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This is a last minute Christmas gift for my girls.It was very easy to build; took me just a couple hours to assemble it and a few days of secret sanding and painting.
It will be the girl's art table and will sit about where the Christmas tree is right now. Maybe now I can have my kitchen and dining table back:)

The cube seats were made from the plan over at Shanty2chic http://www.shanty-2-chic.com/2012/07/rolling-storage-cube-stools.html
And the tapered bins you see in the background on the right are made from this plan from That's my letter http://thatsmyletter.blogspot.com/2012/06/m-is-for-mudroom-bins-4.html

I built this elevated garden planter for my daughter who loves to plant veggies. This planter measures 22" x 49". It is made from cedar and pine. The bottom support is made from treated lumber. I used Ana's cedar planter plans with some added adjustments for my use. For the bottom support portion I also used Ana's Adirondack Coffee Table plan with some minor adjustments for my use. 

Ana, thank you for your plans and inspiration. 

Created over a week using Tasmanian oak. Pine for the shelf slats. Finished with a tea rust stain and polyurethane varnish. Weighs a whopping 35kg!

We got our plans from here for this table and bench. It was our first project and the plans made it very easy. The bottom of the table is painted in Annie Sloans chalk paint and waxed, and the top is stained and sealed with polyurethane.

It was a great first bigger project for myself, with just basic tools and know how I was able to make that.

Easy to follow instructions for my first attempt

I am currently a university student and had some free time this Christmas break. I will graduate in May and move into a new, unfurnished apartment with my new wife. This is my first venture with woodworking, and I'm absolutely pleased with the results. I really was diligent about following Ana's instructions precisely and measuring twice.

I hope you enjoy the photos!

I used Ana's plan and made ten of these for our firepit area.  The only thing that I changed was the back brace pieces....I couldn't get 1x2s so just used 2x2's.  

These giant conversation hearts look good enough to eat! Make some sweet Valentine's Day decor with just a piece of wide scrap wood and a jig saw.

Since I was in the process of building my daughter a loft (http://ana-white.com/2012/12/camp-loft-bed-stairs-slide-and-fort) and she was getting a doll for Christmas, I wanted to maker her a bunk bed for her dolls. This was an easy project that I felt I could tackle in a short time period. My daughter loved both this and the loft, so it was worth it.
As mentiond in the comments (which I read too late), there's a couple things wrong with the shopping list and cut list (you need 1 more of each board, and there should be 4 1x1 at 19"). Since I couldn't find any 1x1 and I don't have a table saw to rip it, I bought 3/4 x 1/2 trim, and that worked fine for me. I used 3/4" foam for the mattress. The pocket holes worked well, but be sure to glue also, because since there's only 1 screw on each side the boards will twist.
The only thing I would do differently if I had it to do over again is to make it a little longer (maybe 20" or 21" instead of 19"). It's a snug fit with an 18" doll when you consider hair and shoes.

This is the third of three AG doll beds I made for my nieces.

Fun project. I decided to leave the drawers off to allow for media.

My wife saw to beds and said she wants them put together, So here is the final project.

Scaled these to fit counter height and cushions already owned. Used pocket screws and wood filler.

This project took about a day. I used furniture grade pine. Very solid.