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My clever hubby built this for me out of scrap wood, for my small front step.

Plans by DIY Pete

This is the Rustic X Coffee Table without the rustic finish. I used cedar wood with Early American stain. This was my first furniture project and I am so happy I did it. We needed a coffee table badly and I couldn't fathom spending several hundred on a good one. This one saved money and I appreciate it so much more. Because I used cedar the cost of the project was about $100. I used pine on the 1X12s on the bottom shelf and once stained it looks just fine. I did not stain the under side of the table top so as to maintain the smell of cedar.

My first piece I made from this site. Absolutely love it! Slight modification on the X bars to add more depth to the base to balance the heavy look of it

My son loves to color so we decided to make him a bed that looked like crayons 

The headboard is mounted on the wall with a french cleat 

The footboard is mounted to the metal bed frame with carriage bolts 

The entire project is made of shiplap board which gives it the drooves in between each "crayon"

Hardest part was getting the crayon tip risht and transferring it to each board 

Longest part was taping, painting, waiting, paiting, removing tape, retaping ....... and continue 

We used behr bright white paint and then paint samples for the colored parts and finished it with general finishes satin top coat

Turned out better than expected especially since this is only my second woodworking project ever and my son loveeesss it !!! 

Cherry mission style TV stand and Cherry coffee table with maple slats.

A 1m version of the farmhouse bench. We needed a shorter one for the hallway and realized that the only way would be if we built it ourselves. My bf and I built this together and it's really sturdy. Some adaption to the plan was made since it's shorter. It's very useful and we all love it. It's used each and every day.

First project of my husband. He had no experience at all in making furniture but when he stumbled on this website he was inspired.

I wanted to contribute so I volunteered to stain both the table and benches.

Modification: used 2x4 for the legs of the table

I wanted to say thank you for the inspiration.

I took the general idea, made it bar height and my own preferred size and beefed it up by doweling together the top pieces.

Given the size, I made the top removable with threaded inserts as well as the removable support beams below.

For the benches, I wanted something sturdy and a look that was similar to the table.  I added in a nickel support rod for the foot rest for both strength and a nice look.

All in all this project took a lot of time, probably more so with my perfectionist ways and wanting to  make the finish perfectly smooth.  It's like glass, which I just love against the dents and dings of the wood.

Some of the challenges were wood that warped.  After putting together the bench tops, the wood warped quite a bit, nothing that a few clamps couldn't undo but a pain nonetheless.

Using black stain really brought out a nice look and I'm taking that same look to the new trim and door that are going into the dining area as well.

I've not seen a bar height (not counter height) table in a full dining table size before, it's what I wanted and I couldn't be happier with the results.   Was it worth all of the time?   That's hard to say, I really love it, but it took a long time to get it to be exactly what I wanted it to be.

Thanks!

We love our sectional...

The Harts

This project is the mirror from page 37 of The Handbuilt Home. I received my copy on Thursday night, built this and painted on Friday, then (impatiently) waited 24 hours for the paint to dry before distressing and hanging it up yesterday afternoon. The mirror was a plain one I found at Lowes for about $20 and attached with mirror clips. I attached to the wall with 2 1/2" screws through the frame into the wall studs. I was going to leave the screw heads exposed for decoration, but now I think I'll add a dab of gray on them to blend them in. This was a super fun project, easy to do. Love the book, and can't wait to build more projects from it! Ana, fab job on the book!!

First part of garage storage system complete. 7.5 foot cabinets with whiteboard marker board doors inserts.

Next step to build new bench with storage cupboards to keep dust out and a central dust extraction/containment area.

Then put some tool board and a charging station above the two outlets.

Thank you Ana because you were my inspiration. I would've never dreamed of building my own furniture before I saw you doing it. I loved doing it I loved outside the US and the machines and jigs are difficukt and expensive here but I've managed to get the basics. this is my 5th project and was a lot of work because the woods here are exotic but not dried in kim and come with lots of imperfections but are beautiful..anyways thanks again! 

I had to come on here to thank you all for inspiring me to build this bed! The thought of building such a big piece of furniture never really occurred to me until I saw the Farmhouse queen plans, which really got the gears turning.

I wanted to add some storage to the bed, though, and so I kept looking at other projects on this site. I don't know which plans are all combined into this one, but you can see the one side table in some of the pictures which is based on a hutch plan here, and the concepts there are used in the drawer fronts on the bed. I still plan to build a matching side table for this side of the bed and also a dresser unit to complete the bedroom set.

This entire project was built on my deck as I don't have a garage. Started at the end of September and working by flood light on nights where I could find the time. It was finally moved inside to paint. The bed is built into four sections for disassembly - headboard, footboard, and a base section that is split in half with knockdown fasteners. The headboard and footboard are also attached with knockdowns, so the entire bed comes apart with an allen key.

The cost was incredibly low. My biggest cringe costs were for the 4x4 posts, which I had to buy in cedar, and the birch 3/4" plywood for the drawers. All in costs are still under $200, though I did own a Kreg system which got used a fair amount.

I did modify the footboard / headboard construction since I had the Kreg system. Rather than using a 1x4 backing board with 1x verticals and a 1x4 front board, I used a Kreg'ed 2x4 as the backing board, flush to the 4x4 post... no 4 1/2" screws required! The 1x verticals were then glued and nailed onto the 2x4s, and the 1x4 front board was glued and nailed to it.

The drawers are huge! 29" wide x 26" deep x 14" tall (more or less). Also, they are positioned so that when a side table is placed beside the bed the drawers can still open. The panel at the head of the bed is a door with a magnetic catch. I think of that area as 'deep storage' as you would have to move a side table to get in there. The door is there to get there if you want to though.

One cost not accounted for... my 'work bench' patio table sustained an injury. I still maintain I did not drop anything onto it. In fact, I was using a tape measure to measure a drawer length when the glass shattered out from under the piece I was measuring. It was cold in the morning, so maybe that had something to do with it. But now I just have to add 'fix patio table' to the project list.

Thanks again!
Mark

My wife does puzzles and most of her school work on a coffee table. We had bought one from that large blue and yellow warehouse furniture store. I liked its size but never the materials. When I saw the Haven Turned Coffee table, I knew I could make that. Using the pocket screws made this an easy build. I made the top out of 1 x 8's and used biscuits to hold them together. I attached the top using a series of cleats around the inside edge. I stained it with an cherry Minwax stain and polyurethaned the top. Project took about four days on and off not including the staining and urethane.

I found this plan through a YouTube video unrelated to DIY. It has been to long since I had done any woodworking and I knew we needed a table. I modified the plans some and made the table wider and the benches to fit under when not in use. I bought the wood and ended up with yellow pine top and Douglas fir bases. It was what that had at my Home Depot. But the contrasting woods gave me the idea for the finish I ended up with. Love the outcome. Hope you all like it too. Now on to the next project. 

First time build. Easy because the instructions are well defined and clear. I was inspired by the Shroeder House by Gerrit Reitveld and the color scheme follows its Mondrian Movement simplicity.

Your website also has the clear simplicity that facilitates the work. Thank you for your website and the effort that you put into it.

Our first DIY furniture project. We told friends it was an assignment from couples therapy. lol Don't look too close or you will see the many flaws, but I can say it has character and will serve its purpose.

We had problems with the doors. I think they are true and plum, but the cabinet, not so much. They hang a little cockeyed, but they do swing. The plans for the doors didn't quite match the cabinet, but we are newbies so we could have misread the plans.

The hinges and latch are from the blue store - painted matte black from a can from the original nasty brass. The red is Balero and the shelves are a coordinating tan from Sherwin Williams. A coat of Minwax Polycrylic for protection. We used square wire from the blue store for the doors. We didn't router the doors to inset the wire, a stapler worked fine.

It was an absolute great first project that Husband & I enjoyed tremendously. Mom has been looking for a jelly cabinet for 6 months without success. Old functional furniture pieces just aren't manufactured anymore. This cupboard fit the bill perfectly.