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This was a great way to keep my five year old daughter busy on a rainy afternoon. I had a scrap piece of 1x4 and bought some clothes pins and 10 cents clearance wooden figures at Joann. We also used some left over acrylic paint and some glitter nail polish. Thanks for a other great idea Ana!

I did add slats to the back as well as the sides as you can see in the photos. This was to hold the cushions in place and make sure they didn't fall out. Worked out very well. The 5 additional verticle slats were 11 1/4 inches and required no further purchase as they were made from the scraps. I also added the additional horizontal slat on the sides using 5/8 decking board left over from building the deck. The sides measured 25 1/2 to fit inside the arm and was 1 1/2 inches from the inside of the couch. I simply screwd them in from the front and back. The rear horizontal piece measures 75 inches and create additional support for the back cushoins, which in this case I used 17x17 inch pillows. I simply screwed this piece into the rear verticle slats. I finished all of it off with a 1/16 roundover bit with my router to make "soft" edges. All-in-all I think that the small changes made for a very polished looking and stout piece of outdoor furniture! 

Thanks Anna white for the Shoe bench  plans!

The daughter was whining (since that's what teenagers do) for a new bed(room) and a daybed was a requirement. After searching for the perfect one, we couldn't find one that worked with MY budget! When I came across these plans, I was thrilled (especially after I took a few minutes to calculate the cost)! Needless to say, I made some alterations to 1) the mattress height to accommodate the 2) trundle unit I designed. A custom ordered bedskirt (not shown) provided the perfect camouflage for the trundle and the chandelier (not shown) suspended between the center of the top rails added the perfect French touch for my daughter's dream "Paris themed" room! Thanks for the great site, can't believe I have never thought to make one myself, lol!

My 8-year-old and I built a shelf for his room, based on the Rolling Cubby Bench plans. (The paint job is all him. He originally suggested trying to paint a picture of an eagle on it, we ultimately settled on a partial flag.)

I'm fairly new to woodworking, and this was my second of four projects I've built using plans from this site so far. Cutting and assembly was just a couple of hours, but finishing stretched this out into a several-night project.

My father-in-law built this for me using Anna White's plans. He tweeked a few things to add somethings I wanted to add. A huge sheet of white board bought from Lowes was used to make both easel sides and the shelves. Once he had it built for me, I painted the lilac paint color onto the wood and whiteboard shelves. The black chalk board side was made by using black chalboard paint. I wanted it to look cute so, I added a black boarder on the white board, and then used a cotton ball with the lilac paint to make the paint blotch style on both sides. I cannot wait to use this in my classroom!

I'm building a doll bunk bed from Ana's plans later on for a friend's daughter.  I figured that since I had all the materials to do the linens, I would get that finished now.  I used the plans from Ana's 18" doll mattress instructions and created these two sets of beds - they're "sisters" but not twins, since I ran out of materials to make 2 quilts.  Since it's going to one recipient, I figure she won't mind having 1 quilt and 1 blanket that coordinate.  The mattresses were SUPER easy to put together, and I opted to keep them plain without buttons, in case I want to make fitted sheets at another time.  Took me about 10 minutes to make each mattress.