Farmhouse Table
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My husband built this following the plans for the farmhouse table and I painted and stained it using 2 different stains and a whitewash. We are so pleased with how it turned out.
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My husband built this following the plans for the farmhouse table and I painted and stained it using 2 different stains and a whitewash. We are so pleased with how it turned out.
I love the farmhouse look and wanted to start changing out pieces in my bedroom. Good quality furniture is expensive, so I thought I would checkout DIY projects and came across Ana’s plans for a king bed. Her plans got me started and I changed a few things along the way. I LOVE the end result.
I used Knotty Alder and Danish Oil in Dark Walnut. Alder is an easy wood to work with and the Danish Oil brings out all the beautiful grain. I highly recommend both.
I decided to buy the metal frame and plywood to place the mattress on.
We were in need of a nice patio set and just couldn’t find the right fit until we came across some 2x4 plans and thought “that seems simple enough”. Took some planning for the right dimensions but I swear my husband can build anything. It turned out beautifully. He made a table, a sofa and a chair….burned them with a torch is certain areas then put polyurethane on them. Thanks for looking.
Lanette
These little birdie feeders ended up being part of our Easter festivities. It was such a quick and easy project. I can't wait to hang them and see the looks on my kids faces as the neighborhood birds fly up for a snack.
We had almost all of the wood on hand from previous projects, they only thing we bought was the board for the faces.
I decided I had to have a farm table, but could not pay the store bought prices. SO I spent weeks poring over plans trying to figure out which one to make.
We picked this plan because I felt like as a beginning it would be hard to make the legs. I REALLY wanted to get the husky legs found in the plan but they were a little pricey, so I just got the same height legs at lowes.
I am SO happy with my table. For anyone feeling daunted by pocket holes and a kreg jig: get a kreg jig mini. I couldn't afford the regular kreg jig but the mini was only 20 bucks or less.
Happy building!
Sat, 02/01/2014 - 12:14
Your table looks beautiful! Congrats on a great first project!
This was my first project and took about two weeks to complete from start to finish. I used an oil based walnut stain and five coats of an oil based semi-gloss polyurethane to finish, sanding in between coats. Be sure to wear a mask and eye protection.....holy sawdust!
I built this as a craft table for my family. I altered the plans to make the table larger to fit a specific space in our craft room. The table was easy to build and turned out great!
Thanks for the plans
Modified the wall divider closet plan into a wall to serve as an extra bedroom in my basement. The inner wall was subsequently painted.
Grace LeBlanc
First try at building a piece of furniture myself. I am inspired to do so much more projects like this now.
Easy to build 2-3 hours. Weather proofed because did not want grey cedar in a few years. Liked the color of weather proofing but color continued to leak off. Polyed and sanding eventually stopped the leaking if colors. Scored pottery barn cushions 50% in the winter + 15% new email customer. Still $150... bought some pillows from pottery barn on sale for another $60. All in all looks awesome! VERY easy build. The rest ($$) is what hurts... Test any weatherproof in you use first before using.
Great Project. We are very happy with the chair. It is modern. Amazing. Ana thanks!! The drawings are great.
Jhrios2003
The plans I used were actually from design confidential but it is the same table.
Tue, 04/24/2012 - 23:16
This looks great! did you modify the plans (length) at all? It looks like your cross beams are closer together and I like that look best.
Tue, 05/15/2012 - 04:15
My husband and I are looking to build this table very soon. He is unsure as to what wood you may have used for this project. We absolutely love this dark wood. Will you please tell us what wood you used for this project?
Thanks! Can't wait to have this beautiful table sitting in our dining area!!!
I have been waiting a long time to have this amazing piece of storage. The size is what was intimidating to me but it was easy to build. This project is perfect for a beginner . Make sure you have an extra set of hands due to the size otherwise this was easy and straight forward to build. I love the storage it offers to keep my Minnesota winter gear organized. The kids have a place for all of their snow pants, boots, coats etc.
This was a cool project to make
I had saw this online but was very. Expensive to buy some one afternoon I decided to built one my neighbor had a ton of Mason jars so I got 8 from them and I started to put everything together and the end result came out nice I hope u guys like
Thanks
This was my first Ana White project. A kid size Adirondack chair fit for a princess :). The cost was around $25. I finished it in a weekend, but that was trying to fit it in between laundry, dishes, and taking care of kids. It was easy to do and I learned a lot.
I made this shelf with reclaimed random wood but followed the original plans almost exactly. I used an extra large jar of peanut butters top for the front of the plane and the propeller was made for a random little piece of wood I just sanded down the edges to round them. The landing gear is from two corners of scrap wood and I bought the round pieces of wood for the wheels at michaels for about 10cents because I do not have a hole saw.
I made this planter out of some left over pallet wood that I had. It was pretty quick. It went together in about 2 hours. I have the step by step plans on my blog.
5ft Barn Door TV Stand.
I used the Grandy Barn Door Console as inspiration. I made it as 3 separate units and screwed them together. The shelves are adjustable, the bead board back was done on the table saw, the doors are maple with a hickory diagonal centre panel! This is my largest project so far and I have have to thank Ana White for the beautiful plans that you produce. Without you I’m not sure I would have attempted this. I am one proud lady 🥰
Debbie P
This project took my "picture wall" to a higher level!
So easy too.
Sat, 10/20/2012 - 12:01
Love the way these shelves are done with the large family picture in the center.....