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Ana inspired playroom
There are three plans combined here in this picture. All three completed in the past year. The toy boxes are from the one plan, the cubby shelves from another and finally the dress up stand is the third. It is never this tidy in our playroom! Ah ah, what you cannot see is the other half :D But the girls do enjoy it quite a bit and it does keep most toys off the floor and easily accessible. Thanks Ana for a great variety of plans!
My First Ana-White.com Project
Made a few changes to the cuts on the supports as I made a mistake on the mitres. However, it worked out and added a different look than the plan's design. (notice pointed mitres on supports)
Only my second build since the huge Pottery Barn stic desk!
Can't believe I did it myself without hubbys help at all!! Wasn't expecting to like the outcome, much less LOVE it!!
I made my stain with grey paint and special walnut stain...came out beautifully!! I used Behr white paint on the base and grey paint as the glaze. I got the knobs on sale at Hobby Lobby and painted them a dark silverish color. The inside of the box is the same as the top.
I will say this is far from perfect...but I learned a lot and know I will do even better on my next project ;) Thank you for these plans!! Can't wait to build more!!
Potting table
Potting table, was easy to build, very strong and stable because of the size of the wood used. It's a big table -- an entire dog fits inside :)
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Customized console
Modifed the Rustic X console to fit the width of den area's windows. Wife wanted storage, I needed a project.
Ava's Play Kitchen
We really wanted to give our 2 year old a play kitchen for Christmas. We also didn't want to spend the money on the likes of the Pottery Barn set, and weweren't sold on the lesser-expensive options. Fortunately, a quick internet search led me to Ana White's website and plans for this play kitchen. As someone who has never built anything before, the plans seemed very doable. All of the brag posts were also inspirational and sold me on starting this project. I worked on this an hour or so after work for a couple of weeks, and then a few longer nights running up to Christmas Eve (always a bit of a procrastinator!). As neither my wife or I know how to sew, we decided to turn the space underneath the sink into a cabinet. The paint color was left over from painting our kitchen and family room, and we decided to stain the stove and counter tops. Overall, we are very pleased and proud with how this turned out, and our 2 year old loves playing with the set!
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Wed, 12/31/2014 - 13:15
Super kitchen!
This looks awesome! Love all the details and the green color with the stained counter. Great job!
Wed, 12/31/2014 - 15:17
This is so adorable. I
This is so adorable. I especially love the little sink.
Triple Pedestal Farmhouse Table
Table was really fun and difficult to complete. It took me about 30 hours to complete. However, it is a real hit in the neighborhood. I used pine and some of the material was really soft and difficult to sand/finish. Decided to paint the pedestals chalk white (wife's inspiration), which was a really good choice. Fitting the center sections of table top to frame was most difficult aspect of project. Thanks Ana for the inspiration!
Johnny Wilson
Shelbyville, TN
key: Use t-Shirt to wipe down stain after applying with brush!
Legs: Chalk Paint (mixed at Lowes)
Rustic Bench
This rustic bench is perfect for our remodeled bathroom. It is made from post oak lumber harvested from my property and milled myself using a friend’s sawmill. No stain, just polyurethane.
Herringbone Top Console Table
I was looking for a "super easy console table" and once I was ready to build it, I mustered the confidence to try a more complex table top design. Using pocket hole joinery, 2"x2" legs and supports, scrap 1"x2" "blocks" for the herringbone pattern, scrap 1/2" 8"x4' plywood, 3/4"x1/2" pieces to frame the top, and much wood glue, I built this 8.5" narrow console table for under $30. The plan shared on this site was one of the inspiration pieces that helped me believe I could do this too!
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Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:06
Really beautiful!
I'm going to have to copy you now, you know! What a fabulous idea, fabulously implemented!
In reply to Really beautiful! by romanweel
Fri, 03/01/2013 - 00:17
Practicing Patience
=D It was satisfying to make, although watching glue and wood filler dry made me feel like I was the most impatient person in the world. Thank you for your kindness!
Ladder Shelf
My master bath was in desparate need of storage, and as usual, it was Ana's site to the rescue. I built this Ladder Shelf exactly from Ana's 'Painter's Ladder Shelf' plans. I built and had it painted in about 2 days. Now I finally have a place to store towels. Thanks again, Ana!
Rustic Island
We altered the plans to match our kitchen island to our 10-seat farm table my husband made. The top design is a replica of our table. We then added some wrought iron hooks and iron bottle opener for detail as well as corner plates to match our dining table. We decided to leave out the drawers and add a little open cubby for storage instead. Will look great with our rustic, country theme in our house!
Kitchen Cabinets with Drawers
I made this kitchen cabinet to replace the one we had there. The one we had was originally a peninsula. We had a severe water leak and had to replace the wood floor. We decided to swing the peninsula against the wall under the wine rack I made and posted earlier. The peninsula cabinet had some pretty severe water damage and only had 1 drawer and cabinets. We didn’t like having to dig for things so I made all drawers and we love it. I made this from pine using some of the techniques I learned from Ana and have incorporated into my other projects. I used Kreg’s pocket hole jig for almost all the joinery and Kreg’s drawer slide jig for the drawer slides. I used Hickory ball bearing, soft close drawer slides. It is painted Rust-Oleum Heirloom White satin with a semi gloss poly.
No sew Parson Chair!
this project called for sewing the cushion covers, but i was to lazy to take out the sewing machine, so instead I stapled the fabric and it turned out pretty good if I do say so!! thanks for the plans!!
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Tue, 02/26/2013 - 16:07
Oh, very nice! I am making
Oh, very nice! I am making one of these right now. I need to go out to get the foam before I can proceed. I'm excited. It's great to see how nice yours turn out!
Kitchen Island with Trash Bin
Well this was definitely the most challenging so far because we decided to modify the kitchen island plans to incoporate the tilt out trash bin. Very pleased with the results. Extended the back of the island to accomodate a 11" deep trash bin. Slim trash cans fit perfect. Found a gift wrapping bin for half price after Christmas and it is a perfect fit and 13 gallon bags fit great.
The x's were definitely a challenge because it changed the angles and it would have been best to just mark it with the board before finishing the whole box.
Now we just need to paint the cabinets and change the countertops and paint the kitchen walls. Not happening anytime soon, but at least the island is done.
Did a very minimum distressing to edges of the turquoise pieces.
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Mon, 01/05/2015 - 19:18
Thanks Ana! We love your site
Thanks Ana! We love your site. We've never built anything before finding it a couple months ago and now we can't stop.
Jr loft bed
I loved the junior loft bed plan and it was customizable and much cheaper than at the furniture store.
We ended up buying a thicker mattress than expected and adding an extra 2x2 with wood letters we got on sale at the craft store. Originally their was about a 5 inch rail over the height of the mattress and the letters made it more around 9-10 inches. We attached the letters to the wood first with glue and nails through the bottom and then screwed the board to the bed rail.
My 3 year old loves it!
Went thru 5 different boards
Loved the ease of making this chair but the modern look needed to be adjusted. 1x4, 1x5, 1x6.... tried a bunch and landed on 1x5’s and couldn’t be happier. Easy to do a chair in a day start to finish (build, sand, paint, dry, protective coat).
Sideboard
7 ft long gigantic sideboard. Removed the options for the drawers and extended the cabinet doors for extra storage needed. My favorite project to date.
Farmhouse bench
This built was easy with Ana white blue prints I used 2x10 for the top and also made the matching bench.
thanks Ana white
Large Old English Style Farmhouse Dining Table
My wife and I were wanting a large outdoor farmhouse table that looked stylish, and like it could have been bought at Pottery Barn or another high-end furniture store. We found this plan that Ana white had made "Small Old English Style Farmhouse Dining Table". We often host groups from our church and will have 15-20 people on our patio or around our pool area, so we needed a bigger table... I just made some modifications to make it longer (7ft) in length to better fit our space and allow for more people to sit.
To make this plan longer, I simply adjusted the cut-list on the long 1x2s, 1x4s, and 1x6; and added a crossbar to prevent the longer tabletop from sagging. I also added the diagonal corner struts to make the table a little sturdier.
Adjusted Shopping List:
4 - 1x2 @ 8ft
5 - 1x4 @ 8 ft
6 - 1x6 @ 8ft
Waterproof 1 1/4" Kreg screws (for outdoor use)
Minwax Weathered Oak
Minwax Vintage Grey
Adjusted Cut-List
• 2 - 1x2 @ 26.5"
• 2 - 1x2 @ 76.5"
• 2 - 1x2 @ ~33.25"
• 2 - 1x4 @ 26.5"
• 2 - 1x4 @ 76.5"
• 4 - 1x4 @ 7.25" w/ 45º miter (diagonal corner supports)
• 1 - 1x4 @ ~28" (Crossbar - I forget the exact measurement)
• 6 - 1x6 @ 82"
For seating we just bought some inexpensive farmhouse weather resistant chairs from Walmart:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Yaheetech-Metal-Dinning-Chairs-Stackable-Cof…
(See more on outdoor use of stains: https://ana-white.com/blog/2019/05/outdoor-wood-furniture-finishing-secrets)
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Tue, 03/02/2021 - 08:46
Beautiful!
Love the to see the increased length on this plan. thanks for sharing!
Queen Headboard
Was my first DIY project and was surprised as to how easy it was. The directions in the plan were spot on and look forward to future projects.
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Ana White Admin
Wed, 01/27/2021 - 10:01
Super cool!
Love this piece, looks good and super functional!