Misc Woodworking Projects starting with L

What you don't see in this pic is that this 3D serving board is a lazy susan. So clever. Build your own using the free woodworking instructions at the link.

Wouldn't you love to have one of these little lending libraries in your neighborhood? So awesome. If you are so inclined to build one, here are the free plans to build your own.

Here is a great way to add accent lighting to your patio, walkway, or front porch. Build a set of outdoor solar lanterns using the free step-by-step woodworking instructions at the link. They look nice in a set of 3 with varying heights.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Louvers, in installations such as louvered doors or window shutters, are an attractive way to provide privacy and security while allowing for the free-flow of air on both sides of the louvers.

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

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.

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