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Note to self: don't sit in chair out back when you have a dog that likes to lick. This chair puts you right at licking height....

This was a fun project to build! The plans were very easy to follow and the table and chairs turned out just like they were supposed to. I ended up buying a Kreg jig to put the furniture together. The jig cost $40.00 at Home Depot and it was well worth it because I'll be able to use it on other projects. The plans showed the furniture being prepped and painted but my daughter wanted the pieces to look close to their dining room table so I took the time to stain and varnish them. I built the table and chairs out of pine and I used average dimensional lumber so the whole project only cost around $35.00. If you're looking for good children's furniture these would be good to build.

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!

The project was easy and fun. The plans are perfect, provided you follow instructions. I assembled the back legs backwards and that complicated the instalation of the back rest. I liked the result in the end.

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)

All hand cut accept for runner are attached with biscuits

This was easier than I thought. My kids helped me with it. I decided to leave the bottom shelf off as it can be added at a later time if desired. 

I'm going to take the same concept and make two loft beds for my kids.

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!

Faux fireplace 

I followed the project for the most part but did not want the dowels as it makes for less space for the giant Costco sized spices!  my dimensions are 23 x 39.  From start to finish it took about 5 hours but with 2 children learning how to do a project like this.  We could have easily completed it in half that time. I will be adding onto it for the bottom soon to accommodate foils, bags, etc.

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.

Made these for my nephews for Christmas.  Only issue I had was the screws stuck out a little bit of the 1/2" pocket holes.  I even tried the pan head type that were designed for the 1/2" holes.

Console table!!

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!

Everyone gets projects from Ana-White plans for Christmas this year.

I can't wait to give them away.