Made our own twist on the leaning ladder shelf. Turn the side boards of the selves around, causing the shelves to looks like thick boards.
6 years into a complete rebuild of a neglected old farm house built in just 1948. Your website was found after looking for 'Modern Farmhouse' stair rails. The look plays off the original brick chimney stack & the Woodstove it serves. It has turned out to be quite the focal point, which was never it's purpose. Thanks for the inspiration!
My dear husband built the bed and I painted it. He found that it was easy to make. Thank you Ana, we love it. We are waiting for our new mattress!
I bought two sets of Restoration Hardware cushions on clearance and they worked out great. I had to adjust the measurements a little bit but that went pretty quickly. I came up with a plan for the tables to match the couches.
The tables are both 30x30. This way I can use them as 2 tables, one large table, ottomans or seating.
I LOVE the cushions. They are 6.5 inches thick and were dry 3 hrs after a rainstorm. There was no way I could have sewn something cheaper.
Thanks for the plans Ana!
One of the most rewarding, yet frustrating projects done to date.
A project completed over the course of several weeks challenging the limited tool set available.
In the end, the cost of new tools and frustration of assembly was all worth it!
Girls table was too small, especially when they have friends over. We have a little nook that this will slide right into in the living/dining room. The bottom has drawers, they just were not completed when i took the pictures.
My first indoor furniture project - the Rustic X coffee table. I added a lift top to store remotes etc and use as a laptop table. Fairly easy build I only had trouble aligning the "x's". I used of the shelf dimensional lumber but I might try this one again using different wood and a lighter finish.
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 15:16
Thank you for sharing, this is gorgeous and functional!
Made these chairs from plans found on the Kerig Jig website. I added the cup holders for convenience and lowered the seats by 2 inches to account for our short legs. Chairs were stained with an outdoor fence treatment that was tinted with a light grey color.
I've been looking for a storage solution for the area next to the driveway we use as our main entrance. The area opens to the kitchen, dining, and living rooms. We had a computer desk here, but it just ended up piled with junk all the time and backpacks and jackets ended up on the floor.
I fell in love with the smiling mud room plans as soon as I saw them, but it took a while to convince my husband we should try to build it. I used the Smiling Mud Room plans and modified to add the computer desk section since we couldn't move our internet cable. It didn't have to be really big since we don't use the desktop computer very often.
I still need to find baskets for the shelves and I'm planning to make a fabric skirt to cover the computer and cords. My kids already got out their old backpacks to test it out, so hopefully they'll use it!
We bought the Kreg jig as recommended and now my husband is planning lots of new projects just so he can use it.
I modified the Rustic X plans by removing the X's on the sides and using 1x3in slats on the shelf. They were made for a beach condo so I wanted a more open look. I wanted a white washed finish and after trying several ideas from the internet I came up with this process: First, I used rags to rub on Minwax Special Walnut stain as lightly as I could. Second, I diluted latex satin white paint, at least 50-50, and brushed it on a small area and immediately wiped it off with a clean rag. I used Minwax Polycrylic as my protective layer.
Mon, 07/20/2015 - 14:57
The Rustix X plans use the hidden pocket screws using the Kreg Jig tool. It really makes a strong joint. All the hidden pockets are on the underside of the trim pieces. The top and slats are screwed on with normal wood screws, again from the underside.
Followed Ana's plans as directed but made the headboard four inches shorter by shortening the legs only on the headboard. We used low profile boxsprings (2 twin XL @ 5 inches thick) and king size memory foam mattress which was 10 inches high. The clearance at the bottom of the side rails is 6 and one half inches high. Total cost of lumbar was about $300. We had stain on hand. Kreg jig screws brings the total to about $315.
Liked very much the general design of the farmhouse plans but wanted to avoid buying the pocket hole jig and the puttying of screw holes on top side (exposed) side of boards.
Increased slightly the table top and bench seat board supports (2x2's) which worked well for holding those down and placed the angled wood piece in corner of table leg to support bread board.
Please with the results. We really wanted to avoid attempting to hide the screw holes with putty. Others have posted and we had similar results of blotches on the surface of the top boards resulting from even "stainable" putty. No amount of sanding seemed to help.
When I first found Ana's site, I fell in love with this project. I knew it was one I had to 'work up to'. I got a few projects under my belt and then I tackled this one. I am so pleased with how it turned out. No, it isn't perfect...but I made it :) Thanks for the great plans and inspiration Ana!!!
They were simple to make and the plan was easy to follow. The only modification I made was adding the 1x3 topper in place of the longer legs sticking out of the top.
Fri, 07/19/2013 - 06:36
Adding these to my to-do list for spring (yes, I plan ahead). I'm thinking of elevating and elongating them to fit around a bay window.
Simple project made from scrap wood.
See Build Instructions here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Wood-Robot/
Robot Animation:
Built a smaller version of the grandy console with slot in the top for a sound bar. This was my first time using barn door hardware. Was a good time.
Whiskey on the left, Wine rack & glass holders on the right with storage in the middle. Frame built mostly with Pine, painted with Peppercorn Grey. Cherry tabletop with live edge. Finished with boiled linseed oil and semi-gloss polyurethane. A whiskey Bar should be fun! Stick on lights in each bay battery powered, comes with remote with many color options.
My husband and I built this custom desk adapted from the "X-Table," in celebration of his PhD program acceptance!
This was my first project I did this many months back and I have just now started to put up brags after getting into building furniture for about 8 months now. This project was much easier than I expected and I did the build out in about two hours. When I did this project all that I had tool wise was a mitre saw, a drill, and a tape measure so if you want a project that uses minimal tools this one would be a great one to start with! I think that I spent around $125 on this bedside table and that number is a little bit higher because I used all premium wood because it was my first project. I stained it with Jacobean oil based stain and then I used the polycrylic finish (both by minwax) which turned out great I think!
Our son built this based off of these plans. He had to make the corner hanging areas smaller to fit our area, but we were still able to use this space for hanging items.
This is a modified version of Ana's park bench. Had a large deck, with plenty of room for a sectional.
I basically built two benches. One with an extended back (to create the back for the side of the second), and modified the front leg to sit under the frame, to allow the second bench to sit flush. I used lag bolts to attach them together on the seat base. Using lag bolts allows it to be easily taken apart for moving.