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Wood Star Serving Tray or Wall Decor
A five-pointed star built from compound-angle 1x2 segments backed with plywood, usable flat as a serving tray or hung as wall decor.
- Easy
- $
- 1 hr – 1.5 hrs
Furniture
Wood Shim Cassidy Bed (Queen)
A queen platform bed with 4x4 legs and headboard/footboard panels faced in a herringbone of cedar shims. The shim art is the whole personality.
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Outdoor

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Sanding

Belt SanderRandom Orbit SanderSandpaper (assorted grits)

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$$$

8–14 hrs

Solid wood shelf covers installed over wire shelving brackets

Storage & Shelving

Wood Shelf Covers for Wire Shelving

Simple 1x12-and-1x4 shelf covers that clip onto existing wire shelving brackets — a fast way to turn wire closet shelving into solid wood shelves without removing the hardware.

Beginner
$$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Backyard wooden seesaw with padded seats and dowel handles on a cross base

Wood Seesaw (Teeter-Totter)

A backyard seesaw with a bolt pivot, dowel handles, and padded seats — plus three pivot heights, so it grows with the kids instead of aging out.

Easy
$$
3–5 hrs

Divided wooden caddy holding utensils and napkins

Gifts & Small Projects

Wood Organizer Caddy

A divided utensil caddy from a single cedar fence picket — seven small cuts, glue and brads, done in an hour. The definitive scrap-picket project.

Beginner
$
45 min – 1.5 hrs

Wall-mounted wood mantel with a concealed hinged front for hidden storage

Wood Mantel with Hidden Storage

A floating mantel that's actually a shallow box with a concealed-hinge front — remotes and cords disappear behind what looks like solid wood.

Intermediate
$$
4–6 hrs

Small cedar Nativity manger stable with a peaked roof

Gifts & Small Projects

Wood Manger Scene

A small cedar stable for a Nativity, cut from a single fence picket with beveled roof and sides. Hot glue holds it together — a quick holiday build.

Easy
$
1 hr – 2 hrs

Small stackable crate shelf made from wood lath painted antique white

Gifts & Small Projects

Wood Lath Crate Shelves

A tiny stackable crate shelf made from two 1x4 ends and a fan of cheap lath sticks. An hour and a handful of nails.

Beginner
$
45 min – 1.5 hrs

A wood deck handrail with 4x4 posts and evenly spaced 2x2 balusters

Wood Handrail with Balusters

A build-to-fit deck or porch handrail — 4x4 posts, 2x4 top and bottom rails, evenly spaced 2x2 balusters, and 1x4 trim to hide the pocket holes.

Easy
$$
4–6 hrs

Small wooden doll crib with rounded end panels and a pull-out drawer

Gifts & Small Projects

Wood Doll Crib

A miniature crib with rounded end panels and a pull-out drawer beneath — the one hard part is sanding two curved tops until they match exactly.

Easy
$
2.5–4 hrs

Small wooden doll cradle with curved angled end panels

Gifts & Small Projects

Wood Doll Cradle

A small curved-end doll cradle — jigsaw-cut angled end panels, a cleated bottom shelf, and side boards that follow the ends' angle. Simpler and smaller than this catalog's doll crib.

Beginner
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Small wooden crate organizer with a slide-out drilled coffee pod tray

Gifts & Small Projects

Wood Crate K-Cup Holder Drawer

A small two-tier crate with a drilled slide-out tray that holds coffee pods upright — a weekend project sized entirely from scrap plywood.

Easy
$
2–3 hrs

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