I really wanted a place to sit down and take my shoes off when I got home. I don't have a large entryway, so the space was tight. I looked online for a bench that would fit the measurements, and found a few that looked good-- except for the price! Luckily I already knew about Ana White, so I came here in search of some plans and lo and behold she already had plans posted for the exact same bench I liked most from the catalogs!
I've used power tools before, but never actually *built* anything from scratch. I thought my boyfriend would help me with this (he's got woodworking experience), but I got tired of waiting for him to get around to it, so I just did it all by myself!
I first attempted to make this without a Kregg Jig, cause I didn't want to spend the money on it if I didn't need it. But it didn't take long to figure out that I needed it. So back to the store I went (found out the hard way that Lowes sells Kreggs but Home Depot does not, at least the ones near me). And holy cow it was SO WORTH IT!
I also got to buy a new sander for the project, cause the hand-me-down from my dad had a missing bit of the clamp that holds the sandpaper to the sander (kind of essential)
So all in all I spent more than the catalog price of the bench, but I will get to use the tools to build all sorts of fun stuff!!!
Thank you Anna! You empowered me to build exactly what I wanted and I LOVE IT!!!!
Comments
trojan24man
Thu, 05/19/2016 - 07:06
Excellent!
Nice work. Are you hanging it somewhere and if so how?
In reply to Excellent! by trojan24man
Tony Garcia
Fri, 05/20/2016 - 05:49
Thank you. This was a gift
Thank you. This was a gift for my Fath in Law, I think he is going to put it on his patio. I added a lip a the top on the back so it can rest on some anchored screws. Depending on where he puts it though I might add a wire across the back so it will hold a little tighter outside with the wind.
Tony Garcia
Fri, 05/20/2016 - 05:46
It was a gift for my Father
It was a gift for my Father in Law. I think he is going to hang it on his patio. When I built it I added a lip rail along the top so you can rest it on an anchor. If it does go outside I might add a wire across the back so it can catch and won't blow off in high wind.