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Our very first project. Both Ana White projects. Loving it! Thank you so much for free plans!

I found the William Vanity on Pottery Barn and loved the look, just not the price. I recreated it with a top sink and a drawer for a fraction of the cost.

I made the locker cabinet and resized it to 80 inches to provide a little more locker height, and changed the depth to 16 inches. I haven't installed the last coat hook because I'd like to make a charging station on the top shelf using the outlet under the cabinet. Went really well!

This is my first project. It was very fun and quite a learning process. Thanks Ana for the great site and inspiring me to start a new phase in my life. I was missing a couple of shelf pins

This hall tree started life out as a pair of ceder pallets.

This isn't based on a plan but could easily have been modified from the single locker cabinet plan here on Ana White.

The whole thing was screwed and glued together using 7/8" drywall screws and Elmers all purpose white glue.

I have no money into this unit that wasn't already spent. I got the wood for free. The screws glue and misc. tools I already had laying around.

The lady that bought it from me intended to put coat hooks in it and use the space below for shoes.

Farmhouse style table using Ana-white plans and HoneyBear finish. 

Christmas gifts my wife and I have been working on. These are great projects Anna, thank you!!!

I had already bought these rolling & stackable baskets from Target for my 5 kids (http://tinyurl.com/72be9cn - 2.37 Cu. In., 10.75 " H x 16.38 " W x 20.0 " L) and I knew I wanted a countertop for sorting clothes. I thought I had an idea of shelves to put these on under the counter (which would have been attached to the wall) and somehow have a space for the litter box too, but then I found the "Laundry basket dresser" here. I was so excited because this was exactly what I was looking for.

I modified the plan first by making these countertop depth, then making the base of the cabinet (at the floor) not as deep and cutting a trim shape out of the side panels so the cabinet would slide all the way back against the wall without having to remove the trim. Then, I added a 1x2 on the left side of the left cabinet and the right side of the right cabinet with the same trim cut out so I could get it against the wall on either side. I didn't want to have these sitting with gaps at the back & sides like a freestanding cabinet, but I wanted it to look built-in. Finally, the counter could sit right on top against all 3 walls only screwed to the cabinets underneath without having to be attached to the walls. So, it's a freestanding cabinet with counter.

I attached the plans I used for building this. I was able to take this to Home Depot and have all the major cuts done before even bringing it home. Then it was easy to put together. I added the curtain to cover the area where my litter box goes between the two cabinets. It would also be an excellent place for a laundry hamper.

*NOTE: One thing I've noticed is many of these laundry basket dressers have their 1x2 (that holds the baskets) align with the front (on each side). I think it looks better to push back the 1x2 1" so it's not so noticeable from the front view. That's how I did mine.

I was super duper lucky and i had someone give me....yes give me 100 year old barn wood. I had been wanting a farmhouse table but couldn't afford the ones I had seen in PB or other stores. After i was given the barn wood, I came immediatly to Ana's site and found the plans. I could have made the table entirely out of the barnwood, but i wanted an old looking white base, so i bought pine 2x4's. It's all i ever wanted an then some!

Built for our cabin! 

Love this plan, it was easy to do. I did modify it a little as did another member with longer support arms. I just purchased an extra 2x2 and cut it to fit! Thanks for the great plans!!! Hope to see more shop furniture on here soon!

I made this over a weekend when this plan first was posted and have meant to upload these; however, this can be done in a day if you know what you are doing with the rockers. The main difference between the plan and mine was I kept the top of the rocker square, which made it a bit easier to attach the legs to it. I also made the mistake of making the curvature of the rocker too steep, which does not allow for smooth rocking and instead makes the rocker sort of hit only only 3 points.

The advice I can offer on this, is to print out the rocker from the plan. I forced the picture to be as long as I wanted to rockers, then printed it out on multiple pages, taped it together and traced. If I had done this from the start my rockers would have gone much faster; instead, I did my own trace, then figured out it was too steep and then had to take what I had done apart and fix them with the stencil.

All in all, this was pretty easy and I spent under $8 on lumber, which is really awesome.

Farmhouse King Bed 

Broken Jarhead
 

I have seen these like most other people for outrageous prices. This was pretty simple to make but I thought it would be a good idea to add the hinges. I think with the hinges, it is not as stable as my 2 year old seems to "wobble" it side to side pretty good. If I had the space, I would make one without the hinges or learn more about hinges and maybe how to make it more stable. I am thinking adding some more stability to the base of it as in Ana's plan and hopefully that will take care of the wiggling.