My first crack at it! Hyde console:)
First project for actual furniture ever. This stuff is better than a good book that you can't put down. I am so addicted!
First project for actual furniture ever. This stuff is better than a good book that you can't put down. I am so addicted!
This was a family summer project. I built the bed and furniture...my wife and daughter did all the painting and picked out the accent pieces!
My wife, grandchildren, and I have spent the last 8 months building 2 bunk beds from the site. First we build this cabin version for my grandsons and then we built the sweet pea version for my granddaughters. I thank Ana White for using this website to enable amateur wood workers like myself a tool that enabled us to create a great piece of furniture that they use every day and collect childhood memories and know how much they are loved. Thank you Ana White.
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.
Just completed the Octagon picnic table. I added a couple of features to mine, namely a center hole for an umbrella and support blocks around the center point under the table to lock in the umbrella post on the lower base. Finished it in time to have lunch AND dinner on it today. This took from Monday through Thursday morning for me, but some of that time was me waiting for supplies along the way. In reality, I think this can be built in one day, with paint/stain curing overnight and final set up on the morning of day two.
When Ana posted the plans for the Doll Farmhouse Bed I quickly started thinking of all the little girls I could build this for. I ended up building 4 of them. The first one was definitely my learning curb, the other three went a lot smoother and just looked better!
When we sold our last house, we sold the dining room furniture we had custom built with it. We did projects, homeschooled and ate off of a folding table for the first 7 months we lived in our new house. Until we built our new farmhouse table!
This is our second Ana White project, our first was the loft bed which turned out great! With this project we used 16" wide boards for the extra room for backpacks and it fit perfectly in our space at the end of the hall. We used Beadboard for the back panel and painted it with Valspar interior semi gloss paint I got off the reject shelf at Lowes at $10 for a gallon! This is my new favorite piece of furniture in the house!
Fri, 09/18/2015 - 09:26
Sorry about the sideways photo, I tried to fix it to no avail.
DIY grid mirror. Used exact plan.
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?
In reply to I'm so glad you made these! by Ana White
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.
I made this table to go next to an outdoor grill to be used as a food prep area or just a surface for holding ingredients (instead of using the deck railing!). The top is stainless steel which fits tightly over 2 3/4" pieces of plywood laminated together. The bar/handle in front is made out of galvanized pipe. All wood was treated.
Legs - 4x4 posts
Bottom shelf - 1x6's
Sides - 1x4's
Top - 2 pieces of 3/4" plywood laminated together with a stainless steel top (custom fit) over top
Towel bar - galvanized pipe (cut and threaded to size at Lowe's), floor flanges and 90 degree elbows
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 10:33
Sorry about the late reply! Yes, I just gave my dimensions to a local steel supplier and they made the top. I think I have about $40 into the stainless. They didn't weld the corners but I've never had an issue with them.
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 15:41
I too would like to know your source for the sheet metal.
In reply to Stainless steel sheet metal by Pursuit of Handyness
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 10:35
I just found a local steel supplier, told them what I need and they formed the top. It cost me around $40 (without welding of the corners). I took a fine grit sandpaper to it afterward to scuff it up so it didn't look so bright.
In reply to Stainless steel sheet metal by Pursuit of Handyness
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 10:35
I just found a local steel supplier, told them what I need and they formed the top. It cost me around $40 (without welding of the corners). I took a fine grit sandpaper to it afterward to scuff it up so it didn't look so bright.
Wed, 04/30/2014 - 12:55
I would like to know are there any plans available to make this table? I am very impressed of its design.
In reply to Grill table with stainless steel top by AMR4412
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 10:46
No...I didn't have any plans when I built it but it's a very simple concept. I chose to use all treated wood since I knew it would be sitting outside unprotected. However, my 4x4 posts weren't square so this caused a lot of problems and everything was built to fit. I believe I just used 4x4's, 1X6s (for the bottom shelf) and 1x4s for the sides (top and bottom). For the top, I just laminated 2 pieces of 3/4" plywood together to bulk it up and then had the stainless top built to fit. It fit perfectly so I didn't glue it to the plywood. This makes it easy to remove and clean, if necessary. For the galvanized pipe (towel bar), I bought it at Lowe's and had them cut/thread it to fit my dimensions.
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.
This was just a standard BBQ with an attached folding table. I used a combo of Ana's plans to add a little character and style to the BBQ and it made a huge difference in not only the BBQ, but also the backyard.
Mon, 05/23/2016 - 12:29
Hello: Very interested in which plans you used to build the BBQ Built In. Thank you.
Wed, 06/08/2016 - 09:22
Hello dbryant1977, please share the plans. Also, what's brand/model of BBQ? Very nice.
Thu, 04/09/2020 - 18:27
This is my guess on the plans used! https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/diy-grill-island-featuri…
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 09:50
Are there plans for this project or at least some pictures from while you were building it?
Thu, 04/09/2020 - 18:27
This is my guess on the plans used! https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/diy-grill-island-featuri…
Wed, 04/22/2020 - 15:52
Can you provide us with the plans for this? I would love to build one.
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 14:49
Hello: Very interested in which plans you used to build the BBQ Built In. Thank you.
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 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.