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Hi
I am still working on my portico furnitures..but as we have changed the colour of our Home, I have decided to change the colour of sofa ( terrible decision) and than to build the adirondack chair for Home depot of Ana to be part of the ensemble.
Thanks Ana. I love it.
I used the same project just changing two small things ( a small support under the arms and making the arms more similar to the original adirondack chair. I used the oxydizing solution to paint and it is a great stuff!
ciao patty
p.s. I already posted the sofa is always Ana's project.

I used the Modern Park Bench plans. I made it a little narrower and taller to accommodate who I made it for as he is tall. I also used oak ply for the backing in order to showcase the skull art that he requested. The design was taken from his favorite shirt. Ply was ok since it is on a covered porch. Thank you Ana White for providing plans to use. Very much appreciated!

Christmas presents for adult children. All oak.

I loved the inspiration for the handmade one of a kind Dr Seuss bookcase. I made a few design changes and learned alot while building this. My little one is going to love it once he's born in about a month!

My son's school asked me to build a playhouse for their annual auction and after looking around online for a few days finally found a plan I liked. I modified it a little and did not do the cedar so we could paint it. Turned out great and more pictures on the blog, www.atouchofarkansas.com

I followed the plan directions to a "T" and it worked out so well! This projects gives me joy everytime I walk up my front steps. Thanks!

Rustic Fireplace Build by Becky Roque

I'm really happy with how these chairs came out. I did go through several failed attempts at first. I've put all the details on my blog.

Almost done :)

The family needed a safe place for backpacks, shoes, jackets and everything else needed for school. I modified Ana's plan since this project was made with recycled shipping pallets. Rather than struggle with warps, twists and other imperfections I embraced them with glossy white paint. I added the waxed pine panels to absorb the daily use and abuse and be readily buffed when necessary.

I made two kid's version of the adult sling chair, made to match the adult version. The kids love them!

This was actually the second changing table I made based off this set of plans. The first one was a painted pine piece that went to the church nursery. I made the shelves deeper and the wider to accommodate the changing pad and have extra room for a wipe warmer and a lamp.

Neither of the big box stores had oak trim (I guess it's a regional thing?), so I had to spend some extra money on a nice piece of trim from a custom shop. I had quite a bit of oak plywood left over from a previous project, so the cost of the project all evened out in the end (kind of).

I also didn't make the top "removable." I figured if I want a book shelf in the future, I'll make a bookshelf instead of having an old changing table with holes on the top from screws.

Just like all of my projects, there a few blemishes, but all in all I was pretty pleased with the way this one turned out. Thanks for the plans, Ana!

I adapted the Emerson console plans pretty extensively.  I constructed the cabinet out of low grade playwood, and then clad it on all surfaces with faux painted cheap furring strip lumber of various widths. I changed the base and made it sit completely on the floor so that I would not be chasing dog fur dust bunnies that seem to accumulate under everything!  I made the open storage wider to fit my componenets and added holes to pass the wires through the back.

It was very helpful to have the plans as a jumping off point.  It takes me forever in the planning stage.  I try to figure out my dimensions to hide as many raw edges as possible in every project.  I also want to work with the widths of lumber avaialble to me since I have a fear of a tablesaw (which is still in the box after 3 years).  Give me a chop saw and a circular saw and I'm your girl!

Very proud of this project.  Thanks Ana!

Love the way these turned out! I would definitely recommend buying the cushions prior to making the furninture. Also we ran into trouble assembling the back of the furniture to the base, but managed to make it work by diassembling a side.

Overall wood was $90 for all pieces (we made the table out of scraps). We used exterior white paint, 2 coats, I am interested to see how it will hold up.

Cushions came from Frontgate and Ballards outlet. It took some hunting but finally found some I liked, and that fit the dimensions.

Now the temperature needs to go down in Kentucky so we can actually enjoy our new furniture!

Thanks for the plans Ana!

This was a fun project and I would say that between my husband and I we are intermediate end of the skill level. Took a few weekends only because we were not able to devote a whole weekend to it so our time on the project was broken up. The bed came together quite easily, which was great since we had an excited and impatient 5 year old on our heels. This my daughter's bed and she loves it!!! Especially since she can hide from her little brother up there. She loves that it's fun and we love that it is safe and provides the kids with a lot more play space. Now if they could just keep the space clean!! HA!