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I really enjoyed making these nightstands (I made a pair). They were pretty easy to make, and I'm 7 months pregnant! I highly recommend the Kreg Jig - they made building these nightstands super easy and efficient. They're really sturdy too! If I can build them, anyone can! I'm still unsure about the finish; I may sand them down again and re-stain them a different color in the future.

Check out my blog link for the full play-by-play!

My husband made this adorable bed for our daughter, and used plans from Ana-white.com. I love how it turned out!

Built this after seeing your video. Routed the frame for sleek finished look. Olive oil on wood to enhance natural woodgrain.

This is all cedar with 6 coats of Urethane. Very nice project to undertake..

This was a Christmas gift for our three girls. They each have an American Girl-like horse. I saw all the stables in the brag section with double stalls. But I decided to make it into a triple stall instead. It didn't add much to the cost of the project and only took a little longer to complete.

I added some hooks on the outside of the stalls so they could hang the bridle. Our girls love it.

Thank you for all the wonderful plans!

i used the modified plan of the tilt out waste bin that Shanty2chic put out as a three bin laundry sorter.   It turned out great!  

It is finished with chalk paint, lightly distressed. 

Very easy chair to make. Great size for my 6 year old and 10 year old.

Learn how to take an old wine bottle and convert it into an accent light figure. Use it in your kitchen, bedroom, bar and more. With just a few tools you can be on your way to creating something cool.

The tools you will need to get started are:
Power Drill
3/8 diamond drill bit (ask your home improvement store for bits made for glass)
If you find the lights are too hard to push through, then you can drill a 1/2 inch or 5/8 drill bit.
String light (25-50 LED lights)
Rustolem Glaze finish
Wet Sponge or access to a water hose

Here are some quick steps to use.

1) The first thing you will need to do is dampen the area where the hole will be drilled. When you cut through glass, it heats up really quick so you have to cool it down with a wet sponge or run cool water over it in between drilling.

2) Start off by slowly drilling an indent into the bottle. The drill bit will wobble around but once you get the groove in there, it will anchor itself and go through smooth.

3) Drill in increments, then wipe down to cool bottle and continue drilling again. The entire process to drill the hole through the bottle took me 5-7 min. Once the hole has been drilled, wipe it down with a sponge to get any loose glass chips off the bottle.

4) Take you LED lights and push in one bulb at a time into the hole drilled in bottle. You can use a coat hanger from the top (neck) of the bottle to pull the wires up.

5) Once all the wires are in the bottle, then tape up the remaining wires on the outside and the neck. Grab your glaze and spray it on. Be sure to do this in a well ventilated area and wear a mask.

6) Once done, grab a 2 sided male extension cord from your home improvement store and plug it in and wash it glow.

Note: Although LED lights emit low heat, you may want to create some kind of ventilation for your bottle. I drilled another small 1/4 hole near the middle to allow for any built up heat to escape. You can also take a sharp tack and pierce the lid of the bottle.

To view the video tutorial please go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yvgzacdJMQ or visit http://respaceit.com and go to the "how to" section.

Let us know what you think!

Here are some photos of my closet.  I used these plans as a starting place.  If you look, you will see I essentially built three units, one for each wall, and attached them using "bridges".  I added drawers with soft glide closing slides for the rich feel.  On the main hanging rods, the ones they sell in your local hardware box store and quite expensive (about $30 for an 8' length), so I bought chainlink fence bars, which cost $10 for a 10' length, and took some 0000 steel wool to them, and then polished them.  They look like chrome.  For the corners, I could not find anywhere what I wanted, which was a rod that would mimic the shelf above it, which is two 45 degree turns.  So, I bought a 10' length of 1" electric conduit, and cut it in half and then put two 45 degree bends in each piece.  I did this right in the store with their conduit bender and it took all of like 10 minutes.  Then, when I got them home, I simply cut off the ends to the exact size needed in each corner.  I used a "U" socket on each end, and a hanging loop in the middle.  Both corners cost me less than $20.  The drawer glides were on Amazon, and were $120 for 15 pairs of soft-close glides with the brackets (Get the bracets, as they are not that expensive, and will make installing these glides much much easier.  

Another money saving thing I did was the double doors.  The store does not stock double doors, and they must be special ordered, at a cost of almost $275, and would take 4-6 weeks to get.  So instead, i bought two 24" single pre-hing interior doors, and removed the frame on each one where the door would latch.  I removed both headers as well, and used one of the side for the top.  I used a spring loaded ball socket for the less used door, and installed the indent plate for the ball socket where the latch would have gone if used as a side frame for the doorknob (I hope that made sense).  Basically, I put two 24" pre-hung doors together to make one double door.  It cost me $130 and a couple hours labor, to make a very nice double door. 

I used sanded birch plywood, all connected with Kreg-Jig screws and wood glue, stained with Minwax Jacobean, and used a satin clear on the main portion and semi-gloss on the drawer fronts for that "rich" look.  The entire closet cost me between $800 - $1,000, with everything, including the plywood, 1x2's, screws, stain, clear, drawer glides, handles, and misc.  

I would not have known where to begin without the help on this site, and once I got going, I was able to modify and improvise along the way  to fit my needs.   Thanks.

My first build from this fantastic site, but not last.

Son's bed (age 9) first build and he loves it! I'm pretty psyched too!

Our version of your Fancy X Farmhouse Table for you best friend.

I have tried submitting this 3 times and each time it got deleted... so forgive me if this is short.

But for this table I followed the plan, only I left the legs about 7 inches longer to make the table taller. I did this because my plan was to use this in my bathroom for additional storage. Some things I will say about the project:

Make surre you get the straightest, flattest 2x2's possible. Most likely these will be furring strips, so pick them wisely. If you have access to better 2x2's or can cut your own I would suggest it. When you join them you will have little gaps because the edges are rounded, and they won't be flush. To counter-act this problem I filled them with wood filler in layers, and sanded it flush before I stained.

As for the finish I didn't stain the inside because I ran out of my mix, and I also didn't see a huge reason to because I knew I would be the only one opening the drawer. I did however seal the unstained area because it keeps the moisture content more consistent, which prevents warping. I used 3 coats of stain, keeping each on for a good amount of time. and gave a light sanding between the 1st and 2nd coats. I then applied Minwax wipe-on poly. This was VERY easy to use and I would recommend it for beginners.

The last thing you might see is the tape on the slides. This is teflon tape. I put it on the inside and the drawer, and it makes the drawer slide like glass. It makes a huge difference, and I would recommend it to anyone.