Added a wall for mounting the tv
I've gotten tons of comments from friends and family already on this build. I liked the original white but it wouldn't have matched my other furniture in the room already built/stained this color.
I've gotten tons of comments from friends and family already on this build. I liked the original white but it wouldn't have matched my other furniture in the room already built/stained this color.
Finished over 2 hrs with 2 more friends. All of us inexperienced :)
I added some decorative trim to the top of the table and also to the sides of the table.
I saw this and new I had to make it for my eight year old daughter. Followed Ana's plans as directed. The total cost to include wood, screws and paint brought this to about $315.00. I am going to make stairs next for this but my other daughter wants a new bed now too, so, the stairs will have to wait.
This was a great first project for my husband and I. First time doing drawers but was amazed how easy it rally was.
We were searching for the perfect bookshelves for our girls' room. We came across these bookshelves and decided to build them ourselves. In the end it worked out perfect! The book are easy enough for our 6 & 3 year old daughters to put away, they look amazing, and it was special building them with my husband as a gift to our daughters. You can find more info on the room and bookshelves on my blog www.brebuskey.blogspot.com
Made these shelves for my mom.
I wanted to build as big of a booshelf as I feasibly could so I altered the sizings in width and height to create this monster. The planks in the back did not fit perfectly in the new sizing so I spaced them a little bit and I think it turned out nice. The spacing gives it more of barn-like look to it. I also alternated stains on the planking between American Walnut and Dark Walnut because this thing took more than a can of stain and I thought the look was neat. The majority of the piece is in American walnut which turned out a little redder than I hoped, but overall I am happy how this turned out.
As always, thanks for the plans!
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 17:09
You did a great job on this bookshelf! Love the plank back and the barn-like look it gives, and the alternating colors for the back. Looks beautiful!
In reply to Great bookshelf! by JoanneS
Tue, 07/28/2015 - 07:39
Thanks! Always good to hear you are not the only one that loves your piece after all the blood, sweat and tears :)
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 00:14
Hello, would you be able to provide the exact measurements you used to build this beautiful piece? It would make my life a whole lot easier lol Thank you :)
Thu, 01/19/2017 - 10:29
Final dimmensions of the bookshelf ended up being 51"W x 16.5"D x 81.5"H. I would suggest measuring out the space where you would like to put the shelf and see how much room you have.
Love this site! I've made the Facny X Farm Table, and now this piece. I changed the back to ship lap. Also cut out the baseboard so it sits up against the drywall then coped the baseboard around the base to look built in. Thanks!!!
Edit - sorry for the pics being sideways, they're not like that on my phone or computer :(
I just finished this octagon picnic table as per your plans
the 2x6 are all clear Western Red Cedar and the skeleton is
Douglas Fir. I think it turned out astonishingly excellent.
Thanks for the inspiration Ana.
This took about 10 hours, including prime and paint. I raised the side rails 3 1/2 inches to dado the posts to accept a 2x4 siderail on the inside of the post, with 1x8 covering it at the center of the post. The siderails are bolted with 4x5/16" bolts, washers and nuts. We chose to leave it more rustic, showing the siderails at the ends and the bolt holes. It is all pine, bought new and along with a 1" forstner bit to recess the bolts, cost $198. It can be repainted at any time. Tools I used were a compound saw for ease of cutting straight cuts, a cordless and corded drill, 1/2" socket and box wrench, easy square and a circular saw for the 1x8's. We painted it with left over paint. Because its pine, we primed with BIN,
Sun, 06/05/2011 - 20:23
It is 1x5 bead board (pine). Some places call it match board. It is v-groove, tongue and groove and has a smooth (flat) side and a two inch flat, bead, two inch flat side. The plans called for a 61" wide panel but I made it 58" with the dadoed posts (1 1/2 inch each cut).
If you want to do the panel using the T&G bead board, make sure to lay your 1x4's out the distance of what ever height you want your panels and center the first piece of T&G bead board on both the top and bottom panel. Then you work your way out fitting the T&G and screwing in each piece. When you come to the two end pieces, they are going to ned to be ripped but by starting at center, they will be even at the end when ripped.
Another tip is when screwing the panel, you will want to get at least halfway into the 3 1/2" post. measure the distance you want to cut on the drill bit and put a piece of tape on the bit. Then drill until you get to the tape.
Modified from Ana's Home Depot DIY, using all pine lumber w/1x6 for the arms.
Sat, 05/03/2014 - 19:40
Actual plans for this loveseat/bench are not showing unfortunately :(
I love this site! I used the Modular Office- Narrow Open File Base under an old 5 panel door added some old table legs and voila new desk for two!
I thought the perfect thing to go above the desk was the $10 ledge shelf. I actually had the wood and the stain already...so this project was basically free...just my time.
Super easy build, had to make a few adjusments because of the size of the room. My daughter absolutely loves it. Thanks Ana White for these awesome plans!!
Thanks Ana for the plans. A new bench / bookshelves for our daughter's bedroom.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CABINET! It's the perfect finishing touch to our kitchen remodel. We are still waiting on the finishing touch; a hand-polished Hoosier style latch for the doors. We found them at House of Antique Hardware. I will say that this cabinet required "non-mortising" hinges, ones that don't require you to dig out anything in the wood and that don't bulge up together in the space behind the door. These were nearly impossible to find in our town in a small enough size, even with the two big box stores and smaller hardware shops. We had to order them online HardwareSource. These were cheap at this source and we even ordered two styles in case we didn't like one of them. A local shop could order them for us @ 6 hinges for 48$!! The ones we found online came to $17 with shipping.
We modified our cabinet a bit because we wanted it to have feet that were different than the original plan. I have a thing about cabinetry that I can't see under! So, we just made the cabinet flat bottomed instead of having the bottom shelf sit higher and the facade on the bottom front. We also added I-frames to the interior of the doors because we have high humidity where we are and we thought it might help keep the doors keep their shape over time.
After building just the bookshelf part, we kept looking at it like we couldn't believe we built it. It's really beautiful. We do a lot of remodeling, demolition, and rebuilding in our home, but have always been intimidated by building furniture until finding this site.
My husband was so jazzed by our newfound furniture building skills that he built the planter/trellis for his mother last weekend for her birthday right after we finished this project. Pictures of that will be forthcoming as soon as we plant the rosebush in it. Thank you Ana White!!!!
Wed, 06/29/2011 - 10:19
We are moving into a home that doesn't have alot of storage so I'm looking into building this. But depends on the cost. About how much would you estimate that this armoire pantry cost to build? PS- I love the look and color of yours! Awesome job!
In reply to We are moving into a home by Nicole S (not verified)
Thu, 12/29/2011 - 20:14
Wow. Sorry I just realized your question was here! I would say we spent about 120$ on wood and finish products.
It was much less than buying the perfect piece of furniture somewhere else. For us, this piece, in this finish was THE perfect piece of furniture. I still love just looking at it in our space.
Tue, 07/12/2011 - 03:55
We used birch plywood for the back and the doors so it was a bit pricier because we wanted something that was already a smooth finish without much sanding. I would say all together with the stain and the Hoosier latch we ordered for it the cost totaled almost $150. The wood cost was about $90, plus we purchased feet, stain, hinges, and a latch.
We LOVE this pantry in our kitchen and although it took a week to build this and have it ready for use, it was worth it to take our time and put care into building something we love. It was our first project and it has inspired us to build a ton of stuff in just a few weeks since.
Good luck!
I stumbled upon the octagon picinic table almost by mistake. I set out to just find a blueprint for a standard picnic table to know how much materials I needed and this came up in the top of the Google search. As soon as I saw it I knew it would be perfect for my backyard. It looks great and the neighbors are quiet jealous!
In the first additional photo you will also see the entry way bench and storage shelf (http://ana-white.com/2009/11/plans-for-entry-storage-benchshelf_2314.ht…) that I worked on when I wanted a break from the table.
I loved the Reclaimed Wood Night Stand so much that I needed a dresser to match. Virtually the same just added a single drawer height and widened.
Fri, 08/07/2015 - 11:12
I am looking to build something exactly like this, can you share plans or any suggestions, thanks!
Hi Ana! Thank you so much for creating all these wonderful woodworking plans. My wife and I wanted a garden bench, and I thought it would be so much more fun to make one than to buy one, so voila! Couldn't have done it without your plans. I made a couple modifications to make it more "Adirondack" style, with the paisley-shaped armrests and curved backpiece. Great plans, thrilled with how easy they were to follow and how well the bench came out!
Thanks -
Bruce
Made your tall planter. Love all your builds
Combined the modular office small desktop with the Narrow file drawer base unit to suit my needs/space requirements. Used the legs from the narrow farmhouse table because I just loved them! Added beadboard for the drawer faces because it matches the rest of our house.
Mon, 04/28/2014 - 22:18
I am about to start on a very similar 4 draw version of this, do you have any more information? In particular I was wondering how the drawer slides were fitted - are the side or bottom fitting? Cheers and well done!
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Ana White Admin
Wed, 03/16/2022 - 13:28
Fabulous additon!
Thank you for sharing, this looks amazing!
HBWineWoman
Fri, 03/18/2022 - 09:28
Fabulous!
Oh my gosh, this looks fantastic! I love that you did the simple framing on the "headboard" portion. Might have to give this a try!