Easy DIY Outdoor Furniture Plans Help Cut Costs of Furnishing a Home

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, July 03, 2011 (Press-News.org) Home goods can quickly eat up a large portion of the budget when furnishing or renovating a home. But according to Ana White, Alaskan homemaker and wood worker, that does not have to be the case. Hand making furniture easily saves an average of 70 percent off retail prices, more if using reclaimed wood.

She explains that when building furniture, the costs are in materials alone. Whereas buying furniture from a big chain store includes paying for marketing, advertising, catalogs, shipping, retail stores and other business expenses. The percentage of the retail price of furniture that is actual raw materials is very low.

In one example, White built a farmhouse table from reclaimed wood, spending just $10 for hardware. At a major furniture retailer, a reclaimed wood table in the same style made with the same species of wood would retail for $3,000. Her final result was cheap furniture that looked anything but discounted.

"Building your own furniture is the ultimate way to save money on home goods, but it's more than just that," White says, who provides step-by-step free furniture plans on her website.

With DIY wood furniture projects, the builder can customize every detail to fit their needs and design style-from paint color and size specifications to the type and quality of materials. Consumers who place a high priority on green or formaldehyde free furniture, building it definitely gives them more options in a much more affordable price range.

"Plus, there is this sense of gratification that comes with knowing you took on the challenge of building a functional, beautiful, inexpensive piece and that you accomplished it," White says. "There are thousands of easy furniture plans. Anyone can do them."

She knows not everyone has the means, ability or time to make furniture, but recommends that moms or dads at home give wood working a try. They can improve their home on a limited budget, do something healthy and break a sweat.

"Quit thinking about whether or not you can pull off that DIY outdoor furniture project and start doing it," White says.

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For more information about Ana White and her free furniture plans, visit ana-white.com. Call John Tomko at (310) 481-9800 for professional or advertising inquiries.

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