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Two Play Kitchens
Two one-year-old cousins. What can I tell you; they BOTH needed a kitchen set for Christmas!
We were glad to stumble upon these plans for heirloom toys and greatly appreciate that they are free for all to access. Directions are easy to follow and the user-comments offer lots of good ideas which I incorporated into the units I built. I added three inches in width and height to the sink and stove units. Sanded pieces before assembly. Used screws instead of nails; screws were set using a counter-sink bit. Rounded all edges; this was very appreciated by the mothers! Both mothers also requested a clear polyurethane finish instead of paint. Magnetic closures on all doors.
Touches of realism for the ovens: cookie-cooling racks on the oven shelves to simulate the oven racks, a motion-sensor-light in each oven triggers when the door is opened, cooktops created with a black silicone placemat and a white permanent marker worked well to draw/simulate the burners. Despite the families’ actual home ovens having digital controls, both moms requested knobs for the children to manipulate ... screws through the back of the faceplate allow the knobs to rotate. Oven doors have side hinges for ease of child access to ‘baking food’ and to prevent anyone from stepping onto an opened door hinged on the bottom. Touches of realism for the sinks: aluminum mixing bowls for sinks, box-store bathroom faucets, hook at the side for hand towel. Touches of realism for the Narrow Fridge: hinges on the right and freezers on the bottom to match the children’s home refrigerators. We considered coating the top door with magnetic paint, but per request to stay away from paint, cookie sheets were screwed to fronts so that children can display drawings or anything magnetic.
Several Christmasy additions such as linens, dinnerware, magnets and mini floral buckets really added to the “wow factor” under the Christmas tree!
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Wed, 12/23/2020 - 09:57
Oh my, just adorable!
Absolutely love the extra thought and details put into this! It will be loved and cherished by all:) Merry Christmas
Tilt Out Trash Bins
I loved this project. Great way to clean up the kitchen and creates a nice usable shelf.
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Thu, 01/31/2013 - 22:22
What color is that? I love
What color is that? I love it!
Good job on the build, too!
Modern Farm Table
I modified the plns for this table a little bit. I couldnt have the table as wide as the plans so I left out a 2x6 for the table top. I also beefed up the legs and added another 2x6.
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Thu, 12/04/2014 - 22:50
This is really nice! I love
This is really nice! I love the stain that you chose!
Play kitchen
Made this for my grand-daughter’s birthday!
I used the play kitchen with back wall plans. I used my circular saw to make 1/8 grooves for the shiplap, a dog bowl for the sink painted with enamel paint, the faucet is actually a coat hook I purchased from Amazon. The hutch is made from basic 1x4’s. The burners were made from an svg from Etsy as was the pie in the oven and the sign above the stove. Super cute, fun project!
Barnwood furniture
I know that these aren't the best pictures. I'll load individual ones later. I built the coffee table, end table and toy chest out off all my grandparents barn. It collapsed a few years ago in be harsh Iowa winters. Everything on these is from the barn from the wood, hinges, and nails. It even makes the old barn door noises when opening them! Curious of what people think and ideas.
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Farmhouse Doll Bed
These are my first two farmhouse beds. The pink bed was my very first woodworking project since high school. We're not gonna say how long ago that was. Haha!
Thank you for sharing your plans. My daughter and my cousin's daughter love their new little beds.
Hudson's Rustic Changing Table
Used Minwax stain in Dark Walnut and Coastal Gray chalk paint from Rustoleum
Kentwood Bookshelf
Built the Kentwood Bookshelves for our living room. Bookcases are 6ft. Made of Pine and Whitewood. This is my 2nd build and looking forward to more.
Naked wall no more!!
I had a wall in our living room that was bare for almost 4 years. SO happy with the results of my "Ten Dollar Ledges"!!
I'm a lazy painter, I didn't sand or prime my ledges and only applied one coat as I loved that I could still see the wood grain through the paint. (8oz can covered both ledges with one coat, still have half the can left!)
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Mon, 02/04/2013 - 10:59
very nice...
I was wanting to make a small one under my bathroom mirror, but wondered if it would be too bulky. Seeing yours, I can see they look pretty sleek and I am probably going to go for it. (if I don't like it, I am sure it will get use somewhere)
I love how you admit you are a lazy painter, I am getting more patient the more I am building...hehe
Mon, 02/04/2013 - 13:22
love the colour
The colour you chose is really nice. They shelves look great on that wall, I am making some for a hallway with 1 x 3 instead to make them stick out less.
Adirondack Chair with a Bahamian Accent
Hey Ana -
You're plans have been such a great help to me here in the Bahamas. You've saved us thousands of dollars. Really! Here's one of my many adirondack chairs under construction. I added a Bahamian accent.
Hall Tree -cedar picket
I built this based on the idea of the mimi storage bench and hutch. We will use this in our garage next to or shoe rack. I built this primarily from 1x6 cedar fence pickets, a few cedar 1x2's and a couple cedar 2x4's.
The lid lifts for off season shoe storage. All bench joinery is with pocket holes and the cedars pickets are attached with pneumatic 1 or 2-1/2" nails.
I used my speedy square's 45 degree angles to trace out the mountain silloutes and then cut them out with my jigsaw. I paced myself on the project and my four year old helped quite a bit with measuring and handing me the next board. We're excited to have a little spot to change shoes and grab the jackets. Feel free to check out my Instagram for other random projects or are family fun instagram.com/fotosnapper
Altered apothecary console
I built this based on the apothecary console plans but with the modifications that VLilly made for the Altered Apothecary Media Console. Very happy with how it turned out! Thank you Ana for sharing the plans!
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Cubby Bookshelf -- Large
First Project...
Different aspects of the project took a lot longer than they should since I was trying to figure out how to use all of my new toys, e.g. circular saw, kreg jig, adjustable shelf jig, sander, etc., but I think it ended up turning out pretty good.
I ended up buying an unfinished rocking chair on Craigslist for $20, which I finished the same way.
Pallet Christmas Trees
I have some pallet wood and decided to make some Christmas trees. They were really fast and easy. I cut them at a 45° and just glued and nailed them together.
American Girl Dollhouse Masterpiece!
This dollhouse was super easy to make! Harper (the doll) wanted an open concept living/kitchen, and that is the first floor. Second floor are the bedroom and bathroom. Top floor is the closet. The roof is made from 3.5" slats of luan glued together and painted with black sanded paint. Notice the baseboards and crown molding? My granddaughter helped cut windows out with a jig saw. I still owe my granddaughter a garage and patio with pergola, and kitchen appliances and chairs, but that will wait until summer when she can help craft/build them.
Harper's bed is modeled after the farmhouse bed plans available on this site, but I used smaller scrap lumber. I wanted milk paint but was unwilling to pay the high price, so I bought a sample jar of antique ivory paint and watered it down. It turned out great!
X Frame country coffee table
Wanted something sturdy because of my kids. Found the project on here and was fairly simple to build. The step by step instructions really helped.
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Shabby Chic Farmhouse Bed
This was our first major project, so we learned a lot while we were doing it. We painted our bed white, and rather than using metal bed rails (which no one seemed to sell), we improvised and fastened 2x4s to the inside of our side rails. Then we cut slats to rest on the 2x4s and run the width of the bed. The 2x4s lend great stability to the side rails, and are much less costly, not to mention easier to obtain. ($10 vs. $75) This bed is sturdy and solid. I think we will be handing it down to our grandchildren in fifty years!
Study Room Cabinet
Cabinet from my own design. I built one for us and a relative saw it and liked it so much asked me to build them one the same.
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In reply to Love it! by Ana White Admin
Mon, 12/15/2014 - 12:57
Happy to share the plan...
Hi Ana. I'm happy to share the plans for this but all I have is the main sketchup drawing and my cut list in excel. Not sure if there is an easy way to create the exploded diagrams you normally have? Happy to give something back to you and the rest of your fans.
Thu, 12/18/2014 - 07:57
Awesome!
I love everything about this....the design, the different wood grain on the drawers, the color, the finish, and especially the hardware. Can I ask you to share where you got the hinges and how you got that finish? I hope you're able to post the plans because it's awesome.
Workbench
I have added a few things to make this workbench comprehensive. I added a paper towel holder, go Jo holder, cord hooks, electric bar, and I enclosed the sides and put a door on the front and a hinged pegboard on the back which makes it able for me to store all of my tools and lock them up.
Farmhouse bed Queen
I followed Anna's incredibly easy to follow plans pretty darn closely. I used Cherry for 90% of the bed and the cross-boards on the headboard and footboard are poplar. I used lumber that I had been holding on to for some time and purchased construction-grade lumber for the frame. Anna's plans allowed me to bring to fruition my dream to build my own bed. This was the largest project I'd built to date, and I was incredibly happy with the outcome. For a mattress I ordered foam from http://www.mattressbymail.com/ I ordered 5" of high quality foam and 4" of the 5lb viscomax memory foam and it is the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in for