This was my first project I have ever done. The plans seemed pretty simple, so I gave it a try and it came out even better than I thought.
Moved into a new house after a fire destroyed almost everything, rather than buying new beds for my kids, we decided to build! They turned out beautifully, and the kids love them! Decided to modify the camp loft bed, removing the stairs and using the foot of the bed a ladder style.
We made the doll bunk bed for our daughter's Christmas gift. We didn't modify the plan at all and the bed is a great way to use scraps since many of the wood pieces are pretty short. If I made another bunk bed I think I would paint the boards before assembling the bed because I think we spent twice as much time painting as we did building!
Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:03
I totally agree with you. I made several of these for my nieces for Christmas. They went together so fast....until the painting. I will definitely pre-paint next time. I have enjoyed many of your brag posts. You do excellent work!
Merry Christmas!
This project was for a garage entry and is perfect for what was needed. As described in the plans, it took about 9 hours. We chose to use Home Depot instead of Lowe's for materials. Some cuts were not done correctly and some missing. Went back once to complete. Rented a Nailer which was huge! Well worth it. The plans did not include how to attach the lockers to the benches, so we used 'L' brackets. May have missed those directions somewhere? We had orignally planned to make 3 benches and 4 lockers. Decided to use an existing bench in place of the middle Braden bench and worked just fine. Would not use pine again, but only plywood. Many pieces were warped and difficult to get lockers square, and we picked out the lumber! We chose not to add the drawers to the benches, but will add canvas bins for shoes.
Made a round top 61" from 2x6 ripped to 5" wide so I deviated slightly for a wider bottom (42") and top (58") base. Used the cross pattern instead of the decorative supports. Thanks for the inspiration!
looking to whitewash whole thing or gray stain bottom and dark stained top.
Modified "Mimi's Hall Tree" as I'm a single guy and wanted a more "rustic manly" (haha) look than the white with beadboard. Widened by 12" and 12" taller as well. Used 2 sheets of corrugated metal from Lowe's. The corrugated metal came extremely reflective and just too "new" looking so I followed a youtube video on how to make corrugated metal look old. It's really easy. Just rub toilet bowl cleaner on it with steel wool, leave it for 30 min, and rinse off, repeat until desired look is achieved. You can even leave pieces of the steel wool on with the toilet bowl cleaner and it will create rusted spots.
Built 2 of these for some friends. One of them plans on putting it in the wall! Loved the build and they love the product.
I used the farmhouse doll bed as inspiration, and ran with it. Mostly I made it up as I went along- but it's sturdy, and cute. I still need to finalize the cushion, but I'm happy with it overall.
I love this table! On cool winter mornings we fill it with warm water. The built in umbrella stand will be essential once the Texas sun comes out.
Hopefully it buys me some free time to finish some projects! 
I already have lots of requests to build more of these for friends and family. I have some edits in mind to make it a little faster and easier next time.
Many thanks to Ana and all the contributers for all the inspiration and tips!
I built this for my Granddaughter, which i must say she loves it.
I built two of the same centers and turned one around to build the washer instead of a fridge.
I attempted to make light up burners by purchasing 4 solar lights from the dollar store and gluing them into a shallow pan. when a pot is placed on top of the solar panel the light comes on. it is not as bright as i would have liked but she likes it. I purchased a play sink from Walmart that has a small pump in the tap so she had running water in her sink.
The hardest par of this build i found was the doors. i do not have the device to make pocket holes so i drilled holes in the edges and attached the frames of the doors together with wooden dowels.
This project was definitely a learning experience for me but i had a lot of fun building it.
Thu, 07/18/2019 - 19:26
On to the next Project........
Thank-you for providing this site with all the detailed plans......I Love it!!
Fri, 07/19/2019 - 16:10
Thank you for using our plans! We love this kitchen, there will be hours and hours of play here! We appreciate you adding a brag post - it is very helpful! Ana
My 11 year old is a girlie girl and has been asking my wife and I for the American Girl Star Armoire cabinet for 2 years. I found a similar plan here on Ana-White's Plan page. I decide to use a little nice quality wood (Aspen) instead of just a clear pine wood. It turned out nicer than even I could have expected.
My daughter got this for her 11 Bday this past Sunday and has already filled the cabinet with all her special AG Dresses. I added my own twist by putting a 1/4" Chalkboard back on it so she can use it to play school with her AG Dolls.
I have a couple people interested in making one for them for Christmas. :)
My next project will be one of the bunk-beds featured on Ana's website.
My wife's cousin builtthis table using your plans and we loved it. I wanted a lager table, so I made a few modification. The table top is 5 8 ft 2x10's. I love the finished product. More importantly, my wife loves it! Thanks for the plans!
I used the stick on drawer organizer tutorial to divide a giant dresser drawer
With the divider, the drawer can hold more and is so much neater and easier to use
i love there is ZERO planning or sourcing of dividers with this method just have the basic materials on hand, open up a drawer and get it done
This man crate is a gift for a co worker who is retiring. We'll put all his keepsake gifts in here and he'll have to open it with a crowbar. :) The dimensions on this were adjusted to the size of 17" long, 12" wide, and 10 3/4" high (about the size of a case of copier paper). It is made with 1/2" birch plywood and poplar craft boards. I chose to use the hardwood plywood since I found out folks would be signing it, and it's much easier to write on this with a ballpoint pen than on regular plywood. Plus, less sanding for me to do ! ;)
To keep it from being so heavy when it's filled, I substituted 1/4" plywood for the top and bottom, and left the trim off of the ends. I arranged the pieces so the trim on the front & back covered the cut ends of the 1/2" plywood.
The lettering was traced on (it's "Stencil" font, in 105 pt size, printed from Powerpoint) using a ballpoint pen to dent the surface, then a black Sharpie pen to outline. Hubby thought it looked nice just with the letters in outline, and that's shown in the picture.
Also on this one, I made a little gift tag with some clip-art, and mod-podge'd it to the bottom.
Tue, 11/19/2013 - 16:03
The man crate was a big hit at the retirement party! I think we're starting a tradition ;) We had his wife stash the crowbar, and when it was time for him to open it, we asked, "does anyone have a crowbar?" - and then his wife said, "Here you go!" and pulls one out of her shoulder bag! It was a hoot! :)
Great pans and made my own hardware with the link that was on the site....
<p>I worked on this for about 2 weeks in my free time. I modified the original plans from this site to accommodate my needs. I just wanted a “#1” only place near my pool so I didn’t have to dry off and walk all the way up to the house. The trash can is for the TP and I will just toss it when I need to. I used a traffic cone as a pee funnel and attached tubing to the end of the funnel that I buried down along the slope of my yard against the fence line. I ended up adding an area for boys since I didn’t want the inside all gross. I added solar deck lights to the outside and a light inside too. It turned out amazing!!!</p>
Here are the pictures from the finished Banquette. Thank you for the free plans. Very much appreciated.
by Jason
Brazilian walnut flooring top from lumber store and pine everywhere else.
Bougth some furniture but no bookcase . So I started to make it myself; first time ever I worked with wood.
I used the plans of Channing bookcase but modified them a bit.
It fits completely with the other furniture: same color and structure , but most important, 5 times cheaper.
Thanks Ana White
