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What started out as an innocent shopping trip for a bed, sparked an idea, and led me to Ana White. Next thing I know...I had built a Farmhouse Bed. All by myself! Then I started a blog to document my whole bed building adventure - http://gleeinspired.blogspot.com/2010/10/bed.html.

Thanks Ana! You are truly amazing!

I built this bed in July in anticipation of my two children sharing a room for the first time. They love it. In August, I thought to add the $10 ledges to the frame of the bed when I realized our walls wouldn't support their weight and we're in a rental. I used 1x3s instead of 1x4s those plans called for so the shelves would sit at the same depth as the 2x4s on the frame of the bed.

I wish I knew more about painting soft wood because I don't love how the paint job turned out, though it is green per my son's request. I couldn't deal with more green, hence the ledges are stained.

I love the little alcove this has created. I added curtains and we read stories in there every night. Thank you so much for the inspiration and plans!

Loved this first project! Can't wait to start the TV stand. Thank you Ana White 

Slowly, over the course of 6 months, my grandfather, my mother, my sister and I put this together.  Believe me when I say if I can do it, so can you.  We had to watch a lot of Youtube videos to learn to do the pocket holes, but they are so worth it!! 

This was my first building project using plans from Ana's website. I love it in my entry way where it fits perfectly and fills up an otherwise blank wall.

I wanted to make a headboard for our Queen-sized bed and wanted it to be something I hadn't seen before. I came across a pallet of kitchen cabinet doors at a discount resale shop and knew these would look great! I used a 1/32" spacer between each door so I wouldn't have to sand the edges. If I ever do something like this again, I would do another row to make it just a bit taller to give it a hotel room look.

I slightly modified the Full/Twin storage bed plans to place the top of the cubbies on top of the vertical supports, rather than butted up against them. The cabinets were assembled using glue and pocket holes and screws. The foot board cabinet, being fully exposed, received pocket hole plugs to conceal the holes. I also employed threaded inserts for the cleats and also for attaching the cubbies together. This way, the bed can be assembled/disassembled for easier movement in less than 10 minutes, without leaving any stripped holes or damage. this project used oak and oak plywood througout, and both stain and polyurethane to finish.

This is made from the loft bed plans and has modified steps. 

I used the Large Rustic Bench plan and modified the dimensions to fit under our kitchen island. The height was adjusted to 24" and the length to 48". I used brown pockethole screws to connect all the pieces together and add a decorative touch. The top was covered with 2" foam padding, batting and drapery cloth. A staple gun was used to attach the batting and cloth.

After I got our bed-frame done, it was time to make night stands :)

I used Farmhouse bedside table plan, but I modified it for our needs. In my blog you can see step by step what I did.

We don't have need to drawer so I left them out.I also made them a bit smaller as our bedroom is quite a small. Also I wanted to make it match our bed frame, so I used plywood on sides, not 1x12's. (foot-board in our bed frame is plywood)

http://ourleaningtree.wordpress.com/diy/night-stands/

This took me a couple of weekends and late night sanding after I put the kids to bed. It's not a long project or super hard but I wanted to make sure I sanded it enough and took the time to plain the top with a hand plainer. I used Douglas fir wood from Home Depot, I wanted to use nicer wood from a wood shop but it would have cost over $500 dollars in wood alone. I used a hand Plainer to make sure the boards were even and then I sanded it and sanded it some more. I went up to 400 grit sand paper and that made a world of difference. I used pre-conditioner before I stained it with dark walnut. I am very pleased with the result and my wife loved the table for Christmas.

We had an area between our kitchen nook and formal dining room that we had put small shelving units in over the years.  This is also directly across from the downstairs bathroom so every time someone walked out, they would see this huge mess of board games, books, kids coloring pages, and so on.  I wanted to do something useful and nice with the space.  So, with the wife's blessing, I started on this project.  It took me about a month of on and of work between life.  The 4 hooks are for each of us in the family, and the lower hook is for my wife's (and eventually daughter's) purses.  My wife picked out the paint and cloth for the bench seat and put that together from the lid I made.  Underneath the bench is storage of 18hx15wx24d (1 for each of us).  Each of us have bags or backpacks that we store in there with extra room for shoes.  The above storage is for seasonal head and hand gear and my wife picked out those as well.  Original boxes were supposed to be the full 12" space but she liked these more, and I did too.  I did have to replace the top shelves once because I made it too close to the inside dimentions and it got stuck.  It's all made of 3/4" top choice lumber from Lowe's.  I'll post more if anyone is interested.  No plans, I did this as I went.  Sorry for the poor image, I had to do a vertical panoramic picture.

We were in desperate need of some functional storage in our laundry/mud room. I had been searching for a long while for a solution and almost built another mud room configuration from this site until I saw the 'Smiling Mud Room'. It was EXACTLY what we were looking for! This is the first thing my husband has ever built and I think he did an awesome job. We had to change a few things to fit our room and taste and there are still a few things that need to be finished (hooks, trim pieces and painting). It took him about 20 hrs total to get this far.

Solid garden bench, great for spending afternoons in the shade!

End table with top made from repurposed pallet wood

I found a table on Pinterest that I wanted to make but I wasn't sure how to make the base for it. I used the Tryde Coffee Table plans to build the base but then I altered the plans of the top of the table to give my table the look I desired. I LOVE it. It's very sturdy and a beautiful addition to our living room.