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Two-tone Large Cube Shelf
Large cube shelf made to fit 13" cubes or milk crates, for my two and a half year old son. For the larger cubes, I added 2" to the measurements for each cube, so 6" to the horizontal and 4" to the vertical measurements. Total shelf measures 46.5" wide by 35" high by 13.5" deep.
Trim: special walnut stain
Everything: Minwax Paste Wax
Wood Hall Tree
Our house has a big, beautiful front porch. The front door opens to our living room, which I’d like to think is warm and inviting. However, we rarely use our front door. Even when guests come to stay with us, we typically enter and exit out the back of the house. So, the first and last thing we see (and anyone else sees when they’re joining us) is the mudroom. The room isn’t unattractive when it’s bare, but in the past two years we have lived here it has become a holding room for shoes, dirty gardening tools, empty flowerpots, and grilling tools. While I do still want the space to store some things, I would like it to be less of a messy catchall.
To replace the storage furniture, I priced hall trees online. My favorites cost hundreds of dollars or more. Most of them are MDF, so set down one growler with some condensation — homebrewers’ wives, raise your hand if you feel me — and now the MDF has cracks and bubbles. Then I thought, can I make one?
Spoiler alert: I made one with my husband using a plan by Ana White that uses six 2x4s and two 2x6s. It cost $90 in materials and equipment.
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Croquet Island based on Michaela Island plans
Using the Michaela Island plans, I modified them for this croquet-inspired island, complete with black iron foot rail, sewing spindle drawer-pulls, and iron-supported cantilevered top. The extra boards making up the overhang are also supported by a trio of 1/2-inch dowels drilled through several of the planks.
The top was stained using several colors, with sanding in-between, and finished with paste wax.
The bottom shelf is supported, albeit not visibly, using a croquet mallet head.
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Thu, 12/30/2021 - 16:46
How did you make the…
How did you make the countertop since it hangs over the edge?
Rustic X Coffee Table and Console
I built the coffee table and console to plan and also a custom cover for our dog's crate to match. Simple builds with easy to follow plans! For the Xs, I just clamped the 2x2s up to the opening and scribed where to cut. Then, I notched out where the intersection is so that the X is more solid and I didn't have to worry about the cut portion lining up. A bit more time consuming but definitely worth the effort. So happy with how these turned out, thanks Ana!
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Fri, 11/21/2014 - 09:15
This really makes your living
This really makes your living room look great! Thanks for sharing!
X Leg Farmhouse Bench
The challenge this go around is build benches to match a wheat colored dining table, sight unseen. Quite a challenge!. The table has X legs with cross braces running from leg to table bench top for support. Coming up with a design to match the X legs was simple however matching the color was not easy and left me anxious until I delivered the benches. Thanks to my previous experience building a farmhouse bench and using this plan, I had the foundation and cut list to execute. With a few tweaks it came together very nice!
Visit charitybuilds.com to find our how the color turned out!
General Finishes High Performance Top Coat
Stocking Rack
Thanks for the stocking stand plan! We have LOTS of people coming in for a Cozy COVID Christmas, and needed room for more stockings.
Made out of cedar. Substituted 4’ black pipe and drapery rings. And built it with hangar bolts and wing nuts so it can be easily broken down and stored between Christmases.
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Dumbbell Table Desk
This table filled two needs at once for us: we needed a dumbbell or free-weight rack ($50 and up retail), and we needed some kind of desk-like surface for our home gym area that could withstand us two jump-roping fiends (um, maybe that's just my husband). Basically, it needed to be able to hold a lot (a Lot) of heavy metal stuff and take a beating while NOT Falling Over. The trestle desk was my biggest inspiration, and I guess I just stole the metal stretcher idea from that Pottery Barn dining table. It doesn't even really seem to need the metal stretcher, though...this table is beyond-my-wildest-dreams sturdy, even though it is standard counter height. The metal bar was about $17, so that's a big savings, if you leave it out. You MUST use a compound miter saw for this project. OR...you must be flexible about working with irregular cuts and joints. Also, I'm not sure I'd attempt butt-jointed 2x4's without pocket holes (or biscuit joints, I guess?), but that might just be me. I think this project could have taken only a single day if I hadn't screwed up just about every step of the way. I'm not the only one, right? You can read about a lot of those lovely embarrassments on my blog :) If you'd like the SketchUp model, it is available in the 3D Warehouse as "Dumbbell Table".
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DIY Liam Barn Light Bed - Full
I found the Liam Barn Light Bed online and knew it was perfect for our son's room (except for the price tag). After some research, I decided to use the Reclaimed Wood Headboard plan with some modifications. I increased the height to 72", like the inspiration bed. We used 1x6 Tongue and Groove boards for the middle panels instead of a mix of 1x4 and 1x6s. Then we cut holes and installed the barn light and dimmer switch. For the bed frame, I used just the frame from Mom's Fancy Farmhouse Bed, which I had used before HERE.
Building the headboard and frame was quick and only took a short afternoon. Finish took a lot longer since I used oil based paint. That only allowed me 1 coat per 24 hours, so it took several days. I wanted a durable surface for a kid's room though. I used the same paint to modify Ikea Hemnes Dressers and Nightstand to match, along with adding custom hardware. I love the way everything came together and our son loves it too!
Visit the link to my blog for more information and the modified material and cut lists. I have also posted the material and cuts lists for TWIN SIZE as well.
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Frozen Theme Bed
Never having done anything like this before I knew it would be a challenge. I used the base plans provided and taught myself the CAD program used in the provided plans. From there I redesigned it to meet my dimensions and what I wanted. It took a lot of time overall but am thrilled with the turn out. Thank you for the original plans to use as a guide! Also with the cost I used a higher grade of plywood and also used cabinet paint to make it durable wich drove the price up some.
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Christmas done!
I made some for me but didn’t use cedar for the 1x2 and 1x2.5. This time I ripped the pickets for those and love how these came out. I may be making me some more in the future.
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Rustic End Table
My table is without the X's because I was having some trouble with the angles. I am just starting out, so I think it turned out pretty well!
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coffee table
After I made this the wife wanted it destressed and we had the kids put their initials in like an old picnic table at a park bench.
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Fri, 01/06/2017 - 12:01
Stain color?
What color minwax stain did you use? The final product looks great.
Fancy X Farm Table with 2x6 Feet
I wanted to change up the style of this table and make the base chunkier! So I opted to use 2x6s instead of the 2x4s
Varuthane Triple Thick
Stocking stand for 10
I ran out of time to stain or paint so it is all natural for now. I will get some stain in it come spring time and warmer weather. When it isn't holding Christmas stockings, it is a great place to hang dog towels. Thanks for another great plan Ana!
PIrate ship for my sons pirate party
I made this for my sons pirate party. It has an entrace under the plank to the pirateships "basement"
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Simple Daybed
This was made from the simple daybed plan, took more time than expected but the end results are worth it. Build and paint first then assemble in the room it is heavy. Used non mortise bed rail hinges to detach easily.
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Vertical Planter w/ Succulents + White Opaque Stain
Made this over a few afternoons during the interesting year that is/was 2020! First DIY project and really enjoyed it! I used an opaque white stain and it's filled with succulents from our local nursery (Lincoln Nursery in Pasadena, CA). Painting took the longest as one coat of the stain still let some of the knots in the wood show through. Thanks so much for the plan and inspiration!
Farmhouse Table (wooden pallets)
Hello, I'm doing furniture with wooden pallets and I found your awesome website with nice explanations and plans so I decided to make this nice farmhouse table but with wood from shipment wooden pallets.
Thank you very much for all your work and plans !
I will make other furnitures from your plans with wooden pallets :D and post the brags here soon.
Modern Farm Table
I modified the plns for this table a little bit. I couldnt have the table as wide as the plans so I left out a 2x6 for the table top. I also beefed up the legs and added another 2x6.
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Thu, 12/04/2014 - 22:50
This is really nice! I love
This is really nice! I love the stain that you chose!