King Farmhouse Bed
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This is a King size farmhouse bed that I made based off of Ana's plans. I love it! I painted it a light gray and then glazed over it with a darker gray. Thanks for looking! - Wendy
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This is a King size farmhouse bed that I made based off of Ana's plans. I love it! I painted it a light gray and then glazed over it with a darker gray. Thanks for looking! - Wendy
My wife wanted me to build her a coffee table that looked like an industrial cart for about the last year. I saw this plan on the Ana White web site, and it was just what she wanted. The hardest part of this was finding the wheels for the cart.
Well, as my first project off of ana-white.com, I decided to make my two little guys the Little Helper Tower. I had seen store versions that cost $200 or more, so was excited to be able to have something that we wouldn't normally be able to buy.
It was supposed to be a Christmas present. It was finally painted and ready to go by mid-March. Which is to say, I couldn't find time to work on it too much, though it also took me much longer to do than what Ana said, which is not unusual for me.
The main problems I faced were 1x2s that I bought wet and that warped by the time I got around to using them; not having an honestly flat surface to work on, not having lots of experience with my jigsaw, so my top arches and bottom curves are not that attractive, and using some leftover red paint that took about 3 layers, plus the primer, to cover well.
In the end, I have a working helping tower with a movable floor that both my kids, now 2 and 4, can use in the kitchen (mainly - we didn't make the folding kind because the hinges were way too expensive!, so it doesn't move around too much) and it has helped my little guys help me on endless baking projects. My 2-year-old still can't get out of it himself, but my 4-year-old swings on it like a monkey. Thanks, Ana, for all your inspiration! I have a list a mile long of projects I want to tackle. Hopefully I'll get to one soon!
I recently started collecting vinyl records and wanted to show some of them off but also have them readily available to play. I saw some options online but decided to make some shelves myself. No judging my music! :)
More details and instructions on my blog:
http://www.woodworkingfourdummies.com/blog/diy-record-display-shelf
Made this corner cupboard in an afternoon. It was easier than expected especially with the sliding compound miter saw, and the kreg jig haha!
Total cost $87. This project was very easy and did not take much time.
I had a friend doing a class for a church activity on refinishing furniture. I think she mentioned to our leaders that I build furniture so two weeks ago she emailed me to see if I would be willing to participate and take a little time to talk. I said of course, and then in my true fashion of loving a good get-together and having a tendency to overdo things, I said, "we could even do a little project too".
I went onto this site printed off 5 projects under $30 and let anyone that wanted sign up. I figured the easiest way to let people build a project in an hour and a half was to pre-cut and pre-drill everything (Thank you to my new Kreg jig that let me rock that part out no problem)
I ended up cutting and drilling for 26 orders!!! EEK! I was a little like a mad hatter running around helping people that had never even held a drill before (so please excuse the LACK of pictures, including none of me doing anything at all :( ) But I think it turned out awesome and everyone was so excited.
I just wanted to post this as a little tribute to Ana for all the amazingness that you are. Thank you for helping those scared to even start.
Fri, 08/26/2011 - 11:26
Thank you so much for sharing this! I can remember when my little sister took woodshop in high school, and we all looked at her like "what is woodshop" and "why on earth would you ever want to take woodshop - woodworking is for retired men!". Not too many years later, I was wishing I had taken wood shop!
This is so amazing to see because you are teaching these beautiful and courageous young laddies skills they will use throughout their lifetime. Not to mention the confidence to tackle other traditionally male trades. And I'm willing to bet, their daughters will be using drills too!
I'm so honored to know you!
And might I add, those projects look GOOD!
Sat, 08/27/2011 - 20:15
Wow! What a great thing that is that you did!!! Thanks to you and Ana there are now 26 other women who have a new sense of accomplishment!
Sun, 02/03/2013 - 12:17
MAN! I want to do something like this! What a wonderful thing to do to bring all those ladies together! (And tell Miss Red Shirt, I want a T just like hers! "Be Kind"!) Way to rock it out, all of you!
King Storage Bed with a built in bookcase as a headboard. Tons of storage space and turned out great especially at night.
My husband and I enjoyed building this for our boys. Our wood supply store didn't have enough 1x4's so we purchased 1x6's and ripped them down to an even 4" instead of 3.5 as with a 1x4. We also increased the height by 5.5 inches. That gives us a little extra room to do nightly reading at the bottom bunk. The slats (2 sets) in the bottom are just from IKEA and at the time we just threw them down there and I forgot to set them up in place for a true final photo. Oh well. They've enjoyed the bed for over a month already
A shoe rack and floating shelf.
The shoe rack is made from 200mm x 50mm rough sawn pine and 16mm dowel.
The floating shelf was made partly from offcuts left over from the 4 x 4 pedestal dining table.200mm x 50mm rough sawn pine ripped into 3 pieces (75mm, 95mm, 75mm) and put together using glue and batten screws the 75mm pieces were offcuts from the table.
The reasons I made them from 3 pieces are
1/ I had offcuts left from a previous project
2/ The timber I use is only 200mm wide the shelf ended up being 245mm
3/ I am unable to dress timber that wide
The tablet wall mount was made from 2 offcuts glued together side by side and machined out with the router
my first build
Sun, 08/28/2011 - 19:59
I have not finished the staining since it needs another coat. But I love love love my new coffee table. Thanks so much to Ana for her blog. I always wanted to build furniture but everyone would just laugh at me for even suggesting it. When I saw your site you really motivated me and made me believe I could do this. I am so happy. Still afraid to use power saws though. I make my husband cut the wood....lol
Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Thank you, Joanne, for designing this fun to build trunk. It enabled me to use pieces of odd scrap wood and a weathered old belt and make something fun and functional of them!
Thu, 09/19/2013 - 18:11
As the pirates would say: Ye did a fabulous ship on 'tis trunk, it looks full 'o awe!
You did a great job on this, looks awesome! Love the details and finishes you used! :)
In reply to Ahoy Matey! by JoanneS
Thu, 09/19/2013 - 18:40
I be anticipatin' what ye be abuildin' next! Lubbin' that bucaneer speak o' ye's. =D
In reply to And, today is "Talk Like a Pirate" day by sgilly
Fri, 09/20/2013 - 21:36
Love your pirate speak, Sue. :) Off to visit your blog!
We found the plans for the Classic Bunk Bed look and we loved it. Since our boys share a room this bunk bed design was the perfect match for us. We used Red Mahogany stain with a polyurethane clear coat to give it a good shine. I made a little revision to the slats but adding a 1X6 crossbea, across the bottom and top bunk to give added support for the boys as they get older but other than that the beds are directly from the plans. Now onto the same design for our girls!
I have to shorten the design up a bit to fit my dinning room. I also did Epoxy Resin on top to give it the glass like appearance.
So ebony stain on white pedistole with an Epoxy Resin finish.
Was my first time building
Chevron kids table
Mon, 09/23/2013 - 08:57
Thank you for the compliment and the advise!!! Thought I did ..
Fri, 09/27/2013 - 07:12
I tried clicking on your blog link and it doesn't work.... Love the table though:-)
We had a great time building this
We did the bottom half one weekday, and the top piece another day. Primer, painting, and sanding in all took us 6 days.
It look fantastic
Thu, 12/03/2015 - 10:18
Thanks for sharing your awesome project, posted to our Facebook page today!
Used the farm house bed plans from here with a few modifications. Instead of plywood for the headboard and footboard, I used tongue and grove 1x6 planks. I used edge glued spruce planks from Lowes for the drawer fronts and I invested a bit more on the drawer slides and opted for the full opening type. Also, rather than 3 large drawers on either side, I opted to put 2 smaller drawers in the center. I felt the shallower drawers would be more useful for smaller items (socks and underwear). I also used a 3/4" molding to hid the ends of the plywood drawer boxes. The weathered finish was created using a video I found on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Via9Lz4Pw). My upgrades increased the overall price, but it was still under $600 and should last a lifetime.
I made this plan at my wifes’s request. I added a platform on the inside for our artificial tree and stencils on the outside of each side. Plan was relatively easy. We love the look. Bonus, made the tree taller. George from Arizona.
Sun, 11/27/2022 - 10:59
Love the stain choice and the added stenciling, thanks for sharing!
After seeing benches like these on a wedding blog, I really wanted to build my own. It was a super easy project, and really cheap! Here's what you need:
• 2 – 2x6x8′ boards. They cost about $3 each at Home Depot.
• Screws, sandpaper and stain.
Cut List:
3 – 2×6 @ 47″
4 – 2×6 @ 16″
That’s it! I decided how long I wanted my bench to be (which was 47" long by 16" tall). Then, I cut out my pieces. I decided to do 45 degree angle joints on the ends, as opposed to having a flat edge exposed on the sides. I had to use my table saw to get the 45′s on the legs and two flat boards. This was very effin’ scary. Using my Kreg jig, I drilled holes in both of the flat boards that sandwich the tall center one. I offset my holes so that the screws wouldn’t hit each other. You can see in the picture that I accidentally drilled holes in my center piece too. Builder fail. That side will just have to face the back ;)
Attach your 3 top boards together. Then screw in your legs. I decided not to countersink and fill, kind of because I like the industrial look, but mostly because I’m lazy. Then you just sand that sucker up and voila! You’ve got a gorgeous bench perfect for any home. I decided to get a little fancy with my finishing and do a two-tone stain. It took about an hour to do the two colors and not drip on everything, as opposed to the 15 minutes one color would take. I think the extra time was definitely worth it!
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 16:58
How is the center top board attached to the ones on either side? I've never built anything before, so this is probably obvious to everyone else. :-/
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 17:00
How is the center top board attached to the other top boards? I've never built anything, so this is probably obvious to everyone else. :-/
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 20:39
I used a kreg jig to join the 3 boards. If you don't have a jig you can "toenail" the screws by drilling them from below at a 45 degree angle. I would join the vertical into one side at a typical 90 degree angle, then toenail the other board. You could add extra security with L brackets
Tue, 03/13/2012 - 03:57
The usual solution for cutting a long piece like this on a table saw is to build a crosscut sled first. There are a lot of good guides on the internet for how to build a crosscut sled.
I build something that is a bit oversized, so much so that I had to incorporate a box for some weights so it's stable on my table. But I can easily support a three foot board on this sled with room to spare before it runs off the end.
The sled supports the board and makes it so you aren't fighting your work in a dangerous situation. This sled made my saw completely non-scary to use.
One thing I've noticed about a table saw is that when you buy the saw, that's only the start of the tool. You'll spend a lot of time refining it with add-ons and jigs that you build for it.
Sat, 01/25/2014 - 11:12
I wanted to make this bench, went and bought the supplies, got home to cut it, and the measurements are off. I cannot figure out any possible way to make this bench 47 inches long without running out of wood. Is it possible that the measurements are off? Or can I just not figure out how to cut it so I don't fall short on my wood? Someone please help!
Comments
Ana White Admin
Tue, 10/04/2022 - 08:13
Gorgeous Storage Bed!
WOW, this is amazing, job well done! Thank you so much for sharing!
Martinec97
Tue, 10/04/2022 - 09:39
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!