Reclaimed wooden heart rose holder
Here is another one of our small projects and crafts – a wooden heart that holds an iron rose, made from reclaimed oak barn wood. The heart is almost 2″ thick, and about 4″ tall. The... Read More
Tag: woodworking
How to choose the best wood for your project
Every woodworking project starts with one critical decision: selecting the right wood. The type of wood you choose can greatly impact the durability, aesthetics, and functionality of your finished pie... Read More
Top 8 beginner woodworking projects to build this year
Woodworking is a craft that anyone can learn, and it all starts with the right project. As a beginner, it’s important to choose projects that are simple enough to build your confidence but also rewa... Read More
Walnut, maple, and angelique charcuterie board
I made this charcuterie board, cutting board, serving trays from some scrap hardwood pieces I had laying around the shop. Starting from the center, the strips are: walnut, maple, walnut, maple, and an... Read More
Essential Woodworking Safety Tips: How to Stay Safe in Your Workshop
Woodworking is an incredibly rewarding hobby, but as any seasoned woodworker will tell you, safety should always come first. With power tools, sharp blades, and heavy materials involved, a workshop ca... Read More
DIY King Caned Headboard Plans – Pottery Barn inspired
This version of our caned headboard plans are designed to be built with solid 3” x 3” boards as the primary components. We do have a version designed to be built with 1” x 3” boards, and anoth... Read More
DIY Vintage Style Plant Stand Plans
These vintage style plant stand plans are a simple and basic design, with a few easy optional tweaks to give a more finished and refined look. You can easily skip the rounding of the top of the legs o... Read More
2×4 Truss Style Farmhouse Table Plans
These truss style farmhouse table plans are designed to be built almost entirely from standard 2×4 construction lumber. The only part of the plans that use other dimensions of lumber are the top ... Read More
DIY Drop leaf side table plans
If you live in a smaller space, or have smaller rooms in your house, you may be looking for pieces that can serve multiple purposes and that take up less floor space. These drop leaf side table plans ... Read More
Outdoor Pub Table plans – modular DIY
If you like to entertain outside, and you have a bit of an open area that could use some furniture, maybe these outdoor pub table plans are just what you need. This entire table is built from nine 2&#... Read More
Air compressor cart
You can find the plans for this air compressor cart, along with plans for a lot of other useful jigs and accessories in the Tools and Workshop section of our site. I finally got around to building mys... Read More
Mid-loft bed to fit over IKEA dresser
As my son has grown from a pre-teen into a full blown teenager, the full-height loft with a desk and shelves underneath was no longer working. He asked if we could lower his bed, but we still wanted t... Read More
Teen mid-loft full size bed – Free DIY plans
As my son has transitioned from a pre-teen, into a mid teen, he no longer wanted his bed to be raised in a full loft fashion. So it was time to do a little remodel and change his full loft into a mid-... Read More
Custom maple shelves
As part of our kitchen makeover, we turned an old closet on the edge of the kitchen into a new small appliance pantry. I decided I wanted the shelves in the appliance pantry to match the drawers in al... Read More
Double A-Base DIY sofa table plans
I call this design my “double A-base” DIY sofa table plans due to the leg assemblies looking like As instead of Xs (like in our double X entry table plans). I saw it in one of my friend... Read More
Drill Press Table DIY Plans
Having a drill press in your workshop is great, adding a custom built drill press table with a larger work surface, t-tracks for clamping, and some storage just expands the functionality exponentially... Read More