Lady Bug Table
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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:
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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!
I spent the last 8 months building 2 bunk beds from the Ana White site. This little girl sweet pea version for my granddaughters and a cabin version for my grandsons. This took alot of time but their smiles made it all worth it. I am thankful for the website and plans you provided. It allowed someone like me to build something that my granddaughter loves and hopefully will remember forever. Many, many thanks!!!!
Been a while since I had time to actually build anything worth posting about! My wife wanted some items for her Kindergarten classroom this year, so built several items, most inspired by the Farmhouse family.
Sat, 06/12/2021 - 11:23
I am moving from 15 and half years of third grade to a first year of first grade. I NEED tables for my kids. I plan on building my own. I am building mine as a "2 seater." Would you please share the dimensions of these student tables? I love the teacher desk too. I built something similar for my home.
I had to move quickly from Washington to Ohio for a job ( which I've since quit!). I flew here in January, with two suitcases. I ordered a nectar mattress and needed a frame. Built it, stained it vintage blue, love it!
I built 2 canopy doll beds and matching nightstands for my neighbors. I modified them by flipping the plans over, raised the top shelf and turned the bunk into a canopy. I wish I could take credit for the fabulous sewing skills but that is my friends talent!
After building a large planter from Ana's plans and my salvaged fence wood I thought 2 smaller planters for the entrance to our kitchen garden would be nice. The complete instructions are on my blog, Let's Face the Music. Jo
I made this dolls bed with my daughter, and she really enjoyed it :-) Had to do some adjustments from Inch to centimenters before I started. Thank you for a great site!
I used the 6 Cubby plans and just started tweaking. First was the plan to just do 12 cubbies, then decided to just put in adjustable shelves for aethetic purposes and not having it look too "Boxy" After that decided it would look better with doors too.
as for the shelf on top, I used the cubby bookshelf plans and just made it wider to match the width of the doors and then decided to also make it adjustable shelving as well. (used the kreg shelf pin system.)
Overall turned out pretty good. I am making a even bigger one for my other room.
Well I decided for my first project/projects to make chairs for my girls. They turned 2 and 3 last month. I also made a couple of chairs for friends of ours who have twin boys that also turned 3. Once I got the hang of it making the chairs didn't take to long but painting seemed to take forever. But I love how all the chairs turned out.
Mon, 07/18/2011 - 13:51
I'm so glad you made these! The paint definitely looks like it took some time, but worth it! Love the second photo of the two chairs, they are sturdy, eh?
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Mon, 07/18/2011 - 15:45
I am happy I made them too. The are super sturdy. Toddlers climb all over them and when they aren't looking adults sit on them. No problems. I am making a couple more but a little taller for our kitchen.
Two tone 3 ft long slat bench
Thu, 10/22/2015 - 05:16
I love the two toned rhytm. I wonder how you attached the slats. Did you just glue or did you nail / pocket hole etc..
Modified the plan to use 2x2 with pocket screws to support the shelves.
Shelves were made edge glued board from Lowes https://www.lowes.com/pd/Common-1-in-x-24-in-x-4-ft-Actual-1-in-x-23-25…
Cedar and pine. The pine ,pine,head and foot board, on this project have ants holes, which one cannot reproduce.
Tryde coffee table made from a combination of pine and recycled wood from old pallets.
Fri, 01/06/2017 - 11:43
What stain color did you use? I'm looking for something similar
This was my second project. It took a little longer than I wanted because I don’t have a table saw :( I didn’t trust Lowe’s to cut the plywood for me since it needed to be perfectly square and they only guarantee their cuts to be within 3/4" so I had to wait to go to my dad’s house to borrow his, but other than that it went pretty fast!
I kept to the plans for the most part, but I added some trim and cabinet doors. I knew that at my house the inside of that cabinet would be a hot mess in a matter of days, so I wanted to have a way to cover it up! I just used 1x4’s to frame the doors and leftover scrap 1/4" plywood from the back for the faces. I used a router to rabbet out the doors so I could inset the plywood instead of it just sticking off of the back. They turned out pretty good considering they were my first and I had never used a router before! Overall, I am really happy with this one! I’ll be making the matching pieces this weekend - the coffee table, end table, and entry table.
I took the original plans and modified them to work with my requirements. Most of this piece is made with pallet wood. I made the rails from aluminum bars and sliding door pulleys.
I host an Airbnb and wanted to add a small fire table feature to the outdoor front porch of it. Everything prebuilt was either very large or very ugly, so I decided to build a small coffee table and add a tabletop lp gas unit I found. I had built Ana's Farmer's table before so I searched the site and found the Parsons Table series. Ana's plans are so straightforward and easy to customize so I scaled it to fit the space. I added some privacy panels to hide the lp tank making one hinged for access.
I built this cabinet to store magazines and diapers (towels when the time comes) in the small 1/2 bath.
The top was made with left over oak pieces from when I ripped out the carpet and 2x12 stairs and replaced with oak treads.
This is the prototype build for the Cedar 2-drawer desktop storage cube. It is made from 1 piece of ½” x 5 ½” x 6’ fence picket, about $3 for wood. I had based this plan on a board that is ½” thick and 5 ½” wide, and had identified areas in the plan where you’ll want to measure and cut as you build. I found this especially important on the prototype build, since it turned out the picket I bought was 5 3/8” wide, which affected the depth of the shelf, length of the drawer sides, and the size of the drawer bottom. Measuring and trimming as you go gives the best fit for all the pieces. Probably the most helpful thing besides keeping the measuring tape handy, was some 60-grit sandpaper. After everything was assembled, I used 60-grit sandpaper with my palm sander to sand down any high spots caused by cupping, to get the outsides nice and smooth. Followed up with some 220-grit for a nice smooth final sand. The pulls are some ¾” x 1 ½” pieces of the cedar, sanded well on all sides. I just cut these from the scraps, and they are glued on. You can use regular knobs or pulls if you like. You may need a shorter screw or a ¼” spacer, since the drawer face is only ½” thick. The screws for regular knobs are normally sized for a ¾” thick door or drawer face. This build took about 3 hours. Finishing time will depend on the type of finish used. My words of advice for building this would be: Take your time measuring. Measure twice before cutting. Sand thoroughly. Have fun!
I made this using the Rustic X console plans but changed a few aspects. Instead of 2x2's I used 2x3's to beef up the cross beams and removed the X. Also extended the shelves out a few extra inches.
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heidii
Tue, 07/12/2011 - 10:09
Spots
Use a piece of cardboard or sturdy paper to make the cut-outs for the spots.