and then followed the alterations by post for 'My Modern Outdoor Patio Collection' to make the loveseat.

The whole project came together over 5 days.
Day 1: Cut all boards (5 hrs)
Day 2: Sand all boards (5 hrs)
Day 3: Stain all boards (6 hrs)
Day 4 & 5: Assemble furniture (9 - 10 hrs)

The total project took about 25 hrs and cost about $350. Here's the breakdown wood and supplies $204 from Lowe's for pretreated wood. $145 on cushions (NOT ON SALE); $60 for the seat cushions from Home Depot and $80 for the back cushions from Wal-Mart. We were originally planning on only having the seat cushions, but the seats were long when you set in them with your back against the bear wood (I was setting so far back, my feet couldn't reach the floor) so we opted for thick back cushions to make it more comfortable. The project finished up just in time for our first BBQ party! (March 2012)

This was my first project from this site and it came out beautifully!!!
I was lucky and got all my cuts at Home Depot for FREE so I only had to buy minimum hardware. Total cost came in under $200 and I highly recommend the Miniwax Gray.

Will probably add a scrappy short headboard, overall very pleased with the design and look

This was my second build and am very proud of myself. Never would I have imagined I would be able to build a piece of furniture!! It took me a little while to finish as I slowly bought the wood and worked on it here and there.

Made from one piece of plywood

This was made for a friend. I looked up Ana's original plan and modified it a little. The end result was something she was very happy with.

this was super easy and a quick project!  used some wood I already had and it worked perfect for my toddler son's bedroom!

King Sized bed with Storage. Added a found headboard and found Nightstands!

A novice at best

After over a year of other projects, I finally had the chance to completely redesign our master closet! I used EasyClosets.com to come up with the design again. :)  I still have a few more tweaks here and there, but I absolutely love it! I surprised my husband for his birthday by doing this project while he was on a business trip. :)

Other than mounting these boxes to the studs, this project was built exclusively with my Kreg Jig. I drilled all of the adjustable shelving holes with a nifty Rockler Jig-It shelving jig - wish it had been the Kreg shelving jig, but I bought mine before Kreg came out with theirs. The Rockler one works great - I just love Kreg's stuff so I'm sure theirs is awesome too.  ;)

I begged Kreg to let me buy their new circular saw rip cut product early for this project, but they said no.  :-(  Bummer because I saw Ana using hers and was so jealous!  I had to rip all of my plywood the old fashioned way on the floor with my circular saw and lots of clamps.  Yuck!

This time around, I used birch plywood.  I used white pre-drilled melamine for both of my daughters closets (brag post here), but I didn't like working with that stuff.  Too sharp, slippery and HEAVY.  I did our spare bedroom closet with pine 1x12 boards a few months back. I think I liked working with the pine best..

After a few months, I purchased a bunch of Closetmaid Fabric Bins/Drawers and they look so good!

Love this bed! Fell in love after seeing it here and on That's My Letter, so my dad and I built the beds according to the plans (did add a center support under the mattress) and I made all the bedding. My daughters' dolls love their new bedroom set!

I loved the design of the desk, but needed it to be just a little higher so I could use it as a standing desk in my office. (So I'm not sitting ALL day). The plans were easy to understand and very clear.

Thank you Ana....You are awesome!!!

I decided to take the Kentwood nightstand and add my own spring time twist to it. I got bored and built this out of spare wood in the garage and free paint from Ace. I think it turned out pretty well.

My girls love Monster High so we did black , Magenta to go with all their Monster High dolls and sets.

Our version of Anas' Kitchen Prep Cart .... We are in Australia which means we pretty much work by metric.. so the handyman of the house converted all measurements and we used what recycled timber, screws, hinges etc that we had on hand. The making of this all came about as handyman of the house brought home a chunk of timber offcut and I was thinking.. what can we do with this?? lol