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My husband built our daybed and I upholstered it. I made 3 large pillows and the mattress was covered by sewing the fabric as if it were a fitted sheet. This way it can easily be removed for cleaning or swapped out for a regular sheet if our daughter needs to sleep here. We cut the legs off an old table for the front legs of the daybed. We love reading on it and we are so pleaded with how it came out.

Our version of your Fancy X Farmhouse Table for you best friend.

So I had an IKEA DELSEV single bed frame which i bought off someone who didn't need it anymore. Great sturdy bed for $25, but I wanted more space in my rental room, so I decided to go loft given the generous ceiling height. I did some research for ideas to convert my current bed, and found the perfect one at your site! I made modifications to your plans so that I would be able to walk underneath without having to slouch, and adjusted some measurements to integrate the IKEA bed frame. The project only cost me $38 worth of timber, screws were pinched (with permission!) from my landlord's stash, and this was the result after 3 days of cutting, sanding, partial assembly, staining and varnishing, and final assembly! The small tin of stain and varnish was originally for a wooden rack project for my vintage bicycle, and i managed to cover both rack and bed frame with the entire tin, down to the very last drop!

From the Fire Station Loft bed, this was modified to accomodate a full bed underneath; essentially making it a bunk bed.  The bed underneath is an Ikea Fjellse. The footboard was made to look like a fire engine backing into the fire station.

I saw this and built it for our oldest grandson . He is 8. My wife and I have built 6 different beds for our grandchildren ages 2 - 8 plus numerous other projects for their parents . Having a lot of fun with woodworking and this website.

Used the Cyndi media console plans but changed the doors, and made 2 fold out doors in the middle that drop down for use as a shelf when your going through your dvd's. Used many screws & glue. Think I going to include a trim around the top later, to give it depth.

After finding Ana's plans on how to make these outdoor chairs we decided to give it ago one long weekend. The plans are easy to follow and the end result is the most comfortable chairs, we've spent hours relaxing in them. It took 4 hours to make two chairs and the rest of the weekend painting them. The only thing that I would have done differently is to paint the wood prior to assembling the chairs. My partner then decided to use the left over wood to make a matching table (not shown)

I needed to fit seating for 6 into my small eating area in the kitchen, but store bought benches wouldn't work since I needed custom sizes.  Ana White to the rescue!  I created 2 of these benches to help my super vintage 1950's kitchen come alive.  I also made cushions using mdf cut to size as well as 1" upholstery foam and fabric.

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The how I made this video can be seen at http://youtu.be/AoysTtE9blw?hd=1

I built this project using driftwood I had collected from the beach and using the Gaby Kitchen Island plans. The only thing I altered from the plans was instead of putting in drawers I put up a hand towel rail using a driftwood stick.

I was asked to build a bench for our high school softball team room and used these plans to build the support. I was planning on building it exactly as it was in the plans, but a kind soul donated some poplar plywood mdf for the top, making it a smoother and more polished finish. I added some accent trim along the wall. Finished it off with school color (navy blue) on the legs and a clear satin lacquer finish on the bench. Love how it turned out!

We had to shorten the length to 57" for this project to fit our space of 60", due to baseboards and shoe molding. It was just a few inches too large to fit through our doorway, which we also could have adjusted if we'd have thought ahead! I was worried that the 3 small baskets wouldn't fit with our plan but they fit perfectly, Especially if you push them back from the edge a bit.

Overall cost was around $120, the screws were around $20 b/c you have to get a box each of 2" and 3" length. We weren't able to get any "untreated" 4x4's at our Lowe's so we opted for the 2x4's sandwiched together- worked just fine.
Due to such a tight space, we only faced the front of the pedestal with the plywood, but I would have liked to do the whole thing- it would've made the molding much easier to square up!
I'm a much happier Homemaker with this in place! No more moving baskets around to open the dryer door! Thanks so much for sharing this with us, now onto the loft bed!

My second project with my new miter saw. I plan to make 3 altogether but so far this is the only one done due to having a one and a half year old under foot.

I used Ana's Barnwood frame plan as a guide. I didn't have enough 1x2 to make the edges and the innner frame so the edges are made of lathe.

12x12 scrapbook paper fits inside this frame prefectly (didn't purposely make it that way but it works) I cut down a piece of foamboard to hold everything in the back. Then I found a quote a liked on Pintrest and printed it out and used thumbtacks to hold it to the foamboard.

Built for our little playhouse. My first project.

Coffee table and matching end tables for our TV room. Love how they turned out.