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New Deck Chair

I used the Murphy Bed Plan that Ana had on her website. I modified it so that it would look more like a dresser and would fit into the space that I have. It is perfect and I have used it myself just to see if it was comfy. It was!!! :)

This project took me longer to do as I had a creativity issue that you can read about here .. http://joy2journey.blogspot.com/2012/04/m-is-for-murphy-bed-its-finishe…

Inspired by both Ana's Industrial Closet design and the Sliding Mirror Cabinet.

Making maximum use out of a small space, bought a mirror from Ikea and removed it from the existing frame, everything made in virgin wood from DIY store. Two tier clothes rail to separate big coats from other clothes, two height shelf system to accomodate sloped ceiling. A lot of fun to make!

I made this for my daughter. She placed it at the end of her bed. I was really happy with how it turned out.

We made a very simple raised cedar bed for fairly cheap considering the size and inspired by Ana's plans although it's a much larger and simpler design. The box is 8x4 feet, made of cedar kregged together and the wood only cost $12. My simple tip to save money on wood, specifically for a project where the wood quality is not super important, is to ask the store to mark down the "meh" pieces. Lots more pictures and info on my blog.

The plans were pretty simple to follow, I did change the way I set the bottom shelf in because it wasn't very stable and I was worried it would eventually dip in the middle. I screwed some pieces of scrap wood onto the back to hold it together better and then built a ledge for it to sit on around the bottom. After that I screwed it into the and BAM.. much more stable..

This table was inspired by one from Restoration Hardware. It was constucted using Fir and black pipe fittings from the local hardware store. Please check out more pics on my blog (I had trouble uploading them here due to file size). Thanks for looking!

I loved building this bench! It truly is the easiest upholstered bench! I used reclaimed lumber and it cost me virtually nothing!

I just finished the shelf we’ve been needing for months…a shelf to hold the nanny cam out of reach of our toddler. I didn’t want a boring shelf so I used a design I found on anawhite’s site. This should have been a quick project, but as usual things took longer that I would have liked. I used all scrap ply I had laying around. I rounded the wings and struts with my router and put in a screw that grabs the bottom of the camera and keeps it from sliding off.

The paint was leftover from the stripes I put on Braxton’s wall 18 months ago. Unfortunately, the below zero temps ruined much of the paint as it was stored in the garage…it was still good enough for this project. I angled the plane to ensure we could look down into the crib, and now we get a full view of the room as well. Overall, I think it turned out great and compliments the room nicely and only cost was time.

Apparently, it will be a short flight for the stuffed animals as my wife said the plane looks good but not so much with them on it. I guess I’ll stick to building and leave the decorating to her LOL!

-- Tommy

Loved making this...conquered my fear of doors and drawers during naptimes!

I made two of these side tables for my niece and her new husband as a house warming gift. I dropped the top down 1.25 inch and added a glass top so she could display items. They are going to be a surprise, so I left them bare. She can stain or paint them whatever color she wishes.

Donna Cox

Large Dog Crates from the plan. We used reclaimed 1x4 material which I milled down to the correct sizes. The tops are edge jointed 1x4's glued up. These were my first project with a Kreg jig! I have been wood working for MANY years and was amazed at how fast things went together with the Kreg.

The two crates are a little different. I shook up the stain for the second one so it came out alot darker. We like the difference but I may rebuild the lighter one in the future. They are finished with American Walnut stain and 4 coats of tung oil.

This was the first time my husband has build kitchen cabinets.  We have used many wood working plans from this website.  The cabinets are made of two sided prefinished maple wood.

Needed something to hold an antique scale. The sides have pop out drawers to house bags and tags.

I made this computer desk with just an idea and a picture of my aunt's compter desk I loved! In her desk the middle section goes clear to the floor, but I wanted room for my legs. Her's also was wicker shelves on the bottom sides so I found a general cabinet plan and of course altered that. This was made in 5 separate pieces and put together!
The other picture is the desk in progress and the second pic is the desk I was kinda copying/altering.

Pleas excuse the mess in the pictures. It is too cold to work in the garage up here in the northwest, so this project took over our entire kitchen and dining room. We built these frame and panel-style doors using Ana's plans from the mom-plex bathroom vanity! We are so excited because we spent about $100 including paint and have plenty of leftover materials for the drawers next week!

These are the original cabinets in our 75 year old house and they were in serious need of rehab. We even contemplated ripping them out and using Ana's cabinet plans to build new ones but after we removed the shelves, the carcass of the cabinets were still in good shape. We filled, sanded, painted and built these new amazing doors that I'm seriously losing my mind over. They are so beautiful and I don't think I could have ordered something better. Maybe better made but how sweet is it to save all that money by building them yourselves?

We'll post drawer pictures after we get those finished up and hopefully have a clean kitchen at that point. :)

Thanks Ana! Our home is becoming truly special with the skills we learned from you!