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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/

We had complete fun with modifying the original project. with upscaling the wood to the post design. thank you so much for the original post for design and measurements. Also want to mention that everything put together in this project was used with the Kregg pocket screw kit. THANK YOU ANA-WHITE.com and KREGG Tools for making my kids bunk that much more fun for them!

(Note: For those wishing the material and cut sheet, I will be more than happy to add later. Just please leave comment stating so.)

I built this play workbench for my son's 2nd birthday present. He (and his big sister) couldn't be more thrilled with it! It was built in one evening after the kids went to bed. Only the pegboard and top piece were attached the morning after because of the paint of course. Now my big man can work next to me in the garage all spring and summer long.

I linked a blog below which was my model of inspiration for this project but I modified it to suit the size we wanted. I used premium pine studs (3 1/2" x 1 1/2") that had a beautiful natural red hue to them and a 18" x 24" cut piece of plywood pegboard which was painted with some spare blue paint. 2 1/2" deck screws were used for all attachments and drilled flush with intention of being exposed for a rugged look. The bench measures 24" wide, 17" deep, 41.5" tall from the back with a 19.5" tall countertop.

My wife and I had a lot of fun getting creative with what to add to it.

Used Pine for entire project. Edge glued pine panel for top covered Rustomleum carrington and with 4 coats of High perfomance poly from General Finishes. Sherwin Willams Emerald paint in Anew Gray.

I Used a solid wood door I bought from a home owner doing some renovations.  Ripped it in half on the table saw.  Then,  I cut a pressed plywood spool top into quarters and attached them from the rear of the door halves after turning them at a 90 degree angle.  Simple,  but turned out really well.  Have made several of these now,  and they seem to be a big hit. 

My husband played college baseball and kept many baseballs from different leagues and conferences he played in, and also was given many by teammates and friends during his playing days. We were remodeling our guest bedroom and wanted to display the baseballs he kept in a dresser or night stand.

We found the Patrick's Beach Cottage Dresser plans and thought were could start with that and modify it. We wanted it to be longer, so we doubled the amount of drawers and seriously modified the top. We made two display boxes, which were basically like drawers, out of 1x4's and thin plywood as the base. We stretched grey felt over the plywood and stapled it in. We then nailed the display boxes in place after painting them. As a result, we didn't build drawers for the top space and just used false drawer faces.

We bought a piece of display glass 12"x72" which was an "oops" piece from the glass shop for $20.00. It really makes the dresser pop in person.

Please excuse the fact that we don't have handles or knobs on the dresser yet, I will be adding them this week!.

My wife and I built the 4x4 Truss Beam Table and 4x4 Truss Bench.  We used Rustoleum Dark Walnut Stain and Satin Polyurethane.  The only difference from the plans jointing the edges.  We didn't like how simply screwing the 2x10s together left cracks due to the rounded edges.  We ran the 2x10s (and 2x8s for the bench) through the jointer 3 times on each edge.  This eliminated the cracks for a nice smooth table top finish.  We distressed it with a hammer, screws and a file, then put one coat of stain and 3 coats of poly on it.  We bough IKEA chairs.  My wife reupholstered the smaller chairs and made the covers for the end chairs.  Enjoy!

This is my first project and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I made two racks - one for adult size and one for the kids with a narrower gap between the dowels. Hardest part was routing the back to make the French cleat hanger slightly recessed so that the board would hang near the wall. It also took me a while to make the large drill bit work ok and I had to start over on the other side of the board when it chewed up some of the edge of the initial holes. I used an excel file to figure out the spacing and amount of materials. Thank you Ana for the inspiration and detailed instructions. Definitely given me the woodworking bug now. 

I belong to a crafters group that had an evening workshop to make garden and workshop aprons. I chose this one from Ana White because it had exactly what I needed (namely big pockets and not too long).

I used outdoor fabric for the striped and solid brown pockets, bias tape (purchased at the local craft store) and a regular drop cloth from the hardware store. I was hesitant that this apron might not hold up to tools, nails, etc. but once I finished it, I think it will work great because the pockets are lines with the drop cloth fabric. The apron came out very sturdy feeling.

The project itself is pretty easy. The only hiccup you might have is if you've never applied trim/bias tape to a project before. That isn't hard either but you may want to look at a Youtube video or two on how to apply bias tape (trim) before starting. I bought my bias tape ready made at the craft store. It will be in the sewing notions section by the thread usually. I used the double fold version of bias tape because I think it's easier to use.

My husband and I completed this project several weeks ago and could not be happier with it. We adjusted the plans a bit to fit our space and needs and are totally smitten with it. 

You can get more details here:

http://www.crazyhappycasa.net/2015/01/diy-bench.html

We had so much fun experimenting trying to get just the right colors for this piece! 

My wife and bought a house last summer with the intention of remodeling it has we were living in it. However, we wanted to do the bathroom before we moved in as it was the only shower/bath. So the old bathroom and bedroom next to it was gutted and replaced from the studs out.

We have hydronic baseboard heat in our house, which I really love, except it has these old, horrifically ugly covers. The covers were especially bad in the bathroom as they were rusty and had been painted over multiple times.

So I took those out with the sheetrock and decided to build wooden ones. This was of course after I scrounged the internet to make sure it was safe - the hydronic heat does not get to combustible temperatures...so no worries about fires!

I tried to find some good plans on the internet, but did not find a whole lot. I found some pictures though and some information from people who had done similar to what I was doing.

In the end, I based my measurements around the old heater covers, built a mock up, made some adjustments, and then built the final one. I still need to add some sort of metal screen as I don't like being able to look into the opening at the heater fins.

I used pocket-hole screws for this and I think they look much more classy than the old metal covers - especially with the ceramic plank tile I put!

I needed something to accommodate my fire pit on my deck. These plans were exactly what I needed. 

After building the woven back bench, I had the basic know-how to do the basketweave pattern and really wanted to build some planters with trellises.

I was able to build the trellises from a single 2x4 and built the planters from the scraps from my shed. All of the info is on my blog.

I wanted to make a portable growth chart for my little guy and any future children. I really liked the over-sized ruler growth charts, so I set out to make one just like that. While searching for some inspiration, I came across Taryn’s Rustic Growth Chart at Design, Dinning and Diapers. I loved the finished look of her project!   I followed her steps to create one of my own!  Check out the blog link for more project details.