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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

Floating shelves for small master bathroom.  1x2" with thin poly on top and bottom.  Ripped a 1x4" to cap the front.  Stained with dark walnut. 

I decided to go with with a concrete slab on the top this project was quite simple especially with the well formatted plans  

the slab is 20x20 so I had to make adjustments in my sizes!

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!

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!

Followed the basic plans but made it longer to fit two kids. Put Chalkboard shelf paper on the end of the shelves. Bought 24"x48" chalkboard, whiteboard and panel board (use it for playing with PlayDoh) boards to swap out on the tabletop. Added some edge molding to hold insert boards in place. Added curtain on the end to cover shelves. Used MDF for tabletop and shelves. One 4'x8' board was enough for all components.

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.

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!

My Farmhouse table. 84.5x45

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!

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 needed a bunk bed that was a little shorter than average because there is a ceiling fan in my daughters' bedroom. I was originally going to make the fort bed, but decent 2x2's are very hard to come by at the Lowe's in my town. I ended up using the plan for the "Classic Bunk Beds", but I just left off the legs, making it only 55" tall. This made the bottom bunk directly on the ground, which is nice because I don't have to worry about my 2 year old rolling out of bed. I did still put slats on the bottom bunk though just to be on the safe side about all the mold issues that I keep hearing about when you put mattresses directly on the ground. My girls LOVE their new bunk bed and I can't wait to start building more matching furniture for their room!

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.