space saving farmhouse bed
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This bed is the perfect fit for my son's dinosaur room! I found tutorials for fairy canopies and modified it to create a "volcano" bed.
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This bed is the perfect fit for my son's dinosaur room! I found tutorials for fairy canopies and modified it to create a "volcano" bed.
Hi friends!
Jen here from Jenwoodhouse.com, sharing some exciting, free plans! How adorable is this Easy Kids Indoor Playhouse?
Is that not the most adorable thing you ever did see?
The tongue-and-groove planks!
The transom window!
The flower box!
Seriously. I can’t even. I am dying over here.
Your kids will love it. OR maybe just build yourself an adult sized one for when you need some me-time. No judgements here!
If you want more details for this build, you can grab them on JenWoodhouse.com!
Be sure to tag me @jenwoodhouse if you share photos of your build on social media.
The Vintage Step Stool in green. I made this for my 2 year old so she can climb into her big girl bed :-) The color is the same as her walls and her name sign above the bed.
So for the finish I did this super easy no mess no fuss. I used water based min wax in walnut but here's the trick I dilute the stain with some more water until I find the finish I'm looking for. It gives it a very subtle brown with just a little grayish undertones giving it a more aged look but not much. I absolutely love the results pictures don't really do it justice.
My Wife took a position where she will be working from home. I also work from home 3 days a week. We needed a nice office area, but didn't have the space. I saw an article on LifeHacker and decided this would be the best fit for adding an office space to our bedroom. I have just begun woodworking and have no experience. This was a fun project... made a few mistakes, but they are not noticeable. I am not fully complete (haven't attached the shelves to the desk yet) as I want to do some other room renovations before everything is all set.
Finishing: Grey stain and furniture wax to make it less "blue/grey". Then a couple coats of polyurethane in a spray can.
This is my first day working at the desk... the only thing I would change so far is maybe to lower the keyboard/monitor shelf by a couple of inches, but this completely depends on your size.
I built the cedar shim headboard and bed for my daughter and her husband a few months ago. It turned out so beautiful that I decided to make bedside tables to match. I used the basic pattern with some adjustments to accommodate using a 1x8 for the drawer instead of a 1x6 to give more room for the shims.
The final tables turned out even more beautiful than I could have imagined. Thank you Anna for the patterns and the inspiration to create such beautiful gifts.
Tue, 06/05/2018 - 14:45
Love this bedroom set with the cedar shims, it adds a beautiful texture! Thank you for sharing a brag post!
Your barn door cabinet pattern reconfigured to fit my wall and my first from scratch project "Jack's Tavern" named after my appreciative husband. Working with your patterns and experience through trial and error gave me the confidence to create!
by Patti
FARMHOUSE MEETS SHABBY CHIC
Wed, 07/06/2011 - 16:43
Ana White and her blog holds a bitter-sweet bond with me because I love all the plans and content and never have enough time to build/refinish the antiques I have collected in the six short months I discovered her. THANKS A LOT!!
My daughter needed a nice toy box for Nonnie and Poppa's house so I made her this one. I used Jamie's plans to hand painting and found it to be the hardest part of the project haha. It was probably just bc I was nervous I'd mess it up right at the very last step. I think it turned out nice.
A client couldn't find exactly what she was looking for - so we perused the Ana-White site and came up with this combo. She customized size and colors to match her decor and I did the rest.
Built from Ana's Adirondack chairs from book.
Build this greenhouse using your plans, by myself over 2 weekends. Turned out great!
Fri, 05/06/2022 - 07:40
Wow, this looks so good, love the color combo! Great work, thank you for sharing:)
It isn't perfect, but it's beautiful and made with love!
Tue, 07/12/2011 - 20:59
Same question! That is a beautiful finish; I'd love details on how you achieved it!
Tue, 08/23/2011 - 12:37
I'd also like to know what stain you used, this is absolutely gorgeous!
Fri, 09/30/2011 - 04:31
This is EXACTLY what I was hoping to do with the table we just built. Would you be willing to share your finishing process here? Beautiful job.
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 14:18
Im dying to know what the name of the color of stain you used for your table. It's beautiful! The color of the white part would be nice too:)
Fri, 11/18/2011 - 14:03
Thank you so much for all your compliments! I apologize for not responding to your questions sooner, I never realized I had comments on this post! I used MinWax stain in Dark Walnut and three coats of MinWax Fast-Drying Polyurethane in Satin finish to seal the stain. For the paint, I just used some white, satin Olympic no VOC paint right off the shelves at Lowe's. It was left over from painting my house. To date, I have not sealed the paint and I may not bother since it's holding up just fine. As far as my "technique" is concerned, I just followed Ana's tips about sanding between coats. I applied the stain and poly with a small white sponge roller. I used a paint brush for the legs since I feel like I get better results, even though it takes a little more time.
There's lots of versions of headboards made from doors. We wanted ours to let light in and still be able to open/close the windows. Since the doors were hollow-core the cutouts had to be re-inforced after cutting out those sections. Also, this was made from 3 different sized doors so 2 of the 3 had to be cut in half from top to bottom moved to the outsides to retain symetry.
I followed the plans but modified for a king size. I upholstered my bed in a linen colored upholstery fabric and added the nailhead trim to the headboard. This is the most sturdy bed I have ever owned. I don’t know if I will ever be able to buy from a store again!!
After completing the farmhouse bed, I decided that the closet door had to go. Using the same basic idea of materials, tongue and groove pine and 1x4 square edge boards. I'm very pleased so far as the door came together really well, again the lumber quality that the big box stores have is,less than ideal. Need to do my final sanding before adding a whitewash finish and matte clear poly and the hardware!
This was my first try with an Ana White plan. It was tons of fun, and my husband came up with an awesome paint design. Here it is:
It came out looking pretty good. We followed the plans. Treated entire area with a pre-stain conditioner. Then applied 3 coats of Minwax PolyShade. Voila!