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Office cabinet with shelf.  Made only from 1 by 4s and plywood for shelves (and feet).

Finished in Varathane Carrington and Matte Poly.

The plywood inserts in the doors are from the same piece.  Both were treated with pre stain and the same stain but have turned out totally different shades.  I might at some point make new doors (perhaps 2 thinner doors per side) but will live with the difference for now.  I guess this is one of the things about hand made - two pieces will never look exactly the same.

Found Ana's plans online and can easily say, longest part of the process was watching paint dry! Very easy and simple build--looking forward to lounging here all summer long. 

Used basic plan, with some customization to the seat back and the tray area of the chair. Finished with white enamel paint, pine stain, and high gloss polyurethane to protect the wood.

Shed

Loved the chunky look of the bunk bed plans but needed space for toys and junk.
Raised the height and used lag screws for extra security .
Stella can't wait to go to bed at night , so I take that as a successful project.

I worked on this project a few hours a day, I made the cuts one day and then drilled the pocket holes and assembled the table. The difference for the table and the original plans was I did not use the turned legs from the plans. I used non treated 4x4's. Longest time was waiting between stain and poly to dry. I love being able to get find these plans on Ana's site! Thank you Ana.

We built this bed for our daughter. We needed more space in her bedroom and she LOVES it! Thank you so much www.ana-white.com and Pinterest for the plans! Turned out awesome!

I've been looking at this project for 2-3 years. After spending a lot of time in the lumber store looking at 1x boards for planks (and not finding any that I was very happy with), I walked by the plywood section and saw a really nice looking piece of plywood made by the Araucoply company. Not only did it look better than the plank boards I found on my visit, it was 1/2 the price of the board I was looking at. I live in Fairbanks, Alaska and it only cost $29 for an 8' sheet of Aruacoply. I brought it home and ripped it with my circular saw, using a homemade rip guide. I made the table 2' wide by 8' long and stained it with ebony stain. I spent the next two weeks cutting stencils and painting the table top. Once it was covered with some of my favorite quotes, poems, lyrics, and graphics, I sealed everything with three coats of semi-gloss polyurethane. I blurred out poems written by my kids in the photo attached to this post. 

I built the base in about two hours and stained the legs with a light blue Varathane stain that was on discount at the local box store because the can was dented. If I hadn't spent so much time stenciling, I could have easily been done with the whole thing in no more than 2.5 hours.

The better half wanted a coffee table for the rec room to use for snacks and board games. I had seen the use of a hayrake stretcher on tables so, since I like to experiment, give it a try on this table.

This was a fun build. For the benches I used the storage sofa plans to figure out how to build the backs but I used removable cushions So I can easily wash them as needed. The bench against the wall is deeper so the subway bookshelf fits on top. I only used 2 pedestals for the table since it's only 48" long. I made the entire project 48 inches long so I could get the most use out of the wood. It comfortably fits 4 people and I love how it turned out.

Thank you all for your inputs.  I ended up building it 80x49 and was very surprised how well it turned out.  The chairs were unfinished from homedepot.com.  The key is buying straight boards and clamping.  I'll be doing some other projects after seeing how well this one went.

We needed a small space book shelf that my kids could have next to their beds. So we searched the internet for a shelf. We found one that is similar to this one and we made our own plans and built them. It was so simple and our 2 boys, 5 and 7 helped make them with us. I then found it here! Easy and simple.

Hand-made vegetable cupboard. Fun and easy project.

This was the first wood project I attempted, ever really, and first I picked from the book. It was a little daunting, but these are really comfortable chairs. Great design! Now people are asking me to make some for them too.

I used all metal casters on my table for a more industrial look! This table is huge so make sure you measure the room you are planning on putting it in! For more info & pics check out my blog: http://builditwithbrooke.blogspot.com/