Tilt out trash can cabinet
Wood tilt out trash can cabinet made from this plan, with some changes. I did a fancier cabinet door, along with a top that overhangs on the sides as well as the front.
Wood tilt out trash can cabinet made from this plan, with some changes. I did a fancier cabinet door, along with a top that overhangs on the sides as well as the front.
This is a coop I built from plans on the site. I modified by covering the ply with old cedar boards and used tin for a more rustic look. I opted not to add the planter just covered it with wire.
Love your plans! So easy to follow!
Inspired by many projects here on Ana's page, my "Mega Mom" board is not just a pretty face, it's also great at multitasking. It helps calm the chaos and juggle the daily influx of papers with the same ease that it manages a quick message or coats.
The "Mega Mom" board has a chalkboard, shelf, and hooks for coats. It also has letter bins for important papers, a magnetic board to hold the family calendar, additional hooks for keys and a bucket to hold chalk or loose change. Our ceilings are 9' and I'm 5'10", so I made it big and hung it high to make the best use of the space. The finished board measures 37 1/2" wide by 30 1/4" tall. If you like what you see, you can find a materials list and more detailed drawings on my blog http://theelusivebobbin.blogspot.com/2013/03/plans-for-mega-mom-board.h…
These were built to demo the Sunday Trinket Box plan using 3 different wood types – 1/2" thick craft board, 1x scrap wood, and cedar 1x. On the 2 that I made with 1x boards, I used some ¼” hardwood plywood scrap for the inner lids, which kept the top nice and light and worked very well. I think I prefer this for the inner lid when working with the 1x material and would recommend that for the build. My craft room work table looked like a mad scientist’s laboratory with all the cans and tubes of finishes I’ve been trying out, and projects at different levels of completion.
The craft board box is finished with 1 coat of Rustoleum Stain + Poly in Walnut (the kind in the tube, I had picked this up at Michaels to try it out), and 3 coats of gloss polycrylic. The radiata pine craft board took this stain really well, even without wood conditioner. The inner lid for this one is the same ½” craft board used for the box. The pull for this one is a rectangle of cedar, with a light coat of Varathane stain + poly in Walnut, and a coat of gloss poly. Cost: Wood: $8.47 for craft boards, Finish: $0 (used finishes already on hand).
The scrap wood box is finished with 3 coats of Clark & Kensington semi-gloss in Crushed Peanut, a stencil design added on the front in gold craft paint, and a DIY pull made from a ¾” wide “slice” of the ½” thick craft board, topped with a scrap of ¼“ x 1 ½” poplar craft board, super-glued and pin-nailed together, and finished with 2 coats of gold craft paint and 2 coats of gloss polycrylic. The pull is attached with crystal clear super-glue. Cost: $0 for wood (scrap), $0 for finishes (left over), $4.99 for the stencil (which I am re-using) and $4.99 for a pkg of 4 stencil sponge brushes (also re-using these).
The cedar 1x box is finished with 3 coats of gloss poly. The knob is another DIY – a ‘slice’ of the 1x cedar, topped with some ¼” aromatic cedar, glued and pin nailed together. This received 1 coat of Rustoleum Walnut Stain + Poly on the top part and 2 coats on the bottom part, topcoated with 2 coats of gloss poly, and was super glued to the top. The inner lid for this one is a piece of ¼” plywood, glued and clamped in place. The front design re-uses the stencil, in the same Rustoleum Walnut as the pull. Cost: Wood: about $5 worth of a cedar 1x8 (cut down to size on the table saw). Finish: $0 since the finishes were already on hand.
These were a super easy and quick build – I built and sanded all three in an afternoon. I’m sure the finishing could all be done in a day too, but I spread mine out a few minutes here and there as I had time to work on them, while changing my mind several times on the pulls and embellishments. These were all given as gifts.
This was just the right table design for our history home built in 1880! Love the plans and easy to build!
My son is growing up to be a big boy and wanted a fancy new office like I have at home so now he has a big boy desk and some storage for him as he gets older! Used some inspiration from a few other plans from AnaWhite and have started branching out a bit! The latest does not show the finished painted cabinet doors and handles but overall it looks great, and is ALREADY filled with toys!!
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 05:41
Thank you! Your website has given me a lot of great ideas and tutorials that i've used to learn some of this stuff!
We needed a new coffee table in the family room, one that went with the ever changing decor. One of my neighbors threw out a rather nice, but older wooden framed window that they had been holding onto for who knows how long. My wife actually grabbed it out of the garbage with both the kids sitting in the car while she loaded it into her SUV in dress clothes.
Anyway, I broke down the window into two sections and used one of the sections to build this table. The area around the window is made out of 2x4 and the table skirt is 1x4. I bought the turned legs from www.osbornewood.com (colonial coffee table leg). This project was made a lot easier by using my kreg jig to attach the skirt to the table legs as well as the top to the skirt. Knowing that I would have two young kids playing around and setting things on the table I placed the glass panes with plexi that I bought from Lowes. This will be safer as well as more durable in the future.
My husband and I built this together. It was a fun project!
Here’s another fun game to play for all ages, especially for kids. It’s called a Kerplunk Game. The original Kerplunk game is small, made from plastic, and is mainly for indoor use. But to make it more interesting and to encourage kids to spend more time outdoors, I’ve built a Giant DIY Kerplunk Game with a wire mesh screen. This is a great backyard game for any occasion or a party.
See my website for additional pictures and how I've built it, TheDIYPlan.com
cross between a kitchen island and the x frame console table. LOL
Cross breeding furniture, gotta love it! :0)
Thu, 08/04/2016 - 13:03
how do I get the plans for this? I'm ready to get started already
Tue, 08/20/2019 - 00:05
I love this, a mix of some of our favorite plans! I'd love to do a plan like this!
Spent forever building this modified version because I couldn't figure out what kind of drawer faces I wanted. Finished with General Finishes gel stain and Minwax Paste Finishing wax.
This bed is gorgeous and the plans are perfectly laid out for even a beginner to use. We were making a full bedframe, so we used the exact measurements given in the cut list and it fit the mattress just right. We made the accompanying headboard with a few changes. We were using pine and wanted the headboard casing to match, so we just used 1x4's and routed the edge with an ogee bit we had on hand. We also wanted the platform just a tad bit higher and made the legs 10 inches instead of 7. We also ended up making the platform slats out of 1x4's instead of 1x3's as they were cheaper.
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We needed a guest bed for our guest bedroom. So I built the storage areas under the bed out of plywood and boxed them up. The bed would probably look better with a headboard, but we decided to just do that curtain style headboard.
I had seen different beds similar to this, and I just had those in mind when I started. I didn't follow any specific plan except for what I had in my head.
It was painted with an oil-base white paint.
I love this plan. I made this for my toddler and he loves it! My daughter is too small to climb on but she's always trying. She loves it too.
Gabled Greenhouse completed with upcycled tin roofing. Extended the greenhouse to a 20' long structure.
Thu, 04/01/2021 - 16:59
Love this, excellent use of the tin, the outside beds are a great addition!
I made this dresser for my sister's nursery. The room is fairly small, so she wanted a changing table on top of the dresser to save space. We also added a third row of drawers.
Sun, 11/23/2014 - 05:35
I like how you modified the plans to make it have two more drawers. I'm looking forward to doing this very soon for my twin daughters. I was just wondering how the dimensions on the right and left sides were changed? Also, does this seems to carry the extra weight of the drawers OK?
Really liked Ana's 20 second tidy up table, and wanted to try to have something like this for my son. Then saw the activity table at RH and tried to replicate it down to the exact same finish. Made small changes here and there such as adding 4 individual drawers, different wood dimensions, etc. He loves it and uses it lots for his Thomas the Train Set. Thank you again Ana.
Sat, 01/24/2015 - 22:47
I love the finish you do on this table. Looks great. I wish you could share the exact names of those stains :(
In reply to The finish by timberandsoul
Fri, 02/06/2015 - 09:08
just remembered!
it was minwax water based slate, and water based american walnut.
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Fri, 02/06/2015 - 09:10
Thank you Ana White Admin.
My son and I made this table this weekend in just a couple of hours with no problems. The directions were clear and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Hello Ana,
I wanted to let you know I really appreciate your website and the DIY plans. I am an avid woodworker, and I saw your farmhouse counter stool plans a couple of months ago in one of the emails y’all send out, and I thought I’d try out your plans. I made the frame of the chair out of pine and painted it with white milk paint. I made the seat out of Walnut. I honored your plans, but made the seat 1/2” bigger in length and width so as to overhang the frame 1/4” on all sides. I attached the seat with figure 8 fasteners, since I did not want to drill through the solid walnut and plug the screw holes. The plans were very straightforward, and I thought it was easy to build. You have such awesome ideas and plans - thanks for the inspiration!
I have attached a couple of pics.
Thanks again!
Ken Monson.
P.S. - I plan to try some of your other farmhouse plans in the next few months.
My husband and I built beds for our daughters' american girl dolls for Christmas. It was the first time we'd ever built anything and we learned a lot. So fun!