Simple Kitchen Bench
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Another bench for another wedding gift.
We've made another already to keep in our kitchen. Looks great, thanks again for the plans.
We opted not to incorporate the storage/ flip top. Just a simple sturdy, great looking bench.
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Another bench for another wedding gift.
We've made another already to keep in our kitchen. Looks great, thanks again for the plans.
We opted not to incorporate the storage/ flip top. Just a simple sturdy, great looking bench.
Table is 4 1/2 long. Used
the farmhouse end. And used 2x12 for bottom instead of 1x12
Modified to be slightly more modern by removing had the X and having a solid bottom shelf. Also, narrowed it up to be rectangular shape to save space.
Tue, 10/09/2018 - 09:36
I love your mods! The stain color is just beautiful too.
I completed this project back in February of 2020. I'm just realizing that I never posted about it here. The bed had held up phenomenally for the past 2+ years.
This was an excellent little project. It was just a little challenging and very fun. I changed the headboard and added a footboard to the bed by using extra 1x6 boards and elongating the feet about 6 inches to make it work. The construction part of this project (including cutting and assembly) took just one evening. I stayed up pretty late working on it, but I was able to complete it in one night. Painting took a few more days.
One note about the guardrails: the pocket screws split the vertical rails that were rounded off at the end. I glued and clamped the splits back together (note the clamps in one of the pictures), so no big deal. But I would recommend maybe not rounding them as much as I did. If I were to build it again, I'd probably just use my little disk sander to take the corners off, instead of taking off as much as I did using a jig saw.
This was my second project and is the simple outdoor sectional. Took me about 8 hours to build all the sections and another 8 hours to stain everything. We ended up buying the cushions and pillows from Garden Ridge in Texas. Total cost for the cushions was about $500. Wood and materials was about $300. I used 1 x 4 cedar to insure it was rot and insect resistant. Then I stained it with Behr Premium Outdoor Natural #500. Looks great out on our covered patio. I will be building more as we are in the process of installing a pool of which I need lots of furniture to go around the decking!
Fri, 07/22/2011 - 13:55
This is gorgeous and it goes really nicely with your brick house too! I'd love to see more pics if you have. Great job :)
Sun, 02/26/2012 - 12:41
Cushions are expensive because you want to buy a mold/mildew resistant foam on the inside. Secondly, you want the fabric to be an outdoor fabric that has resistance to fading from the sun, but again that will resist mold/mildew and withstand rain, etc...with that said it makes them expensive.
We pulled ideas from a couple of plans for this daybed. We utilized the farm house headboard for both the back and the sides. And, the daybed dimensions and framework from the Hailey Storage Daybed.
We have cabinet doors to put on the two center cubbies, but the first set warped when painted. So, the second set are currently drying. We're planning to use magnetic spring-push closures on them to eliminate the need for cabinet knobs (we're afraid they could be used as a step by little feet!).
We did not secure the slats that lay behind the cubbies and the headboard, this way we can utilize space under the bed for additional storage--there's a ton of room under there!
This was the first project that we used a Wagner HVLP paint sprayer on. I will NEVER go back to brushed and rollers. The learning curve was minimal and the time savings phenomenal!
Mon, 10/28/2013 - 11:04
We built this bed over the weekend! Just need to finish painting. I was wondering if you had trouble with the mattress fitting, because the dimensions seem to be a very tight fit. Also, did you put a sealer on the bed or just paint?
I'm so excited Ana created plans for this table! When I first came across it on Pottery Barn Kids it was love at first sight. :D I built it over the weekend for my little toddler. Unfortunately, he's too short for it, but he'll grow into soon enough. :) (I secretly wished it was an art table appropriate for my height!)
It cost me about $75 to build. I splurged and bought select pine boards for the project. The art table was also my submission for September's Fab Furniture Flippin' Contest. September's sponsor is General Finishes and the theme was geometry!
Now, I just need to build matching seats! I love the little stools Ana built; maybe I'll do something sorta like that. :)
Thank you Ana for inspiring me to build!
My husband Mike built Ana’s cedar shed over the course of a few weekends. He wanted it to be 3-ft deeper than the original, so he made those modifications, and it turned out great! We added some vintage/historical knobs and brackets to really make it pop! It is ready to be filled with lawn mowers and tools!
I built a ton of these as Christmas gifts and they were a huge hit! I used 2x3's and made them in different heights. Thanks, Ana!
I've been wanting a new desk for YEARS, as I've been using my childhood desk as a computer desk for about 12 years, but I never wanted to shell out the kind of money a desk I'd want would cost. So, this Parson Tower Desk was my very first build! First time using a table saw & I kept all of my fingers (go me). I'm very proud of how it turned out. It's not perfect, but it is exactly what I was hoping for! I love using it & can't wait to move onto my next project!
Thu, 07/28/2011 - 18:11
Screw the power station thingy to the bottom of the desk and fill in the pocket holes and youre perfect!
Im still in the process of building two supersized versions of the parsons desk
Built this for my nephew's 2nd birthday!
#formeremortals #anawhite
A bench I built for my sister as a birthday present. I used whitewood for the painted parts and some left over knotty alder for the top and cross supports. The alder was from a kitchen rehab and I have been holding on to that wood for ages. :) The hardest part was the cross supports - figuring out the angle was a bear! Thanks for the plans Ana!
It was taken from a plan that Ana had for a patio bench. I made it longer and high enough to match the seats on the couch
Combined several different plans from several different sites, but my mother in law is a master gardener who loves birds and wanted a new bench for her garden. I used 1x4's on the seat slats (instead of 2x4's- added an extra support in frame), made the seat a bit deeper, and I modified the arms to allow somewhere to rest a glass of her southern sweet tea. :) All made from box store non PT lumber and sealed for outdoors. The ideas for the "pickets" on the back and birdhouse came from "MyOutdoorPlans.com"- want to give credit where credit is due.
We LOVE Ana's plans for the outdoor sectional! We just bought a house with a first patio and we knew this is what we wanted out there! We used one corner unit and four armless units to fill our space. I'm also planning to add a couple ottomans as a coffee table. Let the cookouts begin!
I don't know if it's true everywhere, but here 2x4s are about 1/2 the price of 1x4s so we made a couple modifications to the plans so we could use the much cheaper 2x4s instead. It saved us tons of money and gave the sectional a really chunky, sturdy look - a nice bonus!
When we finished it, the blue store employees suggested we use a deck sealer to make the cheaper wood last a long time. We were able to use a waterproofing stain to color and seal the wood at the same time which made the finishing go a lot faster than other projects I've done with stain and polyurethane.
This is the first time I got to use my new Kreg Jig, which was super fun, and made the furniture nice and sturdy!
If anyone is interested in using 2x4s I have the modifications here: http://morelikehome.blogspot.com/2011/06/our-new-outdoor-sectional.html
And info about my finished project here: http://morelikehome.blogspot.com/2011/07/patio-perfection.html
Sat, 07/30/2011 - 23:20
You did a great job. I really like how it looks with the 2x4's, too.
Sat, 07/30/2011 - 23:20
You did a great job. I really like how it looks with the 2x4's, too.
Sun, 07/31/2011 - 04:33
Love the chunkier look as well. Beautiful job and thanx for posting the mods which I will be sure to use in the future when we build ours! If you don't mind me asking, where did you get the cushions and how much for each? Also, love, love, love your profile pic! Absolutely precious!
Wed, 08/03/2011 - 20:06
I'm glad you like it! Thanks for the nice comments!
The seat cushions were from walmart for $25 each (marked down from $30). We spent almost as much on those as on the furniture! Crazy! The back pillows are just regular throw pillows to save some $$$. :)
Mon, 08/03/2015 - 10:21
I used your plans and made this! Thank you so much for the adjustments on the measurements!!
Made these barn door style doors for our master bath remodel. Using some of the same techniques found here. The finish is a 5 step Minwax process: pre-soak, American oak stain, grey, whitewash and finally wax finish.
Wanted to build a nice sofa table to go underneed the large canvas behind my couch. I wanted something more simple and robust to suit my taste, but also wanted to be able to give it a nice rustic look to to suit what my wife wanted. The kentwood bookshelf fit the bill perfectly.
Wanted a side table to go in dining room for drinks and spare dishes to go on when we have get togethers. It was a pretty simple that was fun and got it done in a weekend during naptimes and the spare moment here and there thanks to my husband having time off. I didn’t want a second shelf because that’s just a ladder for my toddlers! I decided to go with a truss look since it fit my furtinure a bit more and I like it having a bit of a decorative look in the back.
built straight from ana's plan. Used cedar 2x4s. super easy to make really happy how they came out. Cushions were like $52 per set at home depot.
My husband and I built this for our son's bedroom using all five of Ana’s series of plans for the cubby wall system. We did pretty well, especially considering that it was our very first building project. We made the media component of the wall unit the same width as the two sides since we didn’t need it to fit a wide screen TV. My hubby was thrilled that the drawers went together beautifully. The doors turned out a little “off” -- luckily the room has a beach theme so this piece fits right in with the beach shack look!
Thu, 08/04/2011 - 01:55
Congratulations! It's gorgeous and an awesome organizational tool for the room...
I made this easy and cheap Christmas tree wall shelf to add character to my guest bathroom. I went through all my wood stash and found enough wood to build this project with!
Make sure to pay attention to the long and short point directions in Ana's plans. Since I was hanging this above my toilet, I didn't need the hooks so I just omitted the bottom piece all together.
I ended up using wood glue and a nail gun to put everything together so it went really quickly.
I painted the whole tree with green chalk paint and distressed the edges with sandpaper. Hung it up with L brackets in a stud.
Fun and easy project! Thank you Ana!!
Mon, 11/05/2018 - 11:27
Super cute! I love the wider bottom shelf and the green paint!