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As soon as I heard my brother was going to get a puppy this month, I decided I was going to make this food and water dish holder. I LOVE IT! I am going to give it to him for Christmas. I made it with larger bowls for when the puppy becomes a full size Golden Retriever. She won't need it right away, so I've decided to wait until Christmas to wrap up and give to my brother. I had a lot of fun making this project. I need to make one now for our cockapoo.

Since I had to use larger bowls, I had to come up with my own measurements. I'm pretty proud of myself for tackling that all by myself. :-)

Coated it pretty heavy with the polyurethane to protect it from water spillage.

This was a pretty simple project and only took a few hours. I painted the bottom with some oops pain I found at Home Depot- I wanted the blue to be darker, but I still think it turned out ok and I will probably end up giving it to my nephew. I followed the instructions that one of the other builders had done on this project as far as making the legs shorter and leaving the compartments out to make it lighter. Happy with it overall!

I made the sliding barn door console from your plans.  I liked it so much I made a 3 opening version for another wall.  I found patio door rollers to use instead of taking apart a pulley in the directions from the that's my letter plan.  I used old crates my parents had kept and scraps for my doors so it has sentimental value. 

Used a handheld propane torch to “burn” the wood and it turned out amazing! 

first project I've done in well over a decade, made it for my 3 year old son to have at the bathroom sink

When we bought our house a year ago, my husband was super excited to be able to get tools and start working with wood. At first, I didn't share his desire for DIY projects. It honestly wasn't until I found your website that I started to get excited. It was first a excitement of things that I could have my husband do/make as he had already made the coffee table that you see along with an entry table, 2 small bookcases, workbench, wall shelf, and storage shelves.

However, recently I started to get the crazy idea in my head that I could help and we could do projects together. When we decided that our couch was too big for our small living room space, we determined to buy a newer smaller couch. That was until I found the plans for this one. We decided that we would give it a try, and if it didn't turn out like I wanted it to, it could go in his man-cave.

Keep in mind, I am not a seamstress nor can I really sew in a straight line, but following Anna's plan made this project easy. My husband and I decided that he wanted armrests on the couch and came up with the armrests designs you see here.

I am already excited an working on our next project of a Farmhouse table that I have (not the hubby) done most of the work on.

This was my first sizable project, so I wanted something simple.  I do this for an hour or two in the evening, and it took a few weeks due to availability, so I have no idea how much time I actually put in on it.

Awesome plan, used 10” boards and 6” wheels to add height. Also added hinges so that the top opens up for storage. Found some hardware to give it some personality. 

I made this slightly wider than the plans called for, just to make it easier for my daughter to tuck sheets in.

Built with all recycled material. Wanted to try out a gel stain on pine to get more even results and I love it!! 

Made from leftover wood from other projects.  Adjusted the plan to accomodate the lengths of wood I had available.

This bed is made specially for a little girl with a doll named Julie, hence the J :)
I would like to say it only took me a few hours, but in reality it took me a week. Mainly because I sand in 3 stages (coarse, medium, fine) and wait overnight between coats of paint and work on multiple projects at the same time. Still a very easy project! (except for the sewing, I'm no seamstress ;))
I used select pine for 1x2's and 1x3's, but I think furring strips are much better because of the rounded edges. Also 2x2's were not select pine and they didn't quite match up with the other boards.

Here are some pictures of the Backyard Pergola (almost finished). Three of us leveled the main beams (easier said than done), but many hands made for lighter work and a lot more fun. Big thanks to Dave and Gretta !!!

The posts on top still need to be trimmed, and the carriage bolts need to be hack-sawed off so they do not stick out.

I found the other "Brags" inspiring while working on this project, so I thought I would share also.

*Used treated wood for most of it, and plan to stain it with "Cabot's oil-based semi-solid stain" when the treated lumber has dried out - next year sometime.

This changing table was fairly easy to put together. I have yet to really master drawers, so I was a bit nervous about such a drawer-centric project. Fortunately, they slide great! Next time I may experiment with jigsaw cutouts and moulding, but for now, I enjoy the clean lines and simplicity of this dresser.

Designed from the Grandy Sliding Door console, but I modified it by extending it to 8ft wide, and added a media shelf to not cover remote sensors for my set top boxes. This is my first build from Ana White so it took a little more time and expense than I hoped only because of some startup tools I decided to get to help the process.

Our daughter asked for a kitchen island so my first stop was Ana's website to see what plans I could find. I built the base while my husband was out of town one week. This was a zero trip to Lowe's project as I raided our wood rack and scrap bins. My husband came home and built the countertop.

The bolt I got was too short so...was about to go out and exchange it when my husband said to be like the amish. So he helped me put a dowel I had in my stash in a 1inch hole that I made...added some grease to it and it works great! Also used ends of staircase spindles that I had leftover from other projects for the handles. Would have gotten done a lot faster if it weren't for the paint and stain. Haven't bothered with the cushions yet. Kids love it!