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Our kitchen REALLY needed an island, and with a few modifications from Ana's plan, we had the perfect new piece for our home!

This Project was a Challenge mostly because of its size. Standing 6ft Tall and 4ft wide it was hard to handle at times but easy enough and fun to build.
I followed Ana's Three Story American Girl or 18" Dollhouse plans.
We also made the American Girl or 18" Doll Sofa or Couch.

Turned out great! Problem with the plans: written instructions for legs say 35 degree angle but the diagram shows 40 degree angle. Which one should it be?

The plans for this bench fit out mudroom perfectly! All ready for winter now with the boot storage in back ☺️

This table was created using a variety of plans. It can seat up to 20 people comfortably. The table top was built with 5 pieces of 2x12. The legs were a combination of 4x4 posts and 2x6s. 2 coats of Minwax Weathered Gray was the stain and then 3 coats of varathane semi-gloss finish. We sanded between each coat of poly.

This past weekend I build Ana's Narrow Console table. I went Saturday evening to pick up the boards and cut them. I completed the whole project late Sunday afternoon. I don't have a nailer so in-between the project I switched to self-tapping screws and it became even quicker because using the ol' fashioned hammer and nails was difficult and time consuming.  Cutting the angles was a first for me, and it is not bad at all! I was very intimidated first but so glad I took that first step! Also, I just watched her video countless times to ensure I was doing it correctly, and that helped the most ;).  It is very lightweight and I did not need any assistance in carrying the table. I truly, truly believe anyone can do this!

I built this project for my daughter’s birthday. Her laundry area was a mess in her kitchen and she had no place to fold the clothes. This laundry station keeps her laundry area tidy, and it looks great!

Worked on the bed over the summer at the same time I redid the floors.  I built the side tables one at a time in case I needed to change anything for the second one.  All in all these were fairly easy to build.  Thanks Ana!

Love this bed so much, we plan to build another 3. Used local white cedar milled just down the road from our cottage.

http://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/modern-farmhouse-bed-frame

I adapted this build from the Barn Door Entertainment Center plan.  Like most families, our storage space needed some major help!  We had minimal space to work with and all sorts of awkward things to store (rollerblades, helmets, etc).  I measured how deep I needed the shelves to be to fit our helmets and pretty much built around that!

The open shelves are great as they allow easy storage spots for the kids to reach - the doors are great because they allow me to hide the stuff that just never seems to get organized!  And the best part?  The sliding barn doors!  I park next to this thing so not having a swing out door was a major win for me!

I left the center of this piece open so I could fit a stand I already had in our garage, which allowed for a “charging station” for the cars!  Our garage is rustic theme so on this piece I went with standard common board for the walls and shelves and built the trim and doors from cedar.  The entire piece is stained with Minwax Provincial.  

I made some slight modifications here by not using furring strips as I like the straight edges which increased the price slightly.

Modern farmhouse bed frame highlighted with epoxy highlights along the side rails. This is a super sturdy bed. Which is simple to build the hardest part was being patient with the epoxy.

I used the mudroom bench plans and modified them slightly to account for the wider space and air registers underneath. Thanks Ana!

A lot of fun to build and not that hard at all. Thank you for the great plans.

Tailored this to fit our space to provide us with more storage that is easy on the eyes 😍 took our time completing it and love how it turned out. First big woodworking project I’ve completed!! My furry assistant is featured in some of the pictures 🤩

Been loving our Ana White plans!! The table and shelves turned out exactly how we wanted them to & they were SO much cheaper than paying for lesser quality furniture store finds. We’ve received so many compliments!