Faux Mantle with Storage
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I built the faux fireplace from your plans and wanted to share it with you. Thank you and God bless you. - Joe
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I built the faux fireplace from your plans and wanted to share it with you. Thank you and God bless you. - Joe
I built this project with wood out of a 100+ year old house. When the house was tore down they discovered instead of ship lap, some of the walls were covered with wood from old military bomb crates. What a score! The dimensions of this table are 30" tall x 36" wide x 7' long. Now I am going to find some old chairs and recover the cushions with burlap/feedsack. Thanks Ana, your plans have helped me so much.
firepit within a table....great fun!
I followed Ana's plans for this Mug Tree stand! I absolutely adore it! Great plans and cute stand.
I was showing a friend Ana's website and the laundry basket dresser picture appeared and she immediately told me, yes told me, lol, to make one for her. First time working with MDF and had to have my hubby's help because it's way too heavy. For that alone, not sure I'd use it again. Also, two places, it bubbled a little, not sure why. She loved it and wants another. I'm never sure how long these projects take as I don't do it all at one time. It's on the weekends when I have a chance and after work.
I created two sofas, a love seat and a table by modifying the modern chair. I added a back extension, tipped the back back 10 degrees, and angled the seat platform down a few degrees. Considered doing Adirondack arms, but my wife preferred the rectangular shape. The table is a variation of the 2x4 patio table (base construction similar), but we substituted pine 4x4 legs for the 2x4s, and implemented a 2x6 "picture frame" around Mexican tile on top.
I used pocket screws to attach the arms to the sides, and also to hide screws on the table "picture frame".
All-in-all, I would say this is an elegant-looking patio set that should last quite a while. Very solid, very heavy to move around (my only complaint).
We plan to add some colorful throw pillows.
Wed, 05/13/2020 - 06:38
Like the changes!
What is the angle of the chair/sofa back 110 degrees?
Thanks
In reply to Angle of back? by KeithMatthews
Wed, 05/13/2020 - 06:39
Oops just saw it at the top, sorry.
My husband thought I was joking when I suggested I could build this bed instead of purchasing one. Was my first time building furniture but won't be the last.
I'm so in love with this table! We altered the plans slightly by making the table wider. Enough to put 2 chairs on the end. The table will hold 12 people pretty comfortably with a lot of room in the middle for food. We added a 2x2 under the 2x4 frame instead of the sandwich look. We also mitered the corners for a more finished look. I finished with Minwax Special Walnut and applied 2 coats of oil based poly with a light scrub on final coat with steel wool.
Wed, 12/18/2013 - 09:04
Hi - I love this and we are planning on building it over the Christmas holidays. I really like your modifications of the mitered edge, the elimination of the "sandwich edge", and the wider table. What was the finish dimensions of your table? Did you just add an additional (or 2) 1x6 to the tabletop? Also, it doesn't look like you changed the legs at all to support the wider top - is this true? We have 4 kids who are always hanging on our furniture so I need something nice and sturdy but also big enough to seat us all plus the many guests we have in our house!
Wed, 12/18/2013 - 11:10
The finished table dimensions are approx 8 ft long and 4 1/2 wide. There's 9 1x6 boards inside the 2x4 frame. We didn't alter the pedestals at all. We added a longer 2x4 between the table and the top of the pedestals for extra table support. The bottom of the pedestals are plenty wide enough to accommodate the extra table width.
It's a darn lovely awesome table. Sat 12 people comfortably at Thanksgiving with enough room for all the turkey dinner fixings.
It's also become the favorite homework station during the week. So much room to spread out books and papers.
Good luck!!!
Sun, 12/22/2013 - 13:21
Did you plane the edges of your 1x6 boards so that they would be nice and tight? I'm concerned about where the boards meet together - that crumbs, milk spills, etc will get caught down in the grooves! Did you do something special on the finish to fill in any grooves? What kind of wood did you use?
Sun, 12/22/2013 - 14:34
1x's are already square. They aren't like 2x's with the rounded edges. We just used a kreg jig to attach them together. There are no gaps at all. We didn't plane the 2x4 frame and there is a tiny gap there. You might want to plane the inside edge of the 2x4 frame to avoid food crumbs in the gaps, but it's sorta hard to keep everything square unless you have a super nice table saw. Ours is cheapo. I used some wood filler on a test piece and hated the look after the finish! The nooks and crannies are what make this table rustic and lovely. Use place mats ;)
The wood is just regular old lumber from Home Depot. There are no choices on different type of wood. Everything we got was kiln dried except a few pieces, but don't be fooled, those warp after you buy them too.
Sun, 04/06/2014 - 10:41
In the original plans, the top 2x6 on the pedestals are 36 1/2", which means they can be drilled into the 2x4 frame. On your modifications, the original pedestals wouldn't be long enough to reach the 2x4 frame, so did you just make the top 2x6 on the pedestal longer? I'm sorry I'm confused, but I like the wider table and am just trying to see how you attached the pedestals to the top.
It might be explained by "We added a longer 2x4 between the table and the top of the pedestals for extra table support." but I'm still not 100% understanding how it's attached.
Thanks for any help!
Sun, 04/06/2014 - 10:41
In the original plans, the top 2x6 on the pedestals are 36 1/2", which means they can be drilled into the 2x4 frame. On your modifications, the original pedestals wouldn't be long enough to reach the 2x4 frame, so did you just make the top 2x6 on the pedestal longer? I'm sorry I'm confused, but I like the wider table and am just trying to see how you attached the pedestals to the top.
It might be explained by "We added a longer 2x4 between the table and the top of the pedestals for extra table support." but I'm still not 100% understanding how it's attached.
Thanks for any help!
Sun, 04/06/2014 - 16:14
I added another picture of the underside of the table to clear up any confusion. hope this helps.
Mon, 12/15/2014 - 07:50
Are your benches the same dimensions as the original plans?
Thanks!
I created this 25" single door turned leg bathroom vanity for the powder room. I used a grey base coat, then glazed it with a dark brown coat and finally put on a coat of satin indoor polyurethane to finish. The sink is a Kohler Persuade single hole sink with a Delta Cassidy faucet.
Sat, 12/10/2016 - 22:26
Thanks! I used Home Depots BEHR Marquee interior satin enamel base paint with primer "Moonquake N450-4" (medium base 7454). Then I used Rust-Oleum transformations decorative glaze "java brown" to finish it off.
These were a labor of love! I bought my first miter saw and decided this would be the project to try angles. It wasn't easy but I figured it out.
These were pretty easy otherwise to put together once you get past the stringers. They aren't perfect but they are very sturdy. I've had a few people ask me to make them one too!
This spring I was able to build the preschool picnic table for my son. Today we fully used it for a picnic breakfast with the cousins. It can easily fit up to four kids ages 2 to 7. (I also built the chairs in the fall)
I made this bookshelf for my living room using old bifold doors and bricks. There isn't any building required (just assembly) but it is a piece of DIY furniture so I thought I would share.
For details: http://www.homeandawaywithlisa.com/blog/2011/12/16/making-the-easiest-b…
I wanted to rearrange the livingroom but needed a corner cabinet since the t,v sits on the fireplace mantle. I loved this plan except it didn't have any drawers for the DVD's so I just did the top portion on the bottom. I made the bottom slots wider and made drawers for them....perfect solution for my needs...
This was a fun project to get my feet wet again in woodworking. We adjusted the plans slightly. Our table is 80" x 40". It is supported and bordered with a 2x4 frame that ties it all together. As my friend said, you can stand on that thing. Lots of fun, and can't wait for my wife to enjoy it.
Got tired of working on the floor so built this. Took me about 6 hours. Was in no hurry. Happy it is done and all my tools are organized.
Sat, 03/20/2021 - 12:38
I love this with the shelves at the back. I want something like this I can attach my hand crank flour mill to as well as have a place to store all my jarred grains and flour. Do you have plans for this?
Ok, to start off with I am a guy and I love to build things, but I'm not some techincally savvy dude. I need simple plans and this was an awesome build! I love it, my kids love it, and most importantly my wife loves it. As others have said, It is BIG. but small things I did saved some space. For instance I cut the 3" off of the tops of the headboards to save 6" of linear space. Little things went wrong along the way, but they always do... finished in about 4 days workings sporadically. I've got about 350$ in it, and couldnt be more pleased. I will definately build more things from your plans. IF anyone is thinking of building it DO IT! Definatley need the KREG Jig. I should have bought that thing a long time ago. would have made several projects easier.
My husband and I re-created the farmhouse bed night stand from Ana White!! I tried to stain it first but didn't have much luck and decided to paint it to match our farmhouse bed.
We didn't follow the plans exactly. Since our bed was higher we made our own measurements for this project.
My sisters family was coming for a visit, all the way from england. I wanted to make it special for my niece so I built this bed from your plans. I made a few minor modifications, like adding an extra step (as she's quite small) and rather than making a wood slide, I found a plastic slide at my local hardware store and used that instead. I think that simplified the project, at least for myself. Thanks for the great idea and plans.
Really enjoyed building these tables. The plans are great and easy to follow! I aged the wood before staining it, then finished them with 3 coats of poly! Best thing is my wife loves her new “Pottery Barn” like tables!
My niece is turning 6 soon and I built this step stool for her birthday. I used the design for the Simple Step Stool but angled the legs in more because I thought it looked better. To help personalize it, I carved my niece’s name into the front using a v-groove carving tool. I hope this will be a gift she holds onto for many years to come.