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Thank you so much for the well explained plans! We had HD do all our 1x12 cuts so it would fit in the car (they were happy to help). We ended up painting it in Polar Bear White Semi-Gloss, and It turned out great! 

First Anna-White project...

Would recommend using ply instead of MDF due to the total weight of the unit. The higher cost comes from more expensive materials, but still much more affordable than Pottery Barn's Andover Media Console.

I spent a few hours on a Saturday cutting the wood for this project and drilling the holes and putting it all together. It's a very sturdy side table....

I made two small errors -
1) When I bought the 285mm * 17mm pine for the centre piece of the top I neglected to check whether the board was dead flat - it wasn't and was bowed slighty, however, after the top has been attached to the base it's not noticeable.
2) The other error was my shelf - it wasn't quite long enough....I think that I made this error because my legs may have had a slightly different size to the wood/lumber from the USA (where the plans are from).

All in all, I'm very happy with the table. It looks great and is super sturdy.

This was made from MDF 

For my daughters room.

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My first project! I modified the plan to make the island 2'x3' instead of 2'x4' and also added a second shelf. It was definitely a learning experience, but I'm happy with how it turned out!

I think it is human nature that in the bathroom nothing is ever returned to its proper place in the cabinet or drawers. Everything has a place on the counter. Well it looks kind of messy so I decided to try to organize just a bit. I figured that if a person is OK with laying something on the counter they might actually put it in a designated slot if their arm movement was the same as before.

So I just came up with a simple box that is 22" long and 7" wide and it contains 12 cubby holes or slots of varing sizes. Two have holes in their tops to put toothbrushes and razors. By the way since I live in a 60+ year old home that has never been updated the original toothbrush holder will no longer hold modern toothbrushes.

The picture can give you some idea of how it is supposed to work.

I took 1x4s from the scrap pile and re-sawed them using a band saw to produce a number of fairly thin (about 5/16" ) thickness boards. Then through trial and error plus a lot of measuring of toiletry items I came up with the final product. The size of the box and the internal cubby holes and slots are really just a guess in hopes it is functional. It is held together with Tightbond II glue and some copper nails in strategic locations.

Outdoor Suite based on $40 backyard chair.

Made from Mirroed Door Wardrobe Plans. Built from pine shelf boards at a cost of approx $7.00 per board. Light grey cabinet paint, primed with Bins primer as it also seals the knots. Used a kreg jig and glue to attach boards to each other to get then wide enough. No ply-wood was used. 

I recently made the end table and console table from the "Rustic X" collection and those were my very first wood projects that I have EVER done. I think I am addicted now! I have had NO experience in working miter saws, kreg jigs and barely drills before this. If I can do it, anyone can do it :)

My husband and I made this table over a weekend and I am very excited about how it turned out. I was inspired by the color and size (and chairs!) of Sawgrasshomegirl "weathered grey fancy x farmhouse table with extensions" and I used the classic minwax stain. Thank you so much to Anna White and Sawgrasshomegirl for their plans, ideas, and inspiration!

The bench was easy to build with great instructions. I had Home Depot make my cuts for this first project and then I went and bought a miter saw and other power tools for future ones. So much fun. 

First of all, sorry for my english, i'm french and i don't speak english often in life, so i don't know now if i still speak and write it well enough to be understood.

We needed some space outside our appartment to room bootles.

When i found the plans on this website i decided to start this project.

It was the first time i used my device "undercaver jig" to assemble or link all the wood pieces together.

Once all the "wooden wall parts" made, i strated assembling the whole wooden furniture.

Then i painted them and once the paint was ok, i protected the wall furniture (painted parts and unpainted parts) whith an uncoloured protective product.

After that the inside was done to be able to store milk and water bottles.

The last part to be done was the upper part. I decided to make it in 4 indepedant concrete parts to be abble to replace it in case it breaks.

This was my first attempt at building anything. Ever. I am fairly pleased with how it turned out. There was a bit of uneveness on the back side of the table, where the top joined with the back and where the back joined one of the side pieces. They were hardly noticeable and I was able to sand it down. All joints on the front side of table were prefectly aligned, though. I don't know if the wood was uneven or if it was just an error that was likely due to my less-than-ideal work space. You can check out my blogspot for pictures of the completely finished project.

My husband recently designed and built our daughter's crib. After looking online and measuring another crib to make sure he had the rail spacing just right he came up with a plan and built it over a few weekends. He also built the changing station and will later build an armoire for her room as well.

I wanted a new TV and my wife wanted new furniture...we both won...

I chose to make this island 48 inches long to fit my smaller kitchen.   I also used pine trim for the bottom shelving to make it more delicate.