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.
Slightly modified the plans to fit our record player and albums below. Wood is reclaimed from a barn. Bought off Craigslist. The wood was originally planned to go in a restaruant but when they sprayed it with poly the white paint turned yellow. The owners no longer liked it so I was able to buy it off of them.
Built the buffet and doors in one day...spent two days making the hardware....1" flat bar (1/8" for mounting wheels and 3/16" for track). For the wheels I used screen door sliding wheels.. materials for sliding hardware totaled $30. Barnwood was obtained from a CL guy tearing his barn. Donated this buffet to my local high school Booster club for their auction.
Wanted to build a simple platform bed to match our existing set that only had a queen. So I built a modified version of the Chestwick Platform Bed. Modified the plans to allow for a king size. I used rope molding at the bottom to match with our existing side tables. I wanted to be able to take it apart when needed, so I used knockdown hardware to be able to move it around in pieces if I ever needed.
Tue, 10/26/2021 - 10:46
Can you please provide the measurements for the king? Your bed turned out amazing! I love the details.
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.
I built this stool for my niece's first birthday! It was super easy to build. The painting process was another story. In hindsight I should have just stained it but I wanted something fun and bright. I'm happy with how it turned out and I will definitely be making one for my nephew for his first birthday! Overall it took me about 2 hours to cut and put it together.
My hubby built the table and I stained it. It's GORGEOUS in our living room. Next weekend we're building the side and console tables.
I used ShelfHelpNow which I LOVED! Got it delivered at the start of a snowstorm! Would never have made it then if I had to go get the wood myself!
Got so many compliments and requests
To build this.
Thank you for your easy plans and wonderful ideas!
In hindsight I would have either connected the two units or separated them more. I’m more a wing it/see how it goes type of builder for myself rather than a planner. 🤣
Diane
We turned the Playhouse loft bed into a "Barn" for my son who wanted his room to be all about horses.
I built my son his first "big boy" bed and we needed a headboard so my wife loved this one, and now my son does too!
With pocket holes this was pretty easy to do, great plans, I had to modify the dimensions a bit since we didn't build the Hailey bed. We built a twin version of the Captain's Storage bed, so this matched up with it with only a few minor adjustments. Thanks for the plans and the great site.
Still need to choose a color or stain but we love having the garbage hidden
We built the letters bookshelves for our kids' room. First, we wanted to write READ on the wall, but in the end, we arranged them as DARE. We hope it will be a motivational message for our kids to have the courage to make the impossible possible.
The letters are built entirely out of MDF. The hardest thing was to make the curved walls. We cut a lot of curved MDF strips and glued them together to get the rounded shapes.
We described better the process on our blog!
Hope you like them as much as we do!
Sat, 04/23/2022 - 09:59
Congrats! I am so proud of them. I wish I also could write good essays, but it is very difficult for me to express myself and organize my thoughts and ideas. This is why it takes me a lot of time to write a good essay. So, sometimes I pay for paper writing because I like it when everything is done at the highest level. However, I really hope that these essays will help me to achieve my goals especially since I feel very motivated right now. Wish me good luck!
Followed Katie Nightstand plans, but stained the top and both shelves. Open areas were built to accommodate some wire baskets we found at the Container Store.
Night Stands custom sized and finished per customer building new home based Ana White's Farm House collection #anawhite
Intentional distressing per customer request with guidance from Ana White plans. Finish contains a mix of paint, removing of paint, staining and restraining. Now to move to a purposeful Mud Room Locker for a new home suited for family.
http://ana-white.com/users/pondrider/
#anawhite #Stain #CustomFurniture #Paint
The build was pretty easy. Husband did it in a day. But after the paint dried and we out it in our laundry room and I did some laundry we realized that the washer now shakes the entire pedestal violently to the point where the dryer is being shaken so much that it's banging against the wall. We have brand new LG washer and dryer and this wasn't a problem before our diy pedestal. Do you have any modification suggestions? We really love the project- but we will have to take it out if we can't find a solution for the shaking.
Mon, 07/08/2019 - 10:47
I'm sorry to hear. A quick fix would be to add some cross bracing to the back.
My husband and I made this for our boys last spring, while we were still in our old house. It's a modification of Ana' loft bed, with stairs that I drafted myself, a smaller version of Ana's flat bookshelf at the top, and a modification of Ana's dresser bookshelf from the cabin collection underneath. It has tons of storage and a tunnel/hiding spot that goes under the back step all the way through the dresser bookshelf. My boys loved this, and it made a huge difference in their room. Oh Ana, where would I be without you? Thanks for the great plans and inspiration.
Oh, and if you want to see more pictures including before and after shots of the boys room, check out my blog.
http://theelusivebobbin.blogspot.com/2012/03/finding-space-aka-boys-roo…
Tue, 11/25/2014 - 07:52
I absolutely LOVE this bed design. Do you have a complete set of plans for this bed? I tried to follow the separate plans for each part, but it is a little confusing. I am a newbie, so wanted to make sure I do this right. Thanks so much! Robin
After my 6-month old daughter outgrew, or just got tired of sitting in her bouncy seat on the table while Mommy and Daddy ate, I decided to build her a high chair. I loved the plans and it looked pretty easy. It took me longer than expected, but I was using scraps and trying to be efficient with my cuts and waste. After making the chair, my wife said it'd be nice if we painted it Minnie Mouse themed, so I cut the ears using the jigsaw and attached them with pocket holes. I could have just made them as part of the chair (the back piece) but the idea didn't come until after the chair was complete. To make the ears, I just used a compass and quite a bit of an eraser. I used grid lines and tried and retried and retried and retried until it looked almost Minnie Mouse-ish. I was going to try a bow, but didn't want to to ruin it. I'd also like to try to inlay a bow, but that would mean not being able to paint it so that was a no go. I haven't added the safety straps yet, but I have them and will be putting them on before she sits in it--so no need to call social services.
I have an Amish made oak bedroom set but needed a pair of bedside tables. Due to my limited space, the plans were what I was looking for with size and appearance. I bought a pair of drawer handles to match the rest of my bedroom set. Oak is expensive but it's worth it to me. I used poplar as the secondary wood for the inside of the drawers.
I love Ana Whites's site. I go to it all the time when I have project ideas. The Video tutorials, combined with plans, is just amazing. Plus, the brag pages of people that have done projects from what they found here. Thank you Ana.
The floating shelves part was from Ana's site. The other part was done using my own plans (I used SketchUp to draw them)
My wife added the books, plants, and decorations, and I finally opened the dusty boxes that contained my insane LP collection. The experience has nothing to do with steaming music, it is far more complete.
I used plant-lantern brackets to prevent books from falling from the sides of the shelves. All done, this is great.
I would like to change the main picture, but I get strange messages from the site when I do this.
I spent a Saturday gathering supplies and building this headboard. It was a great plan. I did not have any reclaimed wood available so I went out and bought some new wood then I stained it. We absolutely love the way the stain turned out!
Made this media center for a DIY TV show at my home and I think I'm proudest of this project! It turned out so beautifully. Shelf pin jig was used for movable shelves inside, ORB handles and knobs, a very smooth poly'd top, and plenty of room for our components. The doors were the hardest part. Being inset, they just didn't want to fit and would scrape the frame. Lots of repositioning of the hinges. The thick acrylic for the doors was a little difficult as well- it cut easily enough in the table saw, but screwing in threatened breakage. It was also hard to fit them where their fasteners didn't compete with the knobs or shelves. I also made the TV stand to match the media center (and because I didn't want to buy one!) Love this project!
Wed, 01/21/2015 - 14:37
This turned out nice. I did notice that you are showing the pocket holes on the inside. In the future you can get the Kreg pocket hole plugs to fill these holes. You glue them in the holes and you can then sand them down even and you will not see any of the holes.
Great job.
In reply to Media Center by DIYER_MD
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 09:49
Thanks! I've used the plugs before, and most of the time, I just don't mind the holes. Call me low maintenance : )
