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open toy boxes with personalization

Table made for friends grand-kids using left over oak plywood. Storage cube seats from Shanty2chic plans. http://www.shanty-2-chic.com/2012/07/rolling-storage-cube-stools.html

This was made from MDF 

For my daughters room.

Super easy build, had to make a few adjusments because of the size of the room.  My daughter absolutely loves it. Thanks Ana White for these awesome plans!!

I just bought a new house and this table was my first project for it. I'm so happy with how it turned out!!!! Thank you for the plans!

Fun building, turned out great, thx for the great plans!

Outdoor Suite based on $40 backyard chair.

Hi Ana!  Thank you so much for creating all these wonderful woodworking plans.  My wife and I wanted a garden bench, and I thought it would be so much more fun to make one than to buy one, so voila!   Couldn't have done it without your plans.  I made a couple modifications to make it more "Adirondack" style, with the paisley-shaped armrests and curved backpiece.  Great plans, thrilled with how easy they were to follow and how well the bench came out! 

Thanks - 
Bruce 

This was my first project with the kreg jig and I love it. Pretty easy once I got the hang of it. I used beadboard in place of 1/4 ply to dress it up a little but more. The hardest part was attaching the sides to eachother, I used 'L' brackets so it could be taken apart.
My dogs love this kennel! It is large enough for my weimaraner and my lab/pitbull mix to stay in it together. Most mornings they are laying in there waiting on us to lock the door.
I purchased a vinyl covered stress mat from 'Blue', it fits really well inside and just pulls out to be wiped down. I haven't needed to but it can be hosed down also.

I used two of the closet organizers to help provide storage and separation in our 131" closet. I had to custom cut the shelving from slightly more than an additional piece of plywood.

The bench was easy to build with great instructions. I had Home Depot make my cuts for this first project and then I went and bought a miter saw and other power tools for future ones. So much fun. 

Here is a custom rustic barn wood dog crate we built for our friends – with the majority of the barn wood reclaimed from their own barn.  The piece is approximately 36″ high, 60″ wide, and 29″ deep; with interior dimensions of 30″ x 56″ x 26″ – plenty of room for a large dog to move around and stretch out.  Of course, it is on locking casters too so it can be easily moved around.

The frame of this piece is made from the reclaimed barn wood, which was 2 x 6 stock resawn down to 2 x 3.  The sliding barn door also started as 2 x 6 material which we cut down to 1 x 2 stock.  The barn door was the only piece of this where we used a Kreg jig and pocket hole screws.  The rest of this custom rustic barn wood dog crate used miter joints for the front corner, while the back and bottom were attached in rabbets we cut in the outer frame.

The spindles are standard 1/2″ rebar, cut to the appropriate length and painted with a hammered black spray paint.  They are are recessed about 1″ into the wooden frame to ensure the dog can’t push them out or crack the wood while leaning on them.

This custom rustic barn wood dog crate also includes custom, hand made barn door hardware we made ourselves.  Yes, we do some metal work too!  We made this barn door hardware from standard flat bar steel and pulley wheels.  We even made custom clevis pins from 5/8″ steel rod to hold the wheels in place.  

There are more pictures here.

While my husband was deployed for a year I decided I wanted to redo the kids playroom. I wanted them to have a space that was organized. Somewhere easy so that what they were taught about putting their toys and books in a specific spot at school could be followed at home too! Well this is the plan that I had found Ana's site with. I loved these shelves on PBKids.com but hated the price. It was an amazing day in the Clark house hold finding Ana's blog! I had to build them right away! and well I did! they are Amazing and the kids love them! (keep in mind this was my first time building anything lol)(sorry for not posting this sooner)

This is a cedar planter created using the plans from this website. I modified the legs some and also put a 1x2 across the top to finish it out. It is stained using Cabot Australian Timber Oil Stain in Mohagony Flame. I think it turned out great...and so does my wife!

I wanted a new TV and my wife wanted new furniture...we both won...

From a pine tree in the back yard to a great looking crib that will hopefully stay in the family for generations.

We had to take down a pine in the back yard to make room for a barn so I had it milled into lumber for future projects. I was able to get the majority of the lumber I needed from that tree, everything except for the 4x4's and 2x6's. I got what I thought was pine but after staining it I quickly realized that it was not (maybe hemlock?). The grain didnt match at all so I had to track down some new wood and remake the pieces. Boy was that frustrating! I also bothered myself to hide as many fasteners from (finished) view as possible. It made the project a bit more involved but the finished product made it all worth it. 

I made his Barn door out of the wood that was left in our garage when we moved in. Using (7) 2x6 boards and adding stain sanding and hardware, it became a super functional industrial rustic (is that a design style LOL) door! (I added a cat door to for our cat ;))