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King Size Farmhouse Storage Bed
This was my first project using your plans. I changed the plans to make the bed King Size. I also hinged the footboard to allow storage in the middle of the bed. I am planning a drawer in the middle as well buy haven't installed that yet.
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Play Kitchen
This was a fun build. I used a dog food bowl from Walmart for the sink, the oven handle is a Restoration Hardware pull from Habitat Restore, stove knobs (spray painted red) and faucet are from Home Depot (I couldn't find either at Habitat, but it's worth trying). The utensil bar is from Amazon. I cut out an oven window and glued a small sheet of plexiglass acrylic from HD to the door. I put a stick-on, battery operated light inside the oven that turns on and off by pushing it. I wanted the oven to open like a real oven, but I should have saved myself the trouble and just put the hinges on the side. The door bangs to the floor unless you can figure out how to install slide hinges to prevent it. (I couldn't make it work, but I'm sure more experienced DIYers would have no trouble.) I printed out the stovetop coils free from "printablecuttablecreatables.com" and glued them on a thin sheet of black foam.
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Blanket Ladder
My husband was an amazing woodworker and when he passed away he left me a wood shop full of tools. No skills but with amazing directions, I was able to make a blanket ladder to hold the quilts that I so dearly loved. I think my husband would be very pleased!
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Fri, 08/05/2022 - 12:06
Very sweet and touching!
This is fantastic, great job indeed, thank you for sharing.
Photo Ledges
This was an extremely quick and easy project to complete. I really love how the ledges tie my dining room together and display all the great pictures of our family. Now I just need to get some more pictures and frames...
ROLLING RUSTIC WOOD DRESSER
First big project, big for me anyway. Dresser came out better than I had imagined. I followed the plan exactly step by step except for the wheels part. Thank you Ana for the plans.
Farmhouse table
My daughter in law and I built this table, together in Austin, during my visit there! We had such an awesome time, together. This was made from Ana's book, A Handmade Home.
Modern Park Bench Plan
I love the plans for this bench! Very well thought out plans, easy to cut the wood and easy to put together. Thank you for all the hard work in coming up with all of these great plans!
Reanna Tovar
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Bathroom Shelf
Another perfect shelf to decorate my little basement bathroom. Plans were so easy to follow! A little help from my hubby with this one... We had to drill into concrete to hang it. I love the end result!
A Long tapered crate
I love Ana's tapered crate! I decided to add some length to the sides and make it really long! It is super cute and makes a big statement, for only a small amount of work! Sa-weet!
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Tue, 09/03/2013 - 14:47
Rustic Beauty!
Perfect for a Christmas display!
I better get busy and build one!
Val
Potting Bench
I modified the collapsibile planting table by Lady Goats. My wife asked for it to have a removable shelf to keep with the take down Idea and also to come up with a way to have a spicket added. this was a really fun project to make, I even added carvings and painted to allow it to stand out and to give it some color.
Kid-friendly Green Library Console
I did very little modification to the original plan on this one besides reducing the overall length to 28". I had an old plate/cup display hutch that wasn't very practical or pretty, so I took it apart and used the pieces to make the shelves (and the curvy bit under the first shelf). <!--break-->They weren't quite the right size, so I added other wood scraps (including a bit of plywood) to get the dimensions needed. The 1x2s are crappy used furring strips I ripped out of the attic when we redid the roof, so they were all water stained and covered in nail holes. The top was a vintage table leaf I acquired at some point and appears to be 3" pieces of poplar glued together (it took the stain beautifully). Oh! I did do one other thing that wasn't in the plans...I connected the shelves to the base using 5/8" dowels through the horizontal pieces on the sides. It took a little extra time, but I do feel more secure with the weight of the books+shelves (+possibly a climbing child) resting on those dowels instead of just screws.
The main thing is that this case holds my toddler's whole library. She can even put the books away by herself without them falling off when she doesn't place them just right. I love that it looks like it belongs in a grown-up's living room, but it's 100% classy kid-friendly furniture design!
Simple Bed Modified
My daughter needed to get out of her Toddler Bed so I built this quickly. Used 2 2x6 for each rail, and cut down the height of the headboard and footboard. Also as always I use Rocklers 5" Surface Mounted Brackets for all beds. I have the rails also sitting on 3 inch blocks to support the extra jumping this bed will endure by a 4 yr old.
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5 Cube Tower Bookshelf
This narrow cube bookshelf is a very handy addition to my kitchen! I use this shelf to store cookbooks, our iPod speakers, and some other utilitarian odds and ends. I'm particularly a fan of how to facing on the front and back acts as a stopper to keep your items in the bookshelf. It did not specify in the plans but we chose to align the back facing piece flush with the bottom of the shelf and the front facing piece flush with the top of the shelf. You can see what I'm describing in the pictures.
This piece was fast and easy. I think there is a time when finish work is faster to be done once a piece is finished but this not one of those projects. This shelf would benefit from finish before assembly.
Two-toned farmhouse bed
He likes natural wood, I like painted furniture. Solution: two-toned bed! Vertical slats are stained in Minwax Red Oak (took 3 times to get that dark color!), surround is painted black. I thought we'd never find a workable compromise!
I changed up the dimensions a bit to fit my preferences:
1. I like a taller headboard and footboard (dog can't rub against the end of the bed anymore - wahoo!).
2. Also wanted the bed to be just a bit higher above the ground so I wouldn't have to buy new under-bed storage boxes.
3. Used 1x6s instead of 1x8s for the vertical slats because they fit the width just perfectly - no trimming needed.
4. Added about 2" to the length so I'd have plenty of room for tucking the duvet at the end of the bed. I hate when the covers get stuck and I can't pull them up easily!
5. I routed out a groove in the posts to slide the side rails in because it seemed more secure than screws alone. Could've done it without, though.
6. We used dowels and wood glue on the 2x6 tops of the headboard and footboard pieces. I think it made a big difference in the overall appearance. We don't have a doweler, but the hubby made a guide with a spare 2x4 to keep our dowels lined up correctly. It worked pretty well.
Next time I would use pocket screws. I've acquired a jig since this piece was completed. It would definitely have saved me some time in the finishing process.
I really wish I could have talked the hubby into letting me distress the finish just a bit. The thing is, it's inevitable around here (my kids are like crazy apes sometimes!). So I really wanted it to at least look intentional. Oh well, I guess we'll get there soon enough even without it!
Valspar flat paint in the only good shade of black that I could find. This stuff was terrible - I would NOT use this again! Unfortunately, there were only about 4 shades of black paint available in all of Lowe's, and the others were all too purple in tone.
2 coats of Minwax fast-drying polyurethane.
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Thu, 09/05/2013 - 09:07
Altered Dimensions
I like the foot board height. I noticed it in the Arched Headboard version of the Farmhouse bed a while back but could not find dimensions. I also like the idea of having more space under the sides to fit my storage bins. Could you tell me what the cut length was for the 2x6s on the foot board? I like the finish too! Bed looks great.
Thu, 09/05/2013 - 10:27
Headboard/Footboard height
GScott -
Thanks!
I changed several things on the footboard, as follows:
Slats = 22"
Post = 26.5"
Total height of footboard = 29.5"
I made the slats on the headboard a bit longer too, but didn't change the actual height of the headboard. I just wanted the wood to extend down behind my mattress a bit so I wouldn't have a little corner of wall showing behind it.
As for more space under the sides - I just screwed the siderails in just a bit higher than the plan called for.
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.
Heart Pine tabletop
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!
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Thu, 12/27/2018 - 10:05
That tabletop is gorgeous!
That tabletop is gorgeous! Thanks so much for bragging, much appreciated! Ana
Ana’s Rustic Bench
I used Ana’s plan to build this great bench for the Master Bathroom. It works out great!
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Sun, 09/04/2022 - 12:52
Great little bench!
I really like the two tone finish, thank you for sharing!
Bathroom storage tower
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!
DIY stackable chairs (added arms) and table
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!
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JoanneS
Fri, 08/30/2013 - 09:23
Great job!
Your sofa looks super! Love the gray color. What a cool idea to use denim jeans for your cushions!