Mud Room / Shoe Bench
This was made from the Extra Wide Shoe Bench plans. Thank you Ana White my wife is so happy with this area in our house.
This was made from the Extra Wide Shoe Bench plans. Thank you Ana White my wife is so happy with this area in our house.
Found five 2x12 heart pine planks and used this base as the template. Table is about 18" wider than the plans. It turned out great!
Thu, 12/27/2018 - 10:05
That tabletop is gorgeous! Thanks so much for bragging, much appreciated! Ana
I used Ana’s plan to build this great bench for the Master Bathroom. It works out great!
Sun, 09/04/2022 - 12:52
I really like the two tone finish, thank you for sharing!
I just recently decided to try my hand at woodworking. This was my second project, first one from Ana, super easy instructions. I hadn't gotten the straightest 2x2s, since I had done my shopping with a two year old in tow, but I got it to work. After I completed it, my husband tells me it actually looked good--he seemed surprised. Anyway, I built this tower so that our new parakeet will have somewhere to live and I can conceal his food and other supplies in the baskets underneath. Without making any adjustments to Ana's plan with the exception that out 1x12s are only 11 1/4 it is the perfect size for our little bird cage. Thanks Ana for the design and inspiration to do it myself!
I added arms to the stackable chairs. This table and 8 chairs set came out great and I was able to build everything (including the chair cushions found on clearance) for under $350.00 thanks to this website!
This is built off the Farm House X Table but I changed a few things around. The lower support beam has been raised up to the middle of the table. The table height has been raised to 40". The top of the table is floating. The top most 2x4s are secured directly to the top. They are also notched out a little to match the notch I put into the top support beam. The 2x4 is the female side and the support beam is the male. I finished the table by burning the top with a hand held torch and 2 coats or varnish. The base of the table has been white washed with 1 good coat.
Was easy to make
Thu, 01/02/2020 - 13:02
Looks great! We were hoping to add a drawer as well but I’m not really sure where to start. What adjustments did you make to create the open drawer? Can you post a photo of the side of the drawer? Thank you!
I decided to not paint it, but we sanded it REALLY well. I also decided to forgo the caster wheels just so it would fit under an entryway table. Right now I'm using it for dog toys!
The square table project obviously modified the original plans a bit. We always use 4" brackets to further stabilize and level our tops. This table we used L brackets on the insides at the top of the trestles. The final finish was Minwax Special Walnut for the tops and an antique white that we color matched for our client. Oh and SEVERAL coats of poly to seal her and make her pretty!
This table was table number 22 that we have built from the plans provided here. We have modified widths, lengths and heights many times over! Come find us on Facebook book or follow us on Pinterest. Just put a /youreunique after and you are there. I would be happy to give tips on our finishes if you email me or send me a PM. Thanks for looking and have a blessed day!
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
I wanted a simple table to highlight this retro sewing machine I inherited from my grandma. I had to modify a few of the dimensions of this table and add a different trim up top, but I really like the results!
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.
Wed, 11/18/2015 - 08:09
Very nice attention to detail! All the small things that you've done different/better that have made this piece unique, very talented!
In reply to great project! by kbdesigns
Wed, 11/18/2015 - 16:56
Well thank you very much. I like to be unique or at least try to be unique. Though sometimes it can be hard to pull away from the cliche and the usual. I dont take all of the credit though. Got the idea from another users brag post on the kentwood nightstand page. I added my own person touches to the build but its still fairly similar.
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.
Sat, 01/05/2019 - 14:24
This is beautiful! Love that you are using your grandfather's tools too.
I have always loved apothecary consoles! Then my grandmother gave me her huge collection of pottery, which I have admired since I was a kid. I had nowhere to put it, so it was a perfect excuse to build this.
I used MDF for the cabinet and pine for the top. I did a thick top, I stacked two 1x6s on top of each other, giving me 1.5" thick top. I also distressed in and filled in with Ebony Wood filler. I absolutely love how it turned out. I hadn't used pine before, I always use poplar. This project made me love pine!
I modified the plan slightly...I made 4 doors instead of drawers. I also made the top cubbies 2" taller, just to add extra height. I still need baskets for the cubbies, though!
Fri, 08/26/2011 - 08:29
You did an amazing job! This piece has been on my to-do list for awhile now. I think that's the beauty of Ana's site, seeing the wonderful finished projects of other amateur builders gives us all the confidence to tackle things we'd never otherwise dare. I hope when I finally get around to building this, it will turn out as lovely as yours has, thanks for sharing.
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.
Mon, 09/16/2013 - 02:19
Looks great! Love the use of the reclaimed oak, and the finish is super! Great job!
Mon, 09/16/2013 - 08:16
Trust the 5 million people on this site that have said "it's the best thing ever" and go buy it! You don't have to get the whole set if you can't afford it, there is a $20 one that you just have to clamp right to your wood. Takes longer but still totally awesome.
Good job.
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.
Total cost $87. This project was very easy and did not take much time.
We desperately needed something next to the door to put shoes in. I didn't quite yet have the courage to attempt the shoe dresser (http://ana-white.com/2011/01/shoe-dresser) and there are lots of scraps in our shop from my husbands projects. I tried these crates out and they were super easy and super fast to throw together during nap time. I primed and painted because I used plywood instead of 1x12.
Fri, 09/09/2011 - 08:54
I loved the vintage crate plans but hadn't thought of a good use. We have a shoe problem in our house too. With 3 kids, they all get mixed up and it drives me crazy! We've tried an over the door shoe organizer; but that hasn't been especially helpful because the 2 youngest would need a stool to reach anything about the bottom 2 rows. I think I just found my weekend project - one for them each in a different color should do the trick. Thanks for sharing