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Hello everyone

Just wanted to thank everyone for there great cabin beds and anna white for the amazing plans. My husband and I found them super easy to follow and create. I highly reccomend some stairs our little guy is still only 20 months hes a little short getting in and out... currently the step stools working great.

We had a blast making it ! 

I built this Kid's Country Bench for my son's play corner in my living room. It was so easy! The hardest part about it was waiting for the finish to dry lol. My 3 year old was able to help with a few things and he absolutely loves it! Thank you so much Ana!

We are in the unique position of having stairs in our bedroom and they take up quite a lot of room. We considered putting a chair and set of drawers under the stairs but they would have looked cramped.

Having done some research we found some photos where people had built benches under the stairs.  It was around this time that we found Ana White's plan for framing up a mud room bench in a nook (which for some reason I can't add to the 'built from' section). We had to adapt it as the original plan was framed by 3 walls and due to the angle of the stairs we could only use 2 and added legs. We also had to add triangular panels to give it that built-in look.

We were able to complete the build for relatively cheap as we kept a ton of 2x2 from when we removed a 60s built in wardrobe and was able to rebuild it. If you look behind the drawers you can even see that the wood is notched from the wardrobe hinges but in a nice way it keeps the old owners work in the house.

I have this wood I saved from a gate I took down for my parents. It had been up for 20 years, and the wood had taken a beating from the weather, but I couldn't throw it away. I made this Xmas tree shelf for my daughter for Christmas. I really liked the look of the raw, weathered wood. I didn't even take the lichen off. Luckily she loves the weathered look, too.

This was my first real build. I used the Kreg pocket hole system and it worked great! With Ana's instructions and the Kreg Jig it went together in a couple of hours! Thanks, Ana for your great site and plans!

Well now that I've been off for a couple weeks during the holidays and starting to build the kids all want something. So I made them some boxes. 

The 2-drawer was the most time consuming. Made from 1 Cedar picket fence. 

The others 2 where just from scraps left over from other projects. 

 This is a hybrid between the Hailey daybed and the Hailey platform bed. My son is in love with this bed! Used aluminum diamond plate for the headboard. 

We built our first DIY project together using the plans for the simple outdoor dining table. It was so much fun we are on to more projects.

We had a blast building this bed for our daughter.  It was our first build and I think it turned out perfect!   Thank you Ana White for the inspiration and fantastic directions to get us through!  Now onto the next project!

Amy

Always been interested in wood working and found this site that is incredibly easy to follow with awesome plans - Thanks Ana.

This was my first project and overall the wood cost about $50 with left overs. I used framing wood SPF and the friendly workers at Home Depot explained all about wood and finding wood that isn't shaped at odd angles or bent.

I bought a Mitre saw 10 inch blade for $99.

I bought the Kreg Jig for $99.

Gel Stain costs $25 for a large can (I used on another project).

To my amazement a box of screws costs $30 but you get a few hundred.

So some of the the things to watch for - for any newbies like me out there:

If you buy a very powerful drill careful not to push really hard or you find your screw goes through 2 inches of solid wood and you are left with a gaping hole.... resulting in you starting over again...

If you don't set your kreg jig to clamp down on your wood, with the wood being level at the base of the kreg jig, the wood raises slightly. This results in your drilled hole to go deeper and screws to pop out the face of your project... nice surprises when you are sanding.

Modified the design to allow me to roll lawnmower directly in the end. Fun project.

fun project for begginers, I made this one for my grandauther she's just a year and a half old and she loves it. This was a good chritsmas gift...

For some time I've wanted to build a sturdy coffee table for our family room.  I've also been experimenting with and bulidng lots of furniture for the kids rooms with low cost, paint grade, maple veneer plywood.  I love the ease of working with this material and results have been great.  I never thought that raw edged plywood furniture would have a place outside of the kid's bedrooms until I saw this slab of bamboo counter top at our local big box store and I got the idea for this piece.  Although I still would'nt consider this "fine furniture", I think it turned out pretty cool.  The design is my own, and it's the first time I've tried flaring legs in two directions which was real easy to do with a bandsaw.  I have the plan drawn up in sketchup if anyone is interested.

A few things that would be helpful - power tools! Nail gun, drill and table/miter saw would all be helpful. I also would stain the pieces beforehand and touch up after. But overall, SO pleased with the final result.