Sand box
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I followed this easy plan. Only thing I changed is rounding the arm rest as a safety feature. Added weed barrier on the bottom
I followed this easy plan. Only thing I changed is rounding the arm rest as a safety feature. Added weed barrier on the bottom
We built this to go right next to our stairs. The run has hardware cloth on 3 sides and then the side touching the stairs opens up to under the stairs so they have a bigger run.
We extended the floor so that it went all the way to the nesting box. We will be adding a nesting box to the wall by the cleanout doors rather than where the plans put the nesting box. We like that this gave us more square foot per chicken on floor space. Due to this change though we had to use interier hinges so the floor could slide in and out easily. We also added a door to the bottom so the coop could be locked seperately from the run.
I wanted to turn the space where the planter box is into a storage space and may still do that later to store food, clean out supplies, and first aid supplies. We'll see!
This was my take on the mail boss. It took a lot longer than I thought but I learned a lot in the process.
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 09:20
Thank you for sharing your build, great hardware choice and finish!
very easy to put together!! Thanks Ana
My daughter is going back to school and moving out of the dorms and into a house and needed a coffee table. Saw these plans, had almost all the wood so off we went. Happy with how it came out. We used some paint we had for the base (Pure Sage) and I used a Weathered Oak stain with 5 coats of satin polyurethane for the top. If she has room will make a matching end table!
This is a very easy way to create a sand or water table for your kids and it only takes a few hours from start to finish. A few pieces of wood, some screws and tub to hold the sand or water and your set. Enjoy!
Thu, 04/25/2013 - 04:58
I've been wanting to build something like this for the kids. Thanks for the inspiration.
My daughter wanted a bed with lots of storage so searched on here and found the queen and king storage beds, but she wanted something taller. So, I modifed the plans for the bed and made it slightly larger than a queen storage bed, but not quite as big as the king, and almost twice the height. I then built a set of stairs (modified the plans for the stairs as well so she would have 2 sets that created a bridge for her dog's kennel to go under her bed hidden away slightly. This was by far my biggest and most challenging project to date, but we were thrilled with the way it turned out. She loves the bed and I loved the time I was able to spend with her while building (she is 20 so time like that is far and few between)
This isn't a difficult piece to build, but the hardware can be a bit tricky. My husband loved having an excuse to get a blowtorch! He used it to bend aluminum flat bar that we then spray painted an oil rubbed bronze. My favorite part has to be the saw marks on my reclaimed top. This piece really pulls together our living room!
I designed this bed that we built with inspiration from Ana's camp loft bed plans, but without stairs and second bed underneath.
We couldn't find untreated 4x4's for the legs so my husband glued two 2X4's together. In the end you can hardly tell that they aren't one piece.
This was a bit more work than I anticipated but I think it turned out great. The quoted buy list was a little off so I had to make an additional trip to the hardware store.
I used the Fancy X Table plan and the Fancy X Bench plan to make this set. Since I wanted it only 6' long I had to do some modification to the plan but not much.
I also designed the table top into two pieces that fastened together through the center piece so I could take it apart easily and fit it though a standard door.
This was the perfect post-retirement project for me. It was a lot of work, but very rewarding.
I documented most of it on my blog.
We sure love this greenhouse!
Tue, 08/31/2021 - 12:23
Gorgeous, those skylights are the ticket! Thank you for sharing!
Taken from inspiration from the original Clubhouse Bed and from the "Treehouse Bed" in the Pottery Barn Kids catalog, my daughter's "Surf Shack" bed was created. Total cost for supplies (mainly lumber) ~$300. Pottery Barn's version: $1,500. Yikes!
Wicker turtles from Pottery Barn Kids (size: SMALL). Fishing Net from Oriental Trading Co.
I followed your plans pretty closely. My daughters love it (2 and 3 years old)! We hope to get lots of years of use out of it, it is so solidly built!
Since wood is the traditional 5th wedding anniversary gift, I thought this table would be perfect.
Thu, 05/02/2013 - 15:11
Lowes. I had to spray-paint them to get the color I wanted. I think they are called corner brackets.
Thu, 05/02/2013 - 17:58
The table looks lovely, and I love the "au natural" finish!! ;-)
From the pallet style coat rack plans we saw from Ana and what she did for Ryobi Nation. Real simple to follow. I just change measurements to fit my space and other modificaitons because I didn't have quite enough 2x lumber. I saw the railroad spike hook idea on Pinterest and had a metal worker down my road cut them and thread them for me. I am very happy with it. I found a water-based stain (I HATE the clean up for oil based stuff) in a color called Aged Leather.
I made this chair from plans in Ana's book. Obviousy I modified the back to make the skull.
Super easy to make. I used all pallet wood for this project so the only cost was the screws.
built this to go around our adjustable bed. for the posts i took 2 select pine 5/4 (2x4) and 1 - 1x4 and glued them together and left a gap to slide the side rails (2 - 1x8's) into the post approx 2-3"s and then ran 2 screws from the side to anchor the side rails to the head/footboards
This was built using Ana's media console plan with slight modifications. I decided to forego the drawers for simples shelves, like so many on the brag posts did. I also added shelves in each of the cabinets for extra storage. And, I added some scrap 2x2s for vertical trim on the cabinets. I opted for knobs instead of handles, because I thought it looked better and they were recycled from another project of mine.
I painted black, since that's my thing and it's seemingly safe, but distressed with my sander and used a q-tip to stain the "weathered" parts. For whatever reason, I let my husband select the stain and he chose the Minwax Classic Gray. This is a gorgeous stain, but do not use it on black as a distress stain. This color takes a bit of manipulation, as it doesn't take on certain pieces of wood as it does others (Ana does a tutorial on this color--watch it and you'll see what I mean). From there, if you get any excess on the black paint, it looks a sloppy mess--I had to wipe it down with a wet cloth as best I could, repaint it, sand it, and restain with Rustoleum Summer Oak (I personally prefer all Rustoleum products to Minwax, but that's my preference).
Also, I wish I had used higher-quality wood and/or spent more time finding better cut pieces. I used pine, and some of the pieces (especially the 2x2s) were very wonky.
This was my first "big" project and it took a really long time because I made a ton of mistakes. But, it's wood, and mistakes can be corrected. Just like life, mistakes are learning experiences--some more costly than others. While this isn't the most beautiful piece of furniture, it was a great learning experience, and that's why this console is so valuable to me.
Sun, 05/05/2013 - 07:08
LOVE the console. Any "wonkiness" just gave your piece character!
I made these stools to use with my counter-height dining table. The only modification I made to the original plans were I did not use the diagonal support and I used 2x6s to make the seat for the stool.
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Ana White
Tue, 03/10/2015 - 18:46
There's going to be some
There's going to be some happy campers in there! Nice work!