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Gardening Woodworking

Planter Box For 5 Gallon Bucket Tomato Plants

This growing season is the first time that I’ve started tomatoes from seeds inside. I’m attempting 5 varieties this year! In this post you’ll find a free plan for a planter box for 5 gallon bucket tomato plants.

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Create Home Improvement Woodworking

How to Build a Bohemian Style End Table

I’ve been looking for a project to make use of some really cool ceramic tiles that I’ve collected and decided that they’d make really unique and stylish end tables.  First I needed a basic end table design that would be elegant enough for a nicer living room setting, but could also be dressed down for a more casual setting.  As with almost all of my plans, I’ve used materials that can be readily found at big box home improvement stores.

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Woodworking

Loft Bed Plan with Desk and Bookcase

This loft bed plan is inspired by the Rhys Loft Bed from Pottery Barn and Ana White’s loft bed plan, particularly her construction of the frame enabling it to be disassembled.

I’ve designed 2 versions of this with the only difference being whether or not the desk has drawers. This post illustrates the basic desk version with no drawers.

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Plans Woodworking

The Hawley Wood Rustic Nightstand Free Plan

One of my readers, Scott Hawley shared his designed for a nightstand to match his Rustic Farmhouse Bed. Below are step by step instructions on how to build one yourself.

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Woodworking

Free Mid Century Modern Scandinavian DIY Desk Plan

After making a couple mid century modern nightstands for a bedroom renovation, I wanted to add a desk that would compliment the clean and modern look. This easy to build DIY desk design is inspired by mid century modern Scandinavian furniture and the plan can be easily customized for a desk size suited to your own space. It’s a perfect weekend woodworking project for a beginning woodworker!

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Create Woodworking

How to Make Tapered Legs on a Table Saw

Tapered legs for woodworking projects like these end tables add an elegant and refined look.  They’re super easy to make using a table saw and a basic, inexpensive jig that you can build in about 20 minutes. In this post I’ll show you how to make your own jig and tapered legs.

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Create Plans Woodworking

Tatami Inspired Platform Bed King Version

If you’re been looking for a king version of my Tatami Inspired Platform Bed, you’ve come to the right place!  I’ve re-sized the original queen plans and added additional supports to the base to accommodate the larger and heavier 76″ x 80″ standard king mattress.  You can access a SketchUp model of the king sized bed here.

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Create Plans Woodworking

Mid Century Modern DIY Retro Nightstand Project

I built these mid century modern nightstands to compliment my recent platform bed, but this stylish design is versatile enough to go with just about any contemporary decor.  This is also a really great project for a beginner to intermediate DIY woodworker and can easily be knocked out in one or two weekends.

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Create Plans Woodworking

Tatami Inspired DIY Platform Queen Size Bed Plans

I’ve had my eye on a DIY platform bed project utilizing the Tatami style joinery for a couple years now, but another project always seemed to keep coming up. That all changed recently when my daughter decided to redesign her room with a minimalist modern look and decided to ditch the old spindle bed.  This was the perfect opportunity for that clean, elegant platform bed design I’ve been looking to do.

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Help! My GE Adora Refrigerator DFE29JSDASS is Leaking Water

The other afternoon I noticed a pool of water on the floor in front of my refrigerator.  It wasn’t huge and my first thought was that some ice had fallen from the dispenser on the door and melted, which would not be out of the realm of feasibility.  I wiped it up and made a mental note to keep an eye on it.   Sure enough, a couple mornings later I went into the kitchen and there it was, another pool of water.  Hmm, I thought, this is a problem that’s probably not going to go away.