Adirondack Chairs
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We really enjoyed this project. The simple design of these chairs made it fun to do in one weekend. And you don't have to worry about then blowing away. Simple sturdy design and inexpensive. Thank you!
Navajo White.
We really enjoyed this project. The simple design of these chairs made it fun to do in one weekend. And you don't have to worry about then blowing away. Simple sturdy design and inexpensive. Thank you!
Radiator Cover! My son was starting to crawl and be interested in the giant radiator in his room, so it was time to cover it. I'm so happy with how it turned out and since we left 4-5 inches of space from the top, we can use it as a space to keep his air filter & light. I left 2-3 inches around the sides as well and put a board across the back for support and to keep the cover in place.
Margaret Cember
This is a Christmas gift for my granddaughters, and it was a huge hit! It is white pine 1x4's with 4 coats of polyurethane for a smooth finish.
Built using the plans as a starting point and built it bigger than the plans called for.. The deck is 10x10 and the playhouse is 6x10. I used pressure treated lumber for everything but the playhouse. I still need to paint the house and stain the deck, then put the roof on.. if it would stop raining.. Once i'm done staining the deck I can put the slide back on also. ''
Swings, monkey bars, and rings / trapeze was ordered from Amazon.
Project costed more than expected but only because I had to buy the Kreg and a new hand sander. Other than that probably close to $120. Great proejct and great addition to our home!
This was super easy to do. Thank you for the inspiration and sharing the plan.
Absolutely love this bed! Thank you Ana!
Brianne Sing
This is the first piece that I have built from your website. The plans were easy to follow. I had to change the dimensions to fit the console where we wanted so it made the parts list a little more time consuming to figure out with a few mishaps in the original plans. After that it was smooth sailing.
I tried to save money where I could so I created my own slides for the drawers rather than spending $100 for the slides. They turned out great. I also made the chalk paint with plaster of Paris since the cost of chalk paint is pretty high.
My wife and i were very pleased with the outcome. Thank you Ana for the great plans. With a little basic wood working knowledge and the proper tools, just about anyone could make this piece.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I needed a new work from home station. So, I built this desk using the Rustic X Desk plan and just modified the shelf down to half size to make it a little less bulky for the room it sits in now.
Sat, 08/22/2020 - 00:13
Looks great! Absolutely love the top, I’m building one as well right now, and I’ll be using a similar color scheme. Happy building man!
i started this project during the pandemic, and it was amazing I did make even for my neighbors
This was my first BIG project. I was inspired by a console table from a blog Take the Side Street and the Ikea Hemnes Sofa table. I didn't use any plans, so just winged the whole project. I was a bit afraid taking on this project, so I used 89 cent utility boards (roughly 1'x4') that I found at Menard's. So I wouldn't feel bad if it turned out like crap or fell apart. Little did I know how wonderful it would look. I added parson legs to the bottom that I bought from the Home Depot and finished it off with a coat of Minwax Ployshades in Mission Oak.
I'm really excited about how it turned out and have less than $20 invested in the whole project by using the utility wood. This console table holds it all.
The table measurements are 48"x32 1/2"x11 1/2"
Saw the Outdoor sectional on your website and I just had to build it! Made some variations to the original plans, one being making it higher off the ground and the other was a necessity because Home Depot didn't have the right size wood and I wasn't about to go running around from store to store, so I used scraps to make a corner piece that fits perfectly. The most timely aspect was the sanding and removing all the rough edges. Also used Bondo to fill in all the holes that were on the outside to give it an all around smooth finish. The end result is just about the same though and the family and friends are in love with it! Thank you so much for the plans! Really could not even come close to justifying what it would cost to buy a sectional like this. Cushions were a huge concern and rightfully so. After building, I started searching and was mostly getting prices in the plus $800 range. It was breaking my heart knowing I was going to have to pay more than double what the entire sectional cost me. In the end though, was able to land some 25 x 25 x 6 cushions at Lowes for 50% off ($50 a piece).
Tue, 06/17/2014 - 14:11
You sure have outdone yourself, love the space! Thanks for sharing!
Mon, 03/16/2015 - 09:06
I love this modification. Did you use 2x8s or 2x10s for your base? It looks like you angles the back. How did you go about doing that? Thank you for posting this?! Great work!
Mon, 06/29/2015 - 18:00
nice build, when you get some time can you put up your modifications please:) would love to build this! Love the colours you used and how it looks!Me too..you cook like me, i make it my style...thats how i do my salsa ..my way i like it...
Mon, 06/29/2015 - 18:00
nice build, when you get some time can you put up your modifications please:) would love to build this! Love the colours you used and how it looks!Me too..you cook like me, i make it my style...thats how i do my salsa ..my way i like it...
Mon, 06/29/2015 - 21:50
sorry about the end of my comment, must of pasted a message in their somehow? My bad.
I love this table!! Simple build using recycled wood from dumpsters.
Best looking greenhouse and great size!
Mary McLachlan
My Awesome husband made this great bed from one of Ana's plan and I stained it!!
This was a great collaboration between a designer and an engineer, me being the designer and my dad the engineer. I recently moved from a small condo to a single family house with a nice wrap around porch. My father is recently retired and believes idle hands are the devil's playthings so I thought this would be a good project to undertake. Full disclosure, we built this in my father's wood shop and needed to purchase no tools.
I took on this project because every couch I looked at was either very expensive or did not meet my tastes. When searching for a design online this one really stood out to me for a couple of reasons, the first being the design looked great, the process was easy to follow, and the construction methods seemed pretty solid. The only drawback I found was that standard lumber at a big box store had to many knots and shied away from it for the slats and arms and went with 'select' grade pine, this change increased the price. It also took some convincing my dad to use big box store lumber as most of it is warped and knotty, he wanted me to purchase cypress from a high end mill so that it could truly weather the elements. His theory is a good one, you are putting a lot of work into building this why not spend a $100-200 more and get a very long lasting wood? My answer, my wife will kill me if I spend $500 on this project!!!! In the end this was much easier than I thought it would be. The chop saw made quick work of the cut list, and the Krieg jig worked great. Painting took the longest, I used a power sander to sand it down. I then used left over wood conditioner and the shellac primer. This took about 4-5 hours. After the primer dried I sanded out a few areas where the primer had pooled. Using a paint sprayer we sprayed at least 3 coats probably more like 5 coats of white exterior semi-gloss. This took about 3 hours. I attached the back to seat after I painted them.
Modifications:
I reduced the overall depth in order to accomodate a 24" cushion instead of the 27.5". I researched online buying foam and fabric as suggested, but this in my opinion made the project too costly. I found outdoor cushions at Ikea which work very well with the style and layout. They are not super cushy but do the trick for a 1/3 of the price.
I also added heavy duty rubber furniture slides to the bottom to prevent any marring to my deck and hopefully reduce moisture wicking up the end grain.
Costs:
Lumber and screws: $190
Cushions: $120
Paint: I used an expensive shellac for the primer $42.00
and exterior grade latex for $25, plus a few paint bushes $10.00
Grand Total: $387
Timing:
1. Acquiring lumber - 1 hour
2. Measuring, cutting and labeling - 1.5 hours
3. Krieg drilling - 3 hours
4. Assembling - 3 hours
5. Sanding - 1 hour
6. Conditioning and Priming - 4 hours
7. Painting with sprayer - 3 hours
Total 16.5 hours
We built from the plan with green treated lumber. We also joined the top and the seat with pocket holes and outdoor blue Kreg screws so there are no screw holes exposed on the tops. Easy build. Great compact picnic table.
I built this jewelry box out of scraps as a prototype to test out my Easy Jewelry Box plan, which is inspired by the Willy Bookcase and Master Closet System drawers. When Mom saw it unfinished, she liked it and called dibs on the first one! Well, since this one is now for Mom (and the lumber was free), I went ahead and spent some extra $ for hers – used the self-adhesive felt for the drawer and box bottoms, some embossed felt to line the drawers, added adjustable drawer dividers, and solid antique brass knobs – ‘glammed’ it up a bit. It is painted and stained to match her bedroom furniture. For Mom, I even stained the inside of the drawer box. :)
The build was easy, and took less than 2 hrs. I did both stain and paint for the finish on this one, and it took about 2 hrs to do that. I’m planning to make several more of these in different finishes, and give them as gifts.
Tue, 08/28/2012 - 16:15
“Shop” your scrap bin before buying your lumber for this project, you may have enough left overs already on hand. Probably would cost about $20 for whitewood boards, birch ¼” ply, regular felt and unpainted wooden knobs, and you’d still have some left overs. One sample size paint (~4 oz.) was more than enough for one box. The 7/8” unpainted knobs are great, and they only cost $1.49 for 2 (found these at Ace). These solid brass mini knobs ran about $4 each. The 2 sticks of moulding for the optional drawer dividers cost me about $12, but these pieces are more than enough for 4 boxes. For the ¼” plywood – one 2’ x 2’ piece is enough for 3 boxes. I’ll be making several. :)
Wed, 06/19/2013 - 16:46
Great job on your first jewelry box! Love the way you did the dividers too - I'm going to have to copy that! :)