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Super easy. Under $50 .. wanted an industrial look to match new shelves, and could storage laundry baskets. Wanted a certain width / color. Added extra pieces to bottom shelves to create a cubble shelve.
Love the outcome!
Super easy. Under $50 .. wanted an industrial look to match new shelves, and could storage laundry baskets. Wanted a certain width / color. Added extra pieces to bottom shelves to create a cubble shelve.
Love the outcome!
Amazon had an awesome sale on hairpin legs and I couldn’t pass them up. We had a few unused pallets, so I just created this beautiful table console and side table. Happy creating y’all!
Greetings from Brazil. Thank you very much for the dollhouse bookcase plans. I did it to my goddaughter and she love it!
About This Project
Our 10 year old daughter has a small room so we decided a loft bed would be ideal, as it would open up some needed floor space. However, spending $1000 on a loft bed from a store was inconceivable, so we were THRILLED to find this camp loft bed plan on Ana White!
My husband modified the plans to accommodate a full-size mattress, added two inches of height to the underside, and removed the stairs.
Cost of wood was just under $300 as prices are high in our area at the moment. Still far less than any store would offer a bed of this size and configuration, so still a win!
The build took two full weekends. He had to be able to disassemble the piece in the garage in order to take it upstairs to reassemble in her room.
It was painted white with Kilz Interior Sealer and Stain locker. It was a HIT and now our son wants one too! :) Great project that affords her SO much more floor space for her books and eventually a chair underneath.
Fri, 12/11/2020 - 05:48
Would it be possible to share the modifications I would love to make this for my daughter. The twin size is too small. Thank you in advance
Mon, 07/11/2022 - 23:46
How did you do the slats? I am trying to make an oversized loft bed and nervous about the supports for under the mattress
Great Project! a ton of fun!
Thank you for the inspiration! My daughter and I made a similar. We did a how to video here.
quick build, turned out solid
We have a pretty small place and not a lot of room for our sewing/crafting stuff. We would leave our machines by our piano, on the floor, every time we brought them down stairs. We needed a better way to store them and this was the perfect solution, and it added a few more seats in our little family room. I build the bench with a one-piece top and added a removable tray for the cords.
This is the prototype build for the Book Box plan. It was a lot of fun coming up with the decoration ideas, and the build was quick and super-easy. I plan on making more of these! I used scrap wood and left over finishes for this build.
Mon, 11/24/2014 - 12:10
What a great use of scrap wood! Looking good! Thanks for sharing.
Tue, 11/25/2014 - 14:11
Thanks Ana! I had a lot of fun with this project. Your Handmade Holidays collection inspired me! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! :) Joanne
I loved the rustic X console, but it was a bit too big for our space. We decided to go with the Henry Media Console, but I had my dad add "X"s to each end. We took breaks and worked in between our busy schedules, but this could totally be a day project.
Built a plant wall out of cedar planks to get our planters off the ground. Not pictured, but I also ran a drip line up to each plant so now they're maintenance free!
Love the look and ease of this plant wall.
This was a fun weekend project!
In reply to bottom? by nkfuller09
Thu, 12/31/2015 - 07:16
I used 1x6's, i think 2x6's would've made the table much too heavy... it is already extremely heavy, but super sturdy as well!
Tue, 01/16/2018 - 16:26
Just wondering where you got them from? We've been looking all over the internet and have yet to find them...
In reply to Corner Brackets? by sergiontami
Sat, 06/23/2018 - 12:15
I fashioned them myself out of some flat steel brackets. I bent them to 90 degree angles in a vice, then spray painted them black.
Only 2 more to build. LOL
Hinges from Lee Valley and knobs from ikea.
I wanted to build a desk for each of my 3 kids. We have an unused loft space in our home that I wanted to convert to a kid's homework area. Initially, I was going to build cabinets and create two walls of built in bookshelves and desk space. But decided I wanted free standing desks in a style that would last them into adulthood. (And possibly move with them into their own homes:) I really liked Pottery Barn's Printer's Keyhole Desk for the first desk but couldn't find a plan to build something like that. I ended up modifying the Turned Leg media console plan instead. It was a lot of work trying to figure out the correct changes to the plan. It totally made me appreciate how easy Ana's plans are to follow. I changed the depth to 24 inches and also changed the basic box from the plan into 3 boxes (left side drawers, middle drawer, right side drawer) then attached the boxes to each other then to the top. It was a heck of lot easier to say that in a couple of sentances then to actually do it. I also found it easier to put face frames on my drawers to hide my not perfect drawer boxes.
This project took me about a month to complete. I am a SAHM, and was not able to work on it every day.
The finish is Minwax Ebony oil based stain. I've had success using Annie Sloan waxes on other projects but was not happy with how the top looked after using it on the desk. Eventually I sanded the finish off and re-stained it 2x then topped it with 3 coats of Polycrylic. I left the rest of the desk with the original stain/Dark Wax finish.
I am too lazy to attempt sanding off the rest of the desk and restaining and sealing it. Kid #2 is already asking when I'm going to start on his desk (I'm thinking RH St. James style) and Kid #1 came home from school today and wanted to do his homework in the basement (where his desk is currently drying) so I think I should just say it's done and move on!
My experience comes just from reading this site and a few others. I've made AG doll furniture, picture frames, a console table, 2 benches, built-in bookshelves and a dollhouse bookcase. I used pocket hole joinery, glue and nails in this project. I don't have a table saw, so I made my long cuts with a circular saw fitted with a Kreg Rip Cut and occasionally a jig saw.
I would like to add some sort of hutch to it and am considering the Channing Hutch from this site. Thanks for reading!
Mon, 01/28/2013 - 21:28
Very pretty! What a beautiful labor of love. You are super ambitious to do this x 3!
Tue, 02/05/2013 - 05:57
I've been looking for a desk plan to replace the antique desk my mom recently took back to her house and this just might be my saving grace! Where did you get the legs for this? Thanks in advance and what a great job you did!!! Looks awesome! :-)
Thu, 02/07/2013 - 14:58
Thank you tracy! The legs came from lowes. Nothing special, pine, 15" table legs.
In reply to Thank you tracy! The legs by cathygehrke
Sun, 02/24/2013 - 23:18
So you must have joined them to another piece of wood to make it tall enough... like a 2x2? I'll go over and check at lowes to see what they have. THanks for the input!!!!
Fun project
I enjoyed making this chair. Even though I am a beginner at wood work, it really was easy to make and the instructions were very clear. I made it for my daughter. She will be 3 years old in May and she loves it. Our next project is making her a table to go with the chair. Thanx for sharing the plan
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Ana White
Wed, 09/01/2021 - 11:44
This is amazing! Love the…
This is amazing! Love the custom size and turned out beautiful!