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This dining cart is very versatile. It could be used in any room of the house. I love that it has wheels on the bottom so you can move it easily if needed.

I hacked three IKEA bookcases into this beautiful bed for my princess of a daughter who was getting her first apartment in Orlando, FL, because she got a full-time dream job with Disney. Full details at http://handydad.tv/ikea-hack-bed-bridge-bookcase/.

Slatted four posted bed and I adore my new bed!

The toy room needed some attractive storage for the books and puzzles instead of the floor! Enter this plan. I shortened the shelves to 36" and fastened the shelves to 1x2 stretchers that I fastened to the inside of the sides. I hid them by nailing a face frame to it made of 1x2s. I used beadboard for the back, which I painted before attaching it.
I had a hiccup when I forgot to use my square and had to backtrack some, which made this project longer than I anticipated.

After building the farmhouse table, I got really excited about doing another project. While I was on spring break (nice benefit of being a teacher) I put together this toybox for my son. It's great to finally get the toys out of the laundry basket we had them in and into something more appropriate. We decided to make the lid a chalkboard for a little added fun.

I followed the plans as listed pretty closely. I added a 2x4 under the main shelf for extra support, and used 2x4s instead of 2x2s at the bottom, so I could have something to attach the casters to. I also opted for 1x3 braces, rather than the hinges to hold up the sides. I need to add the fence and paint it white.

These are super simple and easy to build. The stained ones are in my dining room and the blue ones are in my craft room. Not sure how much they cost since I used scrap wood.

We needed a table for the breakfast nook in our new home that we will be moving to in June. We were so excited about this table that we built it ahead of time and sold our other dining room table. We love this table! Thank you so much for the awesome plans.

This took new novice DIYers about 25 hrs. Also this table is really heavy when complete so build it where you want it to sit or build in it one place and right before you are about to finish move the 3 built peieces separely where you want it to sit and finish assymbling it. Also, when completed this is counter height. We are going to take ours apart abit and shave 6in or so off the legs to be normal table height.

This is my first build. I found the plans for it almost perfect but made a couple of adjustments.

FYI- if you do the 5 crossboards on both platforms, you will need to buy 3 more 2 x 4's to get the cuts you need for everything.

I also added posts in the center to ensure that there is no future sagging.

To get it into my closet sized laundry room that is right off of my kitchen, we painted it before assembling it inside the house. We attached the posts to the bottom and installed that first, then added the top. The clearance in my space would not allow it to be completely assembled before we put it in.

The extra posts don't allow for 3 baskets, but it does still allow for two. I'm also thinking of doing some pull out drawers or something in the bottom.

We painted with metallic silver spray paint and it worked great.

I found the plan for a small vanity and fell in love! I really wanted to build it for my 3 year old. With her room being small and all of her toys having separate spaces for each her room was getting crowded! So with some thinking I came up with a plan to double the whole plan and got myself a media center that took up less space than everything else while still looking pretty! My little girl loves that she can store all her toys, still have her desk and be able to watch movies from her bed.

Built this table for my niece 3 years ago which she still wont let go of even though its getting small for her..  I mostly had all the materials needed minus paint which i got from home depot. Pretty straight forward project that i got done in a few hours. She was 3 at the time and is now 6 and still has the table which she still uses and has.

I built this using the sturdy workbench plans. I hesitate to call it a brag, as it is my first project, and I used some 2x4s from Home Depot. Premium... Yeah right!

Despite my crooked cuts and warped wood, the sum of the parts is actually pretty sturdy!

I did modify it a bit. As I'm 6'2", I made the legs approximately 35" and used 2 3/4" Sheets of 24x48 MDF as the top. This gave me a total height of about 36 1/2" of height, which is pretty comfortable.

I would have preferred more workspace, but I'm limited to a portion of my one car garage, so 24x48 will have to do!

Finally, though this was definitely an hour or two worth of project, it took my about 2 weeks to complete, working in increments as small as 15 minutes, sue to having a 4 month old son!

Now to decide what to build next!

This is my first furniture project I wanted to replace my cheap computer desk that was falling apart. The build was pretty simple, the only problem was finding a good project board and finding a good stain. Tried several different stains an a piece of scrap before deciding on red elm gel stain. Project took longer than I anticipated but most of that time was in getting the finish right, the build part was pretty quick.

Had an awesome time building this! Very little modification from original plans. Used Thompsons water seal, Desert Brown. 

I have been needing an entertainment center for so long. When this plan popped up, my husband and I went into action. We designed this piece a little differently though. For one, the plan is too narrow for us and our tv-so our console is wider but shorter-to save on costs. Another note-we needed a place to put our computer so it can charge without our twin boys getting ahold of the cord. You can see that feature on the lower left hand corner. I also used a picture in a very well known catalog and I used the picture to get the stain just right. This might just be my favorite piece so far. I will be adding the bookcases and hutch to this. I am also in the process of adding 2 doors to this console. They needed to be stained before I could add them though.