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Red oak 38x72 farmhouse dining table - The board professor

We constructed our farmhouse bed from rough-cut lumber (mostly pine with a few eastern red cedar panels). However, the top rails of the headboard and footboard were reclaimed from an old railraod depot and maintain their faded red color. I will admit, using rough-cut lumber practically tripled our efforts because nothing was square or even, but all in all, I think it was worth it!

Fairly easy table to built, just be careful measuring for coolers.

My husband built this table for me as an 8th Anniversary present.  It came out absolutely beautiful! For the first time,  we can host  family and friends with plenty of room. I paired it with some chairs that we already owned. He will be building the matching bench soon.

He left out the 45 degree diagonals,  may add them later.  It is so sturdy, they are basically decorative. 

I adapted a plan to create concealment nightstands with three hidden compartments. A quick access space on each side and RFID locking storage under the top. - Julie J

I was looking for something to make for my niece for Christmas that could be treated as an heirloom to hand down to future generations...thus, it had to be sturdy. My mother made the mattress, pillow, and blanket sets. I loved the way this turned out and my niece was pleasantly surprised!

A delight for our daughter. We added an extra rung to the back rest, and kept the seat pretty high for her small babies. Otherwise, we just followed the free plan. Thx!

Built this table using plans from Anna's amazing book. It was a much easier build than I anticipated. The actual finishing took longer than the construction. I did a slight modification by attaching beadboard to the top of the table. I had some leftover from a headboard my daughter and I made so I put it to use! Anyway, LOVE the table! Thanks, Ana! I would never have ever attempted building furniture without your virtual encouragement! Blessings!

Made this beautiful TV stand from the "Rustic X Console table plans". I shortened it to 2 ft high to fit the space for a TV. Love how it turned out!!

I needed a book display rack for my boys so I built this one from the plate rack plans and modified it to suit the size I needed. I actually used all scrap lumber from previous projects, so the cost was minimal.

Dress up closet made from craftiness Is Not Optional's Dress Up Storage plans.

Antiqued Hall tree

Rustic farm house table. I used your plans, only longer.  - Doug Adler

I fell in love with this set from the moment I saw it on Shanty-2-Chic's website.  I knew I had to have it for the deck I just built in my backyard.  It's pretty straightforward, the only difficulty I ran into was assembling the legs.  I copied the angles provided in the instructions to a "T" but there are still some gaps where the angled pieces join.  After spray painting it they are not very noticeable.  It is a heavy beast of a table and took everything in me to help my husband heave it up on to the deck, but it's absolutely lovely.  It is so large we can easily have people over for a BBQ and everyone fits around the table.  I'm so thrilled with the results.  Thanks, Ana!

I modified this bench to incorporate a Texas theme. I traced a Texas shaped cutting board onto a 1x16 piece of edge-glued board, and then cut it out with my jigsaw.

My dad and I made this by following your plans for the Craftiness is not Optional Dress Up Storage - we ended up skipping the wheels because I have carpet in the playroom. We used a countersink drill bit to be able to place wood plugs on top of the screws, and sanded the whole thing with a power sander after finishing.