Outdoor Chairs and Side Table
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Used a clear cedar stain and mostly used jig holes
On the chairs added a 6 inch screw to hold the chair arms securely to the back in case someone sat on the arms.
Matt
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Used a clear cedar stain and mostly used jig holes
On the chairs added a 6 inch screw to hold the chair arms securely to the back in case someone sat on the arms.
Matt
My dad and I built the Benchmark Media console!We made a few minor adjustments but pretty much stayed to the plan.
I made this piece a little different. I used 2x2's vise 2X4's for the frame. I also made the width 4 inches shorter. My friend found a 3/4 inch 4x8 birch plywood piece being thrown out, so I paid next to nothing for it from him and used it for the shelf. The framing was made using select pine which was a little expensive, but the boards were clean and straight as an arrow. Well worth it! Making the X was difficult! I had to go through a few cuts to fit them just right. I used one clamp in the center of the X to hold the X in place while the glue dried.
I've wanted a nail head upholstered ottoman for forever. I came across this tutorial & Roque Engineers tutorial and combined them Super super easy guys! We made ours at 6' in length x 12" in width ( our room is SUPER small ) Check out our blog for more details.
This project was so much easier than I thought it would be when we started. If you follow ana's plans your bunkbed will be much stronger than anything you can buy for a fraction of the price. I would never do it but I honestly think I could park my truck on these beds. The finish is red mahogany stain with a couple coats of polyurethane over it. They say not to use dark stain over pine because of the uneven coat but i like the way it striped the grain. Not everyone's cup of tea but we love it.
We've all heard the saying "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for life. Thank You Ana for teaching me to fish. This was the first, but will not be the last project i do from your site.
Mon, 10/27/2014 - 12:43
What materials did you use for your matress supports (size, spacing, attaching)?
Lots of fun on this one
We knew we wanted to make this bookcase as soon as we saw it! I plan to put baskets and toys in it later, but for right now all books. The only difference to the original plan is that we put some plywood behind the bottom two shelves so that we could have a backing when we do use toys. My three year old loves to sit and go through all the board books at the bottom and clean up is a snap!
Sat, 03/03/2012 - 05:36
Great job, I plan on putting a back on mine as well, just haven't gotten around to it. It's in the basement, cut, ready to stain...
This was my first attempt at building furniture. I decided to make new nightstands for my wife and I. I used the bedside table plans, and they worked excellent. I used poplar hardwood for the material. I stained it using Minwax Special Walnut, and I used Minwax Satin Polyurethane. I am currently working on the second one, which will be my wife's (she said she wanted me to build mine first, so that if I messed it up, hers wouldn't be messed up, lol). Mine turned out good, I am very happy with it. Thanks for the plans! After the next nightstand is built, I would like to build a matching triple dresser...
I stuck to the plans for the most part. The only change I made was to add an additional 2x6 to the top to make it a bit deeper. I added a few inches to the bottom/top 2x4 on the base to support the additional depth of the top.
I’m absolutely loving the outcome of this design. The plans were perfect and so much fun. I used it as a welcome home gift for my wife and she said it was the best gift ever. Literally my favorite project. Thank you Ana
I used a Bernzomatic handheld propane torch to burn the wood. The technique really enhances the wood grain. I then applied two coats of Urethane Spar Varnish, allowing 30 minutes between coats.
Patrick
Fun little bench to make for our front porch. We liked it so much we built 2 more smaller ones one for each of the kids to go with mommy and daddy's bench. Bought all the material at the home store and decided to use stain since it was going to stay outside. Used the same method with all my other projects sanded using 180 than 220 grit, wood filled all the cracks and the Kreg Jig made this simple.
My dad and I built these beds for my 7-year-old daughter for Christmas. We followed the plans almost completely, with a few tweaks of our own. We didn't feel that the decorative feet would be very stable, so we just continued the length of the bookshelf and desk all the way to the floor. We put a piece of 1/4 in. MDF on top of the slats to help support the memory foam mattress. We also stapled canvas to the underside of the top bunk to hide the slats. I didn't want a headboard or foot board on the lower bunk (toe-stubber!), so instead of building the matching Chelsea bottom bunk, we just made a simple platform bed. We added magnet boards to each side of the desk. I liked the idea of magnets better than bulletin boards. Since this plan didn't include a ladder, we built the ladder from the Loft Bed plan. The bed had some significant wobble to it, so we attached it to the wall. Took ALL of the wobble out and it is very solid and secure now. I'm very pleased with how these beds turned out and my daughter loves them as well!
I loved the look of this table and wanted to try something a little bit different.
Just put the final stain on the outdoor sectional and I'm so psyched at how great it came out. Believe it or not, this is a very beginner piece (just 2x4s, NO pocket hole screws, all straight cuts- x ends optional) and anyone can do it with a circular saw, some clamps, a sander and an impact drill. Just takes some planning ahead of time. I bought the 2x4 wood and the cushions off Facebook Marketplace to save money so the total cost of this whole sectional was only $140 (wood, cushions, stain, screws). If you price similar new wood sectionals (U shaped, 9 seats) they're well over $1500+. Now, my sectional isn't as perfect as a brand new sectional but I do feel way cooler for saving a ton of money and doing it myself. In all it only took 4 days, working no more than 2.5 hours per day from start to finish to build this and stain it. It's made up of three pieces and I finished one piece a day and stained on the last day. You can make it while your toddler naps;-P Or if you had no other distractions you could bang it out in one long day. As for any of Ana's outdoor sectional plans the biggest expense is going to be the cushions. The cheapest new ones I could find were $40 a set (a 25" seat and a back cushion). That would have made this at least $400 in cushions ALONE! So what I did instead and I recommend this for anyone trying to save cost on this project is that I got a whole bunch of cheap and random cushions off Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace and then I bought cushion covers off Amazon. https://amzn.to/2BRBeeZ I cut some of the cushions to fit the covers and added stuffing to others.
I used the Stick on Drawer Divider tutorial to divide up a drawer for water bottles. The custom drawer dividers allowed me to divide up for different sized water bottles. I used ripped 1/2" plywood for the dividers. Total cost was about $10.
This drawer makes me so happy now!
After about a month of looking for a new bunk bed for my daughters and becoming more frustrated with every new search at the outrageous price and often cheap quality of what's available I decided to look to the web for inspiration to build one myself. It took a little while to work myself up to going for it but man am I glad I did. And I am even more glad I found Ana White's site almost immediately. Her incredibly well written and documented plan for this bed made it not only doable but incredibly fun for me. And it gave me the confidence to create a loft bed for my son from nothing but an idea and dream. Thanks a ton Ana!
Thu, 06/12/2014 - 11:01
Hello.....is that another mattress in the bottom portion of the playhouse? If so, how did you get it in there? I wanted to try and put another mattress in the bottom but couldn't figure out an easy way to get it in and out......
The painting took me a long time but it was fun learning all the skills required to make this project. I added a little microwave oven under the sink and a utensil holder along one side. The wood construction was quick - the painting knobs, and jig cut-outs took a little longer!