Unlock Your Backyard’s Potential: Tips for Designing an Outdoor Kitchen Transforming your backyard into an inviting haven for outdoor cooking and entertaining is a goal many homeowners aspire to achieve. With the rise in popularity of outdoor living spaces, designing…
An Easy to Build Desk with Drawers on Each Side This is a great desk with lots of storage! The free plans to build a One Kings Lane Sereno desk are perfect for a home office or craft studio, it…
A Coffee Table Added to the Riley Collection Previously, I posted plans for the Riley End Table, a table featuring X detail at each side. The DIY plans to build a Riley Coffee Table feature the same X detail at…
A Beautiful Bed with a Sculpted Headboard This easy to build bed features a curvy, sculpted headboard suitable for paint, stain or upholstery. The plans to build a Lynette queen bed has a plywood headboard with 2x lumber framing and…
Illuminate Your Kitchen Sink: Choosing Lights for Functionality and Style Tired of struggling to see what you’re doing at your kitchen sink? It’s time to shed some light on the subject! Choosing the perfect lights for your kitchen sink area…
DIY: Make Your Own Wooden Drawer Slides – An Alternative to Metal I have to be honest, this is the first time I’ve tried this. I tend to get nervous when trying something new… I don’t want to make mistakes…
An Easy to Build Cabinet for Storage on Wheels Since the tree fell on the house, space is truly limited… We didn’t reinstall the oven in the new “kitchen” because there is no room for it, so we’ve opted to…
An Easy to Make Sign Using a Wood Box Lid I have a few lids to wood ammunition boxes. A couple of years ago, I used the boxes to create a magazine holder for The Design Confidential (I also drew plans…
Give an Update to a Hardwired Light Fixture As a few of you may know, I have a “thing” for giving makeovers to light fixtures. I find the coolest fixtures at my local Habitat for Humanity ReStore and since I’ve…
A Cabinet Created by Combining Two Different Plans I was contacted by a reader who asked if I could create plans for a cabinet combining the Esmerelda Buffet and the Myron Sideboard. The reader liked the drawers on one cabinet…
Free DIY Woodworking Plans The free DIY woodworking plans to build a Monterrey Side Table are incredibly easy… In fact, I built the table in a day! It took longer to finish it than it did to build but I am…
An Easy to Build Bench with Curved Legs Don’t let the curved legs fool you into thinking this bench requires advanced skills to build… It certainly does not! The plans to build a Scarlet bench feature an upholstered top with…
How to Build a Simple Serving Tray These Ellington trays will be perfect for serving up fabulous food to your guests! These easy to build serving trays (inspired by Frontgate) are quick to construct and also super inexpensive. Two of…
An Easy to Build Chair with Tapered Legs Suitable for All Skill Levels! – Updated 10/3/19 I absolutely love the design of this chair, and what’s even better is that it’s super easy to build! Not only that, but the free…
Update a Kitchen or Bathroom Without Buying New Countertops When I remodeled my kitchen and bathrooms the first time, I built custom countertops for each space. Eventually, it was time for a change and I discovered a countertop coating that…
A Table Designed for a Great Cause Awhile back, I created this table for a charity event (with PureBond plywood) with the proceeds benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Center. My friend, Jake, purchased the table and then donated it to…