Bench Right Coffee table
This was my first real project and I am happy with how it turned out.
This was my first real project and I am happy with how it turned out.
This is a 10-drawer cabinet that I designed and built. It's the first woodworking project I've ever undertaken. It took about 2 weeks to complete the build (between bedroom remodeling and this project), but I think it can easily be completed in half the time. The cabinet carcass was built with 3/4" plywood. The drawers were built using 1/2" plywood. The drawer bases are also 1/2" thick as I intend to store some heavy items in these drawers. The drawers all measure 23" in outside length and 17" in outside width. The bottom 4 drawers measure 10" deep (internal dimension). The top 4 drawers measure 3" deep and the 2 remaining drawers measure 6" deep (internal dimensions). The drawer banks (Each vertical set of drawers) are separated by a 1.5" thick center wall (glued two 3/4" plywood boards) to allow fastening of drawer slides using 3/4" truss head screws. All joints on the cabinet carcass and drawers are glued and pocket screwed (512 pocket holes all told). Having the Kreg K4MS pocket hole jig was a time saver compared to the Kreg R3 jig that I had before as I was able to "assembly line" the pocket hole drilling process. The drawer fronts were designed to be flush with the outsides of the cabinet and have a 1/8" gap between drawers (both vertically and horizontally) and were made out of 3/4" plywood. They were then veneered with White Oak Veneer sheet and edge banding
This a good build! I learned a lot especially about measuring where the middle shelf should go so it is even. I am so happy to have made all the tables in our family room!
Kim Rachow
My husband's grandfather helped us build this bed in his shop. We built it in about 5 hours and I stained and sealed it over the next few evenings. This was one of the most affordable and simple plans I came across to customize for my new chemical-free mattress. It is extremely sturdy and supportive. I really like the blog post Crab and Fish did on the brag for the Hailey Platform they built. You will find it helpful if you are interested in building this bed.
Wed, 01/16/2013 - 09:03
Did you use Kreg Jig and screws from inside? If yes, How many for each corner ?
or used screws from outside ( to join the main frame). f yes, then what size?
This was our first foray into a built-it-yourself Anna White project, and WE DID IT!!!
(and you can see from the picture that it's structurally sound!)
It took a little longer than the 45 minutes in the plans, but was finished before the birthday party :-) Our kids ( 5 and 7) even had ownership in this project and enjoyed helping sand.
Only modification we made to the plans was to turn the seats 90 degrees to make a bit more of a seat so that our 2 year old could seesaw too.
Love my new coffee table! I modified the plans to fit the space.
I thought I'd start building again with some decor that didn't need to be perfect. I needed something to spruce up my garage, something my son couldn't break while shooting baskets - this seemed perfect! I didn't have all of the scraps I needed so I did have to buy a few boards, but my friend wants me to make her one now and she'll supply the pallet. Since I planned to use it outside and wanted it to look weathered, I used semi-transparent deck stain, watered-down flat white paint and hit it with a sanding block, hammer, rasp, bottle caps - anything to scratch it up a bit. Then covered it with satin polycrylic (because that's what I had around the house).
A mini flat shelf for my daughter. Initially sized to fit on the landing until I realized I had just built her a ladder to climb the banisters, so relocated it to the hall.
Width increased to 630mm between uprights to allow 3x A4 books side by side. Height is 830mm to fit initial planned location.
Painted with Annie Sloan Duck-Egg Blue distressed at the edges and waxed with Annie Sloan soft wax.
Thank you for the great plans! I modified it a bit to fit our needs. I made the footboard identical with the headboard; added feet from Osbourne Wood and finials I found on Etsy. To accomodate the feet, I made the vertical corner posts flush with the siderails and head/foot boards.
Mon, 09/26/2016 - 11:28
I forgot to mention that I went to Ikea and bought slats for their toddler bed to use as the mattress support for mine. They were $9.99 discounted to $5.99 and it was a lot cheaper and easier to just use that as the support.
We were looking for a bunk bed system with stairs instead of a ladder. We had previously used a bunk bed on our vacation and our daughter was having trouble going down, she kept missing the ladder rungs. We searched online for beds with stairs but they were all too expensive. Then my husband found this site and we both looked through all the different plans. There are so many great plans for little girls beds, but in the end we decided with this one. It was the easiest for us to alter by adding the bottom bunk. We also liked this bed because we thought it the safest for our youngest who would be trying to climb. This is our first ever project built. We had tons of fun building this together and then letting our 4 yr old help us with the painting. We basically started with nothing in building this bed. We bought all the stuff except for the saw, sander and drill, which we borrowed. To add the bottom bunk, we made the distance at the bottom 6 inches, and then followed the pattern of separation for the railings that was used for the top. But it was only the bottom 2x6 and one round of the 2x4s for the railing. Since it was the bottom it didn't need to go as high as the top, just enough so our youngest won't roll in between the mattress and wall.
Mon, 09/03/2012 - 08:29
I love your bed! I'm in the process of doing exactly the same thing with mine! I also found it was the easiest plan to alter in terms of adding a bottom bunk. Good work!
Fri, 06/21/2013 - 18:20
I love it and would like to know if you changed the overall height of the bed to add the second bed underneth? I hope to make this a bunkbed for my kiddos.
Thanks
This is my 10ft long picnic table (which is bar height) that we built for the patio. We needed better seating for parties and BBQ's. I will post the plans later! Also featured is the couch that we designed and built with the center table.
Thu, 04/02/2015 - 17:06
Table looks great exactly what I need for my patio, do you happen to have the plans?
This was my first Farmhouse bed! I am totally in love with how it turned out! These plans were very detailed and easy to follow. I added some fancy trim like in the Mom's Fancy Farmhouse bed. I also changed the way I attached the side rails. I used siderail supports from Lee Valley as I wanted to be able to dismantle the bed for easier moving if needed.
I am also thinking of adding a trundle to it.
Thank you so much Ana, for these wonderful plans.
I have made numerous items from your site and will continue to do so.
Fun to make and so pretty!
Thanks to Ana White and fsmumford, I was inspired to create a castle bed for my princess. It was a lot of hard work but it paid off seeing her going up the stairs and down the slide a million times the 1st day!
Wed, 01/13/2016 - 05:12
I am looking for the plans for this bed as well.
Have you had any luck finding them?
Thu, 11/26/2015 - 15:49
Thanks so much for being so generous with your plans. I just had my first granddaughter and you've given me so many options for what I can do for her. The castle bed will be great in a few years. Thank you.
My husband took care of cutting, drilling and putting together the table. I took care of sanding, staining and sealing. It was an easy project. Thank you for the plans, our kids love this table!
This was my first Ana White build and I love it! Built all by myself in 4.5 hours. Decided to paint it to match the plaster in our pool since it will be located close by. I am very pleased with how quickly it came together and how sturdy it is. I did an an additional 2x4 brace in the center of each top to help keep the 1x4's straight and hopefully prevent sagging.
This was a quick and easy project we made with all the scrap wood in the garage. It went together in a few hours, and made a great gift for one of my daughter's friends. It was so much cuter than any of the American Girl doll beds at the store, and WAY cheaper, too.
This was our first family project. My husband has built a lot of things, but I've been so inspired I wanted to start building things too! Our two older kids were involved as much as possible (hence the very orange color) and we had a lot of fun. I definitely need some practice cutting straight lines haha, but practice makes perfect! My kids love to read and it is eye-catching as it is functional!
My son loves this table . Great size and super lightweight
This is a poplar (yellow tulip) chifferobe I purchased off of Craigslist for $40. I included some before and after photos. It was in sad shape. Much of the veneer was broken or coming off. My wife wanted me to add shelves inside. I began stripping off the old finish using liquid stripped and by sanding. I removed the old veneer by using a very hot steam iron and a putty knife. I ordered up the new veneer from veneersupplies.com and new hardware from Kennedy Hardware.
I built the new shelves using 1/2" poplar. I then began putting on the new veneer. I used 22 mil. paperback veneer and contact cement. If you have never replaced veneer spend $10 and get a veneer cutter and another $10 and purchase a scraper. They make the job much easier.
I then began applying the stain which is Minwax Aged Oak gel stain. I had a challenge with trying to match the stain. The old veneer was tough to match the stain with the new veneer. Father time adds his patina so I had to darken the stain. I used Minwax Jacobean stain. I think I got it too dark but since it is completed I like the contrast. I went ahead and purchased some 1/2" rope trim (poplar) and a poplar applique to add to the door. Since the mirror was broken I decided to go ahead and fabricate new back splashes for the chifferobe. I found these on Ebay. A gentleman had bought out these from an out of business pool table company. They are poplar and once I cut them down they really seemed to match. I will use the mirror frame for a later project to make a photo frame.
My wife and I had wanted to put this into our bedroom for extra storage. We didn't realize that we couldn't get it into the bedroom due to a narrow hallway. It ended up in the kitchen/dining room as a buffet. The funny thing was that it looks like it belongs there now.
The whole project cost me around $150 and took approximately 40 hours to complete.
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Ana White
Wed, 09/21/2016 - 15:08
Awesome!
Amazing first project - drawers can be tough but looks like you mastered them!