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I wanted a big rustic farm table, didn't want to drop thousands on one from a store, so I decided to make my own!

I built it in the (formerly empty) dining room, with tarp on the floor and plastic to seal the doorways.

Was a big project and my first project so I started with the benches as this site and users recommended.

I used the farm house bench plan - just shortened the dimensions so that I could have two benches on either side of the table. Then I merged the two table plans so that I could have the top with the bread boards but legs that attached underneath (like the rustic table) so that they could be removed when we move. I'll work to upload my plans too.

Used Minwax Wood Stain in "english chestnut" and Deft Satin Wood Brushing Lacquer (instead of a Polyurethane).

My first big project! Decided to make two cabinets and drawers to make the desk more symmetrical and a better fit to the room. Also decided to go without the knobs and bottom trim under the drawers so that I could just pull them out from the lip underneath. Just a personal preference for me.
I definitely had lots of fun building this desk!

I essentially followed the Rogue Engineer plans exactly with the exception of making the table on 50 inches long to help it fit better in my living space. I also opted to not add the lower support struts that would be perpendicular to the table top. I felt like that were bulky and were necessary for support. I may choose to go back and add them though. A miter saw and Kreg Jig are essential to get this project done with ease. I gave it a rough sanding to help keep the rugged texture of the original woodand maintain the reclaimed look. Feel free to post any questions.

Just finished this maple bookcase with fluted trim for my daughter's room.  I chose all maple trim even though it's painted because I wanted a good hardwood with low grain that would look good for decades to come.  Full build details are on my website.  Router bits used were a roman ogee and a core box bit.

I loved this project and knew I had to do it. I decided it would work great for all that little stuff I had accumulating on my scrapbook table like glues, pens, scissors etc, now I will have room to actually scrapbook!

I changed the overall width (now 42" & height 34") to fit my space. All roof/shelf angles are cut at 22.5 degrees still. I used a circular saw beveled and upon assembly, I needed to caulk the seams. I also caulked the joint of divider and shelf and filled in the pocket holes to make it "prettier" before painting. I made a barn door to go in the middle cubby on the bottom to make the bookshelf interactive, but the dividers weren't quite square and the door made it more obvious. Definitely a fun build!
Cut changes:
bottom - 40.5 inches
middle shelf - 42 in at longest point
loft shelf - 32.5 inches
top roof pieces - 17.75 inches (I originally cut these at 18.25" & then removed another .5" from each piece)

This is a square farmhouse table I built for my dining room.  It is just under 5ftx5ft size.  The top is 6 planks that I cut down from 2x12 down to 10inch sized planks.  Then routered each plank with a 1/8 roundover router bit.  I made the bench big and wide since I wanted it safe and stable so my toddlers don't fall off.  Lots of sanding since this is all kiln dried construction lumber.  I sprayed varathane poly, water based, and loved it.  I put 4 coats on of semi gloss, came out perfect.

Bookcase followed plans exactly, finished in rustoleum white, varathane carbon gray stain for back paneling. 

Finished with satin oil based poly to add some protection.

This planter was made from all reclaimed woods from a door, book shelf, a pallet, and a fence that was being thrown away. I like to try to keep the landfill from overflowing by reducing as much waste as I can. Every piece of trash counts you know! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reclaim! Me go eco....you go too!

For the story visit my blog:

http://me-go-eco.blogspot.com/2011/09/so-what-do-you-do-with-these.html

I'm on twitter if you want to follow me: Me_go_eco

Thanks for stopping by. Have an awesome day! =)

We wanted a king sized bed but had been holding off because I wasn't ready to buy all new bedroom furniture.

We love our new bed and we love how our bedroom is coming together!

We followed the plans, but adjusted the height for our new mattress, and then omitted a bit of the extra trim.

We managed to build the bed as a platform bed, for less than what we would have paid for the box spring!

I used Anna's plans, but I wanted to reduce the weight of the bed so I replaced the 2 x 10's with 1 x 8's and I made the cross slats 1 x 4's face up. The 1 x 4's also create a platform to put your bed on so no need for ply wood or box springs. This is still very sturdy, but about half the weight as the original plan.

Thanks Anna for the great ideas and plans! Now I am on to the farm table, wish me luck!

Used Maple on top with pine for the frame. Thanks Ana-White!

This bedside table is sooo easy to do. My husband and I made this table in about 1 1/2 hours. Of course, this doesnt include the time it took to paint and stain. When the cutting and nailing is done, so is my husband. Finishing the projects is up to me! lol Following the plan precisely makes this easy to build! The only thing we did differently is that we added an outside stretcher across the bottom front. I love love LOVE this table! I purchased the drawer pulls from Lowes on clearance for $1.19 each.

We wanted to add some storage to our Ikea Kura bunk bed. We needed to adjust the size of the day bed by a couple of inches but worked awesome. Looks like one finished bunk bed.

I built it from pine 2x4s. I bought outdoor chair cushions and they work great.

Here is my step stool that I've wanted to make for quite some time, but didn't think I'd need it....until the other day when I couldn't reach something in my garage. This will give me just enough height to reach items in my taller cupboards in my kitchen as well. I think it turned out pretty cute. I cut out a stencil design with my Cricut and used black acrylic paint with a dry brush.

Tomorrow I will give it a light coat of poly just to protect my stencil work mainly.

I used 2x2's intead of 1x2s because I had lots of scraps of those lying around from other projects I've made off of Ana's website!

This bench was so easy to build! It's the first project that I've built completely with the nail gun. Wow does that speed up the process! Thanks again for the great plans, Ana!