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I needed a way to store and organize my make-up without taking up drawer space. It is built very similar to a small dresser, but with no drawer slides.

I found that if you use (16) 1x4's in lieu of the (8) 1x8's as for the panels no cutting is necessary for a standard full size bed.  Worked out wonderfully!

Love the plan, easy to follow. Made 14 this year and will be making more for next year. Adjusted the size for my needs.

I built this toybox for my son's first birthday. It took about a week to do, starting and stopping. I got Lowes to cut the plywood for me, and screwed everything together. Wood filler filled the countersunk holes, and a coat of primer and two coats of paint finished it off.

After everything dried, my wife added the name and crown in vinyl cut out using her Cricut.

My very first project, made it for my girlfriends birthday. Did not have time to stain and paint them yet, will add finished pictures.

When I saw the plans for the miter saw stand that had two rolling tool storage carts, I knew I had to make it.  Having a cart used for an outfeed table is a brilliant idea.  It was a fun project to make.  I tweaked a few dimensions because I like taller workbenches because I'm taller.  Now my shop is looking more organized.

So happy with my mudroom lockers! I would say I’m a novice at woodworking, but am very glad I decided to jump right in and tackle something that would be very useful. I definitely would not have been able to do it with out the clear and easy to follow plans!

This has been a project all summer and I was so excited to find that Ana had made a mantle. I had to make it bigger and I had so much fun making it! Thank you Ana!!!

This was my next attempt after hte end tables. I used several ideas from different tables to get the finish i wanted. I also had to increase hte length and width slightly to suit my room. Had numerous complements from it and very happy with the finish

I was looking to add an element of luxury in my master bedroom so I built a fireplace wall with front opening mantle.

Christina Brooks

My son asked me to build him a narrow desk for his bedroom, with lots of drawers. This desk is a modified version of the Brookstone desk, with 7 drawers on the side and a pull-out writing surface (inspired by the pull out surface LadyGoats added to the Mod bar wine grid base – Gina’s pictures from her blog were really helpful!) The top measures 16 ¾ x 48 (top is a 1x12 and 1x6 edge joined with pocket holes). Lots of pocket holes on this one, because it’s stained and I didn’t want to fill nail holes. For the color we were trying to match the PB small printers desk Chestnut color. The pulls are antique bronze from Lowes. The drawers slide directly on the wood, because I knew I wouldn’t have the patience to install 8 sets of drawer slides ;) used ¾” S4S and 1x2 to hold the drawers. The drawer bottoms and the wood all got a coat of soft wax, and they slide nice and smooth. This took about 20 hours to build and finish over a long weekend. My son said he thought it looks amazing, which is the best part!

Built this for my cottage out of 3/4" birch purebond and pine. I finished by pickling the purebond and painting the pine and then used a laminate countertop.

I took these plans and changed the dimensions to match my dining room and made the cross members out of 4x4's. I wanted the bottom to be bigger, as well as making the top look like used yarn wood planks. Turned out great. It was wonderful to be able to have all the family around the table for Thanksgiving. Thanks Anna for the inspiration. 

Consoles tables made from reclaimed oak flooring 32 inches tall x 30 inches long and 7 inches wide.

I loved the look of the farmhouse table, but it was a little long for what I needed as our kitchen table. The original plan made a longer dining room type table. I decided to shorten it up a bit, it has a bit more of a stocky look to it but we love it! It is such a solid design, and we get such great compliments on it. I used wooden dowels to fill the screw holes which gave it a bit more country look to it because the vinegar stain turned them a slightly different color than the tabletop.

Very easy and fun project.

This tower is from two or three plans found on Pinterest as well as the plans on Ana White.  The materials are from 2 x 2 or 1 x 5.  Length of legs are 34 inches, all cross members are 17 inches  basically your cutting list is :

Quantity         Size                             Description

4                      2 x 2 x 34                     Legs.  You can change this to taller or shorter.

14                    2 x 2 x 17                     Cross members

3                      1 x 6 x 17                     Safety sides

1                      1 x 6 x 16 7/8              Door (optional)

3                      1 x 6 x 16 7/8              Floor

2                      1 x 2 x 17                     Floor Braces

1 set                                                   Hinges (Optional)

1                                                          Latch (Optional)

1                      ¾ x ¼ x 3                     Door stop (Optional)

Distanced between parts-I used Ana Whites dimensions.

Basic unit.

1. Cut, sand, rout, sand, to size.Do not rout the floor as yet.Save that for later.
2. Drill Holes for fasteners on the cross members.I used the Kreg unit for this.Be careful as the 2½ screws can come out on the finished side (the point) if you tighten too much.
3. For the Safety sides, drill using the Kreg unit.
4. Finish sanding.I finished with 220 grit.
5. I stained before I assembled.Worked great.If you are going to spray paint, assemble and paint.See floor assembly now if you are going to paint.
6. Assemble is easy.Use glue if you want.Fasten 2 cross members to the legs at the top.You now have 4 legs and 2 cross members fastened but do not have cross members fastening all four legs together.They are two separate units.
7. Now measure for the cross members for the floor and attach.Install the top cross members first and work your way down.
8. If using the safety sides, attach these.Install the door if you want at this time.I waited unit I finished spraying the finish to install the door.Install the doorstop when you want.
9. Now attach the remaining cross members to form the basic unit.
10. Admire what you have accomplished.

Floor Assembly

1. I did not use the Kreg drill to assemble the floor.I used glue and 1 ¼ inch nails to assemble the floor.
2. Lay the floorboards on the cross member as if the unit was finished. Scribe a light line on the bottom of the floorboards next to the cross members the floor is sitting on.
3. Remove the floorboards and turn upside down.Put some glue between the boards and clamp.Lay the braces near the line you drew about 1/8 to ¼ inside the lines.This is important-you must have wiggle room for the floor to wiggle.
4. Fasten the braces to the floorboards.After the glue dries, check to see that it fits.
5. Sand, rout and sand the floor.
6. Stain the floor.

Final Finish

1.         I love rattle can finishes.  Deft is my favorite.  Use what you like.  Take your time.