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Outdoor Bar Table with Slate Top
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I needed to make a table or bar to fit some slate pieces I salvaged from my grandparents' house. Your plans were easy to adapt, and I had a lot of fun building this project.
Carrie
Floating Corner Entertainment Stand
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This is a corner entertainment stand. I didn't have a plan to follow so I made it up as I went. The dimensions are 40" L xW and 27" tall. It has a base hidden underneath it help support the weight and is also screwed into wall studs to prevent tipping. The angle for the front cross section is 22.5 degrees. I made this for a friend. She is going to paint it unfortunately. Materials cost only around $120. 3 sheets 3/4" plywood, some 1x2s and a couple hinges and cabinet knobs.
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Sun, 01/06/2013 - 04:49
This is REALLY a nice looking
This is REALLY a nice looking corner unit. In our living room, the ONLY place for the tv is in the corner. I have a prebuilt unit now that cost me quite a bit, and we hate it. Its all modern with glass shelves. This corner cabinet is EXACTLY what I want to build. I have a 1 year old so having doors to hide the electronics is a must.
I would VERY much like to build this. Are there any more detailed pictures or a plan I could download? Ive been searching for the last few days an just cant seem to find anything that catches my eye like this one.
Looks great!!
Sun, 01/06/2013 - 06:18
Thanks Justin
The shelves are made out of premium plywood. For the top, bottom, and the middle shelf, I measured and cut out on pieces of plywood. Then used plywood for the "walls" of the unit. I trimmed it with 1x2s. The doors are also plywood. I just rabbit jointed nice wood for the frame of the doors. Underneath the the TV stand is a 2x4 set back a little bit to give it that floating looking. It is anchored to the wall on the inside of the unit with screws going into the studs of the wall. I hope this makes since.
Simple Round Table
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This project was built with a round top from a broken table and two 2x4’s. The top in this project is 30 inches in diameter. However, the designed can be scaled up or down based on your top diameter and/or desired table height. See drawing and video for build instructions.
Build Instructions:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Round-Table/
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZGR2giAIv8
Drawing:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B21TbB8gGNQbeG96QVdsNGNKZHc/edit?usp=s…
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First furniture attempt
Additional inspiration from here http://www.mylove2create.com/2015/07/farmhouse-storage-bed.html?m=1
Access to storage area under mattress via sliding doors at foot. Soft-close slides on all drawers and storage access. Modified plans for king mattress. Head and foot board attached using bolts and threaded inserts for easy disassembly.
Outdoor Bar
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This is my first project. I'm so happy with the results. We turned this potting bench into an outdoor bar. :)
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DIY Rustic Console Table
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I made this shelf quite some time ago. I changed quite a few aspects of it as I went a long and I am quite happy with the finished product. Thanks again to Ana for the rockin plans.
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Joy Sign
Had some leftover v groove planks from building a plank wall in son's room, so decided to make Ana White's cute Joy sign. Had trouble finding a boxwood wreath that I liked, so ordered one from Home Depot. It came in only 2 days. Super simple and super cute.
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Mon, 11/18/2019 - 12:34
This is gorgeous! Thanks so…
This is gorgeous! Thanks so much for sending in a photo!
Toy Storage for my Little Man
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I am so excited about this project! I re-did my entire little man's room. It included a ton of Ana's projects! The closet, $10 ledges, step stool and the toy storage. This was quite the venture for me, I have done a lot of plans from Ana, but this one was a lot - a lot of painting. And hanging the doors, was a challenge :) I couldn't be more happy. My little man didn't want to leave his room he was so excited!
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Mon, 10/22/2012 - 08:16
Love it!
Love your new room for your son! I love using clear toy storage bags to organize toys and then you could put the bags on display or behind the doors in your storage unit - http://mommby.com/Store/Bag.php.
Loft Bed with Shelves
This build was not hard, but just took time. The plans were perfect. Clear, easy to follow and correct.
Materials cost about $400.
This was a fun project because my 8 years old son got to help build his bed. I used a brad nailer to hold many pieces together after they were glued. Not a must, but it made the build a lot easier. It also came in very handy when making the shelves.
We also added IKEA LED lights underneath the bed for a cool effect.
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Mini Farmhouse Bedside Table
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We (my husband and I) recently gave our tween daughter's bedroom a complete overhaul and needed an affordable and pretty nightstand for the room. After searching online and in stores, we could not find one that we liked for a price we wanted to pay, so we opted to build. These plans were very easy to follow and allowed us to create a functional bedside table that was just right for the space.
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Narrow console table
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First build! Love the way it turned out! Used stain in color “Briarwood”.
Toybox built from A/B plywood, for son's 1st birthday.
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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.
FancyX Table WITH Ice Bucket Mod & Benches
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My (excited!) first time building a piece for someone else. This table was made as a housewarming gift for some awesome friends. Many people contributed to material cost and my husband and I put it together.
The table is made out of all cedar to deal with the southern rain and sun (we haven't had a dry day since we delivered it a month ago, so you get a wet but sunny picture - yay hurricane season)
We modified the plans to incorporate two planter buckets for icing drinks and such. This required us to make two longitudinal frames instead of the one used in the original plans. We spaced the frames just enough to fit the planters down in them, then added short 1x2s between them to support the planters. Before boarding the top 2x6s together, I made rough cuts for the openings. When it was all together, my husband used a 2" router bit to clean up the edges of the holes.
Made the 8 foot FancyX benches to have as much seating room as possible for lots of friends and family. Looking forward to using it more when the weather dries up a little.
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Mimi's Faux Mantle
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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!!!
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Mon, 01/04/2016 - 10:12
I need to do the same thing with our fireplace - Make wider
Could you let me know which pieces you had to adjust to fit your fireplace? If possible, if you still know the width changes? I'm a new wood worker, but would love to try and adjust this to fit our fireplace, ours looks to be the same size as yours. Thanks for your time!!
Paul
Office Desk
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This was my first table project. I needed additional desktop space in my home office. This table was easy to build.
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Rustic X End table
This was my first attempt after finding the site. I was so happy with the ease of the plans and the way it turned out i made the dining table
Modern Farmhouse Bed
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King size bed. Aged the maple headboad per the plan, but then sanded to lighten the effect and sealed with a finishing wax. Trim is white milk paint.
Modified Brookstone desk
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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!
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Comments
Tue, 10/30/2012 - 07:09
Great job!
This looks awesome! Love those drawers, colors, handles-everything!
Tue, 10/30/2012 - 07:29
Thank you!
Thanks LisaTen! This was a fun build, especially since it was for my son, the college student :) :) (proud Mom smiles)
Sat, 11/03/2012 - 10:35
Thank you!
Thanks Gina! I'm glad you like the desk, and especially glad you added your link to the tutorial. :) I couldn't have done the pull out without it! I can't wait to see your desk, I'm sure it will look awesome!
Thu, 09/05/2013 - 07:49
width of drawer base
JoanneS,
I think I've just found my design for my fly tying desk! I was wondering how wide you made the drawer base and how tall each drawer is?
Thanks,
Ben
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 02:19
Reply to Ben, width of drawer base
Hi Ben,
Sorry I'm so late replying, I just saw I had this comment. The drawer base on this is 16 1/4" wide, and each drawer is 2 3/4" tall (a 1x3 with 1/4" plywood as the bottom). I'm kind of a spreadsheet geek, so I have all the measurements and cut lists in an Excel file. If you would like to have these, please send me a message via "contact" on my profile, and I'll reply with the attachment. Thanks for commenting, glad you like the desk! :)
Joanne
Farmhouse Table
I built this table from your Farmhouse table plans for my friends. They did the fabulous job of staining it.
Great site!