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Aside from a small train table and a vegetable garden, this is my first furniture build! Sadly, I was not able to move past the first step without the help of my husband. I chose this chair because it seemed like a very simple build, but it was quite challenging, even with the help of my hubby.

This chair cost me about $34 to build. I had to buy screws, a square, top coat, and eventually a right angle clamp. The next chair should cost me $4 plus the cost of the paint.

On the next chair, we will definitely switch up steps 6 and 7. It was very difficult to screw in the screws on the very back seat slats once we attached the back slats. Also, side note, it didn't saw in step 6 or 7 which size screw to use, so we used the 1 1/4 inch screws. We used a size 8 in width. My hubby thinks we should have used a 6. I didn't even know screws came in different lengths AND widths!

Our chair ended up a bit loopsided and rough in some areas. I wish I would have sanded it more before painting it. Also, I was way off on attaching the second back chair leg, so I had to cut off a little bit of the left over 1x2 and glue and screw it to the bottom of the leg (see pic below). Then, I shaved off some of the top of that leg with my mitre saw.

Also, I initially tried making this with pocket hole screws, but quickly learned that that level of woodmaking was above my pay grade. I switched back to the 2 inch screws and it was just fine. We used wood filler to hide the screws as much as possible.

Despite how difficult this first build was, and despite how imperfect it is, I am totally in love with the chair and with woodmaking! My husband and I really bonded and enjoyed our time together making this. My 2 year old daughter just loves it (and it didn't break when my children sat on it!). I've already bought the wood for the second chair and, after that, have plans to move on to the Elementary Trestle Table!

I'm so thankful for these plans! I love how these beds turned out, my daughters love them too! Whenever they have friends come over, this is the first place all of them want to go (not necessarily a good thing, I know).

I wrote about the project on my blog: sharethepants.blogspot.com

This is my third project that I've attempted since finding this amazing website and it's certainly my favorite!

I ended up leaving off the pergola due to an overactive climbing two year old. We are planning on adding some additional decorations as we have ideas. Mailbox and house numbers on on their way.

I used the plans at Diystinctlymade.com(DIY crib, Ana showed it on her website)to build this crib for friends having their first child this month!  i changed the plans a little, instead of cutting both end boards I cut the center board. I put a decorative trim on the ends and sides.  I stenciled the "love you to the moon"  and "now I lay me down to sleep" on the ends of the crib  I love making it!

Made from Mirroed Door Wardrobe Plans. Built from pine shelf boards at a cost of approx $7.00 per board. Light grey cabinet paint, primed with Bins primer as it also seals the knots. Used a kreg jig and glue to attach boards to each other to get then wide enough. No ply-wood was used. 

I love this project!!! I made a few changes so it would be sturdier for storing more weight than chair cushions. I use one of them for storing my chemicals by the pool and another for all the kids toys and balls. I used 2x4s for the frame, put togeher with my Kreg Jig. This gave it 2x4 legs instead of 1x4, and the weight of the bench and contents are held by the frame not the 1x4s. I used 1x8 for the bottom of one and some scrap plywood siding for the bottom of the other (drilled holes so it would drain). Love these, and will prabably be building a few more for the front porch!!!

I pulled up the ancient green carpet on our patio, gave away our old cheap rusted table and chairs, and built four adult-sized Adirondack chairs from the Home Depot DIH plans and two child-sized ones from the plans in Ana's book. All are painted in Olympic's Schooner. This took forever, but I love the result! A friend dubbed it "the partio." :)

This was my first project so I picked one from the starter section.  My fiance helped me to get familiar with the tools and learn to make the cuts.  I am hooked.  My goal is to learn well enough to get to the point where I can build built ins to make the most out of the small space in our home and maximize it. Since we started late in the day and it's Sunday, I will putty, sand and paint it next weekend.  Gives me an excuse to go to Home Depot for materials for my next project  We made some modifications though, we subbed 2x12 for 1x12 and 1x6 for 1x4.  I wanted a thicker seat, and the local Home Depot was out of 1X4's.  We had 1x8's but instead of ripping them in half we just made the jigsaw cuts a little deeper.  We also used the 2x12 for the legs so those were a little thicker and sturdier.  We'll likely make another and an outdoor table eventually.  Thank you for a wonderful site!

First of all, sorry for my english, i'm french and i don't speak english often in life, so i don't know now if i still speak and write it well enough to be understood.

We needed some space outside our appartment to room bootles.

When i found the plans on this website i decided to start this project.

It was the first time i used my device "undercaver jig" to assemble or link all the wood pieces together.

Once all the "wooden wall parts" made, i strated assembling the whole wooden furniture.

Then i painted them and once the paint was ok, i protected the wall furniture (painted parts and unpainted parts) whith an uncoloured protective product.

After that the inside was done to be able to store milk and water bottles.

The last part to be done was the upper part. I decided to make it in 4 indepedant concrete parts to be abble to replace it in case it breaks.

Had a Blast making these shelves for my daughters room last Summer! (sorry for just posting now) She had such a long plain wall I thought what a perfect way to take up space but still have places for her toys! She loves them as much as I do!

Before my daughter was born I started planning a play kitchen for her. Last week she turned two and this was my gift to her. I borrowed ideas for details that I had seen on this site from several different kitchens.

This was the first project I made from this website...my wife wanted to make it for our 2 year old (at the time).

I chose to make this island 48 inches long to fit my smaller kitchen.   I also used pine trim for the bottom shelving to make it more delicate.  

This is our first original design! We had a request for a custom bar/retail counter for my mother in law's children's re-sale store and this is what we came up with! After we found a ridiculously awesome deal on 3/4 inch hardwood plywood (the only down side was that it was already cut into 2ft by 4ft pieces) we quickly got to work. Using our trusty Kreg Jig we turned 4 pieces of plywood into one large piece to create the front of the bar. From there we attached 1x3s and 1x2s to cover any seams that were caused by the different plywood pieces.

The finish was kind of a struggle but I love how it turned out in the end. It looks like the piece was made 100 years ago and definitely has a lot of soul. I started with Early American but it made the wood too red. So from there, I layered on Kona stain, lime wax, and dark wax and this is how it turned out! Which was not exactly what I was going for, but I LOVE it!

We are so happy with how it turned out. It is being picked up by its new owner tonight and I'm soooo sorry to see it go. We're happy that the piece will be functioning beautifully in the store with TONS of storage in the back. We're very proud of this one.

oh and it cost us about $130 for all lumber and finish materials.

This was the first project my husband and I built and it is for our new home!

We excluded the bottom part of the farmhouse table. 

After building we conditioned the wood,  used a stain poly mix, and then waxed it. 

I was making a set of side tables for my daughter and decided to make an additional one for our spare room/guest space.  I love to try new wood treatments so I used Apple Cider Vinegar applied with a steel wool pad on this table.  Let the steel wool soak for about an hour and then applied.  Sanded after dry to even out the finish and then applied a gloss finish to give it a beautiful shine.  

Finally Finished! We needed to put two girls in the same room, so we could make room for a baby. The beds I found in furniture stores were either affordable with good reason (poor quality!) or expensive with good reason (solid wood). So this was the alternative. I eliminated the box spring and elevated the platform 15 inches high, so there is tons of storage space under those beds! Another builder found this fabulous bed hardware, which I used and definately recommend: http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=11
It allows you to assemble and dissemble the bed quickly without a screwdriver, which is great if your in the military! One word of caution though, in the original furniture plans, the cleats attach to the inside of the bedposts. If you use the rockler bed hardware, the cleats will attach to (roughly) the middle of the bed posts. So in order to have your mattress platform be the proper width (not too wide), you need to use a table saw and trim 3/4 an inch off the width of each of the panels for the headboard and footboard prior to assemly.