Every garden might use a few more locations to sit. Perhaps you have an out-of-the-way nook that might take advantage of a basic perch for visitors to rest on, or possibly your neighborhood barbecues have outgrown your patio set. In either case, a simple homemade garden bench is a fitting option.
This timeless little 4-foot-long bench is low-cost and simple to construct with just a few standard tools. It costs less than $30 in materials and will take about an hour to construct. And I think that as soon as you see the outcome, you'll desire to make half a dozen more.
For the tapered ends of the face boards, use a speed square to mark off 45-degree triangles on each end of the 1x6s. To make the cutouts in the legs, mark a triangle in the center of the bottom edge of each 2 × 12. Utilizing the speed square as a guide, eliminated the triangles (picture); if you're using a circular saw, you'll require to end up cutting the leg notches with a handsaw.
2|Connect the fastening bars
On one side of each leg, position a fastening bar flush with the top of the board, and attach it with two 2 1/2- inch-long screws, approximately 1 1/2 inches from each end.
3|Space the legs, and connect the face boards
Rest both leg boards on their sides on a flat work surface area, with the securing bars facing each other. Location a face board on the side of the legs, and adjust the leg spacing so that the much shorter edge of the face board is flush with the beyond each leg. Attach the face board to the legs with 1 3/4- inch-long screws. Flip the legs over, and connect the 2nd face board in the exact same fashion.
4|Position the seat and legs
Location the 2x8s side by side on your work surface area, and use the edge of the speed square to develop a gap between the boards. Ensure the ends of the boards line up perfectly. Lay the leg assembly on the seat boards, upside down, and center it.
5|Secure the legs to the seat
Connect the leg assembly to the seat boards by screwing through the securing bars to the seat boards with four 2 1/2- inch-long screws on each side.
6|Dress it up
I picked a semitransparent, weatherproofing, Bordeaux-colored stain to create a pop of color in my garden. You could use any color you like, or let the bench weather naturally.
Make it last
You should get years of use out of this bench without much fuss. However like all wooden outdoor furniture, it won't Hout kopen last forever; the wood will eventually deteriorate. Wood's worst enemy is wetness, and the bench is most susceptible where the legs can be found in contact with the wet ground. To make the bench last longer, simply put a small paver under each of the legs.