Hockey bookshelves
These are fun little shelves that I made with left over wood from larger projects. We have split loyalties in our house that's why we made both Toronto and Detroit. Lol! It's a really simple project that ends up looking great.
These are fun little shelves that I made with left over wood from larger projects. We have split loyalties in our house that's why we made both Toronto and Detroit. Lol! It's a really simple project that ends up looking great.
Using the plans for the adirondack chairs we made a super comfy double seater from recycled sofa arms and pallet wood, put an extra diagonal support leg in the middle. Thank you for making these plans available!
We followed the links below to create our bed frame and headboard. The last link had some good tips that helped us. My big contribution: Use bolts to fasten everything together. Taking careful measurements I created a track for for the 2x4 spacer. This makes setup of the spacer incredibly easy. Then I put all three benches together and drilled 3/8 holes and used 3/8 bolts, washers, and wingnuts to fasten. This makes everything easy to setup and take down. http://ana-white.com/2010/03/plans-reclaimed-wood-look-headboard-king-s…
Great table which serves as our everyday table, easily fits 6 people
Fri, 01/16/2015 - 17:46
Looks like you did a very nice job. Could you post more pics? would love to see them.
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 17:10
Wow this is beautiful! You did a fantastic job...thanks for sharing!
In the plans of selling our home and move from Indiana to Washington, I visited Ana's website I was able to build this easy, simple attractive outdoor furniture to give a little "Curb Appeal" Besides the couchs, I made a corner table. The cushions are made for chairs and the pillows are cheap pillows with new covers that my wife made. Sad thing about this is I hate to leave. I will just have to make another set some day?
This was my first project ever. My goal was to finish it before my husband came home. The self tapping screws were wonderful to use. My husband thought I bought it. He was very impressed and proud of my new hobby. I cannot wait to build the planters next. Thank you Ana for the video and plans. It is amazing what you can do with great directions.
We needed a way to confine the dogs in one room when not supervised to protect our new living room furniture. I wasn't willing to pay the price it would cost for a gate large enough (if I could even find one), so I started the hunt for a plan. I couldn't find exactly what I wanted so I took ideas from several and this is the result. This folds into itself and against the pass thru bar when not in use.
Wed, 01/21/2015 - 06:21
Could you give a description on how you did it and your measurements. I'm looking to build several to keep the pups out of certain areas. Thanks.
I built the farmhouse console table over the course of 3 weekends. A relatively easy build, the pocket hole were the most time consuming. Its made mostly of Douglas Fir, and pine for the 2x2's. It's a heavy piece, it weighs about 250 lbs - ish. But the wife loves it, as it will be going in our kitchen.
My husband and I wanted modern version of the Kentwood Night Stand. We had to modify the cut list a bit to change up the dimensions for what we wanted for our space.
This is the second of two bathroom cubbies from Ana's book. I did the first one as in the book. I decided I wanted a different look for the second one. I also wanted to try out some different finishing techniques. This unit features Annie Sloan chalk paint in Aubusson Blue over Behr Pure Premium white as a base. The shelves are finished in Minwax espresso. The whole thing was rubbed down with Minwax finishing paste wax. I am really happy with the overall look and feel of the piece.
Tue, 01/27/2015 - 15:14
Wow I love the finish on this! It looks beautiful!
Spent my time home from work building this for the cabin this summer. will be using coushions from ikea that are water and uv resistant as well as double sealed with removable covers for washing.
I loved the Rustic Adirondack Chair so much I felt I needed to make a bench in the same style. I had to be a little creative with the chair plans and modify them to make my bench work. I am absolutely thrilled with how it came out! I already have a friend who has requested a chair and bench (love seat) for his son's wedding gift!
Mon, 08/16/2021 - 10:51
Can someone tell me the dimensions of the wood (1x10) for the bench and the dimensions for the frame (2x4)
Please
Thank you
Fri, 08/20/2021 - 16:37
You can make the 1x10 in any length you want. I’m planning on making a loveseat too and The measurements I chose for the seating area will be 48” long (which is the size for 2 seat cushions).
The Step 1 in Ana’s plan, all measurements will be the same.
Step 2: The two 2x4 horizontal supports will be cut at 48”.
Step 3: the two 1x10 seat panels will be 3 inches longer than the horizontal supports. So you will cut the 1x10 seat panels at 51”.
Step 4: Instead of two, you will need THREE seat supports. So cut three 2x4’s @ 32 3/4”. The third seat support will go in the middle of the other seat supports, drilled to the horizontal back support.
Step 5: Attach your back bottom horizontal support which will be a 2x4 at 48”.
Step 6: Attach the 1x10 seat back panels. You will cut (3) 1x10 @ 48”.
Here is the cut list for the loveseat version of Ana’s Adirondack plan. These are the lengths I chose. So with this cut list your loveseat should be big enough for two 24x24” seat cushions. I plan to add cushions for extra comfort.
My cut list:
(2) 2x4 @ 31 3/4”
(2) 2x4 @ 19 1/2”
(2) 2x4 @ 33 1/4” Cut at 20 degrees as per Ana’s plan.
(3) 2x4 @ 48” Horizontal supports. One goes behind your calves.
The other connects the end frames/arm rests at the back.
(2) 1x10 @ 51” Seat panels.
(3) 2x4 @ 32 3/4” Vertical supports for the back panels.
(3) 1x10 @ 48” The back panels.
Fri, 08/20/2021 - 17:32
P.S.
You will also need an extra support attached underneath the seat panels in the middle for extra support and keep the long seat panels from bowing.
We had an old mdf desk who's time was up. Thank goodness Ana had the sweetest plans. I just put a couple of plans together to build our very sturdy desk. It has file cabinet and an open base. I modified the side hutch for the cabin collection. I Made it one conclusive piece and added two doors.
I built this easy wall art project from Ana's plans. The brown stain did not fit our color scheme so I used Minwax Classic Gray stain. I didn't want to use new fence boards so I used wood from a pallet that our new woodstove came on. Dimensions 3' x 3'. The letters turned out great but were tedious and required a very small brush. The plans called for a final sanding but I decided to keep it as is - I liked the crisp finish and was scared I would ruin the project after all that work.
My dad did most of the work, I just assisted and did the research. Most of all -- we enjoyed working together and are proud of the project.
Our tables measured 3X6. Thank you for sharing your plans!
I previously made a table console with an open bottom for a friend. I thought I’d try this with a hanging cabinet in our guest bath. The mini barn door hardware I purchased from Amazon, but the shortest track I could find was 30.” So I had to chop down to 24” the cabinet's width. I definitely enjoyed making this and can see where I can improve productivity next time. This thing was heavy!
Well, I've finished my first building project! I think it turned out well considering that it was my first. I really liked the simplicity of the plans for this console table. I intended to follow the plans exactly, but made some modifications in the end (due to not realizing my 1x12 was not the correct width.) Regardless, I'm thrilled with the final product!
Wed, 03/20/2013 - 15:51
Looks super! Congrats on your first build! Looks very professional, and your finish is just lovely!
I built this bed for around $100 and is probably my most favorite piece of furniture in my house. The plans are pretty simple but i did change the way the side rails were attached to the head and foot boards just to make it a lil easier for anyone else to put together or take apart. I used a metal framing clip to incase the 2x10. that way the side rails can easily be taken off and on they just slide in or out of the clip. Also I had to make the 4x4s as I couldnt find any in or around augusta,ga that were not treated..So I took two 2x10s and glued them together and ripped downt the board to get a 3 1/2"x 3" post.
To get my distressed look. I stained all the boards with dark walnut and then put two coats of Snow Bound (color) paint over it and then simply used a wet sand block and slowly sanded all the paint off to get my disired look. I did each board separate then then put everything together.
This project was alot fun and will probably be building a few friends one soon as im getting alot of request to make them