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For our 5th (Wood) Anniversary I built this A-Frame Wine Rack out of Eastern Red Cedar and Birch. I found the plans on an Australian Websiite so had to convert metric to sae (hardest part of the entire project). It was easy to do and took two days with drying time. If you would like the plans let me know.

Thanks for looking!

Found this plan and loved the look. Decided to go for it. I bought all the wood on a Saturday afternoon and started cutting it out on Sunday morning. I was able to get everything done with the exception of stain and poly in 1 day. The longest part was waiting for the polyurethane to dry completely before bringing it inside. Due to the size of this bed, it is best to bring it inside in multiple pieces and complete the final assembly in the room.

This is a fun project and made a great gift for my mom for Christmas last year. Inexpensive and didn't take long to complete. The pull is from Anthropologie (they have some of the cutest pulls!). Thanks Ana!

This is my first large wood project. I used pine and fastened the pieces with pocket holes and countersinking screws. I also used Elmer's stainable wood glue. I chose a dark cherry stain. I haven't coated it with polycrylic yet, but I plan to soon. Thank you Ana White for this amazing website. I'm going to buy your book for my siblings!

This was the first piece of furniture that I ever built!  Plans were very helpful and easy to follow.  If I had it to do overagain, I would have painted instead of staining (less sanding required).

Use white maple and maple ply with cedar for the sides and back of the drawers.

First project using a kreg jig. It went well. Sanding was the worse part. If you are going to brace the legs you will need more wood than listed in the plans.

This was my first project from this site...and it will not be my last. thank you so much for all the hard work you put into these great plans.

Built a bunch of benches for Christmas/wedding gifts. It was fun to have them all finished in different colors and line them up for pictures.

Our kids love this table.  Everyone had to put their handprints on it!

I built this bed for my 12 year old daughter. We moved to a smaller house & we needed a way to maximize the use of space in her room. She's also visually impaired, which made the ladder option more dangerous. She could get up a ladder fine, but coming down was an issue. I was thrilled to find a plan with stairs, and I added a handrail for her to help guide her down the stairs. I also put a peel & stick zebra print border around it to tie it in with her bedding & curtains. The rope lights underneath added a cool touch & helped make that dark area more functional. 

Loved the farmhouse table plan, but didn't love the stretcher and stretcher supports. If you remove those, you have to find other ways to provide support, which I did by way of a stronger apron and the use of pockethole screws.

Also, I shortened the table. It's about 69 inches long, plenty of room for 6 people, and just right for our apartment dining room!

Someone had asked me to build them a tv stand and this is what I did. Thank you for making the plans so clear. 

Made this unit in 6 sections

(2) End Units = 15" x 14.25" x 83"

(2) Middle Units = 27" x 14.25" x 68"

(1) Middle Unit = 15" x 14.25" x 68

(1) Top Unit = 69" x 14.25" x 15"

Total for the whole unit = 99" x 14.25" x 83"

I used my Kreg jig (K4) for pretty much the whole project.  Made all the shelves adjustable also using the Kreg Shelf Pin Jig.  Glad I purchased the pin jig because it made the whole project go easier. 

What I did different be from the plans shown:

1.  The shelves:  I used the 1x12 and did add the 1x2 but just made the front go down instead of out to give it a bulkier look. 

2.  The top: I basically mirrored the bottom shelf that way it would be a flush look.