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Our very first build! I love how it turned out and I am so excited to have a great piece of furniture for a fraction of the price!

This bar ensemble for our family room was made mostly from reclaimed materials. Inspired by Ana’s plans, and modified to fit spaces and materials available. The 36” tall bar and 30” tall fridge cabinet are made from frames of 2x4, with the tops/shelves/outsides covered in ¼” plywood, and outside edges covered with corner moulding. The bar and fridge cabinet tops are edged in lattice. The frames for the counter height bench and stool are from 2x4. The padded seat for the bench is the back from another bench, re-purposed. The foam for the bar stool is scraps pieced together. Reclaimed materials used (mostly from a room we disassembled): 2x4 – formerly studs ¼” Plywood – painted plywood was formerly used as wall paneling Lattice –was used as trim to cover the wall paneling “seams” Bar stool seat – ¾” plywood from the closet, foam scraps pieced together Bar bench seat – foam and vinyl covered plywood (re-purposed back from another bench)

Christmas is coming and instead of spending huge amounts on plastic toys I decided, with the help from my wife, to create some presents for my nieces (3). I realize that all girls, young or old, have some kind of keep-sake toy and I thought this will be perfect. I made them on size for (I think it is called) 1st born babies. Thank you Ana, your project was not only easy to follow, but a real reward, once completed. I did, however, make some changes to the head-boards so the nieces don't fight over who's-who :)

My little girl needed a bed and her room is really small so I wanted to make her a bed that had a lot of storage for her and that she could grow into. I decided to make her a captains bed. My wife and I used pool noodles on each side of the bed under the covers. MacKenzie (my little girl 18 month old) absolutely loved the "big kid" bed.

I took the plans for the indutrial cart and modified them to create a Living Room shelf.  I left the casters off and I made the shelf 48 inches tall by 42 inches wide.  This is one SOLID shelf!  I absolutely love it!  Thank you for the inspiration!

Built from planked wood sideboard plan

We wanted a desk for our sons bedroom and I love the farmhouse table plans. My husband modified the plans to make the table much smaller. The desk was finished with a vinegar/steel wool mixture to oxidize the wood and then clear wax was applied.

Changed the dimensions to fit a King size bed. Also lowered the 2x4 support studs so that they were flush with the bottom of the frame in order for the bed to sink in more. What should have took only a day was spread out over a week. I'm more Al Bundy than Tim Taylor. NFL break here, NFL break there.. two kids, etc etc. Anyways, I rushed the moulding part because it was Sunday and now I gotta go back and fill in gaps caused by rushed measurements. Still looks pretty good though. Thanks Ana!

-Thai

looking for a potrack all I could find were metal ones. so i came up with the plans to build one. just a 2x4 frame with 3 1"1/4 holes on each side for the oak dowels for my rungs. hooks were hard to find so i had to bend my own out of aluminum bar stock. I used to hinges for decoration on the corners. On the on end i bolted an aluminum plate with 2 1" spacers on so i cound hang my utensils. i had to bend the hooks for them as well.

I am thrilled with how my daughter’s bed turned out.  I used the basic pink fur bed idea, and tweaked the plans to meet our needs.  I found iron chair feet at Hobby Lobby, and prefer them to the hairpin legs. Thanks so much for the idea, Ana!

I've had the Pioneer Bed bookmarked for months, waiting for the right time to build it. It was the perfect twin plan to hide a trundle beneath. We built the bed in a day with our new nail gun, it was so easy! I added 5 inches to the leg height so the pop-up trundle would fit easily. We're loving the new bed.

This end table was built using left over pine and pallet wood, finished with Special Walnut Stain by Miniwax and Rustoleum spray paint. The end result probably costed about $8 per end table and they turned out great.

My friend & I made this doll house for a Christmas present for my daughter.  The plans were easy to follow!

I put carpet on the top floor & then used contact paper that lookes like wood for the other flooring.

i made a mudification in plans. it takes me two days to finish it.

Saw this project on here and immediately knew this was something I needed to build for my daughter who had been standing on toys to reach her light switch as she is now enjoying turning on and off the lights in her room. Took some creative license and made the treads out of multiple boards rather than the single 6" piece from the plan. Also use pocket hole joinery to add to the stability of the project. This is very sturdy and can hold well over 200lbs. Already have many orders from friends.

I followed the plans pretty closely (please note, the visual graphic of cuts is incorrect - the panel fronts should be 17 3/4" which is tells you WAY later in the plans). I trimmed it out with 1/4" mdf to give it a shaker-style look.