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This is a ocean/mermaid version of the sweet pea bunk bed. I had to add an additional section above the original plans in order to accommodate for the slide. I also forwent the bottom storage and opted to just put a bigger door, which allowed more headroom inside and the ability to put both a mattress and box spring on the bottom bunk. I used real shingles and painted them gold. The slide came from Home Depot. The octopus door handes I got off of Etsy for about $5 each. I found a doorbell on an old plastic outdoor house set laying around. I added some seaweed from Joann Fabrics. The steps are made out of 2x6 boards vs 1x boards. I also changed the plans so both beds are full size instead of twin size. The top bunk has so much support...it was tested with 600 lbs up there and held up fine!

Shopping for bedroom furniture, my spouse found a bed that was way more than we wanted to spend. After finding this site, and a bit of convincing he finally agreed to try building this. Now he wants to build everything! We now have a long "to do" list of plans we want to try.

Farmhouse table made from 100 year old wood. The wood was taken from a porch at my great grandmother's house in Vernon Parish, Louisiana.

Bunks for my girls.

I needed a pantry cabinet for my walk through kitchen (I have a generic 1970's ranch with a walk through kitchen--10' wide and the dining area is small, so I wanted lots of storage with minimal depth) and I am a big fan of cabinetry that looks like furniture--when I saw this project, I knew I had to make it.  

I enlisted the help and guidance of my 73 year old Mom----she has been making things for years and has an entire basement full of all the woodworkig machines I will ever need.  We started this project about a month ago and have been working at it on and off since (my Mom is a thinker and has lost sleep over a few issues we ran into, but the final design is AWESOME!  Thanks Mom!).

I would have loved a much wider cabinet, but the wall I will be putting it on had a few items that I did not want to move or cover up (light switches & a cold air return).  I ended up making the cabinet 89" tall (my ceilings are only 91") and 57.5" wide (I'm a stickler for symmetry and I wanted the white space on either side of the cabinet to be the same.  This project took a couple of weeks to complete due to work, kids, pets, etc).  I just had my son and better half carry it in tonight and it fits perfectly----now to clear out all my upper cabinets and start taking them down so I can fix my ceiling and start making my kitchen cabinets!  

Thanks Anna!

Our first project

So I needed a bigger entry way table for our new house and this one fit my style and I love it! Mine is only 5.5' long so I did have to do some remeasuring. If you also need yours to be 5.5' my measurements were 5.5' for the top 2x6 pieces then the the two bottom shelves are 55" and the 12 (6 for front 6 for back) 2x2 pieces are 26". All of the other measurements stayed the same. Also I already had everything else besides wood so just the wood cost me $75.

From the minute I saw this on Ana White's site along with That's My Letter, I knew I had to build it! It is soo adorable and turned out better than I anticipated! Great directions and was easy to build.

This was a fun build!  It was my first time to use the jigsaw, so my sweet hubby showed me the ropes!  Such a great project and my little girl absolutely loves it.

My husband wasn't home this week, so I had to create something.. He's just lucky that I didn't give the kitchen a makeover! ;]

I modified and improvised with what I had lying around... I used a 1x4 for the bottom because I didn't have enough 1x2 scraps left, but then I decided to put the lettering on it because I thought it looked too plain. I like how it turned out!! :]

We built the Farmhouse queen bed and fancy X desk for our bedroom. It was relatively easy and looks so great! The bed is made of pine and cedar. (It is really really hard to find pine 4x4 posts that aren't pressure treated around here.) We used pine for the desk. Paint color on the bed and base of the desk is Behr "Polar bear" with a coffee stain distress. The desk top is Benjamin Moore "Dash of pepper." The bed cost about $175 to build and the desk cost $30. (We used a lot of scraps for the desk.)

Very easy to do.  Love how it has improved the look in our kitchen since the original garbage can is no longer an eye sore. 

http://thefelicianojourney.com/2015/10/30/diy-wood-tilt-out-trash-bin/

I made matching step stools for my kids.

This was the first table i built a couple of years ago at the age of 19, it is just a simple trestle leg table made from white oak. The dimensions are 10 feet long by 3 feet wide.

I built this for my mom's guest room.  She watched my kids and I worked in the garage.. couldn't have been a better vacation! :)

I used 6" (finished size 5") tongue and groove boards for the panel, shorter posts and screwed main structure pieces together using 5-1/2" lag bolts and plugging with 3/4" dowel pieces.  I added woodedn blocks at the bottom of posts for attaching metal bed frame.

My dad didn't have any pipe clamps so I ended up using a wratcheting strap!  HA!  Use what you can and save money! :)

Here is a "Before & After" (Christmas Day) family gathering.  Easy plans to follow.  Made it a bit wider (48") but otherwise used your dimensions.

Happy New Year!

Mark V.

Lakeville, MN