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Farmhouse coffee table
Our new outdoor coffee table
My fancy farmhouse table version. 10' long
Built this fancy farmhouse table for the back patio. Made it 10' long. Instead of 4 2x10's I used 5 2x8's 10' long. All yellow pine from Home Depot. This is the first table or wood type construction project I have ever made. Screwed everything together, filled in holes with stainable wood filler, used 3 coats of Minwax Provencial stain and then 3 coats of outdoors Helmsman Spar Varnish (sanding with 000 steel wool between coats). Turned out great. Total materials including wood, screws, sanding, stain, varnish, and brushes was a little less than $300. The stain and varnish I bought was about $100, 1 gallon can of stain and 1 gallon can of varnish. Tools used were miter saw, cordless and corded drills, and sanders before staining. Thanks for the plans Ana-White.
Helmsman Outdoor Spar Varnish (3 coats 000 steel wool sanding between coats)
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Sat, 11/24/2012 - 04:34
this is beautiful & just what we need
Gorgeous table and i love the finish. is it exposed to the elements or undercover? I need mine weatherproof & just was not sure if it would be possible.
Sat, 11/24/2012 - 08:58
Looks great! I'm a newbie too
Looks great! I'm a newbie too and just finished my first project.
Wed, 07/31/2013 - 10:52
Awesome Table
Looks great. I did the same but I went and bought a Home Depot table(pre-built) and just stained it. Looks almost identical except 1/4 of the time and cost. BTW I love the painted brick. Thanks for sharing. I give your table a 10!
Reclaimed Wood Look Bedside Table 1st Project
My first build! Came out great, my daughter loves it!
Hall Tree - Shiplap and Old Growth Fir
Loved doing this project. Used the Ana White plans with a few mods. Made the back removal so that I could easily transport. This was for my daughter's apartment that had no entry closet for her shoes and coats.
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Charlie's Personalized Highchair
A few days before Thanksgiving, my mom told me she wished we had a restaurant style high chair for my daughter. The old one was so large and bulky, and was hard to reach food on the table. I knew just where to look for plans! I spent $6 on the lumber and used scraps for the seat and back. The chair is painted in three coats of lime green paint. We used my mom's Cricut to cut the vinyl letters and stuck them on the back. Then three coats of polyurethane for easy wiping and it was ready for straps! I picked up $3 worth of 1" webbing from Hobby Lobby along with a parachute snap clip. I used two small cabinet screws for each strap on the bottom to attach. I decided to loop the front strap over the 1x2 front bar to prevent any risk of splitting by drilling into that thin side. Instead both ends are screwed down on the bottom.
We absolutely love this new highchair! It perfectly fits under the table and Charlie has no trouble eating (and throwing) food now. And for $10, you just can't beat it! Solid wood, perfect color, personalized name. I really love DIY
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Tue, 11/27/2012 - 20:40
Thank you!
We love it, and love her more ;) She's a cutie pie, that's for sure!
Console X
I modified the plan so that that I had a 48" table top and 4 legs only. I didn't need such a long version in my entry. The picture frame is from left over wood from the project.
Can anyone guess where I took the photograph in the frame? Somewhere in the lower 48 states.
Thanks Ana for the design!!
Daren
Farmhouse headboard
This was my first project. My wife wanted one, I made one. End of story. Now I'm hooked on woodworking and each time my wife says she wants something, the first thing out of my mouth is, "I can make that".
Patio Table w/ Built in Coolers
Fairly easy table to built, just be careful measuring for coolers.
Truss table
My husband built this table for me as an 8th Anniversary present. It came out absolutely beautiful! For the first time, we can host family and friends with plenty of room. I paired it with some chairs that we already owned. He will be building the matching bench soon.
He left out the 45 degree diagonals, may add them later. It is so sturdy, they are basically decorative.
Behrman Roman plaster paint, satin finish
Satin poly on top.
Garage Sliding Screen Doors
Inspired by your diy barn door hardware, I wanted to create a way to have airflow in my garage as I work in there without the nuisance of bees, flies, and hummingbirds entering in. Since this is my first attempt to make a project like this, a few mistakes were made along the way, but, overall, I am happy to say my objective has been accomplished! Thank you, Ana, for inspiring me to start and finish this project to the end!DI
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Sat, 09/12/2020 - 11:19
So Clever!
What an amazing and inventive idea! Thanks for sharing, it looks great!
Thu, 02/16/2023 - 12:52
Barn door hardware Mod questions
Amazing, can you tell me what thickness your flat bar was and what size Fender washers you used. I am wanting make hardware for a door that is 27.5 inches wide by around 68 inches high. It is 1.5 inches thick. So I’m also curious what size bolts you used as I want to ensure 1/4inch bolts are enough. I’m struggling to find 2 inch diameter fender washers that have a 1/4 inch hole. I’m excited to make the hardware as traditional hardware is too big for the space. Any ideas are appreciated.
Scrap wood heart collage
I have a hard time throwing out any scrap I have after I finish a project, so I had accumulated a fair amount of 3/4 and 1/2 plywood. I used up every last bit of it putting a scrap wood heart collage in my daughter's room! This is the perfect project for getting lots of practice making cuts on a miter saw for a beginner and hanging it is a breeze if you follow the steps I took in the blog post I wrote up about this.
Easy and free. Love those kinds of project :)
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Ana White chicken coop with modifications
We started with the basic chicken shed coop plans and modified it some. We wanted the peak to be in the front for ease of access and to allow leaves from tree overhead and rain and snow to fall to the back away from the entrance. The windows raise from the inside using 1/8" wire secured on the inside with a rope cleat hook.
We added Dutch doors. We added latches for the pop door to keep it iopen or closed as needed. Dutch doors also have decorative latches and eyehook latches to secure them when they are fully open. I rested the shed on 12 in. x 8 in. x 12 in. concrete patio pier blocks to allow drainage. we extended the roof about 6 " to allow for extra protection and avoid dripping whe it rains.
On the inside I have a roost and a poop deck. Hanging from the poopdeck I have their feed to keep it off the floor and keep shavings, etc. from getting into the food. The poop deck and the floor are covered with comercial grade tile to facilitate easier cleaning.
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Sat, 03/14/2015 - 02:50
Question
Hi!
I love your coop and the modifications you made - I was planning on doing the same thing with the placement of the door. I was wondering if you could post a couple of photo of the inside of the coop? I'm especially interested in where you placed the roost.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Brookstone Desk
Changed the top of the desk size to 24” x 36” to fit my tiny space.
Ladybug Moped Rocker
There were some parts missing from the plans. I wrote out what I did to build this rocker on my website.
http://www.domesticated-engineer.com/1/post/2012/12/ladybug-moped-rocke…
Make sure to use hard wood! My rocker broke within the first hour. Wood glue fixed it but it gave me a good scare!
Robins egg blue console table
Made this beautiful TV stand from the "Rustic X Console table plans". I shortened it to 2 ft high to fit the space for a TV. Love how it turned out!!
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Mon, 01/19/2015 - 15:11
No Mid support
To you have any trouble with sagging without the 2x4 in the middle? Looks great like this!
Toddler Book Shelf
I needed a book display rack for my boys so I built this one from the plate rack plans and modified it to suit the size I needed. I actually used all scrap lumber from previous projects, so the cost was minimal.