Extra large chalk board for church coffee shop. Made from plywood 90 x 40 (cut by Home Depot), chalk board paint, pine boards for frame. Used stencils for most lettering. The board on right is attached with Velcro strips so it’s removable so that I can change out every season. Super easy to build.
Sheri Robertson
Great fun Easy Project! I am in absolute love with this table and give it the rustic feel and look that we were going for. We tried to get the knottiest pine that we could find with also the different colors. We love that look of pine!
Wed, 04/18/2012 - 13:26
It's good to know I'm not the only one who likes the knots and swirls and different shades in the pine boards! The last time I was at the lumberyard, when I told the lumberyard-guy that I was building furniture he tried to direct me to the clear pine. I had to explain to him that I like the character that the knots and such give to a piece. He thought I was nuts, but he still helped me find the straightest boards in the rack.
Tue, 07/30/2013 - 08:17
Hi I love your piece and think it came out great. I noticed on the original plans that 2 x6 pieces were listed. Did you use them in your project?
Thanks
Sat, 08/17/2013 - 10:42
Sorry it took me so long to reply and thanks for the compliment. But, yes we did use 2x6's on this table.
This was my first project and I wanted to surprise my fiance for her birthday. The hardest part was keeping her out of the garage! I used the plans for the iTable and it was really easy to follow even for a rookie like me. I adjusted the dimesions a bit because 40' would've been awkward for our living room. It ended up being about 34 1/2 or so and I also used 1x10's instead and made the legs 18' so it matched our couch's height. Fun fact: don't forget to factor in the width of your saw blade when cutting..I botched the first cut by about 1/8 BUT did that for the rest so it still ended up being square lol. Anyways, hope you like it and I'm looking for a new project already! Cheers!
I made this American Girl living room set with pine wood. It is painted white and 2 coats of polyurethane are applied. The cushions and pillows were sewn by myself using high density foam and fibre fill. I have made 5 sets and am really enjoying making them that I have opened up my own etsy shop!
These plans were awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!! I added a few hooks on top for my keys and found this top board at Lowe's for $10, no I have a place to lay my wallet and phone. I tweaked mine to fit my needs but again, this plan was amazing, that KS for sharing! I look forward to making more of your projects.
Note: I chose this project as a weekend long project because I applied paint and it did take much longer for the paint to dry in this cold weather. The build was approximately 1 day.
Modified two building plans into one farmhouse style table. Two of Ana’s benches as well.
Grace LeBlanc
Loved this plan, also! In fact, a male co-worker helped me pick out the color! I made the open shelves taller and left the back off so my media components could get lots of air flow!
I needed a desk that served not only as a space to work, but something that had good storage and didn't take up way to much floor space.I looked and looked and couldn't find anything I loved until I ran across the Parson's Tower Desk plans on Ana-white.com. The depth of the desk was perfect, but I needed more storage, so I decided to play in with sketchup and see if I couldn't make it more of what I needed.
I ended up with a supersized Parson's Tower Desk!
It has four smaller cubbies to the left side and 2 wider shelves to the right side.
You can see a front view and all the pictures at the blog post!
I need some shoe storage near my front door that would hide all of our shoes. I used the plans from the book for the secretary's desk and added an extra shelf. Check out my blog post for step by step pictures.
The plans were simple to follow. Made some small changes, used some pine wood wall paneling from Lowes. The pine paneling was used on the back and door. Both were inset with a routed step the same thickness as the panels.
I built a simple, yet very classy table using table legs from Bear Hollow Supply. All you need is a table top, which in my case I used a nice looking wood slab. Then you just attach the legs and you're done. It's a very simply process and the final results is a great looking table.
I was able to build the bed with the Rockler surface mount brackets and this allowed complete removal of the side rails without any screws. We are a military family that moves every 3 years and this makes it so much easier and less wear and tear on the beds. Any family that moves consistently can understand that the hardware can only take some much abuse before it compromises the integrity of the furniture.
My girls each had their own room that they never used! So, dad decided to combine their rooms which gave us an office. They have since spent more time in there then anywhere in the house but it was a mess! 2 beds in a tiny room was not working! So I made dad make this bed, and it is AMAZING! It has made my life so much easier getting them ready in the morning, not tripping around beds, and they spend time in it, and take pride in keeping it clean!!
We added about 6 inches, making it normal bunk bed height, but didn't change anything else. No finish yet, because I love the look and haven't decided what to do. We also, did not use a kreg jig. Hubby just drilled in sideways, and it worked fine.
Solid Wormy Maple Top, "clear" grade, no knot westerd red cedar 4 x 4 legs, 4 inch lags (no Kreg Jig), Spar Urethane on top (clear satin, 3 coats), and Danish Oil on legs (one coat to keep "dry look"). Wormy maple boards, S4S, joined and plained. Bench is one solid piece of wormy maple, same top coat as table top.
A lady that my husband works with just got her forever home through Habitat for Humanity. We wanted to do something special for her and her kids so we used Anna’s platform plans to build one queen and 3 full size bed frames. The plans were easy to follow and assembly was a snap on delivery.
To make the fulls we took the queen dimensions and modified the cuts for the full size mattress dimensions.
Thank you Anna for helping us to make 4 beautiful additions to our friends home.
Made the Kitchen Prep Cart. Just altered a bit for storage in the cabinet. Still need to plug the Kreg Jig holes inside.
Made this bench for my sister to go with the entryway shelf
After reviewing the comments I was a bit hesitant to start this project but then I realized I will build then make my own opinion. I am very happy I did because these pedestals are sooo wonderful and beautiful. This project must be built with extreme detail and everything must be square, etc to avoid any vibrations and complications. I did include extra center supports and thought of it like building a house frame.
Mon, 02/10/2014 - 11:38
Looks solid! Did you follow the plans? We have a samsung front load washer / dryer as well. It's not the same as yours, but we have a hard time keeping it from moving around. We have tried making it as level as possible but still have a problem. Did you find by putting it on a pedestel that you had any issues? I was thinking maybe if I did build a pedestel, I could drill or recess holes on the platform for the feet to go in to prevent it from shifting around. Let me know your thoughts, thanks.
Thu, 02/13/2014 - 10:50
Thank you for your comment! I will send you a follow up note with my comments this evening. Thank you and have a great day! Happy Building.
Sat, 02/15/2014 - 12:33
Hello - Yes we did follow Ana's plan with some minor modifications. My suggestion would be to knotch it like a corner deck post so the 4x4's can go through the platform. If you don't understand I will happy to forward you a drawing. Just let me know. Thank you! Good luck!
We built upon the mudroom bench plans. The length dimensions had to be modified to fit our room, but for the most part we stuck to the directions. We switched to metric for this project and it was the best decision. Make sure you have a Kreg Jig.
This was the first project I built with the Kreg jig.
Building was pretty easy.
Painting it was not so fun.
Not much more to say :)
I undertook this project for my daughters new twin bed so that she could climb up into it. It actually went really smooth for my first project, the only issues we had was a little paint peeling at the end.
What I did was sand and primer the steps, then when that was done the entire thing was painted pistachio, after that was done and dry we attacked vinyl stickers for our daughters name and little tinkerbell characters and starbursts, the final step was to paint the entire thing purple and when it was dry we peeled off the vinyl stickers and the pistachio underneath showed the designs through and we like to think it was a success.
