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Designed by myself. Used a jigsaw, nail gun, and made miter cuts on the molding for the first time on this project. Glued a curtain panel I bought at target to the back before attaching it.
Overall size is 7 feet tall, 3 feet wide, and 1 foot deep.

With thanks to others that had posted before me. I took my inspiration from all the Castle beds I could find and customized this Castle Bed for my Granddaughters room. We made the bottom bed full size and the top twin size. She has a closet on the inside and two bedside tables. The slide lifts for additional storage. We made a cloud ceiling filled with a moon and stars that all glow in the dark. I used 3 18' rope lights that operate By remote control. Since I did not have enough space to add the stairs in the room I built the bed, I made the arched window on the right side to be used as a ladder. The steps are next. This took 8 months, 10 sheets of plywood and ultralight MDF. a few hundred board feet of pine, 5 gallons of paint and primer, 350 biscuits. About 1,500 Grandma and Grandpa hours of pure love.

Thanks again for everyone's inspiration.

No plans I measured as I went.

Easy to build and look great!  And way cheaper than buying shelves.

Such a fun project and turned out so good. Really changed our entry space. I opted to use 1x4s instead of 1x3s on the face frames to give it a little bit of a thicker appearance. Stained with October Brown from Valspar and one coat of warm satin polyurethane.

Cody Field

This was my very first project to take on with Ana's plans. My boyfriend and I helped each other, and I think the result is pretty amazing. A lot of people has complimented our project, so we will be building something else soon.

I assembled these two benches over the 2014 Memorial Day weekend.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/emmaus/sets/72157644890017042

Thanks for the plans!  My wife and cat love that cart, and I'm not sure who will win )))

This is my first build from Anna's plans.

Kitchen cabinets and shelves in our breakfast nook. Our new kitchen does not have enough storage, so I’m creating my own! A matching set is in the works on the other side of the window.

I completely made all of my my teen daughters bedroom furniture from plans from Ana-White.com.

Farmhouse Bed
Open File Cabinet with desk top for dressing table
Open File Cabinet for side tables.

Princess Cottage Loft Bed

My wife and I were originally going to build a different plan from Ana, but she wanted to have hanging barn doors and we found this and said PERFECT! I tweaked the plans a little for the height as it would be too close to tv (where will I put my turntable?! :P ) and started to build. Built it from all pine. The structure wasnt too bad and went together wonderful. Painted it up with an exterior grade paint for durability, but didnt like how easy it  would actually marr so I hit with three coats of spray polycrilic from minwax.

Due to time constraints and traveling every weekend, this took us all of a better part of 5 weeks to complete.

Made all the track from McMaster aluminum, some amazon pulleys for wheels, and some shoulder bolts w/ locknuts. This prevents from overtorquing the nuts down and binding the wheels :)

The TOP is my favorite part! I ordered a 13' piece of live edge pine slab w/ bark on from a mill in Ohio shipped to Florida, and had them rip it to my 92.5" length and the width I wanted for the top. Once I received I filled all the cracks/voids/knots with West Systems 2 part epoy, then sanded the entire unit from 80, 120, 220 grit. I used a belt sander to rip off any bark I couldnt pry off. Then some pre-stain, a very quick wiped off coat of Minwax Espresso, and 3 coats of spray on satin polyurethane (only 2 on bottom). Came out BEAUTIFUL!

Bought some TE brand LED light kit (5m) on amazon for $18 shipped and super glued to the shelf. Had to put a 0.50" hole on one side toward the front to pass the light string thru, and used electrical tape to black out the lights running vertical in the corner.  They are also programmable and color changing.

Table top is 92.5" long

Unit is 88.5" long

Beautiful piece that people have been raving about.

Thanks Ana for the plans!

I wanted a tv/ fireplace for Christmas and my husband built this using your plans. I love it!

took me a week to build, lots of compliments, already making them for family and friends!

I did not personal make this. My 74 year old father did. Very happy with the result. Only thing I asked him to change is there is no drawer. The top lifts up for my to store my daughters toys easier.

I have been looking for shelves to add to my bathroom however nothing stood out. The leaning bathroom shelf was the project that I needed! I changed the plans to fit the area and it looks great! 

Pop of color ✔️

Knit storage baskets ✔️

One of a kind hand drawing from Paris ✔️

I decided to make this table about three weeks before this plan came out! I wanted a dinning table so I found one at William Sonoma that I loved and figured I could take several pieces from other table plans to make this one from WS. Then sure enough out comes this one after I had already started my plan! So, its not exactly the same but it is close and I do love it so much. I was afraid it wouldn't be secure enough with just the top boards running across the legs so I added a frame to support underneath like one of the other table plans does. This was yet another learning process so it took awhile and the boards aren't as perfect as I'd like them to be but I think that adds to the character I tried to give it! Overall, not an awful project.

This was a seriously fun project to build. I am very pleased with the results. Painting is not something I usually do with my projects, and I learned a lot about spray paint in the process. I used the original plans, but double tapered the table legs, chamfer routed the top edges, and added v-grooves to the aprons. I incorporated v-grooves in to the chairs, and angled the tops.

There is a lot of pilot-holing and screwing involved with the chairs. I used pocket holes and glue to attach the seat slats from the bottom.

I would like to thank the site for making these plans available.

My wife sent me your YouTube video of making the sectional.  She asked me if I would make her one.  It was perfect timing because our 9 year anniversary was just around the corner.  So my 5 yr old daughter and I went to Lowes and purchased the supplies on a Friday night.  Her 8 year old brother and her helped me measure, and assemble (I did all the cutting;).  We enjoyed the project as a family and were very proud to present to mommy for a gift...

thank you!

Jack Christensen