windowseat bench
Custom bench to fit dormer space.
2. two coats white semi gloss
Custom bench to fit dormer space.
Easy project that has helped us stay more organized. We use Cozi to maintain the calendar, but this allows us to highlight things that the kiddos need to know during the week. We keep the chore schedule, laundry schedule, meal plan, and out of routine activities on the week calendar so the kids can tell what is going on at a glance. The allowance is also hanging up at the top as an incentive to get their respective jobs done for the week. I used galvanized sheet metal glued onto a 1/4 inch plywood base and coated it with whiteboard paint. This allows it to be magnetic and easily written on. Love the letter holder for homework and important paperwork.
Things we have used it for so far:
Activity schedule (swimming lessons, soccer practice, etc.)
Meal plan
Unusual activities (parties, movie night, etc.)
School stuff (project due, spirit week, etc.)
Chore schedule
Laundry Schedule
Room of the week: what part of the house gets a deep clean this week.
Servant of the week: which kid is the designated helper for non-chore activities when an extra hand is needed.
We are still figuring out all the ways to use this to good effect, but the kids really like being able to see what is coming up in the schedule for the week.
I made this table in a weekend, the plans made it so easy to do, thanks Ana for giving me the courage to take this on! I love building stuff!
Based off of Ana Whi'te Benchright Coffee Table with a chevron/herringbone table top
A year and a half long Covid at home and eating and entertaining outdoors encouraged us to transform our back yard into an outdoors living and dining room.
It was also the perfect excuse to finally use all the scrap wood we had lying around and turn it into these super comfy chairs. Add pillows and blankets and we have a cozy back yard that we love to spend time in.
We used this occasion to finish ends of paint cans to paint the chairs in different colors and scraped the paint down for a weathered look, then finished it all with a couple of coats of varnish. Each chair’s back is slightly different depending on scraps we had on hand. We love Anna’s simple and practical plans and instructions!!!
Tue, 10/05/2021 - 10:06
Love the alternating look and colors, very attractive and inviting!
We needed a table to compliment our Apothecary cabinet we built prior to this project. We needed a big table b/c our furniture is so bulky. We have a 6 month old, and an 8 year old, so toy storage is a must. We built the table in one evening. We swapped the top trim 1x3s w/ 1×2. The bottom shelf only sits 1 inch from the floor, so I can fill it with itso bins for additional baby storage! The top board is not cut in half, rather we drilled 1 inch holes on both ends. You can’t see them in the pics, b/c I hid them, with the cutest thing ever, bear coasters. The coasters are too protect the table b/c we cant use poly here in the winter.
I wanted a David Bromstad cow rug & hubs said no. Bear Skin Rug style coasters for $20 from Urban Outfitters are our compromise. I love this table. It’s super heavy & I hope it lasts forever.
Adapted to fit in a corner
I designed these to specifically work for my homeschool storage needs. My husband built two of them for me and they are exactly what I hoped they would be! They're strong and heavy and sturdy and still manage to be stylish, I'm proud to look at them and have them in my home!!
This feeder worked out great for Sammy, who is about 95#. He seems a lot more comfortable now (and has started using his water dish instead of the toilet! ;) I wanted a more rustic look but wanted the easy clean up of tile on top.
Went together fairly easy. Although instead of kreg jigging the top together I decided to use a plywood base and use thin re-sawed maple, Cedar, white oak, and tigerwood as to not experience movement issues.
The bookshelf, of which I made last year, was made from crates. I used Ana's Clubhouse Bed idea as the basis for mine but I deviated from it quite a bit. Instead of a front entrance I made a side entrance and added two windows. Additionally I attached it to the wall instead of making it two sided.
Very easy and quick to build. It is amazingly comfortable. There are no cushions needed. My wife loves it. I took parts of Ana’s Simple Outdoor Lounge Chair and Modern Outdoor Chair with a twist patterns and modified them to be a double seat instead of a single seat.
I took the plans for the large dog crate and adjusted them to fit my needs.
I made the "light entry" sections taller so that the inside would not be so dark, I used plywood with a routed edge for the top and stained it a red mahogany color and used polyurethane to seal it.
So, after seeing a project my brother in law made I got the inspiration to try my hand at woodworking. Low and behold I stumbled upon Ana's WONDERFUL site! After spending the winter, rigorously studying plans and picking different projects I could use, I was able to afford gathering up some basic woodworking tools and get to work. First project was the 2x4 workbench off of kregtool.com (on a side note I <3 my new kreg jig). That went together easypeasy and came out great. Now i wanted to try my hand at something that took finish work and went inside my house, not out in the garage. We had just purchased a new TV and needed something other than the 2 side tables from our living room that where serving as it's temporary home atm. Needless to say that is how this project was decided on. I didn't make it from any specific plans from the site, but without this site I wouldn't have even known where to begin. I took some measurements and drew up a rough (and I mean ROUGH) plans. Then started chopping away at wood and drilling pocket holes. This is the end result.
Yay! Here are my raised beds, motivated by Ana White's post. :) I decided to use 2x lumber rather than 1x lumber because I plan to add benches on the ends of each bed. I just love how these turned out! I used Hemlock rather than cedar because it was a THIRD less expensive. Orange told me hemlock would last roughly 5-6 years whereas cedar would last 7-9 year. I staggered the sizes too - first bed (with the strawberries) is 4' x 10', second is 4' x 8' and the third (with the stakes) is 4' x 6'. Hubby hauled in a bunch of pea gravel to surround the beds while the girls and I added rocks from around our yard to the perimeter. :)
This is one of two chairs we made for our two kids. They love it!
These were our second project. Again, chosen out of necessity for new bedside tables. These took a while to complete due to the finish work needed for the paint and our leaning curve. BTW, building jig templates will help ensure consistency between the two tables (drawer fronts, strechers, drawer stops, etc). Also, look through the wood on the shelf at the store for the best (and straightest) 2X2's to make the process easier. Finally, while spraying was easiest for the paint application, brushing on the poly finish coats worked best for us.
These tables are 3" wider than the plans and fit our room better, but the rest is the same.
Using the plans from this website for the 2x4 tables and 2x4 loveseat, we modified the sizes to fit the couches that we bought at Target. Used cedar wood and painted black when we were done to match out deck. Less than $300 in cedar wood.
Took a lot more wood than I thought and time, but was a nice distraction from Law School.
Mon, 04/20/2015 - 18:19
The table top is very impressive! Must have taken a very long time to cut / glue.
I decided to combine Ana's wastebasket project with her island project and then added a retractable tabletop so I can use it to prep food and even use it as a counter height table for two.