I made these windows to layer with an actual antique window I have. I made a template out of kraft paper, traced it on wood, and cut it out with a jigsaw. There are step by step instructions for making the template on my blog!
This is our attempt at the Fancy X Farmhouse Table. My husband and I built this over a weekend. We modified our table from the plans, making ours shorter and wider. We also added extensions and changed out a few boards for a bit of a different look from the exact plan. We created a custom finish with a few cheap and easy steps to get the look we wanted. Our table is 84" long by 46" wide. The original plans for the table called for it to be 96" long by 37" wide. We added a fifth board to our table top, thus making our tabletop 9.25" wider (since a 2x10 is actually 9.25" wide.) To account for this, we simply increased the width of the base boards by 9.25". As for the length, since our table was 12" shorter than the plan, we decreased the length of the two support boards running between the bases by 12" to account for that. We had to adjust the length of our decorative pieces somewhat, because of the wider base and shorter length. It was bit of trial and error but we were happy with what came out of it. For the center base post, instead of using 2x4's we used one 4x4 which was clean, square, and straight. We were happy with how things turned out for the base. Perhaps our biggest alteration was the fact that we added extensions to each end. To do this, we cut out 3.5" slots in the top of the base so a 2x4 could slide in. We then took two 2x8's and used pocket holes to bring them nice and tight. With the extensions in place, our table is nearly 10 feet long! As for the finish, we wanted a weathered gray color and were able to come up with it through a three step process. Its really beautiful in person! Thanks again for the plan
Sun, 07/22/2012 - 15:26
Your new table is really very beautiful. The previous one was also very nice, great job!
Thu, 07/26/2012 - 06:37
Wow! Great addition of the extensions. I'm saving this for our build.
Tue, 08/07/2012 - 03:10
Could you possibly give me a detailed explanation of how you finished this table? I love, love, love the color and want to replicate it.
Thanks!
Darcy
Tue, 09/25/2012 - 09:06
Beautiful table, but I really want some information on the 3-step process you used to get the weathered gray look. Can you please provide that information? Thanks!
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 07:46
How did you create that Gray Weatered finish? Also what type of wood did you use?
Sun, 04/07/2013 - 20:40
Thank you for your interest in the finish....we used regular pine from Orange and Blue. We used a mixture of steel wool and vinegar in a glass jar, let it sit for a night or two, then brushed it on evenly over each board. We then let that sit for a night or two and then proceed to whitewash the entire table (two parts water one part paint.) After that, we took Dark Walnut Stain and wiped it over each board, then quickly wiped/scrubbed it off after just a minute or two. That's how we did it!
Id suggest practicing first with some scrap , esp. with the steel wool mixture so you can see how the wood changes. :)
Fri, 09/23/2016 - 15:24
Hi Emily!
I love your table. We are about to make one and love your stain. Would you be so kind to give me details of what you used to achieve the look? I read the above post, but could you give me brands and colors? I don't understand what is steel wash- is that the color?
Thank you so much!
FLKS
Mon, 09/09/2013 - 11:40
but when we brushed on the steel wool/vinegar mixture, the holes on the table top and base that we had filled in with putty didn't really stain...did you run across the problem? I don't see any areas on the top of your table where you can tell where the holes were??
Wed, 04/09/2014 - 09:05
I'm curious if you made the extensions permanent or if they can be removed and added as you need? I love this table!
Thanks,
Wed, 08/13/2014 - 11:50
I am not understanding how you made the extensions from your description and then looking at the end pictures... Would you please explain this a little further and how they are stored and placed for use and how this works? Thank you!
Tue, 10/07/2014 - 17:39
LOVE the finished product! I aim to get the hubby to make this one at some point! But for now, we have just a bench in our kitchen that he made and I'd like to apply the same finish you did. I've looked at a bunch of different tutorials but I like yours the best. Here's the question...how long after I apply the paint/water mixture to I apply the walnut stain? Do I apply the water/paint and wipe off right away? A few seconds later? A minute later? Do I allow the applied/wiped water/paint mixture to dry completely before adding the stain or do I want to apply the stain before it's throughly dry so that it mixes a bit for a softer look? Thanks so much!
Made this for our dining room and it was my first major furniture project. Learned a lot. Looking for the next project
This was so much fun to build and it turned out really great. It was the perfect gift for my son on his fourth birthday.
I had to change around a bit of the plan because my daughter's room has a weird shape. So she gets into bed on one side of the bed, but the playhouse side is opposite so that it would be able to accommodate a window and a door on that side. We were able to put in 3 full sized windows this way.
Inside her playhouse is the play kitchen set I built her several years ago (it's seen a ton of use), as well as the doll crib that I built her (which has also seen a ton of use.)
Inside, we used coated mug hooks around the top of the inside to hang rope lights, and we used the same hooks as curtain rod hangers for the cafe tension rod curtain rods we used for the windows.
Custom built-in desk and bookshelves. We combined plans for a massive desk with bookshelves. Working from home, I needed to maximize my storage space but wanted to create beauty and function at the same time. I love the finished results! I admire my new desk everyday I "go to work."
Our guest room finally has a headboard! I put together this queen size headboard using what I had learned building my daughter's headboard (and consulting the plans for the Reclaimed Wood Headboard) using the remainder of the plywood sheet from her headboard project, 2x3s for the legs, a 2x4 to join the legs (and connect to the metal bed frame), furring strips, and a 1x3 to top it off.
Our plywood had been cut to fit our car, so the first vertical furring strip was placed to hide the seam where I joined the two pieces back together. Then we evenly placed them from center as just looked right to us.
We had a great time seeing this come together as we didn't follow a specific plan, but were able to be a bit more creative inspired by various plans.
Great project idea but this thing is a beast. I hope I never move, and if I do it's probably staying with the house! This was a lot of work, but well worth it!
Made it four feet longer for her four chicks. Will be adding automatic feeders and water soon.
I apologize for not having before and after shots from the same perspective, but this is the bookcase I built to replace the very poorly sized and very poor quality bookcase that was in this room before. The room has a slanted ceiling that goes from 8' to 16,' and has baseboard heaters that got in the way of cabinetry. I worked around it. These were my first cabinets, and they didn't come out exactly has I had envisioned, but they're pretty darn close! The shelves are all on brackets that are screwed into studs in the wall, and the boards that make the sides of the bookcase aren't even screwed down. I wanted something that would be sturdy and yet easy to take down or change. I left space in the middle because we'd like to put in a fireplace one day...
MelissaLeigh144
We built the Farmhouse Table using the updated pocket hole plans. We adjusted the size and left off the stretcher board since ours is much smaller than the plans call for.
In reply to Stain Color by JLU5003
Fri, 09/12/2014 - 13:42
Thanks! I'm glad you like it. I used a layered approach with a couple of different colors. For the finish we purchased Minwax Pre-Stain Wood Conditioner, Minwax Special Walnut Stain, Minwax Weathered Oak Stain and Polycrylic. Here is a link to the blog post I wrote about staining the table: http://69.195.124.114/~theanch5/2014/05/14/diy-farmhouse-dining-table/
This was my first project, and it took me about 2 weeks to complete it. I don't have a lot of tools, so there were many frequent little trips to Home Depot (by now I think I definitely have the basics down). I would put in an hour here and there, and was finally able to paint the beautiful thing today. I am extremely happy with how it turned out. Thank you Ana for the wonderful plans. My family and I are looking forward to many evenings on the patio on the new sofa.
Built Cup storage shelf after adding a new set up cabinets and wood countertop.
I built this sturdy work bench to complete further projects off the ground! It's helped me to be organized, keep my tools together and stretch these legs!
This project is excellent for a first time builder. Mistakes don't matter much, it's pretty straight forward and easy, doesn't require special cuts. Allows you to practice measuring, cutting, drilling, etc.
I loved the RH-inspired Balustrade Coffee Table that I built for my parents, I decided to make one for our living room! Ours had to be more of a square though, to fit our space more appropriately, so I modified the dimensions. This affected our shopping and cut lists, of course. Check out the blog post for more info.
I needed to build a loft bed for a small room that has a nine foot ceiling, I wanted to have ample storage room below, but was concerned about a ladder that would stick out at an angle taking up a little too much precious real estate in the small room. Using Ana's great Sketch Up plans, I modified the design by incorporating a fifth leg as a permant addition to attach the ladder to. Part of the appeal of Ana's design was the ability to take apart the bed if it ever needed to be taken out of the room it is installed in, and the ladder became a part of the foot board end, perhaps a little unwieldy, but still able for two people to lift and move.
As a self-taught woodworker, I wanted something a little nicer than standard pine boards, and since we have a nice local hardwood supplier in our town, I was able to buy some nice red oak in a 13/16" thickness. This project gave me the opportunity to use the planer that I bought some time ago but hadn't really used very much, so I ended up milling all of the wood to bring all to a uniform thickness. In gluing up the legs, I used a spreader and a lot of clamps so that there are no screws, staples or nails joining the boards, just a lot of Titebond II.
For the ladder itself, I cut dados in the upright edges of the ladder and attached the treads with 2" wood screws along with a liberal amount of glue. I had a slight miscaculation on the width of the ladder, so in order for it to fit in between the two legs, I had to plane away a small amount of wood, which you can see the end of in the last picture, the close up of the ladder.
After a fair amount of sanding and a round over bit in my palm router to break all the exposed edges, I finished with three coats of polyurethene. The bed was assembled in the room using 2" wood screws which I had pre-drilled when I dry-fitted the bed out on my driveway. There are three screws in each corner of the mattress board and two screws in each corner of the railing. The short section of the front rail is also attached with screws so it can be removed as well if the bed is ever moved. I finished the installation with three, six inch lag bolts, two higher up going into wall studs, one near the bottom bolting into the wall plate on the floor. The bed was very solid, but has been made even more so with the addition of a bookshelf spanning the width of the footboard, and it is as deep as the ladder is wide. I offset the side of the bookshelf on the ladder side to allow for a two inch gap so your toes can overhand the ladder treads when climbing up or down.
