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Desk/Craft Space Table
I just started wood-working and found this to be a really nice build. I did, however, adjust the height of the desk legs from 31 inches to 36 inches, because I am 6'6" and felt I needed the leg room. I used 4 Severe Weather 2 1/4in x 2 1/4in x 36in Colonial Treated Deck Spindles from Lowes at $2.88 each for the legs. I also, added the drawer dividers to help organize the storage space. Otherwise, I stuck to the plans.
Severe Weather 2-1/4-in x 2-1/4-in x 36-in Colonial Treated Deck Spindle http://www.lowes.com/pd_7954-432S2236T15N_4294610196__productId=3185415&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1¤tURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=
Stainless Steel Drawer Pulls http://www.homedepot.com/p/Liberty-8-5-6-in-Steel-Bar-Cabinet-Hardware-Appliance-Pull-117060-0/202023671?MERCH=REC-_-NavPLPHorizontal1-4-_-NA-_-202023671-_-N
Minwax classic gray stain (used to give distressed spots more dimension)
Minwax dark walnut stain for desk top
Johnson paste wax
Can’t Believe We actually built this
5 1/2W x 5 1/2L x 8H.
Ana made this project very easy for me. I did the main building while hubby cut the wood & helped drill in hard to reach areas. Thank you Ana for boosting my confidence. I’ve never done anything trike this.
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Doggie Daybed
Since making a twin size daybed still seems intimidating to me, I decided to get some practice by making a small version for our dog. I modified the doll farmhouse bed making it a bit larger and in daybed style. We'll see if our doggie takes to it. If not, it will be a toddler couch!
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Wed, 12/05/2012 - 07:07
Love this!
I built the big farmhouse storage bed and nightstands in my bedroom and my dog needs her own little farmhouse bed now. I've been trying to decide how I want to do it... You've just decided for me. Thanks!
Wed, 12/05/2012 - 09:00
I love this!!! I think I
I love this!!! I think I might steal this idea and make one of these for my nephews as a little couch. About how much did you spend on lumber?
Wed, 12/05/2012 - 21:10
Thank you! I believe I spent
Thank you everyone! I believe I spent about $25 to $30 on lumber. I have the lumber receipt and it came to $44 but I had a lot left over.
Wed, 12/05/2012 - 20:52
I pretty much just followed
I pretty much just followed the plans, except making it taller and wider by adding more slats and making everything taller. The finished dimensions turned out to be approximately 26 ½” x 16 ½”. I kind of made it up as I went, but I did take some notes. Here is the first part of my altered cut list:
9 ea – 1x3 @ 8” tall (headboard panel slats)
10 ea (5 for each side) – 1x3 @ 5 ¼” tall (side arm panels slats)
2 ea – 2x2 @ 8” tall (side arm legs)
2 ea – 2x2 @ 13 ½” tall (headboard legs)
For the rest of the cut list, I didn’t take notes. I just cut the lengths to fit my new dimensions. I hope this helps. If you’d like more measurements just let me know and I can measure the actual bed.
Wed, 12/05/2012 - 10:07
This looks beautiful. Where
This looks beautiful. Where did you get the cushion from? How big is the cushion?
Wed, 12/05/2012 - 20:21
Thank you! I made the
Thank you! I made the cushion with foam and batting. I got the foam piece from the fabric store. It was 2" thick, 22"x22" square. It was on sale, but I don't remember how much I paid. I cut it down to 22" x 12” to fit the inside of the bed. A regular handsaw worked great for cutting the foam. Super easy, but messy. I wrapped it in batting so it finished a little bigger, 23” x 13”. I bought one pillow sham from Walmart because I liked the design and cut it apart to make the cushion top. The rest is from one of those cheap fuzzy blankets.
Wed, 12/05/2012 - 10:30
That finish is beautiful!
That finish is beautiful! Can you tell me how you did it?
Wed, 12/05/2012 - 21:08
Thank you! I have much to
Thank you! I have much to learn about finishing. I first used regular stain. I think the color was gunstock. It turned out so not what I was going for. It was too orange. So then I stained it again with Minwax Hickory Gel Stain. Better, but the wood putty still showed and looked terrible. So I resorted to Minwax Bombay Mahogany Poly Shades which I found difficult to work with, but it did a fantastic job of covering over the wood putty filled holes. I think I used either 2 or 3 coats of the Poly Shades. I’m sure I could have skipped the first two stains and could have had the same result!
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 19:30
Fantastic bed!! I've been
Fantastic bed!! I've been shopping for a dog bed. This is 100 times better than anything in the store. I may have to borrow you're idea :)
Distressed Picture Frames From Scraps
I built everything above my couch using scraps from my garage. The "family" and hearts were cut out of a scrap piece of 1x12. The frames were made using my worst 1x2 and 1x3s. I sprayed them with stain and then paint and finished them by sanding them down.
Farmhouse Table
DIY Farmhouse Table
Modified Farmhouse Desk
Desk for my sis, build on out of state visit. Left raw for her to finish. The X was a character builder as I only had my circular saw and my first time but decent enough lol
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Thu, 09/17/2020 - 10:52
Great Desk!
Are you going to paint or stain? Can't wait to see the finished project!:)
Fri, 09/18/2020 - 09:51
Looks awesome, can't wait to…
Looks awesome, can't wait to see how she finishes it!
simple bench
my first project and I am thrilled with the results. This was a Christmas gift for my daughter and son in law. I wanted something a bit rustic looking so I used inexpensive 'whitewood' and one light coat of stain (Cabernet) that I wiped off right away, then sanded the edges down. I loved using some of the tools my dad has given me.
1 light coat and wiped off immediately. I just used what was on the rag to wipe the top board as I did not want it too dark.
Four cubby bookshelf
My kids' old bookshelf ran out of room and their books ended up on the floor. I built these using the four cubby bookshelf design and adjusted the shelves for different heights as some of their books are extra large.
Narrow Console Table
New table for my entryway!
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Benchmark TV stand
My wife and I wanted a nice TV stand for our new living room. Like always, we did not want to spend tons of money and I thought about building something anyways. My wife found the Benchwright series at Pottery Barn and loved it, but for almost $1,000 that was not in our budget. Of course I came straight here and found these plans! I had a great time building this. The measuring and cutting took only an afternoon, and the staining took a long time as this was my first real staining project. I also wanted to get nice glossy coats of clear coat, which took time.Overall we are thrilled with how it turned out! The biggest headache was the euro hinges. I followed the directions that came with them and they did not turn out right at all. It was trial and error to finally get this placed correctly.
I tried out both oil based and water based polyurethane on this project to try them both out. I highly prefer the water based clear coat over the oil based. The water based is almost twice the cost, but it goes on much thicker so it is easier to apply and took less coats to get a glossy finish.
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Vintage Pew Bench
Entryway pew bench
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Tue, 09/23/2014 - 17:21
Blog Link
I couldn't seem to get the blog link up: some more additional photos on there.
Painters Ladder
The legs and trim were made from 2x4 that I cut down to size with the table saw. Plywood from a chicken coup I made from Ana''s chicken coup plan was used for the shelf base.
Barn Door Console - 3 Door
Love this barn door console cabinet made from rough lumber and some old pallet wood. Sanded and painted for about $160 Canadian dollars. Modified plans to fit a specific spot. Thanks for the plans!
Minwax Dark Walnut
Polycrylic
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Wed, 09/23/2020 - 11:39
Love that you were able to repurpose!
Thank you for sharing all of your great projects!
Printers Cabinet
I built this console because I love it. I built the other printers console and when I saw this one, I decided to build it too. My house is not so big but I found a place for this console in the entryway.
It took me three weeks to achieve it. I was affraid drawers but now, I know I can do it. Thanks Ana and all of you because you inspire me!
Camp Loft Bed
I extended the landing and added rails.
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Mon, 06/01/2015 - 12:06
Questions
I love your modifications with extending the landing. Do you have more pictures that show the whole thing? Did you by chance write down any notes with what you did differently? We are building this bed next week and would love to make a "deck" like you did.
In reply to Questions by wrigleysmama
Sun, 01/22/2017 - 10:39
Hi, Ana here! I might
Hi, Ana here! I might suggest something like this -
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Basically just increase the length of the side pieces first to however long you would like the deck to be.
Then, if you need extra support, add legs on the inside of the platform where needed. On the front side if you are doing railing you could even extend the front leg up so it is part of the railing too.
You may need to add additional supports for the deck boards, shown in green above, but this should be easy enough to do.
Hope this helps!
Farmhouse Table
Although I loved the original plans I had a much smaller space to put this in, so 10ft was not an option. So I cut it down to a more managable size and I think it came out great. Let me know what you think. Great plans and I love the site!
Rustic End Tables
This was my first project in this style and thanks to this website they turned out great!
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Leftovers
I finished two projects and had tons of leftover wood. Pieces too small to use in projects or jigs, so I sanded down the various shapes, threw out those pieces with too many knots, gouges, large splinters, and painted them for the kids to use as building blocks. Best thing was I knew what the blocks were made from rather than questioning the materials used by commercial companies (e.g. NO LEAD PAINT!) which cost about $1 per block. I made 200 blocks for less than $40 and about 14 hours of labor.
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Sun, 12/23/2012 - 09:28
Suggestion?
Wonderful idea but next time I'd use thinly diluted koolaid to "paint" with. Then there are no worries about the kids chewing on paint.
Smells good too....
Will have to do this for my grandkids!!!
First project
I modified the farmhouse bedside table plans to make it more modern. I also added a piece of mirror behind the carved drawer front.
I used scraps of things I already had.
Clear satin
Used Mirror Mastic to adhere mirror to drawer, then attached carved drawer front to that. (I used an exacto knife to carve the shape, but a jig saw probably would have been better and faster!)
Added simple modern nickel drawer pull.