Community Brag Posts

We made two toy boxes for the Make Two Challenge. A single mom with two small children needed a little boost for christmas this year. I used the stacking toy box plans but dressed it up a bit with trim and added casters. The plan was very easy to follow.

Modified the plan to have no legs and added caster to the bottom so that it can be rolled easily around. Easy to build. I am in love with Ana's plans! Only cost $40 in wood!

I followed the building plans from here: http://www.ana-white.com/2012/11/plans/triple-pedestal-farmhouse-table

I changed the plans slightly. I used Brazilian Walnut unfinished tounge and groove flooring that I got at a  reduced price at lumber liquidators. This wood is so beautiful I couldn't help myself! This added about 50 lbs to the weight of this table and about 10 more hours of labor but it is worth it! 

My husband, who is otherwise amazing and free of bad habits, always set his work bag, jacket, lunch box, keys, and more on the kitchen table. Our house does not have a coat closet, entryway, or any sort of nook near the door, so I used the only available space in our kitchen to craft a locker for his stuff. There's a cut-out for a light switch (deck light) and an outlet, which made it easy to craft a charging station on the middle shelf. The dog food and water is on the bottom, with a rubber mat beneath them. His hats and lunchbox go on the top shelf. Now we're both happy!

Had a great time building this bed for my 2 year old son. The toughest part was building a slanted ladder that he could climb up. The project turned out way better than I expected and my son loves it.

Hopefully the picture is vertical this time.

My wife wanted the basic buffet style cabinet but shorter and with wine storage. Design was modified to suit. Top is select pine with min-wax stain and polyurethane finish. Had a blast making it and can't wait to start another project!

Gave your 2x4 truss-style bench a try! Love the end result with a burning and clear top coat!

I adapted the bunk bed to make the 70s style canopy bed for Julie.

I can't say enough how much I love my farmhouse table! Oddly enough, it took me three years to post these brag photos. We changed the plans to make a table suitable for 10 people and have filled it many times over! It has made two big moves almost completely unscathed. Because we tend to move a lot, we used 4 lag bolts to attach each of the legs and didn't glue them on. The table is very sturdy with this modification, so much so that I can stand on it to change light bulbs in our chandelier without any movement at all! We used spar urethane to seal the wood. We did five coats so that coasters and hot pads were optional. We have no water or heat marks even with a lot of careless use.

Built this for my son that we adopted from foster care. He is into Minecraft and we need an extra bed for future foster. Thus the Full over Twin and the twin is removable for a play area underneath.

Thank you for sharing such a neat project plan! I threw this together with some pallet wood that I stripped a few weeks ago. Quick work with the mitre saw, brad nailed it, a quick sand, threw on some stain with a rag, and freehanded the rest. Not real good on the letters but it worked. This was a Mother's Day gift for my wife. She loves red birds. She was in love with this when she saw it!!!! I think I got some brownie points! :)

Gary G.
Athens AL

I was really excited when I saw this plan. I needed a side table for my guest bedroom and these are perfect. The plans were very easy to follow - the only thing I did differently was I left off the angle braces. The hardest part of the project was waiting on the paint to dry. I've done a few other projects but this my best work so far...I'm getting better and better with each build. So excited to start something else...

This projected started with a mishap. I bought table legs from Lowes that were 35" tall, and after trying to decide if I could somehow make our chairs taller...I returned them for the correct set. The set I used was from Waddell online (the manufacturer). 29" Country Pine legs. With shipping these were the most expensive part of the entire project. The rest went according to plan. Once the table was done I decided on a whim to make a matching bench. I bought the bench legs from Home Depot and a bit more pine for the seat. The bench legs were 15" country pine also. I guessed on the measurements for it, and it came out okay. The only hard part was that my drill didn't fit with the Kreg bit on it when I was trying to screw in the bench supports. I actually had to borrow a shorter drill and bit from a friend to complete it! The staining took me a long time because I don't have a heated garage and the temperatures dropped below comfortable to work on it.

I attempted my first homemade skateboard, this was a present for my 7 year old nephew for Christmas. The deck was made out of Birch veneer, maple is also very common material to use. More details and photos on my blog if interested: http://www.woodworkingfourdummies.com/blog/diy-skateboard Cheers, Ian

My grandmother has been in terrible need of a new mailbox. The one she had was original to the house, 1972, I believe. Needless to say it was falling apart.
My stepdad and I built this for her, and my sister painted on the name adn address.
All better now!

PS, I chose Grace's Mailbox plan because you have to choose a plan when posting a brag blog and we didn't use one, we just kind of winged it.