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This was my first attempt at building a bed. My wife wanted to buy my 2-year old a twin bed from one of the big box stores. I asked her to let me take a crack at it before she spent several hundred dollars (and hours of assembly for me!). I immediately went to Ana's site first and found this plan. Since my wife loves all things PB, it was an easy sell.

I spent about $75 on lumber at Blue and about $20 on hardware at Orange. I also used this project as an excuse to buy a random orbitsl sander, so altogether, I spent less than $150. The mattress is a Serta Benson that we picked up for $180 after taxes and a Black Friday special. It came with a free box spring, but I declined because I used slats and didn't want the bed any higher.

I followed the plans in terms of measurements and dimensions. However, I modified the headboard and footboard. I omitted the cross pieces on the headboard and used quarter-round pine trim to hide some imperfections on my plywood cuts. I think it turned out OK.

Bookshelf for my son. Made out of pine, painted distressed,  and a stained top

Built for use in a Sunday School room at church : )

Love how this turned out!! Thank you thank you Ana!! Plans were great, I think we got it done for just about $250! 

Thanks again!

Since everyone else is making them, I had to jump on the bandwagon.  Typical end table, but I left off the metal trim (for now at least) and used a wire brush on the top boards to eat away at the wood and raise the grain.  It gives it tremendous texture and really makes it look more like old reclaimed lumber.

I changed the size of this to fit underneath my sons playhouse loft bed. It fits perfectly in the space between the door and wall of the bed. Put a kids leather chair in there and now he has his own personal man cave :)

After following Ana and a couple other talented ladies I decided to get a Kreg and take some action! I made a few adjustments to the size and I used pocket screws to put this together. It is solid! Found the baskets at Lowes and fell in love. It was super easy and my husband couldn't believe I put it together so fast. I has added much needed storage to the front door and we just love it.

My husband and I built this bed for my sister-in-law for Christmas. It took us about a week of working an hour or so a day on it. Most of that time was staining. The actually assembly took about 2 hours. 

I included a picture of how we attach the siderails to the headboard/footboard. We use a bracket that the 1x2 slides into. It is screwed to both the siderail and the headboard with 1 1/4" screws. We also attach a small L bracket to each corner with helps remove any wiggle that was there previously. It really makes the bed much more stable by adding those little L brackets. Again, we used 1 1/4" screws to attach them. 

Rustic Media Center stained with teal and white distressed paint. 

I finally got tired of my junk drawer being messy, so I took 10 minutes today and a piece of scrap wood and made this drawer divider. I even have a dedicated cubby for my tape measure!

this was a joy to build. I left the back open at the request of the recipient.

I followed Anna White's plan to build this chairs. My kids love them. Thanks for the free plan. It took me a while to finished it because they were my first project.

Using the plans provide, I simply changed the measurements needed for my dining room. A really fun build and a great looking end product!

All the boards are ran through a jointer and planer making each board squared.

No rounded ends.

Stain conditioner used.

Finish - Minwax Early American

I wanted an easy toy box made from pallets. I came across the plans for the Simple Cedar Wooden Toy Box and decided it would be easier to but a few lengths of cedar fencing than to tear apart a bunch of pallets.

I omitted the feet and rope handles and opted for a carved wooden sign for personalization. I thought it was going to be too small, but soon realized it is a decent sized box.

I used Minwax Jacobean stain and am very happy with the end result.