Farmhouse queen bed + nightstands
This is a farmhouse queen bed that I built with the assistance of Ana’s plan. I put my own flavor in it with a modified structure and cosmetic touch. Enjoyed this build very much!
$100 for bedding.
This is a farmhouse queen bed that I built with the assistance of Ana’s plan. I put my own flavor in it with a modified structure and cosmetic touch. Enjoyed this build very much!
We used to have to hold him up to wash his hands.Made with all scrap plywood,screwed and glued (covered the screws with buttons & glued them into the screw head). He cant wait to wash his hands and brush his teeth now.
The Kreg jig made this project a snap to assemble. The shelves attach quickly with pocket holes. I wondered how to line up a screw from the inside of the bookcase with the fin when my husband pointed out that pocket holes would work well. Sure enough, 30 minutes later I had two fins drilled, attached, puttied, sanded and painted. I love my Kreg jig! I made this bookcase for an auction, which is why it's sitting next to a fancy vase on a table
(in case you're wondering about the photo).
We built this A-frame chicken coop using the plans from Ana White. We modified them a bit to include a front door, a solid front wall, and 8-foot untreated cedar fence boards (cut in half) for the loft floor instead of plywood. We also used hardware cloth instead of chicken wire since racoons are a problem where we live, and they have been known to reach through chicken wire to grab at hens. Instead of being able to open both sides of the top of the coop, we only put doors on one side just to make the building process a little simpler. The hardest part of building the whole coop was cutting the 60* angles on the 2"x4" trusses. Our cuts are not exactly perfect, so the nodes (meeting points of the 60* angle cuts) are a little rough, but we plan on covering this with a roof cap eventually. More photos and details are on my blog: http://littlefarmbigcity.wordpress.com/2013/06/29/red-white-and-blue-co… -kate
I think this turned out pretty good for it only being the second piece of furniture I have ever built.
Thank you Ana for the plans to make these two outdoor chairs. They are most comfortable while sitting by the fire pit. Thank You!
I've been married for a little over 12 years now and we have NEVER had a bed frame or side tables. I had never built anything on my own (without the hubbies input) and I have to say that it was extremely empowering! I'm so proud of how it turned out! It took me a while to cut the pieces out because I used a handsaw and guide....ugg, we need a saw and once I get one I'm moving on to a bed frame!
Using scraps I originally purchased from a Re-Use warehouse on my island (O'ahu), I put together two book display ledges for my daughter's bedroom. They are made with 2- 1x2s (lip and bottom) and 1- 1x4 (back). I was able to make two 28 3/4" ledges from first cut to installation in the 3 hours my daughter had gone on a "field trip" with my mom and brother and surprised her with new book ledges when she got home. :)
I'm new to woodworking but I'm already obsessed. I was looking for something I could make for Father's Day and came across this. I thought it'd be perfect for my dad especially if I did it in his favorite team's (Miami Dolphins) colors. It's definitely not perfect and there was a lot of frustration when it came to putting the cooler inside... but I'm proud of the finished product.
Gave as a gift for my wife. She loved it!
I built this chair for my son's second birthday this last Saturday! Even though it is not perfect I'm super happy with the outcome. :-)
I modified this plan and made it 83.5" to match the height of my window.
Wed, 10/22/2014 - 05:58
This would be perfect for my 3rd bedroom!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
This was my first project to make from scratch by myself
Not 100% done, still have a few paint touch ups to do but I wanted to get this up here while my daughter's room was clean. We originally were planning on adding drawers to the stairs but the kids had so much fun playing under them while I was building it that we decided to open it up and add some string lights. It's also hard to see but the paint fades from purple at the bottom to pink at the top and has silver glitter added to it.
I desperately needed a toy bin the boys couldn't just dump over. This is a lot bigger than you'd think, but stores a LOT of toys! $30 for the project panel wasn't doable for me, planning on 3 of them. So I used 3/4" plywood instead since I was going to paint anyway. Then normal 1x12's and such for the rest. An hour to cut and build, the rest of the time was painting and waiting for it to dry.
I was shopping around for a bunk bed for my 2 and 4 year old girls. I didn't want the standard, cheap metal frame for $200, but I also didn't want to spend $2,000 on a big box store bed (made in China) with a 300% mark-up! I stumbled upon Ana's site and was HOOKED! I found the "Sweet Pea Bunk Bed" and immediately printed the plans.
I was a little hesitant to take on such a project because I am...by no means...a carpenter. I found a few mistakes in the instructions, but was able to work through them. I decided against the tin roof, pergola, and flower boxes, but instead went with a "beach house" theme.
My girls LOVE LOVE LOVE it! They especially love the windows and the little shelf where they can put their favorite toy at night when it's time to sleep. I also let each of our kids (plus mom and dad) put hand prints on the rails of the upper bunk so my daughter on the bottom bunk has something to look at. Added a push button light too.
My adivce to anyone thinking of doing this bunk bed: Read through the instructions thoroughly first. Do NOT take shortcuts. Cut, sand and paint EVERYTHING before assembling.
I work full-time and take a few night classes (for fun), so this project took me 4 weekends to build (including a 3-day weekend, thanks to a holiday). Enjoy!
Bench was made using the plans on the site. I modified the plans to create these accompanying 15" x 15" side tables. cut list for each table:
7 2x4 at 15" each (stained for the top part of the table).
4 2x4 @13 1/2" each (for legs)
5 1x4 @ 15" each (used for the top of the table)
2 1x4 @ 8" each (used for the top of the table)
4 1x4 @ 17" each (for legs)
Time varies depending on if you cut, sand, stain, and treat the lumber for outdoor use. The estimated time below is does not include time for the stain/weatherproof treatment.
Sun, 08/02/2015 - 14:08
Love your color scheme. I'm going to attempt making this bench. Did you use both glue and nails and if you used nails, where did you nail it in and did you try to hide the nails later? I'm a complete nubie in terms of wood work. Thanks!
Got plans from this site. Made two carts so far. Second one smaller. Iron wheel little $$
I'm doing a lot of projects in the shop this summer (starting with planing 240 fence pickts :S) and so I decided that this stool would be an excellent edition (better than plastic chairs) to the shop.
I increased the length of the legs to 30 inches (from the plan length of 23) and its quite solid with the increase.
I don't have a miter saw, so I did this with my table saw and the outcome was very good. Be sure you use a square to make sure your miter gauge is calibrated before making the cuts.
I used 1x2 and 2x2 (2) furring strips from orange that cost $3.12 and $1.47 respectively. I had some 1x12 scraps around and trimmed one down a bit and glued/screwed 1x2s on either side to make it wide enough.
I didn't fill the holes because filler is a bit pricey for the shop stool.
I think I'll make a round top for it eventually, but for now it does just fine.
Well as any parent knows children have a lot of toys and pretty much take over every room in the house. Children also have fixation with pushing any button they see. So with that in mind I had to get creative. So one day while on break from work I walked next door to home depot (a bad and expensive place for me to work next door to) I walked by the discarded wood pile that is all 70% off like I normally do. Well to my surprise they had 20 10ft 1x12's sitting there. Some had dings and minor splits but I jumped on it and scored them all for $125.00. So when I found the time I started with building my bookcases with built in toy boxes then tore down that crappy old mantle that was up over the fireplace and got to work on a new one. We are mounting the TV over the fire place so I had to get creative and figure out (here comes my geeky side) where I was going to put my fairly large center channel speaker for my surround sound. well as you can see I just decided to build around it. I think it came out pretty cool and my little girl loves her toy boxes. I'm also happy I can now raise all my electronics out of the reach of curious little fingers.