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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 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

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!

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.    

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. 

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.

We used 2x8x8 lumber and 2x4s to make 2x6 garden beds and a 1x6 trellis bed.  We utilized Simpson Strongtie braces to hold the corner joints firmly together.

love this garden!!!  Thank you Anna!!!

fun table from the X Series