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The House of Wood

The DIY Life of a Military Wife

Ana White

Introducing… Spruc’d!

May 1, 2018

Friends. I have some verrry exciting news to share with you today!!! I’ve been working on something amazing with my dear friend and fellow maker, Ana White. This has been over a year in the making and we are ABSOLUTELY THRILLED to finally share what we’ve been working on! Introducing… Ana and I have been hard…

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Filed Under: Blogging, Design Plans Tagged With: Ana White, design plans, marketplace, noads, online market, platform, premium plans, sprucd, sprucd market

How to build a DIY cabin bed - Jen Woodhouse

DIY Cabin Bed

January 13, 2016

Ana White and I are alike in so many ways, it’s scary. She has two insanely good-looking kids, a girl and a boy. I have two insanely good-looking kids, a girl and a boy. She has an adoring, yet manly husband who encourages and supports her awesomely creative endeavors. I have an adoring, yet manly…

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Filed Under: Beds, Design Plans, Featured, Furniture, Kids Tagged With: Ana White, bedroom, cabin, cabin bed, children, kids, loft bed, plywood, purebond, restoration hardware, RH Baby

How to build a DIY twin platform bed

$30 Twin Platform Bed

November 12, 2015

Do you have an hour and about $30 bucks to burn? Because that’s all it took for my latest project. This build was actually never on the list – it was a last-minute-fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants project because I wanted to get my son’s new mattress off of the floor. Amazing what a little Mom Guilt will do to a girl, right?…

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Filed Under: Beds, Furniture, Kids Tagged With: Ana White, bed, diy bed, platform, platform bed, twin, twin bed

How to build a DIY Ballard Designs-inspired Dresser - free plans and tutorial!

Ballard Designs-Inspired Dresser

March 20, 2015

Remember the DIY Ballard Designs-inspired nightstands I built for my photographer friend Emily? Well I’m back to share how I built her matching dresser! Once again, I teamed up with my sweet friend Ana White on this build. You can download the free plans on her website here. I used my favorite plywood, Purebond Plywood to build the carcass…

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Filed Under: Design Plans, Dressers, Furniture, Organization Tagged With: Ana White, ballard designs, bureau, chest of drawers, diy, dresser, Emily dresser, furniture, isabella, isabella dresser

How to build a DIY Ballard Designs-inspired Nightstand

Ballard Designs-Inspired Nightstands

January 28, 2015

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook (you’re amazing – thank you!), you’ll have caught sneak peeks of this project. And if you don’t, get with the program! The House of Wood IG and FB feed is where it’s at, yo. This project is way overdue, you guys. Like, several months overdue. Way back in September, I…

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Filed Under: Design Plans, Furniture, Organization, Tables Tagged With: accent table, Ana White, ballard designs, bedside table, end table, furniture, nightstand

12 Best Christmas Table Settings

Day 12 of The 12 Days of Christmas Tablescapes

December 23, 2014

Well, it’s the final day of our 12 Days of Christmas Tablescapes Tour! Wasn’t Jaime’s kids’ table adorable and creative? I knew there would be so many amazing DIY details coming from this camp of creative DIY bloggers: We’re wrapping up this fun 12-part series over at Ana White’s place. Check out her beautiful, warm,…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ana White, Christmas, diy, festive, holiday, table setting, tablescape

DIY Evelyn Regency Dresser

Evelyn Regency Dresser

November 26, 2014

Okay, so this is a GAME CHANGER, you guys. I just wrote my very own DIY plans for the FIRST.TIME.EVER. All thanks to my dear, sweet friend, Ana White. Remember this two-tiered foyer console I built for my parents? Well, I’d entered it into a contest The Home Depot was running and it WON! The prize included a trip for…

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Filed Under: Design Plans, Dressers, Furniture, Kids, Organization Tagged With: Ana White, dih workshop, diy, diy dresser, evelyn regency dresser, extra wide dresser, free plans, google sketchup, home depot, plans, san diego

DIY Foyer Console

Two-Tiered Foyer Console

August 27, 2014

Well, hello again! I’m so glad you’re here! If you keep up with me on Instagram or Facebook, you’ll have seen sneak peeks of this project. Pssst… I’m on Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook – let’s be friends. It’ll be fun. Here’s my newest DIY project, all done and dressed up: Dang, ain’t she purty? My parents were looking…

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Filed Under: Design Plans, Furniture, Organization, Tables Tagged With: Ana White, console, console table, diy, foyer, foyer console, furniture, knockoff wood, kreg, osborne wood, pottery barn, purebond plywood, ryobi, seaton, table, turned legs, two tier console

My First Haven Conference Experience

July 18, 2014

My First Haven Conference Experience If you keep up with me on Instagram or Facebook, you’d have seen the lion share of these photos. And if you don’t, then this will be news to you. Read on for my Haven Conference recap (everybody’s doin’ it). Last weekend, I traveled to Atlanta to speak at the…

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Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: Ana White, bench, coffee table, diy, furniture, haven, haven conference, jaime costiglio, knockoff wood, kreg, kreg jig, osborne wood products, pottery barn, ryobi, that's my letter, turned legs, warner

Easy DIY Turned Leg Coffee Table

Easy Turned Leg Coffee Table

July 14, 2014

This past weekend I teamed up with Jaime Costiglio of That’s My Letter and we had the honor of teaching a furniture-building class at the Haven Conference in Atlanta. Haven is a DIY Bloggers’ conference held every year. We had an hour to teach the class and asked several volunteers to help us measure and cut…

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Filed Under: Design Plans, Furniture, Tables Tagged With: Ana White, building, coffee table, diy, furniture, haven conference, home depot, jaime costiglio, kreg jig, osborne wood, ryobi, that's my letter

How to build a DIY Pottery Barn-Inspired Bench

Three Board Bench

July 7, 2014

Hello and happy Monday, friends! I’ve got some exciting news to share with you today. I’ve been invited to speak at the Haven Conference, a DIY bloggers’ conference in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend! I’ve never been to a bloggers’ conference before and I am totally geeking out over it. I’ll be teaching a couple of building classes…

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Filed Under: Benches & Ottomans, Design Plans, Furniture, Seating Tagged With: Ana White, bench, furniture, haven, haven conference, jaime costiglio, knockoff wood, pottery barn, that's my letter, warner bench

DIY Restoration Hardware Coffee Table

Square Balustrade Coffee Table

May 23, 2014

Remember that beautiful Restoration Hardware-inspired coffee table I built for my parents? Well, it was such an easy project and I loved it so much that I decided to make one for our living room! The folks at Osborne Wood were kind enough to send me another set of the turned legs they designed for this coffee table!…

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Filed Under: Design Plans, Furniture, Tables Tagged With: Ana White, balustrade, coffee table, diy, furniture, knockoff wood, kreg jig, living room, osborne wood, restoration hardware

How to build a DIY Restoration Hardware-inspired Balustrade Coffee Table

Large Balustrade Coffee Table

May 5, 2014

***Are you on Instagram? I am! And I often share sneak peeks of my upcoming projects there, so let’s be friends, it’ll be fun.*** Y’ALL!!! I am SO EXCITED to share my newest build with you! I’m doing a happy dance right now. Be grateful you’re not here to witness mah sexxxy man splits! #namethatmovie #pitchperfect #sorrynotsorry Now…

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Filed Under: Design Plans, Featured, Furniture, Tables Tagged With: Ana White, balustrade, building, coffee table, diy, furniture, knockoff wood, kreg jig, living room, osborne wood, restoration hardware, wood

DIY Lap Desk

$2 Scrap Lap Desk

March 20, 2014

I had a few scraps of wood laying around from previous projects, so I decided to tackle a quick, easy, and (almost) free build: a lap desk! It took less than 2 hours to construct and the only purchase I made for this project was a package of 2 standard hinges for $2 bucks; everything…

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Filed Under: Desks, Furniture, Kids, Organization, Tables Tagged With: $2.00, Ana White, carpentry, diy, lap desk, scrap, two hours, wood, woodworking

How to build a DIY Land of Nod inspired Play Stand

Land of Nod-Inspired Play Stand

March 7, 2014

Hello and happy Friday, friends! For those of you who follow me on Instagram, this will be old news to y’all. Last Christmas, I built a couple of these Land Of Nod knock-off play stands to give to the two most adorable 3-year-old girls in my life: my daughter and niece. And I’m finally getting…

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Filed Under: Bookshelves, Design Plans, Furniture, Kids, Tables Tagged With: Ana White, building, diy, kids, land of nod, play room, play stand, that's my letter, woodworking

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