Outdoor 2x4 sofa
We finally got our outdoor porch cleaned out and needed some additional seating. Loved all the different designs based on Ana's 2x4 sofa. Used Cedar boards instead of Pine.
We finally got our outdoor porch cleaned out and needed some additional seating. Loved all the different designs based on Ana's 2x4 sofa. Used Cedar boards instead of Pine.
I used an all oak wood with a maple inlay on the table top to give it a different grain pattern and stand out a little more than just one type of wood. My wife wanted 3 shelves so she could display all our babies photos in our living room, toys on the bottom and odd storage in the middle. The way I figured to find the height of the second shelve was because we have a scentsy warmer and the basket we use to hold the scents I made to just fit under the table top. I also went with a fancier router-ed edge to the top which has three grooves instead of your normal round over or just square. I used a lot of kreg jigs to put this together and the two bottom shelves are free floating without a support beam. The way I did it made it really sturdy with clean lines on the peace. I sanded the whole project to 400 which made it feel like glass. If you would like to know more ask questions. I love to do this type of stuff.
Fri, 10/18/2013 - 01:46
I just finished a second, smaller version of this one for one of my friends who just got married. I also inscribed their names and date they got married on the bottom. I made it look like a carving in tree. It was pretty cool.
This is project #3 for me. Went together pretty easy. I originally made it for my living room but my teenaged daughter likes it so much she is begging for it to be in her room. She helped me stain it so I guess I will give it to her. I love Ana, I love the plans, I love feeling so empowered!
Built by Richelle Munro
"I love all your plans, and I have made quite a few of them now! This is one of my favourite! I used old barn wood for the top, and ship lap for the bottom and doors!"
This plan had comments about the 1x12 being a little short.
I love this table. I needed a little console table for my bedroom, and this was a prefect fit. It took me a day (not including buying the lumber), and it was fun to build. This was the 2nd project I have done, and I am really proud of it! (PS i found one on the pottery barn website that looks very similar for $600!) I spent about $50 on lumber, and already had the rest of my materials:)
Mon, 06/10/2013 - 16:05
Great job! I love that stain! How come you did not use pocket holes to attach the board so there would not be any visible screws? I love this table though. I saw the plans last week and want to build one next!
In reply to Great job! I love that stain! by Officer_Dad
Tue, 06/11/2013 - 08:11
Thanks! I like how the stain turned out too:) As for the screws showing...well.. I didn't want to buy any extra tools- and i have no idea how to make pocket holes yet haha. This is only my 2nd project. But I really don't mind the screws showing.
:)
A great one board project using some left over cedar that was collecting dust. Using a 1/2" round over bit I eased the outside corners as well as the drawer sides. I find that the drawers will slide easier with a slight round over applied. I left the cedar without a stain and two coats of satin clear.
Sat, 11/04/2017 - 19:29
Great job on this project! The router detail is beautiful, and the unique shaped pulls are awesome!
JoanneS
Made this simple house bed for my daughter. Got the idea from Ana white page and made my own.
This is my first build ever...except for a rad cd rack I built in 8th grade shop class. My husband and I
So it all started when my amazingly crafty friend Lee built a toy kitchen for her kids. I was so impressed and started looking up other people's diy kitchens. So then I was searching for something totally different and saw the play kitchen on Ana's website (love it), and I got totally addicted and decided I was going to build a dining room table, because we have been using a hand-me-down brown card table and chairs from the 70's since we got married. (How's that for a run-on sentence?) I wasn't sure if my husband would take me very seriously, but after I showed him this website, I started noticing him on it all the time. He's more addicted than I am!
Fast forward some time and we decided to start with the spa bench as a warm-up. Once we are in a house with our own garage (God willing in the next few months), we plan on tackling the Farmhouse Table. Anyway, when we took the kids to Gma and Gpa's, my father-in-law got really excited that there were going to be carpenters in the family, and he took us out to the garage to show us all his tools that we could use.
We had to buy all of the wood, screws, sand paper, stain, polyurethane, and a paint brush since it was our first project, so it ended up costing about $85. At least now we have a lot of supplies left over for our future projects! We had
This is probably a weekend project if you count the staining and finisher. The actual building part only took us three or four hours (please don't laugh at us if that's painfully slow), but we actually took about two weeks to finish it because we have rain, no garage, and three kids under 19 months. And we weren't really in a hurry. Anyway, it was fun. We like to build. Thanks, Ana, for inspiring us and for making it doable for so many people! We think you're neat.
I have been wanting to build this piece for some time now. This is actually a Pottery Barn piece that is now discontinued that I modified here and there. I added a "flipper door" which opens and slides back into the cabinet. Adjustable shelves throughout. I used solid alder and alder plywood for material. - Brad @timberandsoul www.timberandsoul.com
Sat, 05/16/2015 - 14:52
that looks great! I love seeing your brag posts! You make really great quality furniture. :) Hopefully one day I get to that point :)
- Used a router to cut a dado slot for the vertical boards to slide into the 4x4 posts so I would not have to screw them in from the outside
- Used a router to round over the edges to make the post toppers.
- Used router to give a shaped edge to the top horizontal planks
- I bought the finials for the post tops
Bed Frame and Headboard made from Ana's plans. Frame is very simple. Headboard is fairly simple but a lot more cuts, measuring and attaching. I stained both with Varathane Weathered Gray. I also attached sideboards and internal support 2x4s with bed-frame brackets rather than screwing directly in to allow for easier deconstruction and reconstruction. Used an insert nut on the sideboards to attach hairpin legs (screwed directly into top/bottom boards).
Side tables are just 3/4 birch plywood glued and nailed into a rectangular box. 24x18" Top/Bottom and 18 x 6" sides. Hairpin legs are longer versions (16") of Ana's Amazon suggestions for bed frame. Stained with Varathane Antique White.. turned out ok, but would use a different white stain or just paint them white if I had to do it again, and paint the insides before you build!
Tue, 11/16/2021 - 15:27
That is beautiful, well done, thank you for sharing!
This is my daughters new bed. We modified the plans to fit what we wanted. I added drawers to the stairs. Then put shelves behind the stairs. Added doors so we can hide the shelves. We used rope lights inside to add light with her own light switch.
PS Don't mind the date on the pictures. Forgot to change the date.
I scaled down the large rustic x bench plans to create seating for my grandkids at the new kid's table.
Wed, 05/20/2015 - 08:46
I really like that bench. Especially how beefy it looks scaled down like that.
I got the plans from Anna White $50 beginner farmhouse table build. Changed from a 6 ft table to a 5 ft. Built in a few hours but took longer to paint than anything because it took 2 coats.
Thu, 12/28/2017 - 16:23
Hi,
I really like the colour you chose! Did you use "SPF" lumber or something else? I am using SPF, so I am curious to see what the stain will look like once dried, etc.
Thanks again,
- Mike
I have previously made side tables for our master bedroom but after two grown kids came back we had to move to the smaller of the two bedrooms we have. So here’s my 13” width version !
Nice easy build, thanks again Ana. Took longer to figure my new measurements for my cut list than actually building them!
I absolutely love the way these turned out! I drew up an example in Sketch-up using Ana's plans for the Simple Nightstand as a starting point.
This took me longer to build than I expected -- maybe because I was working from scraps and had to figure out what would fit where along the way. Also, I initially cut all the side pieces with parallel cuts. Oops. So I had to re-do them all.
For more info, check out my blog post!
Great plan! I curved the edges with a French curve and a bench sanding disk, and then used a router on all exposed edges. I used a dremel router table with a small bit for the small pine pieces and a full sized router for the two main platforms. If I were to do it again I’d be far more careful with angle accuracy.. I think my miter saw is a little off. My table saw was spot on for the plywood cuts. I also used smaller wheels and only have spinners on the front, preventing collision.