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I built my first daybed in May of 2010, and my second one in August of 2010. I've since moved one of the daybeds to my new nursery I'm creating. These beds are so versitle, so sturdy, and can be moved anywhere and 'go' with whatever decor. I love both of them!

This was my husband and my first DIY project and we were thrilled at the outcome! It took us a day to build and then a couple days to stain and paint.

Built this industrial coffee table without plans

Inspired by the ryobi dream workshop.  Shelving unit and the feed carts are complete.  Still working on the the organization of all our stuff!

My first project! A friend of my husband's came to visit for a weekend and was nice enough to show me how to use my handy dandy new air nailer. We had the bench put together in 15 minutes! And so began a beautiful friendship with furniture building...

Last winter, our friend's boss built our kitchen cabinets. We've had cuts of plywood leftover, sitting in our garage since then.

Our home needed a media console, so I thought to give building one a shot now that I own a circular saw and am only slightly afraid of it. I didn't follow a plan, honestly, but I did look at Ana's Classic Storage Wall, Extra Wide Media Unit as inspiration.

The console is actually a slate-indigo-black, called Napoleon. The top is made of reclaimed 1x6s that I mixed and matched with scrap 1x6s and gave one coat of Dark Walnut. We ordered handles for the doors and it needs another coat of paint (we ran out of the quart we had on hand), but we love it!

This sweet bookshelf was the perfect summer project. Our girls loved painting it and have already spent hours playing with it. We used High Gloss paint.
Here is a link for a video where you can see the kids painting it and how it looks in their room. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tYXcWxQJ_U

I started with the basic plans and dimensions, then made it my own from there. I added a center shelf, used regular (cheap) hinges and a removable brace instead of the shelf brackets, with stop blocks on the brace cleats to help easily center them. Added 2x4s on the sides to mount the hinges and let the wings fall flush, 2x4s on the bottom to mount 4” casters, 1/4” plywood backing, and 1x3 trim on the front for aesthetics and as a lip to hold items in place. The backing completely covers the lower shelf, and I left a gap to run cables through in the upper shelf backing. Velcro strips on the back hold the wing braces when they’re not in use.  Even though it’s plywood, I sanded everything thoroughly to reduce splinters and snags. 

Our master bedroom unfortunately had no closet, so for almost 2 years we had been using 4 store bought (cheap) racks that would break under the weight of the clothes and keep having to be replaced. There was however, a big nook in one wall of the room that could definitely be some kind of closet. I sat down and drew up a plan of what I thought would fit, but then had no idea how to go about building it. The plan sat in a drawer for months until after asking a friend about a shelf her husband built she sent me a link to this site and told me that's where she got the plans. I found the closet system plans and they were so close to what I had drawn up I was blown away! IT was no problem modifying the measurements to fit our space. I am SO happy with the results, all I need to do now is wait for some dry weather so we can paint!

Modified back to match my adult chairs. Armrests are also cut out like adult chairs you just cant tell in picture. Also put an arc on faceplate. Then i couldn't resist routing her name into it. Enjoy!

This is the first time I attempted a project with doors, and was rather intimidated by that. I managed to get through it without a square and ended up with a square piece in the end. I installed shelves behind each door so that DVD cases would fit both on the bottom and on the shelf.

I customized the middle section to accommodate our cable box and PS3, while still allowing for storage of controllers in the bottom portion.

This was a fun project.

Our daughter loves using this kitchen helper and is a great way to keep her safe in the kitchen. 

A quick shelf for a blank wall.

This is one of the easiest woodworking projects ever. It only took 2 cuts and 8 pocket holes.

I built 4 chairs total. A set for my mother and another for my mother-in-law for Mothers Day. The first set I built are the green ones with the cushions. The second set are the stanined chairs. The second set went a little easier than the first because I learned from my mistakes. What I did differently on the second set was mainly to sand and stain before assembling. I had a hard time getting in between all of the nooks on the painted chairs. I ended up using my paint sprayer to paint them because it was just going to take forever otherwise. The side table was very easy and straightforward. No issues there. All in all a pretty easy project. Both moms were very pleased with their gift! Thank you Ana and Home Depot once again for the awesome plans!!

Awesome build! Great dining table! 

My first project from Ana's website! I figured in order to make more furniture I'm going to need a sturdy work bench to help me along the way. I cut my legs at 36" instead of 33". The 3 added inches brings it to a standard kitchen countertop height (I think, at least mine is). Thanks for the inspiration and plan pericles49!