Building A Wood Bench Seat

Use 2 4 wood and 3 4 thick plywood to create the bench frame.

Building a wood bench seat.

This way the bench. Sand and paint or stain the wood to get the design you. Accomplish both your outdoor sitting space and storage space desired by making this single solid wooden outdoor bench that will allow storage in seats. Pre drill holes in the wooden components before driving in the screws apply several coats of wood stain.

The finished bench is placed in an entryway here but this bench would look great anywhere in your home inside or out. Make the bench seat by going with the slatted arrangement of wood planks and then raise it on the x legs the featuring component of this entire bench design. Build the bigger wooden boxes with hinged lids and then finish them up with short wooden legs armrests and backrests. Optionally add hinges to the top instead of using screws to attach it for it to serve as the lid.

Cut the footboard in half to use the halves as armrests. Things you ll need impact wrench or power drill or hand drill miter saw or hand saw tape measure pencil drill bits screw bits or screwdrivers to fit the heads of the screws you have ruler or other straight edge 40 pieces of 4 inch long metal straps they can be found next the l brackets at a.