Community Brag Posts

I made this chair for my 3 year old son's Birthday, he loves it. Really easy build.

Built this bed from the look of the project done by Ana. Used 4x4s for the legs and used a router to make slots for the 1x8s to fit in. Everything was built as I went because our house was built in 1907 and nothing is square and it also has vaulted ceilings. 

Picnic table

We really liked the plans for this table, but it was too narrow for our taste. My husband altered the plans so that the table is 36" wide. The solid oak boards on the table top are reclaimed from the old barn out back.

I built this dresser for a little girl. It was my first time doing drawers and I was a little intimidated but it wasn't bad at all! I'm going to be building one for my sons room too. Thanks for the great plans!!

I included some pictures of very rudimentary drawings I did of all the cuts of wood you would need to build these if anyone wants to take a stab at it.  The drawings are rudimentary but you can definately build from them

Another idea I got from the kentwood posts.  Actually this was a brag from another user that got the idea from the kentwood nightstand post.  So I took to building it.  It is built out of solid pine.  For middle shelf and bottom shelf are cut from 3/4 thick plywood as my local store didnt cary pine large enough for the shelves and I did not feel like gluing slabs of pine together.  Though I ending up putting slabs of pine together for the top, because I wanted that to be pine like the rest of the nightstand.  I drilled a few pocket holes in each piece of pine.  Glued the edges and screwed them together with pocket holes which worked out great and I didnt have to clamp and wait for them to dry.  The inlay on the door is something I found at my local home depot.  It I glued it on and put a couple of pin nails around the eadges.

I finished the night stands with a cream white latex paint and glazed over the paint with valspar antiquing glaze which gave it a great ages grayish look.  Then sprayed it with a couple coats of Varethane Soft Touch Matte Polyurethane.  Which I dont recomend using.  I only used it because it was the only matte poly I had laying around.  If I were you I would opt for a much better poly to go over waterbased paint like General Finishes High Performance Poly.  The top I stained with General Finishes java gel coat and Gel coat poly.  I wasnt digging the way the gel coat looked on the pine nor did I like the color of the stain paired with the color of the nightstands.  so I have since then sanded off the gel coat and stained the top an onyx which to me looks a lot better.  Sorry I do not have any pictures of that.

I absolutely love how this turned out! Great plans! I used a lot of old wood my grandfather had so this project was extra special. 

I built this for my son's bedroom, but modified it to fit our needs. It is 42" high, 38" wide, and 18" deep. I did a double thick top, which I love, and my Dad routed it for me. This piece is solid! I am very happy with the result! Sorry for the not so great cell phone pics!

My first build, a small side table for our newly decorated guest bedroom. Adapted from the Mini Farmhouse Bedside from Ana's website and the side table from her book.

The top and shelf were made from reclaimed oak panels from an old wardrobe.

I now have a second table and a farmhouse bed to make. I constructed without a Kreg jig but am thinking of buying one now to make construction cleaner.

I had this wine refridgerator that my wife gave to me years ago for a birthday and it really needed a home since it's been sitting in the corner of our dining room for several years.  After seeing some of the adaptations of the Printer Cabinet, I decided to try to modify if for my use.  I put pencil to paper and came up with a two sided design that would hold the refridgerator and all of our wine/bar glasses as well as some liquor.  It came out much better than I expected since this was my first real go at making any kind of cabinetry.  Measure twice, cut once really works.  I am eager to start my next project.  Thanks for the inspiration!

I built this Fancy Hall Tree with cherry hardwood and cherry plywood. The lower bench is done with rabbet joints and dados instead of pocket hold screws but the upper portion is all pocket hole screwed together but instead of laminating a large piece of plywood tot he back I cut individual panels and dropped them into rabbets like a picture in a frame.  The supporting wings are connected to the base and the back panel with pocket screws as is the panel to the base.

After building a custom sized farmhouse table by combining and tweaking the two plans here, we knew we wanted another piece of dining furniture as substantial as the table and in the same style. The farmhouse bench was the logical choice!

After calculating our desired height and length (our table is taller, but not a long as Ana's) we jumped right into building. Other than waiting for the glue to set and the stain to dry the building itself took less than two hours.

Before we stained the table we distressed the wood by tossing a bag of screws, nails & miscellaneous cabinet hardware against the bench top, followed by random scatterings of hammer blows and a few fuax-nail punch holes to make it seem more time-worn and aged (we used the same process on our table before finishing it). The key was to not go over-board and keep it random to make it seem as if the marks had been acquired over many years.

We love how both pieces turned out, from the cost to the look to the peace of mind knowing that it won't break our hearts to see the furniture get a little scratched or banged here & there as well as the substance given by having a solid wood dining set. This is one bench that won't flip over willy nilly. :)

We have not had a headboard for our king size bed since we bought it 5 years ago. We upgraded from a queen and just never bought one. Since moving into our new home I've been going for a rustic look in the home and I knew this headboard would be perfect. I did lower the height of the headboard to be 4.5' and for the back panels you still only have to get the 6 foot length for a king.

I made these tables using the rutic x end table plans. The finish I found on shanty2chic.com

This project was fun. The hardest part was trying to find barn door hardware. I did end up finding one on amazon but it was still too long and had to cut it down. Very doable in a weekend.

My sister had all her jewelry on a jewelry tree and couldn't see all of what she has. So I had an excuse to make her something, yay
The front is glass but I don't recommend using glass unless you have the exact size. I broke the glass while cutting it so I had to get help from my neighbor the the art frame maker. I added felt to the bottom for random little things and screwed a dowel in for rings. We're gonna attach it to the wall someday when were up to it but for now it sits on her bedside table.