Misc Woodworking Projects starting with L

This lazy susan couldn't be any simpler to make. Be sure to use wood from your scrap pile for this project, the nicer the better. Follow along at the link to see how it all goes together.

These wooden lanterns are easy to build and can reduce the size of your scrap pile. Win, win! Make them large for your front porch or smaller to use as a centerpiece on your table. Follow along at the link to build your own lanterns.

Aren't these outdoor lanterns beautiful!! And the best part is you can use solar lights for this project. Check out the full tutorial at the link and get building.

Have you ever seen one of these little free libraries? Perhaps there is one in your town or neighborhood. If not you should use the free building instructions at the link to build one.

Pulpit designed for a church in Kansas City. DXF Format

This is a link to a Google 3D SketchUp drawing for a loft ladder. You will need the SketchUp software to download this drawing and its freely available online. We do not provide support for this software. Not all drawings have the measurements displayed but you can use the measurement tool in SketchUp to easily and accurately determine the dimensions of each lumber part. Most drawings do not have instructions, its assumed you can build it based on the completed drawing provided.

Our laundry was kept in a collection of plastic bins and cloth bags in a cabinet in the laundry room. As I heard that the cloth bags were on their way out and were most likely being replaced by more plastic bins, I diplomatically cut in and ask for a few weeks so that I could design and build some laundry boxes from wood.

This is a link to a Google 3D SketchUp drawing for a lecturn. You will need the SketchUp software to download this drawing and its freely available online. We do not provide support for this software. Not all drawings have the measurements displayed but you can use the measurement tool in SketchUp to easily and accurately determine the dimensions of each lumber part. Most drawings do not have instructions, its assumed you can build it based on the completed drawing provided.

A guide to constructing said table, log-splitting table plans, materials list, diagram. ...

With cutouts for handles and casters for easy mobility, I think this is the perfect laundry hamper. Here are the free plans to build it.

Build this loveseat with these free woodworking step-by-step plans. Even make your own cushion.

With just a little lumber you can build this awesome laundry hamper which requires no sewing either. Here is how...

Learn how to build a lazy Susan; includes details for a circle-cutting jig for a saber saw and working with edge banding.

Clean and compact, exuding the warmth of pine, this hamper can serve its utilitarian purpose handsomely anywhere in your home.

Here are the instructions to build this three compartment laundry hamper. It is meant to be finished off with mesh or screen for the sides.

The Laundry Basket Dresser has taken my laundry room from the messiest room in my home to the tidiest. It is so easy to pull laundry out and put it directly into baskets.

All the bookcases were made of No. 2 white pine boards to match the trim in our old house. The cases were made without backs, anchoring them to the painted walls with cleats on the back of the shelves. Construction is fairly simple, standard cabinet case construction.

If you live in a house without a clothes chute, you are probably sick and tired of running up and down the stairs from your bedrooms and bathrooms to your laundry room, toting baskets of dirty clothes and towels. If you can find a suitable location, consider a laundry chute!

This freestanding laundry closet will help you get organized either right in the laundry room or perhaps in your bedroom. It features a hanging rod, and a shelf as well as space for sorting laundry into baskets. Build it using the free plans at the link.

The reason I was attracted to this project was a lifelong appreciation for wood and the simpler times when craftsmen hewed logs into log cabins and also to log cabin furniture. With a few simple tools, they made what they needed with what they had.

Build an LED light table using wood, a 3 or 4 strip LED light kit, and a sheet of frosted plexiglass. This light table can be used for drawing or tracing wood a pattern.

This downloadable lazy susan designed by TJ Christiansen, is a great project if you own a shopbot or a CNC router. You will need to scroll down the page at the link to fine this plan.

This laptop riser is handy to have at your desk. There is a place to store your phone and you can slide your keyboard underneath when you need more work surface. Best of all you can build it using scrap wood and the free plans at the link.

Make your own industrial initials using pallet wood and these free step-by-step instructions.

A letter holder is not only practical but can also adorn a passage, entry or other suitable wall and it is relatively easy to make. Also doubles as a key rack.

The top and sides are simply stock beadboard plywood framed with 1x material. For the hampers floor, we scrounged up a scrap piece of regular plywood or, just use beadboard instead.

Build a lazy susan to keep your desktop organized. Also great for a number of uses.

When closed, this looks like a dresser but actually has three pull down bins for sorting laundry. Here are the free downloadable woodworking plans to build it.

Give your front load washer and dryer a built-in look and give yourself more folding surface after you build this laundry room countertop.

Keep your office supplies corralled on your desk by building this lazy susan.