Cubby Desk
Made from pine boards. Had to add 2 2x4's underneath to hold the drawer.
Made from pine boards. Had to add 2 2x4's underneath to hold the drawer.
Took a little longer than I anticipated. By far the hardest part was finding straight boards at Home Depot. Used Cedar 4x4s for the post to avoid treated wood. Had to make a few adjustments for our king mattress, but well worth it. Bed and platform came in right at $300 for the wood, screws, paint, etc. Thanks for the plans!
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 had a pile of leftover wood after getting my deck rebuilt; so I had some brand new cedar as well as some used pressure-treated wood. (Of course, I made the deck builders leave anything worth keeping!) I thought it would be put to good use as an outdoor table for storage & serving on my new deck! I started off with the Rustic X Console Table plans from this website, and then I made just a few modifications on length (to fit the space better). I was able to re-use my leftover wood, and I think it turned out beautifully! It's been used several times for food serving when the neighbors come over for happy hour, for storage of random outdoor things, and for climbing on when I need to reach the TV above it...so it's definitely sturdy! Thank you, Ana White, for such great plans that are easy to use and easy to modify as needed. Really happy with this one!
Sat, 08/21/2021 - 11:18
Gorgeous and functional, what more can you ask for! Thanks for sharing:)
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.
Thanks to Ana's 2x4 storage plan and a neighbor's discarded kitchen cabinets we now have a very clean and convenient storage area in our garage. It even features a work bench and sorting area.
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!! ;-)
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.
We slightly modified the grandy console plans and did a different door style per the customer request and also added a 1 1/2" x 2" toe kick with a door guide. Console measures 66" long x 16" deep x 36" high.