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Just modified the size to fit a townhome bedroom. Love that even as a two year old, she is able to climb all over these and not damage it in the least. Though the white walls are now crayon decorated. 

I wanted a table that we saw on DIY Pete and it led us to Ana White's plans. It took us almost a month to build, our first build and work/kids/design changes, but it finally has come together.. We did make it longer and wider because we wanted to be able to host family gatherings comfortably. I am in love with this table and how it turned out.. The directions were easy to follow, unless you tweaked the measurements but still, it was a no brainer! Thanks for the fun project!

My Father built this amazing dollhouse for my daughter as a Christmas present. I loved the tall open look of this design and knew it would be perfect for my four year old! Instead of leaving the doorways open, we added dollhouse windows and doors to make this "bookcase" more into an actual dollhouse. The adorable mice and furniture are from the Danish toy company, Maileg. We hid the dollhouse in the home office on Christmas morning and had my daughter find it as her last present. She fell in love with it and immediately started playing! She has one talented Grandpa and I am so glad to have something like this in our family to be cherished for generations.

These benches were for my Eagle Scout project. They will be used in the IB Garden at my school. The group creating the garden were very pleased with how these benches turned out. Thanks for the plans!

Great fun project...cant wait to do some more........

New tryde side table to match a tryde coffee table I recently built. I love the simplicity of the design. Wife likes it too!

The well-laid out plans from this site made it a pleasure to build. I used pine for everything and stained with Rust-Oleum Early American. Also, I did three coats of Minwax Clear Satin Polycrylic. My wife and I decided to use 8 hooks because we have two young children who could not reach the top row of hooks.

This was a great project to do. The hardest part was staining. 

I built the kitchen as a Christmas present. I still need to put the oven door on but still love how it all came out. I just started a blog and as I was posting my latest blog post I realized how obsessed I am with all of your plans!! Thanks so much :) I'm not sure how long it took to build because I only get to work in the garage an hour or two a few nights a week.

This was my first build. I followed Ana's plans. I used Eastern White Pine and applied a pre-stain because pine almost never stains evenly.

I finished the project with a white wash and then a quick water based stain that I wiped off almost immediately. I ended up with a pale tan/grey color with a very subtle peachy color that peeks through in a few places. It doesn't show in the photo very well, but the colors gave me a lot of depth without a ton of wood grain showing.

I made this table in one weekend with my 11 year old son. I was able to teach him how to use the Kreg jig and how to safely use the miter saw. It was a great bonding experience. And, on Monday it was so nice that all of his teachers at school were so impressed by his ability to make such a beautiful piece of furniture.  We had seen similar custom-built tables for $2,000 and we made this for less than $150.  Thank you so much for the plans and your site.

Katrina O'Con

Natchitoches, Louisiana

Now I know that this isn't exactly a build. It's more of an added trim but I thought I'd post it just in case any of you also have a black hole under your couch that swallows up pet fur and kids toys by the pound not to mention the tv remote on a daily basis! I was tired of moving the entire sectional ALL the time to find missing toys and vacuum dust bunnies so...I sanded, painted and attached some 1x2s just in front of the legs of the sectional. They come down to about 1/8" from the floor stopping almost everything from sliding under but still letting the couch rest on its legs. Cheap and easy! 

Farmhouse bed in king, and painted teal.

This was my very first wood working project since working around my grandfather's shop 20 years ago as a child. I had to buy a few tools to get it done (circular saw, Kreg Jig), but it was a great learning experience!

I made a rookie move of wiping up excess wood glue, which didn't take the stain at all. I had to remove that glue with a Dremel tool and spot restain. Since then, I've been told to let the glue drops dry next time and just chisel off after they are dry.

Since this was my first project, I had to buy EVERYTHING I needed, so my costs were a little higher. Now that I have some groundwork laid, the next projects will be a snap.

I also highly recommend the Rockwell Jawhorse product, it made working with the Kreg Jig super easy!

Office cabinet with shelf.  Made only from 1 by 4s and plywood for shelves (and feet).

Finished in Varathane Carrington and Matte Poly.

The plywood inserts in the doors are from the same piece.  Both were treated with pre stain and the same stain but have turned out totally different shades.  I might at some point make new doors (perhaps 2 thinner doors per side) but will live with the difference for now.  I guess this is one of the things about hand made - two pieces will never look exactly the same.