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 :)
We built this for our entry way to store hats, gloves, and other goodies. I modifed the depth to be narrower to leave more walking space. We live in a three level townhouse and any space much less storage space is premium. I liked the idea of the long pull out drawer in one of the earlier postings as well as the basket idea so we included both into our design. I also used conventional drawer slides instead of the center mount. We havent decided on the finish or the drawer pull hardware yet but I love the look of natural wood so i wanted to post it without a finish.
The box is pretty similar to Mimi's bench with a few dimensions changed. I also fully framed out the inside to make sure adults could sit on it if need be. The arms and backrest took a lot of just staring and "pondering". I like it and everyone else seems to love it. Thanks Ana and Mimi.
So excited with how this table turned out!! I absolutely love it❤️ My daughter helped me build it. It’s been fun teaching her how to build things!
Sat, 01/02/2021 - 13:18
Love your project and that you are getting your daughter involved!
This dollhouse was super easy to make! Harper (the doll) wanted an open concept living/kitchen, and that is the first floor. Second floor are the bedroom and bathroom. Top floor is the closet. The roof is made from 3.5" slats of luan glued together and painted with black sanded paint. Notice the baseboards and crown molding? My granddaughter helped cut windows out with a jig saw. I still owe my granddaughter a garage and patio with pergola, and kitchen appliances and chairs, but that will wait until summer when she can help craft/build them.
Harper's bed is modeled after the farmhouse bed plans available on this site, but I used smaller scrap lumber. I wanted milk paint but was unwilling to pay the high price, so I bought a sample jar of antique ivory paint and watered it down. It turned out great!
Farmhouse collection
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 has been our largest project yet! We build this table over the course of several months. Just working on it here and there when we were in the mood or had the chance. You can check out my blog for more details and pictures of the project.
Hope you like it! We used Duck Egg Chalk Paint and a dark walnut stain for the top and legs. We also put in drawer slides instead of doing it the normal way the plans said. (That was harder than we expected but the pay off is well worth it.) Knobs are from Hobby Lobby and we wrapped them in twine to brighten them up!
Built this with my son after watching tutorial. Very comfortable need to sand and stain. Thank you for the info.
Using the plans provide, I simply changed the measurements needed for my dining room. A really fun build and a great looking end product!
In my country there aren't Kreg jigs; i.e. no Kreg jig, no pocket holes. I obtained a Kreg Jig mini and this is my first build (really, I made four of them)
using the gaby kitchen island plan from ana white I built this over 2 weekends, taking my time! We needed a new, larger side wall island for our laptops, phones, junk, etc and we couldnt love it more. The martha stewart drawer pulls add a nice touch and it all came together quite nicely for our purposes. Thanks so much for taking your time to post such great plans!
This project was pretty easy up until the nail hole patching, caulking, and sanding. It was still pretty easy, just time consuming. However, if you want something to look nice, it is going to take some time. Bottom line, my wife was ecstatic with her new bedroom and that's good enough for me. It went from bedroom to master suite.
Coffee Table built from these plans: http://www.ana-white.com/2012/07/plans/rustic-x-coffee-table
Media console built from these plans: http://www.ana-white.com/2015/08/free_plans/grandy-sliding-door-console
I used and modified the easy kitchen island plans. I put a back on it and extended the top to accommodate bar stools.
Tue, 12/28/2021 - 18:43
After reviewing the original Easy Kitchen Island plans I’m wondering how you attached the 2x6 boards for the top so it fit onto your base?
We needed a new table for our growing family but didn't want to spend a fortune.
Found this website, explored some plans & fell in love with the Providence table & bench.
It is great!!
We used the Rustoleum stain in Kona as well & did 3 coats of polyurethane. Unfortunately, the table is VERY rough to the touch. And I can see it becoming a problem. We can't wipe it with a damp paper towel as the roughness shreds the paper towel. Any help here would be greatly appreciated!!!
We think sawdust & debris settled on the table when we stained & sealed with the polyurethane. We did not sand in between polyurethane coats either.
If there's an easy fix (or do over) here, please let us know!
Otherwise, it is such a great piece & has already received many compliments!
We'll be sure to refer to Ana White's site!
Thanks so much!!
Sat, 02/16/2013 - 15:02
from what I understand, the water in the polyurethane raises the wood, so it needs to be sanded after the first coat (at minimum). I'd sand it down, if I were you. Maybe with a high-grit paper, so you don't damage the stain. Then coat, sand again, and coat.
Sun, 02/17/2013 - 16:18
I have had problems with polyurethane all my own fault mind ya. I do not know how smooth of a surface you had after the stain, but if the surface is now so rough that it rips up paper towels. I would venture to say it started there. Also the coats of polyurethane are so thin it would be very hard to just sand down to the stain without scaring the stain finish. I would try either 0000 steel wool or 220 grit sand paper and do it by hand not sander. The picture I see shows it to be a dark stain so if you do scare it you might be able to touch it up, but my experience with that is just bite the bullet and sand down to bare wood and start over. If you do have to do it over I use 0000 steel wool lightly after I stain and wipe it down good and do your thin coats of poly ( with steel wool between coats ) until you reach the look you are wanting
Mon, 02/18/2013 - 11:22
I learned my lesson about sanding between coats of poly the hard way too! I was able to smooth out the surface of my desk by sanding it lightly with the finest grit sandpaper. If that doesn't smooth it out enough then you are going to have to sand it down further and re-do the poly.
I made this version of Ana's Reclaimed Soda Crate as Christmas gifts for my kids' teachers. Less than $6 per gift! Full instructions can be found on my blog at www.dropdeadthrifty.com
Variation on the Farmhouse Table plans. Built from knotty pine and finished with Minwax Early American stain.
Here is my version of Ana White's X desk with a drawer. This desk was made out of poplar wood.
We made this bed after making the farmhouse bedside tables. So now we have a whole new bedroom set for probably less than $600. We love how it all turned out, and the plans were so easy to follow. We built both projects from Ana's book and plan to build a lot more from it too!
**In the book the plans are for a queen size bed, we modified it to fit our King size**
We added a piece of plywood to the back of the headboard and footboard and stained them so that it would cover all the pocket holes. Also, we extended the very top piece of wood that is on both the head and foot boards so there was a two inch overhang instead of just one.
This bed is so sturdy! I think if a tornado ever blows through we could just hang onto the bed and we wouldn't go anywhere! The side rails also give it a nice finished look even though they just essentially cover the box spring and bed rails. The bed still sits on the metal frame that is bolted into the headboard.
Check out the bedside tables we made to go along with it!
http://ana-white.com/2013/02/farmhouse-bedside-tables-2-toned
Mon, 09/14/2015 - 10:05
is there a link that gives the dimensions? When I click on the print friendly or PDF version it doesn't have much on there
