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Here is our version of the Rebecca Media Center. We love it!! It provides so much storage and since it's only 11 3/4 inches wide it does not take up a lot of space. Thank you so much Ana for these plans.

I wanted to build my Wife a kitchen island and we settled on the Michaela's Kitchen Island design. I made it without the bottom shelf and bought a couple of spin top stools from Pier One. 

Ana, thanks for your awesome website that has inspired me to get into wood working. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, experience, and passion with the rest of us.

God bless,
Jody & Glenda Knowles

Doug Fir Long Benches for dining room table

Really enjoyed building these stools. This is the most difficult project I have attempted yet from your plans. Next, I am going to build a farmhouse headboard / footboard. I really enjoy browsing through all of your wonderful plans.

The joys of military life is constant moving and rarely  having a mantle to hang stockings on. Problem solved with Mimi's Faux Mantle and it'll come with us next time we move. This was my husband's second build that I teamed up with him on. We're both pretty excited about how it turned out. 

Basically went off the design of the 3 cubby storage bench but extended to about double size. Took me a while to rework all the dimensions but luckily it worked out. I also extended the sides and back up 2 inches to accommodate a cushion (at some point) 

This was my husband and I's first building project. The plans were very easy to follow, with exact dimensions and lists of materials needed. We are really pleased with how they turned out and are about to build a matching king size Farmhouse bed to go with the Farmhouse bedside tables.

The pocket hole jig was optional, but it definitely helped make the finished product much more sturdy and professional looking. Since that cost about $100, it raised the total price of the tables, but now we can use that on any project. We highly recommend it!

We built both of these in about 2 weekends.

**Also, the plan we followed was for the bedside table in Ana White's published book of plans. It may differ from the plans that this post links to**

I burnt the wood with a torch, and then sealed it with polyurethane. I don't have the tools to cut medal lathe, so I used wood. This is a Christmas gift for my nephew.

A hefty nightstand with deep drawer and open shelf.  Built to match headboard, the legs are 4" x 4" with slightly angled panel boarding around to add lines. Oak slat top with a counter-top style retractable charging port (two plugs, two USB). 27" x 27" top gives more than enough room to decorate as well as place tablet or phone to charge over night.

This was the first time I have built furniture, and I really enjoyed it. (And my wife loves the results!) I made it about a foot shorter and two inches wider to fit under the window, and I attached it directly to the wall.

This was my first time building a project that had a drawer involved. It took me three attemts to get the drawer right and I ended up building internal wood slides for the drawer to sit on and a couple of stops to keep it from falling out or going too far back. Not having to deal with finicky drawer slides made it much easier for me. I think it looks nice and it really is the perfect height for next to a bed or chair. 

The cuts are very simple but I don't know how I would have done this without a kreg jig. It made putting all the boards together so much easier and kept them tight and strong. 

Made for my great neohew's birthday. 

This is my modified version of the farmhouse table. I wanted to be able to sit 6 people at a 6' table, so I decided to go with a different style of legs. It is still very sturdy.

Simple Christmas Tree made from 3/4 inch and 1/2 inch square dowels, a bit of scrap 2 by 2 and some scrap 2 by 6.

The dowels were drilled and a metal rod inserted through them all.  Two nuts at top and bottom tightened once the dowels were arranged in place.

Each dowel was cut 0.5 inches shorter than the previous one so it was 1/4 inch sorted on each end.

Each dowel was placed 45 degrees from the one below it.

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I built this for an odd-sized print. I used 1x3 on the interior frame, and 1x2 on the border frame. I really like the rustic look of it, and it came together really quickly.

We wanted to replace the vented / painted bi-fold closet doors in our Master Suite with something that was warmer and more consistent with the decorating motif of the house.  We priced out various wood bi-fold doors and were shocked at the $350 - $600 price range of what was available.   We decided that building them ourselves was a much better choice.

The frames are made from 1” Knotty Pine and the panels are from ¼” Knotty Pine.   Frames were made to fit and assembled w/ Kreg screws & Glue.  Rabbet channels were cut w/ the router and the panels were brad nailed & glued.

It was finished w/ the same stain used on our Knotty Pine ceilings / walls and finished w/ a satin varnish for a perfect match to our house.

This was a very straightforward, quick & inexpensive alternative to purchasing expensive bi-fold doors.   

The doors took about 15 hours to build / sand and 10 hours to finish.   Total cost was around $100.