Rustic X
Finished with walnut stain and Million Dollar Red. Wood is all reclaimed from local deconstruction company.
Finished with walnut stain and Million Dollar Red. Wood is all reclaimed from local deconstruction company.
I built this bed in about a week. It was a big project but very rewarding. The plans I had from Ana White were easy to follow and detailed, and having the shopping list and cut list was very helpful. It was pretty straightforward with mostly right angles. It may be a bit much for a beginner, but someone with some basic woodworking and building skills should have no trouble. It’s very heavy and needs to be assembled in pieces. The roof shingles were made by using 1/4 plywood cut into rectangular squares and painted black and stapled on. It was a nice touch. The pergola was also a nice addition, as was the staircase with bookcase. I bought a remnant from a carpet store for 10 and tacked it in the stairs and it’s very comfortable. The drawers were a lot of work but again worth it. Our now 4 year old is in love with her bed!
I made a set of these floating midcentury nightstands for my kids. The most difficult part was to make the large radius rounded corners and to make it look seamless
This is the project I'm most proud of, yet. It included a lot of work and took my patience to the limit.
If you like it, you should read more and view the full build video on my blog.
My 7 year old nephew, Jack loves the San Francisco Giants, so my brother and I decided to create an AT & T Park bed using Ana's Camp Loft Bed plans as a guide. I started with the scoreboard to hang above the bed. The teams are all hand painted and hung with Velcro so Jack can arrange the teams according to their current league standings. He can also decide who he wants to play and change the teams on the actual scoreboard, which is painted with chalkboard paint.
The bed was created using Ana's plans. We added brick facade columns to make it look more like AT & T Park. The columns have shelves in the back built in for storage. I found some great Giants stickers and added them as well.
Under the bed, I built a locker using Ana's Small Locker Cabinet plans for Jack to hang and store all of his athletic gear.
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 18:17
This is AMAZING!!!! I totally want to make this for my son when he's a little older! Great job!!!
Sun, 01/26/2014 - 12:04
Wow, this bed is fantastic. My 4 year old son saw this picture and asked if I could make him one.
I was wondering if you would share your plans with the modifications making it with the bookshelves.
Thanks,
Heather
Sun, 01/26/2014 - 12:40
I am very impressed with all the details and thought you put into this. You should be extremely proud of this bed!
Wed, 11/19/2014 - 20:15
Can you tell me what the scoreboard is made out of? I know chalkboard paint is used but what did you paint on? Wood, corkboard?
This was my third project. The building is now getting very easy, it's the finishing that's the hard part. For some reason the wood wasn't taking in the stain very well even though I followed the right steps. Condition, sand, and then stain. In the end after many applications I was or I should say my sister who I was making it for was happy. I had to modify the size to make it fit in her space.
This was a collective project that involved my Husband, son and I. We built two of these and modified the bed by going away with the footboards being that these beds were for our teenage sons. We also had to cut the wood for the headboards to 37 1/2" in order to make them fit with the split ring hangers. They LOVE their new beds! And so do we! They are so cool!
I love this dual outdoor seating plus toy storage bench. I lengthened the plans so I needed to add some additional support for the lid. I also decided to go with a rope pull which is easier for the kiddos to utilize.
Mon, 02/22/2021 - 13:08
You've been busy, love the functionality of all of your projects! Thank you for sharing:)
I built these shelves with my husband while super pregnant out of scraps I had leftover from the Dream Dollhouse and painted them with some leftover paint from another project. We used a finish nail gun and they went together really quickly.
If I was going to do it again I would skip the top rail. It makes big books more likely the lean out over the edge unless you keep if full.
I had an empty space in my Mudroom so I decided to build an armoire (fancy name for cabinet) to store the vacuum and some other items.
Check out my blog for more details:
http://www.woodworkingfourdummies.com/blog/armoire-diy
thanks,
Ian
Sat, 07/25/2020 - 11:34
This blog no longer exists - so no plans for this beautiful armoire.
We just moved into a Victorian farmhouse, circa 1875. The kitchen is being remodeled to include a 6 foot island and we needed some stools for it. So I plan to make either three or five more and finish them in flat black paint with satin poly to seal. Pretty quick and easy build and I think I'll change the back rest slightly on each one, just for fun!
I built a dresser for my daughter using Ana White's Kendal dresser plan and modifying the drawer fronts to be recessed using simple trim boards.
Modified slightly from the Rhyan Console design to include glass front doors so I could display some books and have remote access to my electronics for the TV.
A gift for a dear friend that I wanted to show how much I appreciate her and how happy we were for her beautiful family. She requested a lighter finish but had no idea what we were doing until the day. Everyone loved it and her beautiful daughter "slept" in this every night beside her and her husband's bed. The hardest part really was making the rockers. I hadn't done much with the kreg jg plugs at the time but I would definitely recommend using them.
I changed it by adding the top mitered slats and stained it with Thompson clear water seal. Used "A" grade cedar from a local mill. Thank you so much for the inspiration.
Bob Johnson
Lebanon, TN
We modified the ladder that was suggested. Ours is removable and angled so our little guy doesn't get too adventurous without supervision. We also added a "roof" to his log cabin.
This was the perfect solution for our small (single garage bay) work space! I added a drop leaf shelf from some scrap in front of the miter saw to create a surface for clamping. I also added 3 ToteScan QR code stickers to each cart (one for each side shelf and the center space) that allow me to create a searchable inventory, complete with pictures, to allow me to find less frequently used things faster.
Mon, 03/15/2021 - 12:32
Looks great, and so much nicer to know where to find everything!
I recently added wood frames and trim to the windows in my bedroom. I simply finished nailed 1 x boards over the drywall frame, and trimmed out with casing. Unfortunately, I did have a lot of leftover scrap since I had to buy 8ft boards and my windows are only 5ft tall. I would recomend buying 6ft boards unless your windows are wider/taller than 6 ft.You can read a more detailed description on my blog http://pneumaticaddict.blogspot.com
This was a fun starter project. Took one Saturday to build. A few week nights to finish.
Prices for sideboards are high! And it's impossible to find one wider than 72". I have a kitchen window that's eight feet (96") wide. I wanted a sideboard for my patio that's just outside our window. I needed it to be as wide as the window. So I used the plans for the shanty sideboard and altered them to widen the sideboard to 96". I routed out hidden handles in the top piece of each door and used hidden hinges to keep a clean look.
I created three sections with the middle one wide enough to store four wooden folding chairs on horizontal slides covered with felt. In the two end sections, I added short drawers to easily store things like charcoal and spa supplies.
I finished the piece in dark walnut and had a granite countertop installed to finish it off.
The plans were easy to adjust to my needs and easy to build. The hardest part was making the end pieces fit my slightly angled patio floor while keeping the sideboard level. I had a fun time using Kregg fasteners to assemble the front and sides.
Fri, 04/09/2021 - 11:35
When I uploaded this, I must have not seen the place for my name.
I had fun working with the plans and altering them to meet my unusual length. Having to build it for a slightly slanted patio was also challenging.
This was one of those projects where once I finished it and started using the sideboard, I asked myself why I hadn't built it ten years ago!
I used the weathered stain on pine wood. It came out nice. I would recommend not to use the spray on sealant as this is a big piece of furniture.
Comments
handmadewithash
Fri, 01/02/2015 - 11:11
Very nice job on the console.
Very nice job on the console. It turned out great! What did you use for the finish?