Rustic Corner Cupboard-Bar
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Corner Cupboard built for use as a dry bar with a few mods for a more rustic look.
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Corner Cupboard built for use as a dry bar with a few mods for a more rustic look.
Wife found a post where someone did a riff on farmhouse X table where instead of supports at the floor and top of the base, there was one support in the middle of the X. The riff made the table taller than the original (which I didn’t realize till we had the x bench put up against the ‘riff’ table - about 3 inches too low which I’ll fix this weekend. It only works ok for my 6’7” brother law lol.
Other alterations i made - turned the X support into through tenons (my first - future ones will be cooler) and decorative cross 2x2 under the table top similar to the way they are on the bench.
Turns out, looks pretty cool with taller bar chairs!
Fri, 01/08/2021 - 10:21
It's absolutely beautiful, love the height with the taller chairs!
Just finished the legs on my first project tonight. Instead of using the Krejig I found a really nice pocket hole jig that had some amazing reviews at my local Harbor Freight. Turned out really nicely if I do say so myself. I intend on finishing tomorrow as far as building goes. Will probably sand and stain a dark espresso in the next week or two.
This was a fun project that my Dad and I had the opportunity to work on together. We were able to locate an old barn that and recently been blown over (farmer gladly told us to take whatever we wanted). We salvaged the wood, hit it with a little sand paper that provided the true rustic farm house look. With some modifications and a biscuit joiner we were able to fit this together. All in all I think I spent a total of $6 on the lag blots for the legs.
Made in 2014 from the playhouse bed plans with the storage stairs as well.
I took some ideas from an Ana White wine rack I saw and made this Pantry for our kitchen. Pretty happy with how it turned out.
Music and wine have always gone well together, but never quite like this...
Like most of my projects, this one was inspired by giving an old object new life. In this case, the guitar was one I had used in my job for a few years before it started to fall apart. As soon as the nut fell off, and one of the tuning pegs broke, I decided it was time to expedite the deterioration. Surprisingly, it's not that hard to get the neck of a guitar off it's body. Some light heat from an iron applied above the 14th fret softens the glue. Pry gently and you're free!
One of the main design features in my work is that I put a lot of thought in to the hardware. On most of my pieces, the hardware is either extremely obvious, or not there at all. In this case, I chose huge, bulky bolts to hold the neck on to the base. I've always been intrigued by the way things work, so I tend to want the mechanical aspects of art to be thought provoking. Juxtaposing the industrial look of bolts against the elegance of a musical instrument was really fascinating to play with. This kind of balance is what inspired the name 'Industrial Zen'.
More pics at www.orenpersing.com
In reply to Stealing by Wounded Marine
Tue, 02/12/2013 - 10:19
Glad you like it! If you make one, I'd love to see photos. This one is also for sale if you're interested. Check it out on my site: www.orenpersing.com
I made a couple of decorations from my scrap wood. On the snowflake, I had some extra parts of 1x2s laying around so sized this down to 20" and used those. The tree is just a bunch of different types of wood I had left over. This was really fun to do.
It took me a little over a day as I had to paint and wait for it to dry before I could assemble.
Thank you for the ideas and plans.
Tue, 12/16/2014 - 19:16
This is beautiful! It's so gratifying to use up scrap and turn it into something like this. :)
In reply to Thanks Pauline by CSaintD
Tue, 12/16/2014 - 20:38
I have a RYOBI giveaway on my blog, you should submit this photo.
So, after having built the rustic console and rustic end table, I was staring at the blank space in my room and the stack of books and decided that I could fix two problems with just a slight adjustment of the console plans. Basically the structure is exactly the same for the top, "legs" and shelves, but then instead of running 2" x 2" trim, I did 1" x 2" and 2" x 4" at the base (mostly to keep the dust bunnies as bay). The other significant difference is the ends, which I paneled and trimmed out rather than doing the open "X". And then ran tongue and groove paneling along the back to finish it out.
As with my other rustic builds, I left off the metal trim (again, for now at least) and distressed the top and face with a rotary wire brush. The texture on the top of this one turned out really wonderful. I hate to even put anything on top to hide all that grain. Price was a little more too, mainly for the extra 1" x 12" x 6' and the pack of tongue and groove panel boards.
My 1st coffee table and I'm in love with how this came out. Really proud of myself for this one!
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:09
Gorgeous, thank you for sharing your first coffee table, it turned out amazing!
Santa's elves made this one just in the knick of time! Ana makes it impossible to not spoil this child :) I wish I had one of these when I was a kid, we used to play "store" all the time
I took a different direction on the doors instead of using the barn doors I used old wooden windows in place of them.
This was my very first table. We could not find one in stock so I found these plans from Ana White. The base was easy enough if you take your time and make sure you are oriented right before cutting.......not that I made any mistakes by not double checking before plunging that saw into my work piece. The top was modified to be 6 feet long. I edge jointed, using an electric hand planner, the 2x6s after planning the faces flat. This helped my hand planner to ride flush and make a pretty straight edge after a few passes taking off very little each time. This actually took longer than building the base. I pocket holed the underside to squeeze the top together with some glue. It turned out almost perfectly seamless. I mixed some fine sanding dust with some poly for any cracks or blemishes. That allowed the stain to actually take, unlike with wood filler.
This project cost about 120.00 to make and about a weekend to build it. Plans make it very easy and it's beautiful and sturdy. I painted it antique white and used 1 coat of polycrylic on it.
Fri, 05/24/2013 - 17:18
This looks great! We're getting ready to make one in about 2 weeks.
I built this for a friend as a surprise for his wife. I used hardwoods and took my time. I recommend using pre-stain conditioner. The stain used is Minwax Red Oak.
I built the children's farmhouse table and 4 storage chairs for my 2-year-old twins. I followed the plans exactly, except the addition of some minor details using my router: I gave the table top a nice edge using my Roman Ogee bit, rounded the front and side edges of the seats for comfort using a 1.5" roundover bit, and rounded the inner corners of the back on both sides and the top and bottom of the back rests with a 1/2" roundover bit. I bought a roll of drawing paper from Ikea in the children's section, and it will be attached underneath using a removable dowel so we can pull a sheet of paper out from under the table for coloring or to use as an easy-cleanup paper cloth if they eat at this table with their cousins!
Slightly modified Grandy
I made this coffee table almost a year ago. It has withstood the use and abuse of my five year old and still looks great!! Thanks Ana for the awesome design!
First "big" woodworking project. A lot of fun and my daughter couldn't be happier
So the x's were hard but by the fourth one I got better. This table is super easy if you do the clears for slats. I cannot imagine doing all those pocket holes!
This was my husband and I's first furniture building exercise. We've been looking at farm tables but the prices were astronomical ($500 to 1,000+)! So, we came across this plan and thought maybe we could do it. And we did!
It took us about a weekend...we have two kids - ages 3 and 6...so we have frequent interruptions...including my daughter spilling my brand new quart of paint...so another trip to Home Depot.
We made some alterations to the plans...to fit our needs.
List of Alterations:
- Moved apron back (and would move it back more if I built again) 1" further.
- Added another stretcher on the bottom so that we could put a shelf there. We will probably add wood to the shelf in the future. Another blogger used a free pallet that he took apart. Seems like a good idea. Also moved the stretchers toward the back so that stools can sit under the table and be out of the way. Our table (as seen in the pictures) is up against a wall...so it made sense.
- Didn't add breadboard - the look was too finished for us.
- Used 1", 2x6 pine boards for two reasons - 1) liked the thinner material. 2) needed a smaller table than then 2x8's would let me do.
Tools:
We did have to buy tools to accomplish this project. My husband has a lot but obviously not enough.
- Purchased a table top miter saw - Harbor Freight - $89 on sale. Our circular saw just wasn't powerful enough (battery operated) and too hard to use.
- Purchased the full Kreg Jit (because it has the clamp mechanism) - $99
Thanks for looking!
Wed, 02/20/2013 - 21:37
Lovely! The deliberate stains are a cool feature! Can't wait to see the "real" top.