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All 3 aircraft built using recycled pallets and some doweling.

Alex

Our little girl Lucille is a wild monkey. I don’t say this lightly-she is wild! She scales walls and hangs from chandeliers; she lives for danger! She loves to play in a tent as most kids do (kids on the spectrum especially). We have gone through several from various stores. I was getting tired of it and began thinking of making her a stronger one but hadn’t found the right project or design.

The tent is now spectacular! It stands at almost 6’ tall’ and is 38” deep and nearly 52” wide.

Here are some of the changes that I made to the original plan:

- Added a brace in the back that screws into the baseboards in two places.
- Bolted the top to the wall and secured the cross pieces.
- Adjusted the size of the board at the top (holding the cover).

Sewing the cover:

- Measured the sides and taped paper at the front to get the angle for the front and back.
- Used about 6 yards of the purple, 1 yard of the lavender organza, 2 yards of the print in the back (improvised), and ½ yard of the nylon mesh.
- Attached 12 straps (3 on each side) to attach the cover to the frame (much needed addition) with 2 smaller ties on the front.
- Used nylon mesh to create the skylights (Adorable).
- Glued velcro on the frame itself rather than attach to the cover.
- Finished every edge of the fabric because the main purple fabric had lots of fraying (In hindsight, I should’ve used a poly or something that wouldn’t fray).
- Stitched all seams and then top stitched for strength (which is why I used almost three rolls of thread!!)
- Released the seams in all four corners at the bottom about 4 inches, so it would hang well and allow the sides to wrap around to velcro.

It looks great and will hopefully stay in her room for awhile, although I may have gone a bit overboard with the skylights and transparent organza in the front. She isn’t too interested in it yet and I'm wondering if it's too open and doesn’t give her that closed-in feeling that she likes. I may need to cover the skylights or switch the organza with some fabric.

Followed the plans and here was the result.

I wanted a simple but stable bench for my back yard. I built a Harriet Chair from plans I found on this site, it went together very fast and has held up so well even with my weight ( which is over 300 pounds ) I decided to modify the plans and came up with this I used 2x3 instead of 2x2. The angle cuts are the same and the height for the base is the same just made three legs, made it 4 feet long. The back was a little tricky because of the middle leg but the Kreg Jig saved the day.
So if you want a fun quick and sturdy bench for around 40 dollars wood, screws and all this in my opinion is the way to go from start to finish about 2 hours. Have fun

I wanted to build a table and chairs for my daughters wedding shower gift so i printed the coffee table plans and modified it to make the dining table. We just measured my sisters chairs and built the chairs.All of the lumber is white pine.We used 2x4s for the legs and frame, 2x10's for the top and 2x2's for a crossbrace under the table. The chairs are 2x4's ripped on the table saw to 2x2's with 1x4's for the seat. we routed the edge of the table and all pieces on the chairs.I spent $50 on the lumber on Monday and had it finished by Saturday for her shower. It is minwax red mahogany brushed on and wiped off and 2 coats of gloss polyuretane. It needs a couple more coats on the table top and the seats for a smoother finish. Lydia and Adam were thrilled, as was their friend who had us build her one just like it. She wanted hers in white pine with no stain and it has 4 coats of polyurethane for a very smooth finish. I love that we built a gift that will last them a lifetime!

This was my very 1st major build. I've done the crate boxes, planters, wall items, shelves, etc. I absolutely love the end result. Received many compliments on the headboard. Can't to make more big items! Took me about 3 and 1/2 hours, another 45 minutes for the staining.

I built this shelf over the course of two evenings. :)

Mud kitchen made from scraps for my coworker’s kids. (Mud kitchen is a little kitchen to make mud pies and let the little imagination play.) They love it!

I built this workbench console as a housewarming gift for our good friends who just bought their first house. I'm thrilled with the way it turned out! Check my blog link for the complete play-by-play!

My home was being overtaken by wild animals. They started out confined to my son's room but with the presence of doting grandparents and other relatives, the animals quickly multiplied and were found lounging in every room. They were everywhere! We either needed to move out and put an Animal Sanctuary sign in the yard, or I had to build some type of containment system for them.

The Kendra Storage Console plans were perfect! The build was quick and the wild creatures were effortlessly corralled. My son gave each one an assigned seat. The animals love their new home and my family enjoys having them all in one location.

Thank you, Ana, for keeping our home safe from all of the wild animals!

After following Ana for a couple years, I finally got to build something. This was made after watching the you tube video, I used old redwood fencing that was salvaged from a friend headed to the dump. I decided I wanted mine wider so I adjusted the measurements. It went together great, I hung it up before the metal was attached and found it looked funny being so wide. With the pocket hole construction, it was super easy to undo, trim and redo. Then the metal was added and walah! Done! Lovin it. I also made a TP storage hanger to fill the extra space. I will now be making them for 3 friends who have asked for them.

These ledges were my first DIY project. They're not perfect by no means, but I'm proud of them and they are still attached to the wall after 6 months. They look great in my kitchen and I love the fact that when we move again with the Army, I can take them with me.

I built ten of these for my dining table. I'm so pleased with the result. I added the suggested support bar at the bottom for extra strength. I was surprised by how sturdy these are...and comfortable. I blogged about them over here http://skonkers.blogspot.ca/2014/06/pull-up-chair.html

I followed the plans for the rustic x console table, making only a couple of adjustments for height and width (I made it taller and not quite as long as the plan called for). I am thrilled with how it turned out, and equally thrilled that I can get rid of the ugly tv stand we had before!

We didn't paint it, but between two newbies, it only took an afternoon. It has freed up a ton of space in the cabinets!