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Stuffed Animal Holder - Barn Shaped
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I am working on figuring out sketchup to write plans for this, but I came up with this idea for storing stuffed animals that were taking over my daughter's bedroom. It works great and she can get the animal at the bottom out without all the other animals falling out! It took a few 2x4s, screws, bungee cords, eye screws and paint! I'll post more whenever I figure out this program, or if anyone wants to create their own plans from it that other people can use, I'd be happy to share what I did!
Mom's Rustic X Console
As soon as I saw these plans, I showed my mom who fell in love with the look. She loved it but of course, we had to modify it so that it would fit her needs and fit into her space. I love it too, makes me want to build myself another tv console, but I already built myself one. ;-)
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In reply to Gorgeous finish! by Stefanye Thurmond (not verified)
Sun, 08/19/2012 - 16:19
Thank you!
I'm rather partial to it myself ;-) I think it turned out great. Glad you think so too!
Mon, 08/27/2012 - 22:30
Beautiful work! I love the
Beautiful work! I love the size modification, too.
In reply to Beautiful work! I love the by Hillary (not verified)
Mon, 09/03/2012 - 14:27
Thank you!
Thanks a bunch for the feedback, I love hearing what others think about my work. :-)
Fri, 12/04/2015 - 06:07
Love the console!!! Do you
Love the console!!! Do you have or are you going to post the list of instructions? Thank you for your time.
5th Project - Tilt Out Trash Can
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This was my fifth project and it went pretty well. I ended up having to trim a little off the top of the door after I had it assembled because I wasn't paying attention to detail and built it to fit the back opening. It was pretty simple to size it down, though. I finished it off with some leftover black paint that I used for the top of my workbench last summer. Super happy with the way it turned out!
My Leaning Bathroom Shelf
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I followed the directions and made two of the same shelf -- using a expresso gel stain. I love it in my bathroom!
Farmhouse Potting Bench
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I haven't put the finish on it yet, gonna leave that up to the recipient. Added a couple of modifications, most noticeably the top shelf, grated workspace, and "side panels" for extra mounting /hanging space. Great design! She's sturdy.
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Easy Wood Bed Frame
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My granddaughter and I made this using the super simple Hailey plank designs.
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Rustic X wedding arch
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Lydia wanted a wooden arch for her wedding with the x legs. So we ordered a pattern for an arch from woodcraftplans.com and modified the legs to include the x design. We used pine lumber in 2x8, 2x4 and 1x2. The lumber was routed with the cove edge to smooth the corners. We cut the 2x8 with the jigsaw to make the two pieces for the arch then glued and screwed them together, then used filler to conceal the seams. Then we clamped the front and back together and sanded forever to get them to match. Then routed the edges again to make them pretty. The legs and x's are 2x4's cut to fit and they ended up being the easiest part to work with. The battens are 1x2's that we ripped from 1x4's and routed with the cove edge. I stained it with Minwax Red Oak 215 by brushing it on and wiping it off. The legs where together during staining but the top wasn't, I wanted to stain and polyurethane each batten and crosspiece before it was attached. We polyurethaned it 2 coats then put it together and put the last coat on. We used Ace Brand Gloss polyurethane. It shines like glass. It can be taken apart and transported in three pieces, the leg pieces and the top are bolted together with carriage bolts. This was a very heavy/ bulky project and you need a helper when building this. I think its intermediate because of the difficulty cutting the arch pieces out of the bigger boards with the jigsaw. My husband ,my sister, my brother-in-law and I worked on this for about a week and it turned out beautifully!
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Comments
Mon, 08/20/2012 - 06:49
Your daughter is so lucky!
Your daughter is so lucky! What a great idea. Good work.
Mon, 02/04/2013 - 13:45
Plans
I found the plans here:
http://woodcraftplans.com/osc/archway-arbor-plan-p-2256.html
Ana, I like the revisions you made to the plan. Did you use a cross-halving joint where the Xs meet? What is the best way to do this?
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 21:07
Can't Find the Plans
Hey guys and gals, love this project idea. I too am getting married and would love to build this for my wedding, but I can't find the plans anywhere! I even went onto that woodcraft website and still nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Luke
Adirondack chairs
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This site as ever so helpful and vital to the completion of these chairs. Honestly,this project was the first time I had taken stock lumber and constructed something from it. I am handy by my own account,but never attempted anything like this before. Great site. If not for Ana white and this website,I'd have 2 less chairs. It is very rewarding building something from scratch. I'm sure this was the 1st of many projects and ideas I will get from this site. A+++. Thank you very much.
Children's chair
Our son is learning cello and we were told he needed a 14" chair for practice, so this plan looked perfect.
Other than tweaking some of the dimensions as the plan didn't seem to quite work, the only other change I made was to use wooden dowels instead of screws to give it a cleaner finish.
Seems stable enough for me to sit on.
My First Builds!
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Made the swing and two sets of planters since we were on stay Home orders. I’d never done anything like this...ever! My husband helped me hang the swing. We love, love the results. (Now to make a seat cushion😆) I couldn’t tag the plans for the modern square planter boxes. They are huge and I can hardly wait until Christmas to put trees in all four!
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Counterheight Farmhouse Table and Benches
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Made this farm table and benches from your plans. Son wanted the multi colored and wanted it epoxy coated. I put a couple top coats of satin poly over to tone down the gloss. He loves it.
Renee White @momanay
Family tree nesting bird sign
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I had a girls night in and we each made out our art using the nesting family tree sign. I put together the cedar fencing signs per Ana's instructions and we all brought supplies we had in the garage and we painted away! Thank you so much!
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Learning tower
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Built one for my niece, my daughter's is next!
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Easy planter for first father daughter project
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Determined to get back into woodworking, and teach my daughter some life skills, we set out to build something easy... and it was! She did almost all the measurements, cutting and nailing. I tried staining, thought we got a nice wood color but got grey instead. Still looked great. Thanks for the plans! So excited for our next project!
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Outdoor Play Kitchen
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I built this using Ana's plans for her outdoor play kitchen. I live in North Carolina and took it to my grandchildren in Ohio. They love it! I used an inexpensive beverage dispenser installed into a trashcan and connected a small aquarium pump to recirculate the water from the sink to the water tank. I'm super pleased with how it turned out!
Nancye Butterworth
Welded and wood dog crate kennel
I made this probably over a year ago but I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures. I had just recently learned to weld and wanted to try some projects that were floating around in my head. Welding is so versatile and not as hard as you think. It's like hot gluing but sparkier. That said, please take a class at your local community college if you want to try it. Yes, it can be a little dangerous, just like swimming without lessons first.
I was inspired by Ana's project plan, but obviously got sidetracked with the design. This happens a lot as I'm working... my husband actually nicknamed me "sidetrack", but I digress... again.
This dog kennel was meant to be in our living room for a long time so I thought it would be fun to have something that looks like it's furniture. I love the look of old distressed wood/iron industrial furniture, so the wood was distressed before staining and finishing. I used stove polish on the metal before waxing to give it a dark, aged look.
The grate on top (acts as a skylight) came from a conference my husband attended years ago. It's been sitting in our backyard rusting and I thought it would make a neat feature on the top. It cleaned up pretty good!
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Tilt-out recycling sorter --Modified Build
I attached the tilt out portion using a Kreg jig and eventually removed the brace (it wasn't necessary and removing the brace gave it a cleaner look.
I used 2 x 2 as a trim around the outside which also allowed me to hide the hinge.
Other than that -- followed the build pretty closely. I used a cable on either side to stop the tilt out from falling to the floor (which allows me to leave it open as well.
This was my first project and it was a battle to figure out how to install the hinges and I did not love my jig saw work with the plan feet so I bought and installed furniture replacement feet which turned out much nicer (IMO).
Good luck!
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Modified Rustic X End Table
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Modified to dimensions 23"H x 19.5"D x 27"W.
Fancy Jewelry Box
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Great plans and a fun build. I made some modifications. My drawers are 1.5” high and 10” long. It allowed for 6 drawers. Overall height is 13.75” and length is 17.5”.
I used rabbits and dados rather than butt joints. There is flocking in the drawers.
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Breakfast Bench with Storage
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Made this built in breakfast bench. Came out really well.