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My husband and I used Ana's plans to create this BEAUTIFUL farmhouse inspired table for our dining room. The project was straightforward and we are EXTREMELY happy with the results. We added a touch of modern to the table by purchasing metal chairs from overstock.com. The table is perfect for family get togethers and even more important...family game nights!!

I wanted a Tiki Bar for my deck big enough to store bottles and trinkets, and put a spread on to eat outside. The simple potting bench was my base plans and i just expanded from there. I increased the depth by 4 inches and the width to 46 inches. I increase the height to 7 1/2 feet at its highest point. I used treated 4x4s for my legs and to provide the upright height. I used 2 (8 inch) Lag bolts where the roping is to keep it sturdy on top. All additional parts were bought at Lowes.

This ended up being about $200.00 but will last for a long time.

My husband and I made this for our daughter as a Christmas gift. We were very pleased how it turned out, especially being our first furniture project. We found the directions clear and easy to follow.

Our daughter was very surprised and loves it. 

Our first project! Love this website Ana, Thanks soo much!!

This is my very first furniture project. I'm happy with how it turned out.

I started looking for plans for a bunk bed for my grand kids and found Ana's Simple Bed and Simple Bunk Bed.

I took the advice of some of the posters here and used head board plans for both top and bottom beds. I drew up the entire bed in Sketchup prior to building and realized I could improve the strength a bit. The attached pictures illustrate those changes. I used laminated 2 x 4 posts for the legs and cut a notch to receive the rails into that notch on the inside 2 x 4. Making the rail longer to insert into this slot allows the bed to be supported directly on the 2 x 4 instead of relying only on screws. I then used 5 1/4 lag screws from the side through the 2 x 4 , the 2 x 6 rail and into the head board structure. Additionally, I screwed in triangular corner pieces under the rails to reduce racking when the kids play.

Making these changes, I also attached the end supports for the spring/mattress only to the head and foot boards which allows the rails to be separated for transport, i.e. smaller pieces. This thing is heavy!

I also slotted the stanchions on the guardrail for the top bunk, inserted into new supports, so it can be removed for easier changing of the sheets.

The kids really love this bed and played in it for most of the time they were visiting. Thanks Ana for the initilal plans.

This is my second woodworking project (first was a toy chest with a LOT of help from my Dad). I made the wooden frame at my parent's house with the use of my Dad's power tools and brought it home to finish and cover. I used Ana's Upholstered Bench plan but modified the dimensions to what I wanted.

This was from the farm house table plans and the finish I used was bar and table top resin that you pour on to get a mirror finish. It doesn't take very long at all to cut all the boards and put everything together with pocket hole screws. It just takes time for the paint, stain and top coat to dry.

I created this sofa from 2x6s that were left over from a pergola we built. I got the cushions at Lowes for $57 per set (3 sets). This is the first thing I ever built and I did it all by myself including cutting the boards to length. In total it took about 4 hours. I am so proud!!! Thank you Ana White for giving me the confidence to build this furniture. I will never, ever, ever pay outrageous retail prices for wood furniture again.

Used sliding door console plans and took some liberties.

We used a $35 craigslist table top with a leaf some 50 cent cull MDF pieces and about 80 in screws, paint and wood and got a beautiful counter height dining table! Loved getting to know my Kreg Jr.

For our wedding we wanted to make seating for our guests. We ended up making 16 chairs total over several weekends. We also made the pergola.

Built this without plans for my bathroom

Our niece recently moved to Virginia to live with us. I may or may not have been pinning ideas to a Pinterest Board http://pinterest.com/stoneybrookesty/teen-bedroom/ non-stop day and night from the moment I found out because I was so excited to get to decorate a “fun” room. Her only requests were that it include animal print and bright colors. After looking through dozens of inspiration pictures and taking a trip down the paint aisle at Lowes, she decided on bright pink (Valspar “First Kiss”), green (Valspar “Parakeet Green”), lavender (Valspar “Berries Galore”) and teal for her color scheme.

The headboard we scored for a cool $15 at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore and it just needed a coat of paint and a 1.5 yards of Nu-Suede fabric. We didn’t realize until we had the headboard home that it was sized for a queen and not a full so we had to do a little improv on the legs and attached a 12 inch section of 1 x 12 pine. These were leftover from the frame were no added cost.

We chose to make the Captain's storage bed from the Ana White plans because I wanted to make sure Tiff had plenty of room to put away all her books and make it easier to keep her room clean. The chevron storage bins are from Lowes. Which happened to have cheapest bins in fabric we liked and that fit when we were looking. We also found lots of good options at Target.