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I made this toy box for my nephew for his first birthday.

Plans were fantastic for this build and our kids love it! Thanks!

My garage has the concret lip so I chopped the legs running along the wall to sit on top of the lip.  Additionally, the garage floor is at a slight incline so I took more time to cut each leg to ensure the shelf was level and didn't slant with the floor incline.

I got this idea from another poster. I already have a custom built silverware drawer divider, but decided that this would be a very nice thing to have for my two messy utensil drawers. I built for both drawers yesterday. Love them! I made one for my brother's tiny silverware drawer this morning and now my mom has requested them for 3 of her drawers. :-) It is so nice to be able to do something like this for them.

I hated wall mounts sold at stores and have been looking at a way to kind of make my TV look like it was in a picture frame. So with some help from my head designer (wife) I came up with this. I wanted some little shelves on the sides so my wife could put little knickknacks or pictures in. Hope ya'll like it. I will take better pictures soon.

This took about 10 hours total. I actually built 2 versions. Both in about 20 hours total. One taller with stairs going away from the bed and this one shorter with stairs beside the bed. Had to make a lot of modifications durle to the dimensions of the room being so small and square. Overall though the plans really helped. Thanks Ana for having these plans available to use.

This week we made a farmhouse entryway table out of only 5 2x4's for about $15! It was super easy and only took half a day. We used plans we found on this site. We love the look of the new rustic console table. It adds a lot of pop to the foyer and a great place to drop your keys and mail.

We had a small mud room off our back door that was in need of serious help! We started from scratch in this room - framing, drywall, floor, molding, etc. To complete the room, we modified the Braden Entryway Hutch and shoe bench plans to fit the dimensions of our space, and add a third cubby. It has worked wonderfully!

My wife and I have twin 2 1/2 year olds. We needed to get them out of their cribs and into a real bed. At the same time we needed a larger area to store their clothes, shoes, etc. I reviewed and followed Hailey Storage Bed Plan. The only alterations that I made to the plan is that I changed the color, added some decorative touches, and added 6 draws. The bed has a John Deere theme. I attached a John Deere sign on the headboard and then added trim around the sign.

I reworked the Camp loft bed and the classic bunk bed plans to work better in this narrow room.  Our kids love it!

farm house bed frame. Easy fun project 

I added storage to the bottom of the simple outdoor loveseat by creating one big board from 2 2x6 boards for each of the front, back, and side aprons using my KregJig. Then I added cleats around the bottom for a sheet of plywood, extra cleats around the top edge for the seat, and put the hinge on the original seat support board.

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.