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This was my second Ana White project but the first from her new book.
It started out being 2 separate shelving units but once in the space they need to be modified to fit between the windows. I just removed the one side leg and screwed the shelves to the other unit.
the bottom shelf is perfect to house my 12x12 scrapbooks!

This is our version of the farm house table. Flat white base with a grey finish on top to give it a coastal farmhouse theme. 

I have been bugging my husband for a month to help me build this bed - he builds houses for a living, so the last thing he wasn't to do with his time off is deal with more saws and drills!

But, when it came to making Christmas lists this year, all I asked for was his time to help me with the bed... guilt trip!

So, Friday after work we went to Blue Store to pick out lumber - He thought rough cut lumber would be THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD, or at least he acted like it... so we got what we had to out of framing lumber, and the rest was premium white wood. We were lucky enough to find 4x4 fir posts too!

All in all, we spent about 5 hours making the bed (little did hubs know, he would thoroughly enjoy building furniture, and now explores this website for new projects!) and I used BM Antique white to finish. I wanted to try Ana's method of sanding edges and using stain pen, but I really do love the bed in just white. Still needs a poly coat, but that will have to wait until after Christmas!

Completed just in time for Christmas company!

The only suggestion I would make is when putting the top 2x6 on the footboard, make the back edge (closest to mattress) flush with the 2x4 below.... We centered it, and the mattress fits too snug to easily adjust blankets and sheets!

My wife saw a painter's ladder shelf at IKEA and wanted one for our master bathroom.   I showed her the shelf on Ana's site and she liked that one much more.  So ... a few hours later we had our  new shelf and my wife couldn't  be more pleased.

This took me forever to do even with the plans and I still had to rig it cause I just couldn't get it square.  Im working on that but I'm very new at wood working and took this project on but I absolutely love it. This really cleared up my shed and space combined with extra tables to work on.  I got to use it for the first time today and it was awesome.  I think everyone should have one of these !!!

This was one of the first projects I've ever built, so I would put it at a beginner level. It's a great, sturdy bed, very simple. The drawers are huge, which is surprising, since you don't realize how much space you gain when you add the drawers until you see how much they store. Thought I'd fill in details that worked for me that I had to figure out. As the plan says, the drawers are on caster wheels and slide directly on the floor, so make sure you have an area rug down if it's going to be on bare wood (especially pine, like this one is on). As another reviewer said, use 2" caster wheels, 12 total. This gives it the right height on a wood floor. You can get those in bulk at a home improvement store. I would recommend a slat system and not just a piece of plywood for under the mattress, as I was warned bacteria and mold can grow when the mattress is not given a way to vent. You can see in the picture, I had a bunch of 2x4 scraps and simply made a slat system out of that. I pocket holed the slats into the front of the bed, so no screws would be showing. I only finished the sides that would ever show, so the entire back of the drawers and bed itself are unfinished. I like the look of the drawers without handles, and they are just as easy to pull out without them. The drawers can get off track easily when being pulled in and out, so be careful when you use them. Otherwise, no problems with the drawers. I used wood glue and cheap drywall screws to attach the drawer bottoms (plywood) to the drawers. If you want to put anything of any serious weight in these drawers, really consider supporting the middle of the drawers on the bottom with some 1x2s or 1x3s, as it is a bit weak in the middle of the drawers. One more thing: I noticed standard dimensions vary slightly between finishing wood (1x12s, 1x2s, etc) and structural wood (2x4 studs), so keep that into account. Things were not flush because the finish wood was scaled larger than the structural wood. This bed is all about the storage underneath, which is great.

Built this for my father for Father's Day he loved it.

I gave up my closet for a bathroom remodel last year...totally worth it. Since then my shoes have been stored in a pile next to my bed.  So happy I found this wonderful pattern.  I love my new shoe dresser!!  Thank you Ana!!

I'm a beginner at this, so for the most part I followed Ana's plans to building the Camp Loft Bed with Stairs. I made a few tweaks, including adding a slide to the front, putting the stairs on the other side, raising it by 7" (since there is a toddler bed underneath), and using hemmed shower curtain to create a fort underneath.
I made all the cuts with a miter saw and sanded all the wood down. I then glued and screwed the stairs, platform, and end pieces together. All the wood then got 1 coat of primer and paint. Then on Christmas Eve the bed was assembled in the kids' room. The sanding, priming, and painting took the longest. Cutting it and putting it together didn't take long.
For the railings, I did all screws from the outside to give a stronger hold than the pocket holes, and used 3 3/4" screws for the weigh bearing pieces. I counter sunk all the screws and added buttons to cover them (not yet painted in the photos). I also mounted the 45 degree 2x6 cuts in the 4 weight bearing corners to add extra bracing (not pictured). To brace the slide, I glued and bolted a 4x4 on the front of the bed. The curtains are just 2 off the shelf shower curtains that got hemmed to the correct height, and then were mounted using small teacup hooks. I plan to add an eyehole to each side, so they can be pulled back and hooked open.

This is the second of three AG doll beds I made for my nieces.

I am so in love with how this turned out! We will be making the matching Rustic "X" Console Table next!!!

SeeSaw made for the kids I watch, they love it

As suggested at the beginning of the instructions, be sure to read through the entire set of instructions before shopping and making this headboard. The parts lists calls for 3 - 7ft pieces of moulding. However, we needed more than three to do the finishing touches. Also, none of the mouldings suggested were at our Home Depot, so we improvised. Cutting some of the mouldings to go around the corners was too challenging for us, so we ended the moulding strips at the end of the bed. To give the ends a finished look, we used some of the 1/4" plywood, cut them, and sanded them. Be sure to sand all the surfaces. The instructions tell you how long to cut some pieces, but they don't say whether the board is supposed to be a 2X4 or 1X6, so be sure to go through the directions thoroughly before starting and cutting. We did use spray paint, and it took more than three cans to provide sufficient coverage, since the wood soaked up much of the first layer of paint.

This was my first real project. I started with the base instructions from this site and plugged them into Sketch-Up. From there I modified them a bit to fit my space better and to accomodate my PC and Audio/Video equipment. The desk fir perfectly in the room. My wife and I put the flooring in plus new baseboards, window sills, and paint. I also used some plans for floating shelves from another site and incorporate lighting to complete the look of the room. Can't wait for my next project!!!

This project took us about one week to complete. We spent two days building the vanity itself and added a shelf on the bottom. Staining it took a while and so did the topcoat. The Kreg Jig is amazing to work with, it made building this thing so much easier! The sink is purchased from Amazon along with the drain, together ran about $100. The faucet is from Costco ($70). We are pleased with the result and couldn't believe we were able to do it ourselves. I find myself popping into the bathroom just to make sure it's real!