Corn Hole Plans
Made lighter by thinner plywood and using 2x3s instead of 2x4s. Not regulation size as just for family and used rope as handles and Velcro on bottom to carry both pieces as one unit. Decorated to fit kids favorite schools.
I did this project 99.97% alone (if you call "alone" with a 1-year old and 3-year old nearby). This was a challenging project that took longer than expected (one full week, working well into the night after the kids went to sleep). I used furring strips for the 1x3s and 1x4s. They cost about $2 less per board! Total cost of this project includes paint, screws, etc.
Tue, 05/29/2012 - 03:00
What a beautiful room. The bed looks just perfect in there. I love everything from the bed, to the bedding, to the wall color!
Mon, 10/22/2012 - 20:40
I have been looking for something similar to this but with a futon in the bottom. Anyone seen plans for such a critter?
Thu, 06/20/2019 - 11:46
AMAZING! I can't believe you tackled this with toddlers!
My first furniture Build. My wife wanted rid of our old bookshelf turned TV console. I saw this online and went for it. Finished it with a serious splash of color. We love it so much we decided to go with teal as our primary livingroom accent color. Pretty proud of this little guy. Thanks for the great design!
Fri, 03/14/2014 - 20:13
Beautiful! I love the color and the finish. Great job!
Mon, 01/04/2016 - 14:39
Looks gorgeous!!! Going to build one of these soon - love how you finished yours.
I had a friend make a request for a console table. We came up with this design to fit her space and needs. It was a pretty easy build.
My oldest son moved out and took his queen size bed with him. This was a problem since we always used his bed as the guest bed when we had visitors. So my wife and I decided it was time to upgrade our own bed in order to solve the guest bed problem. With a new mattress incoming, it made sense to finally do away with the basic metal frame and grow up. My wife signed off on the modern farmhouse design and I was off to the home store to get started. I will say that having guests coming soon made this one of my fastest starts to finish projects ever. I cut everything and my wife did most of the staining. We stuck to what Ana used for stain with the weathered wood accelerator. Quick and easy build. One change I still want to make is to add another 1x6 to the headboard. Currently, one of my pillows ends up wedged between the bottom board, wall, and mattress.
Ana,
Thanks so much for your octagon picnic tables plans. I teach a Life Skills Class at Russell Christian Academy for middle school. This class of 18 students completed the build of 4 of these tables (with a little assistance from me) and are now being used as an outside dining area for all grades K-12. It was a great experience for the kids and I have received many positive comments about these tables.
Thanks again…
Dewayne Knight of Meridian, Mississippi
Sat, 11/18/2023 - 13:03
I love seeing these student projects. It's great that they are seeing them put to good use and people enjoying their hard work!
We saw this cubby bench and thought it could work for us... but there's 5 of us.
So we redrew the plans to add two more cubbies.
I also like the idea of being able to hide everything, so we put doors on.
The issue I had was cutting 1x12 material with the chop saw. Cutting with the circular saw (even with a guide) can sometimes leave you with an "almost" square edge. Even with a 12" saw you can not make the cuts on a 1x12. You need a sliding saw for that.
One option is to cut the boards over sized by 1/4 in and then use the table saw to get a square edge with the miter gauge or rip fence.
I only worried about this due to putting doors on the cubbies. It's your using baskets you don't have to be so exact.
I made this garden bench for my niece's 3rd Birthday. She loved it!
I was able to use wood that had been leftover from past projects. I only had to buy a few boards. The paint was largest expense.
The most difficult part was the arch. I did that by bending my ruler along some finishing nails.
These chairs were really fun to build. This was my first project and they turned out great. Thanks Ana!
I love it. Originally wanted to build the lift top coffee table but by the time it was ready to do it we realized the sides weren’t wide enough to for a hideaway storage. Wish it was a little bit smaller but for the first project of many it was great
Pork and Bean Wall Storage
John
I did it! My hubby cut all the wood for me because the saw still scares me, but I assembled it!
Sat, 09/08/2012 - 11:52
hi i love this table do you mine sharing with me the wood sizes and assembly intructions THANKS!
I’ve been hoarding my scraps for the past six months or so hoping to build this as soon as possible. I paid roughly $34 for it!
Everything but the 1”x8” drawer face and the project panel top came from my scrap pile. My aunt and uncle’s renovation dumpster provided the missing 2”x4”s. There are nail holes, dings, and some general bruising, but who says that’s a bad thing?
I omitted the piece of trim beneath the drawer to allow more room for storage on my shelf. I absolutely love my island, and as usual Ana's plans were flawless!
You can see details on how I built and finished on my blog here: http://lovelyweeds.blogspot.com/2014/02/island-paradise.htmlit
Thanks for taking a look!
Used Ana White's Husky Farmhouse Table plans/instructions and then made some of my own modifications to make the legs removable and expand the dimensions a bit. Turned out pretty good! This was my first project :)
This started out as an idea for a hall tree, which none of expected to turn out great. But being in "lockdown" we needed something to do. After accidentally painting our interior entryway baby blue we decided to go with a nautical theme. As you can see, we used anchor style hooks and beadboard, which brought it all together nicely. The further along in the project planning. the more interested my children became. I'm not the most patient teacher and could have had this knocked out in a day. But it brought me so much joy and pride to see my children make something this beautiful. It really completes our entryway. The bench is more than sturdy enough for my very large self to sit on and the cats will probably claim it soon. We are just so happy with the end result. I can see this being the beginning of a lot of future projects and time spent together. My 10 year old daughter seemed particularly inspired by watching a very "girly" mom (Ana) building this. This project was meaningful. Thank you Ana White for sharing the info and know-how to get started on this journey!
Mon, 04/20/2020 - 14:28
Turned out really great! Love that you have such happy helpers!
This is my second build and i really like it. I used pine and Waverly Cross Section Green to cover the foam. The plan is realy easy to follow and i used killer B method for the upholstery part. http://ana-white.com/2011/03/upholstered-bench. With two kiddos, it took me a couple of weeks to finish it but its a day project if your have more time than me! The only problem i had was to find high density foam. I finally find it at an upholstery shop but it cost me more for the foam then for the rest of the project. I used varathan oil base stain in light wallnut. I will finish it with a coat of vanish soon. Sorry for my bad english, my first language is french! Genevieve alias MadameG
Wed, 06/06/2012 - 09:32
Genevieve, I always enjoy your posts. Your English is good - better than some people who grew up speaking it here in the US!
I have a daughter named Genevieve. Her father thought Genevieve Bujold was beautiful and wanted to name his little girl for her.
This was my first project so I stuck mostly to the original plan. The only change I made was to make the width 16 1/2 instead of 15 1/2 to fit the pad. I was going for a driftwood finish to match the crib we got.
Love all of the projects on this website. I am just getting in to woodworking but am loving learning all of things that I can do with these wonderful plans. I used all 1x2s for my fruit and veggie crates since they didn't have what I was looking for here at my lowes. Kind of limited on lumber around these parts unless I drive an hour away. A good sanding and these crates came out great. Smooth and stylish!
The plans were easy to follow.
This was not built using one of Ana's plans. I have a book of 2X4 projects that my daughter gave me and actually got me started woodworking. This beauty was one of the projects. It was easy to build and easy to put together but not easy to paint. The lattice was the cheapest she could buy and was "furry". I tried sanding which took forever but it was still a mess to paint. I am including the link to the plans: http://woodtools.nov.ru/projects2/WoodPlan/lattice-bower.pdf
If you build this be sure and sand and paint before putting together-it's so much easier.
It looks amazing in her backyard and she is loving it.
Well this is a project I made from plans from this site and we love it ! Is my first peace of furniture I've ever made and I think it was Farley easy my wife saw the pictures and ask me if I would make it & I was like I'll try and it turned out beautiful everyone who's seen it love it very sturdy actually it was completed right on time for thanksgiving day. I want to thank Anna and whoever posted those plans we love our big table and matching benches : )
