The benches and benches in the garden at the summer cottage are a popular place to relax. Sometimes putting an ordinary bench is not interesting and corny.

After all, there is an opportunity to build a whole corner for relaxation and comfort, so as not just to sit on a bench, but already to enjoy nature, from your garden, from fruits planted with your own hands. There are many different ideas here.

Bench structures are usually lightweight and do not require special skills. Anyone can create a seating area with a bench, if they wish.

Idea options

Everyone saw a photo of an ordinary bench. But you don't want the simplest bench for your garden, you want something more original and beautiful.

If everything in your garden is already decorated and the whole area is in order, then the bench will never be superfluous. And, if you are just starting to equip your site, then it's time to start with equipping a bench.

Wooden bench

A do-it-yourself bench made of wood will harmonize well in the garden with all kinds of flower beds of beautiful flowers.

The simplest option for building a garden bench is two boxes made of wood, in which inflorescences grow, and between them a couple of polished boards. If necessary, this bench can be placed near the wall, if possible.

Many people do not like such material as wood, because it gets wet quickly and it is very difficult to care for it. Instead of wood material stone and concrete come to the rescue.

In order to make a bench with a back, you need to try a little. For the backrest, already processed wood is most often bought. The easiest way to fix the seat is with metal corners.

TO concrete material they can be attached, thanks to the dowels, and to the wooden material with self-tapping screws from the bottom or bolts through and through.

Many summer residents are wondering how to make a bench on their own for home and garden. And every year this question is gaining popularity.

Many give preference to the shop benches that are already ready, but by doing the work on their own, you can completely surrender to the process and turn on your imagination completely.

Metal bench

Metal benches are installed by a minority, since they, of course, are aesthetic and original products, but in summer time- this is a material that heats up to crazy temperatures, and if it gets even a little colder, then the material becomes icy, and it is impossible to sit on it.

If you really want to use metal in the process of creating a bench, then you should combine two materials in the work: metal and wood. In this case, the seats and backs are made of wood material, and the structures of the legs and additional elements are made on the basis of metal.

There are many different original benches in this style.

Note!

Recently, pipe benches have become very popular. Rectangles are made from the profile pipe with the help of cooking, and jumpers are attached to the side walls, on which the bench seats will rest. This is a very reliable and safe way to create a bench with your own hands.

If this option is slightly improved, then armrests are used for greater convenience and comfort. A bench in the garden with a wide seat, like a sofa, will also look elegant and original. This is comfort, convenience and luxury!

For complete comfort, you can put decorated pillows on such benches so that you can not only sit, but also take a nap in nature.

Benches from boards

A simple bench made of boards will also look aesthetically pleasing, the main thing is to be able to do it. There are the simplest designs, like ordinary benches, and there are more complicated ones in the form of a sofa or an elongated chair.

IN modern style It's easy to assemble such a bench, you just need to connect rectangles with partitions made of thin boards to each other.

The main thing is to turn on your imagination. Even the most simple work can become the source of a masterpiece.

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Various shapes of benches can be made on the basis of thin boards. For example, in the form of the letter P. Here the main thing is to fix the seats and legs well and securely. Such a bench is easy to manufacture, but will last a long time.

Photo of a bench with your own hands

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With the onset of summer, it becomes impossible to sit in the house - you want to spend as much time as possible on the street. Today we will show you three ways to make do-it-yourself benches.

Your version of the bench will depend not only on the model you choose, but also on the materials available to you. Indeed, often a do-it-yourself bench from scrap materials looks both neat and interesting.


Each version of the bench requires its own skills, but the first bench can easily be made even by someone who does not have special skills in working with the instrument.

DIY benches in half an hour

Here's an example of the simplest bench you can think of. With all the materials available, such a bench is assembled in a matter of minutes!

All you need are eight cinder blocks with through holes, four wooden blocks and construction glue. It is better to choose the bars according to the width of the holes in the blocks, but if they are a little narrower, then this is not scary.

Be sure to sand the wood surfaces to avoid splinters.

Blocks and bars can be painted as desired to give the bench a nicer look.

It remains to install the blocks vertically, having previously lubricated the contacting side surfaces with glue, and insert the bars into the holes. Once the glue is dry, the bench is ready! If you wish, you can complete it with pillows: it will be more beautiful and more comfortable.

How to make a wooden bench with a metal frame yourself

If you have at least minimal welding skills, then here is a project that will suit you. The bench stands on two metal supports and it turns out to be simple, but reliable. You need shaped tube or a thick support plate and of course a wide seating board.

If you are far from welding works, then you can collect metal carcass on the corners and fasten with self-tapping screws for metal.

After the bench is assembled, the metal legs should be treated with a metal primer to prevent corrosion and then painted with metal exterior paint.

The wooden seat of the bench should be painted with varnish or paint for outdoor use. Such a simple version of a do-it-yourself bench will serve you for many years.

You can experiment and create your own bench design. For example, such a laconic design bench is quite within your power. it is done exactly according to the same principle.

How to make a bench with a back yourself

It is easy to attach a back to the bench, which stands on metal supports.

To do this, you need to take metal plates and bend them at the desired angle. It is easy to do this even with your hands, or you can fix the edge of the plate and bend it with a hammer. The plates will act as a support for the back. We fix the plates underneath the seat with one end, and fasten the back to the other end.

It is better to sink the bolts on the back (and on the seat too) into the wood so that they do not create discomfort.

If you don't want to mess around like that, then you can use bolts with a round head.

A more advanced solution for the backrest is to attach it to the frame rather than the seat. This design is certainly more reliable.

To do this, you will have to weld some parts at an angle, because it is more comfortable to sit on a bench with an inclined back. And this requires great care.

There are special devices that allow you to fix the parts to be welded at the correct angle - they are called magnetic holders or positioners.

But there is also a "popular" method. Make a wooden block and attach the parts to it while welding. This way you can weld the required number of supports, keeping exactly the same angle.

It remains to attach the back to the frame, and the bench is ready!

Do-it-yourself benches from old furniture

Old unnecessary furniture can still serve us in the country. You can practically make benches yourself.

We do not throw out an unnecessary crib, but we make a bench out of it with our own hands. One of the headboards will be the back of the bench. The second backrest is divided into two parts: the lower part is the lower front part of the bench; the upper part is divided into two parts and serves as the bench handrails. The bench has a convenient storage box for pillows.

Wooden bench converted from a regular size bed. Provide a small box in the seat for storing pillows, then you will not have to carry pillows from home all the time, and come up with places to store these pillows.

Run out of beds? You can make a bench with your own hands from an old shelf - they painted and made a pillow, that's all the work. But this simple shop can almost turn into a throne if you have an old unnecessary door in stock. You can make a beautiful high back for a bench from it. By the way, old wooden windows can be adapted for the same purposes.

Even if you don't have a single board, you can still make a bench for your favorite summer cottage!

That's all! Simple do-it-yourself benches can be made in just a few hours, while not spending much on materials. And it will definitely become a favorite vacation spot for the whole family. After all, on the bench it is so pleasant to read, drink tea, chat with friends or even work, taking your laptop with you!

Taking a break during the day is as necessary as sleeping at night. To smoke a cigarette at work at their summer cottage, sit in the shade after long working days, enjoy the long-awaited evening atmosphere or even go in for sports - for this they use comfortable wooden benches.

Buying chic furniture for the street - nowadays few people can afford such a ruin of the wallet. Making a bench with your own hands according to the drawings is a triple benefit:

• A practical wood product, in which all individual wishes and elements are taken into account, is an order of magnitude higher than stamped factory models focused on saving material. Ordering a bench to a separate master also does not always meet expectations.
• Making your own hands will only require expenditures on consumables, and if they are already available, then it will do without investment at all.
• The construction of interior and landscape elements for a summer residence to your own taste can hardly be called a job. It is always a pleasure to skillfully create something new for yourself, so that you can then be proud and enjoy the labors of your work.

Why wood?

Wood is the most suitable material to make a do-it-yourself shop. This is due to its qualities:

Requirements for material and tools

The wood must be of high quality. For the bench, you should choose elements without knots, cracks, rotten areas. The convenience of processing and joining parts, as well as the service life of the finished product, depend on this.

Special attention: only dry wood is suitable for starting work. Raw board- the reason for the deformation of the bench and its destruction when changing weather conditions. The material must be thoroughly dried before processing.

The breed is not limited to anything: to do garden bench for a summer residence, any available wood will do. Oak is the strongest, but the heaviest. If you stand a bench all your life in one place, it is better to choose it.

Pine - optimal choice for any product variants. She is the most common building material: wood will be easy to find at home or purchase at the nearest base; affordable, moderately durable, less susceptible to the influence of temperatures. Linden, larch and other species are also used.

Making a bench with your own hands is a carpentry job, it will require simple carpentry tools. For the sake of safety and quality of work, it is recommended to use only a reliable serviceable tool. Strongly attached hammer handles, planer blades, a sharpened hacksaw or a solid blade on an electric saw are the key to effective results.

Wooden bench structure

The general structure of a wooden bench will come in handy for those who decide to make it with their own hands. Before starting work, it is recommended to make a drawing of the future creation with the dimensions and arrangement of elements. It will help you quickly make the necessary wooden bench parts and correctly assemble them into one garden structure. Each element of the drawing performs its function, without which the product will be unprepared, unreliable or not convenient enough:

1. The legs of the bench are supports. For a comfortable landing, they are taken out to a height of 40-50 cm from the ground. A lower or higher position makes you take an unnatural posture, from which rest becomes anguish and unfavorable tension of the spine. Depending on the length of the wooden benches, a different number of elements are provided: a maximum of every 150 cm. The rear and front supports are on the same level with each other. Usually two pairs are needed, as most wooden benches are small.
2. Between the legs and the seats of the bench, the schemes provide for intermediate transverse and longitudinal beams, because the seat plane is not always formed by one board. They must be attached along the perimeter of the seat to the tops of the legs, but if the distance is large, there may be additional transverse elements attached to the longitudinal beams. Intermediate wooden supports may only be missing if the bench seat is made of wide planks.
3. The seat is formed from elements that are nailed to the intermediate beams and extend beyond the legs by 5-25 cm. It is recommended to choose flat boards.
4. The screed is an element of the bench strength. In the drawings, it can be done in different forms, but the function is the same: rigid fastening timber frame... It can be a single beam or a board, end-to-end connected to the legs of the bench at a height of 20-30 cm, or corner beams that fasten each leg with intermediate beams. The screed prevents loosening of the wooden supports.
5. The backrest is a functional element that divides all the benches into two configurations: with and without it. It serves for more comfort and relaxation of the back. The backrest should not be vertical at 90 ° - this is an uncomfortable position. The optimum tilt angle from the seat plane is 110-120 °. The presence of a backrest requires modernization of the drawing of the legs. The support area needs to be made larger. Geometrically, the load is already distributed over the seat and the horizontal projection of the backrest. The back legs of the wooden bench are pushed further from the middle or tilted so that the lower points go back. The backrest consists of supports and a plane. The first are attached at an angle to the legs, boards or slats are attached to them.

General manufacturing principles

The wooden parts of the bench are assembled using screws or nails. The second option is recommended. High-quality long nails will provide a stronger connection, and soft modern self-tapping screws often break and, over time, can no longer hold the rigidity of the wood frame.

The wooden surfaces of the seat and backrest must be carefully sanded. The functional planes of the bench can be of different shapes: straight or curved for beauty and greater convenience. For example, the back of the seat can be made in the shape of a boat, and the edges of the seat and back are rounded. The result is achieved by changing the shape of the cross beams in the drawing (the upper edges are cut with a wave).

In order to save material and time, you can often find benches where there are gaps between the slats in the seat and backrest. A simple example: city alleys. This is not inconvenient and, in general, practical, however, it is recommended to avoid such savings when making with your own hands. Capital garden bench made of wood with full-fledged elements is more beautiful and safer for health. The gaps of the seat and back play the role of draft windows: sitting on a bench, an unseen person can get sick.

The assembly order is not established by anything. If the seats and backs consist of many rails, it is first recommended to make and fasten the frame elements and the tie according to the drawing, and then perform the formation of planes. If there is no backrest, and the bench surface is one large and durable board, it is advisable to use it as a basis for connecting the rest of the elements.

Wood processing is a mandatory process. Immediately after making the bench, it is necessary to impregnate the wood with insect and fungus protection agents. Further painting will not only give the wood product a complete look, but also keep it from external weather influences.

Decorative value

Those who say that there is no beauty in wood benches, just no taste. This is one of the landscape and interior elements that form general form cottages or premises. Recreation areas primarily attract the attention of visitors and the owners themselves. Therefore, beautiful hand-made wood products are wealth for the home and soul.

Experienced craftsmen, designers and creative beginners often surprise with their unique solutions... Using the seemingly most inappropriate wooden elements - knotty logs, hemp, old driftwood - create masterpieces that are proud and admired. Only an individual approach to making benches with your own hands will help to make country cottage area unusual and enjoyable.

Application of products

A bench is an ambiguous element. The use of finished products extends both to the summer cottage and to living conditions, and for specific needs. Some of its structural features during manufacture depend on where the wooden bench will be used.

The most in demand is a garden bench, because it is necessary in any courtyard of a summer cottage. The backless version is characterized by the presence of only the seat surface, there is no vertical back support element. Such a bench for a summer residence is less convenient, but making it with your own hands according to the drawings is easier.

The backless option is chosen by those who do not like to sit still for a long time: a couple of minutes of respite and back to work. The light weight of the product and the simple distribution of the load allow the use of thin wooden or even 2 metal legs. for giving is more attractive, convenient, but more difficult to manufacture.

A beautiful and comfortable bench can be placed on the porch of a house, in a gazebo or in a room where it will play the role of full-fledged wooden furniture. Often the benches intended for this are supplemented with soft material: the backs and seats are covered with a blanket or bedspread, upholstered with leatherette on cotton wool or foam rubber, artificial fur, etc.

For athletic needs such as dumbbells, a backless wooden bench is a great option to benefit. Optimal coverage of the seat surface - linoleum with lining.

A lightweight and comfortable garden bench can be placed on a cozy veranda or placed in the shade of trees so that you can hide from the heat and enjoy reading a book or pleasant conversation. So, we will describe the main stages of its manufacture.

No matter what material you decide to make a bench from, so that it is as comfortable as possible, certain proportions should be observed during its construction:

• height: the seat is always 0.5 m above the ground;
• width: not less than half a meter;
• back height: 0.45 m;
• angle of inclination: ideal 45 °;
• armrest height: calculated from seat level and should be 20 cm.

If the bench is dug into the ground, the length of the legs increases by at least 70 cm. In this case, its legs are lowered into the prepared pits, covered with stones and poured with concrete. Do not forget to pre-treat the wood with a solution that protects against rot and mold.

DIY bench step by step

It is better to make the back and seat of the garden bench not with a solid canvas, but make a small distance between the planks. In this case, rainwater will drain from them completely, the boards will be better blown through, and the product will be less susceptible to rotting:

You can replace the stain with a strong solution of potassium permanganate. Wood treated with a similar composition takes on a dark and rich color. Depending on the amount of manganese, you can get a walnut shade or a rich mahogany color.

Wide board bench

Bench made of flexible vine or willow twigs

Eco-friendly garden furniture, and not only a bench, but also chairs and even a table can be made from pre-soaked willow or vine twigs. You can also use branches of hazel, willow, aspen or even birch, but in the latter cases, the product will last much less, and it will look more rude.

To collect raw materials, it will be necessary to wait for the "ripening" of the shoots. The optimal season for harvesting branches is from September to March. It is at this time that the rods acquire the required flexibility:

Types of benches

We have described only the simplest options for making a garden bench. You can make it practically from any materials:

If you are planning to make a wooden outdoor bench, it is better to use conifers or larch, which is hard to rot. Inherited old furniture oak or hazel can also be used as a material to create a durable and highly original garden product.

Is it worth buying a bench or is it still worth making it yourself?

Buying a bench for the garden is, of course, much easier. Moreover, the simplest of them are quite cheap.

But still, hand-made work will bring more satisfaction. And with a certain patience and skill, even made from improvised means, it can become an exclusive work, which will not be ashamed to boast to friends and neighbors. For example, in the next photo, the bench is made of ordinary pallets, painted with bright paint and decorated with decorative pillows.

Good afternoon, today we will make a variety of benches with our own hands. I have collected in this article all the EASIEST WAYS make yourself comfortable and beautiful bench... I will give detailed explanations and illustrative photos, and I will tell you as clearly as possible about how to make a bench. made of wood(timber and boards) and materials at hand(pallets, old chairs, boxes, etc.). I will also give drawings, assembly diagrams, and step-by-step master classes.

All assembled models country benches I will lay out as they are complex - that is, we will start with the simplest and most concise methods - and finish with real professional products worthy of the hand of a master. After this article, you will feel that you have become the very master who knows a lot about his business and can easily make a bench completely out of any material, even if there is not much of it. And the bench will stand firmly on its legs and will serve your family for years. And who knows, maybe you can even sell your benches to neighbors - after all, they will also want to have such summer cottages on their land. And later you will start doing it, too, according to my articles-lessons.

In this article, as well as in the next article in this series, we will look at ...

1. Benches made from old chairs.
2. Bench chaise longue in French style
3. Beautiful benches made from bed backs.
4. Master class of an elite bench from a chest of drawers.
5. Country benches with a back - from timber and foam blocks.
6. Benches for a summer residence - panel board supported by one-piece sidewall.
7. Simple drawing benches from edged boards- in 15 minutes.
8. Country benches with a curved side.
9. Rack benches for giving - with a curved seat.
10. Lumber benches with back and armrests - 23 models.
11. Benches under the canopy or a classic pergola.

So let's figure it out. And let's start with the EASIEST WAYS to make a country bench with your own hands.

Model No. 1

Bench for giving

FROM OLD CHAIRS.

Here in the photo below we see an original and very a simple bench- which is easy to make with your own hands from unnecessary chairs. Everyone in the country has old shabby chairs. Once you left one chair in the rain, the lacquer coating on them swelled up, the soft upholstery had long ago spread into shaggy holes. It's a pity to throw it away, you put it against the wall of the garage or in the shed - and it continues to decay. Then another comrade chair was added to it - but it is still nothing, and you keep it on the summer veranda. And sometimes you see shabby chairs with a skewed leg at the entrance (someone took them to the trash can).

All these old robbers can be given a new brave life. Paint them in a bold juicy color. And cover with a wide board - screw it onto the self-tapping screws (so that they hold onto the leaky bottom of the chair, it can be strengthened with a wooden plate). Or screw it not to the bottom but to the chair frame.

By the way, if you don't have old chairs - NOT A PROBLEM. Go to any flea market site - they sell very often old chairs for mere pittance. They are glad that they were sold. You are lucky that you have found it.

If wooden chairs have different seat heights, this can be easily solved by filing the legs of high chairs (or stuffing additional thick planks on the seat frame of a low chair to raise the seat to the desired height.)

Chairs can be joined not only in the seat area - but also along their backs. Here on step by step master class making such a bench (photo below), we see how this is done:

• The attachment points along the back line of the seat are a long wooden plank.
• The attachment points along the front line of the seat are a screed with screws (or just a butt, which is held due to the fact that the back bar does not allow the chairs to disperse).

We fit the side rails of the bench. We cut out corner groove on the handrail to fit into the chair back frame.

Sanding the varnish from the chairs (preparing them for painting). We prime before painting - with a special primer for wood. We saturate with a moisture-resistant coating.

And attention - we add elements of strength. From below and from above between the backs of the chairs - we nail short wooden strips-holders. They will unite the backs of the chairs - into a single common back of the country bench.

Cut out the board for the seat. Please note that special square cuts are made in it (so that the high "humps" of the chair legs pass through them.

This is how we get an elegant garden bench. It can be placed on the lawn of the garden in a place with a table - under a canopy, in a recreation area, on a veranda or terrace. And for the winter and rainy season, bring it into the house.

And here is the idea of ​​how you can arrange chairs DIFFERENTLY under our future bench at the dacha - WITH ROUND.

And you can also make a round garden bench around your favorite tree or lilac bush in your country house - also from chairs set in a circle with backs.

Even if you only found 2 chairs at the flea market - you can still make an original bench with them - which only you will have.

Moreover, there is still one exclusive idea hiding here - just for TWO chairs.

Here in the photo below we see exactly how you can make an elegant one out of two old chairs with your own hands French chaise longue bench.

In the photo diagram below, we see a master class - where it is shown how two backs from the chairs - become the side elements of the garden bench frame.

• First we do quadrangular seat frame(light wood in the photo below) - even scientifically it is called TsARGI (frame elements under the seat of a chair, or under the table top). We nail this side frame to the lower planks of the chair back.
• And then so that our bench does not wobble back and forth, we make an additional screed frame already in the lower part of the legs of the future goat shed. Scientifically, such a screed frame at the bottom of the legs is called the STRONG FRAME.
• We paint the whole product in White color and we get a solid French bench for a beautiful rest in the country.

If desired, a back can be attached to such a garden bench-chaise longue. Simply nail the boards to the side of the chair frame. How it is done in the photo below.

Model No. 2

Country benches

FROM AN OLD BED.

And here are the ways to create a beautiful bench for a summer residence using the backrests from an old bed.

One backrest is sawn in half as is. The halves will be used as side elements of the country bench.

Even if the headboard of your bed is not made of a solid board, but decorated with carved balusters, you can still make a bench according to this scheme.

The seat can be covered with a solid wood shield. Or upholstery with slats as in the photo below.

The second headboard can be used under the LEG part of the bench- from the front edge. How it is done in the photo below. The bottom frame of the bench can be simply paved with an edged planed board and painted. Or you can cut a one-piece shield and put it on top of the frame.

Only one backrest can be used to create a bench.

You can make a FRESH FRAME from the edged board under the country bench.

Or the seat frame - the bench side frame - can be taken from the same material as the bed frame. How it is done in the photo below.

And pay attention. Here, part of the roof frame is FILLED ON TOP - to raise the level of the seat.

A beautiful country bench can be made even using modules from any other furniture. For example from an old buffet. Let's say you have a sideboard, part of which cannot be restored (drunk guests fell and broke the line of drawers).

Then fate itself prompts you to make an exclusive bench out of it. It is unusual to beat the rest of the buffet. And create a cozy corner for family privacy.

And you don't want to expose such a designer bench in the rain. You will find her a place of honor in your country house... And you will sew blue pillows with embroidery of snow-white patterns for her.

Model No. 3

PANEL garden benches

OWN HANDS.

To immediately explain the term "panel board", I will show you just such a simple design - a mini-bench made of cutting kitchen boards. This is the classic panel board design of the bench. That is, the product is ASSEMBLED FROM WHOLE SHIELDS.

In the photo below, the shields are connected in a groove way. The seat board fits into the grooves on the stand legs.

Here below the bench is made EXACTLY THE SAME - by the panel board method. Only the material of the shield is rougher and more rough. And here they added a back - it was cut into the grooves, too, cut out in the support shields.

• Fastening the shields to each other can be SLOTTED (as in the photo above) - where in some shields grooves are cut, and other shields enter the bottom. Such fasteners are used only in boards made from a WHOLE PIECE OF WOOD. Glued panels are not suitable for this - they can delaminate in places where they are glued.
• Also, ADDITIONAL FIXING ELEMENTS are used for fastening - wooden(tsars, corner jibs, pronogs), metal(corners, staples and perforated plates).

Village shops are made using the shield method... 2 side shields (these are the legs) - they are interconnected by a long board (these are the legs). The board can be positioned at the bottom of the midfoot, or at the top of the midfoot - just below the seat board. In the photo below, we see both of these ways of placing the pronogum under the bench.

As you can imagine, the shields you are working with do not have to be in the correct shape. This may be the fragments of an old gnawed board - in which you cut flat support lines for RECLINING SEAT AND BACKREST.

In the photo below, a one-piece shield plays the role of support for both the seat board and the back board.

Here the principle is the same - one-piece support for the seat and back of the country bench.

And this beautiful white bench for a summer residence is made according to the same principle. Only from exactly sawn-out boards and painted.

Below we see a panel model of a bench with a back, where 2 panels already play the role of a support for the seat and back.

And these support SIDE PANELS are made at a slight tilt angle. And therefore, the bench got a seat with a tilt in depth and a slightly reclined back. It is very comfortable to sit in such a bench.

And agree to do, cut out such a bench with your own hands is very easy. The drawing does not have to be accurate here. Just do it your way. Easy the angle of inclination of the sides choose by eye.

• The lateral backrest is in the form of a long triangle (choose the angle of inclination yourself).
• Leg support for the seat - in the form of an elongated trapezoid (can be tilted or not).
• A section of a thick bar is smoothed under the leg supports - so that the bench has a height. But if you have a wide board, then the legs will turn out higher at the bench, then you can do it without timber supports

All parts can be planted on regular nails.

So that the bench is not so low(if you wish), you can make the foot beams higher - knit together several pieces of timber at once - put them on top of each other with a turret and fix them on the inside with a board (so that they all stick together) or without a board, just on nails.

And also such a bench can be PUT ON LEGS - also in the form of elongated trapezoids. The cuffs are stuffed from the inside of the seat support.

BENCH BOARDS CAN BE BROKEN (that is, not solid, but consisting of their boards, closed with each other by a perm bar). A simple country bench with the photo below just demonstrates this method.

And this garden bench made of thick boards is also made according to the same principle.

Model No. 4

TRIMPED Benches

Do it yourself at the dacha.

And here is another simple model of a country bench. She has simplicity not only in design, but also in material. From one long edged board, you can make just such a garden bench quickly and simply with your own hands.

It can be supplemented with armrests, covered with a noble dark stain, or paint in a bright juicy color.

On the sides of a country bench of this type, you can make stands for books, pivasik, those things with which you like to relax in the country.

Let's take a look at the drawing of this country bench. We see that all the corners of the board scraps have a slope of 30 or 60 degrees. Dimensions in the drawing are in inches. One inch equals 2.54 cm.

We see the drawing from the side. The length of the back and seat is your choice.

We cut the board into the segments we need. And we collect the bench with bolts, screws or nails.

For such a bench in the country, you can make a table for provisions. Or an ordinary shield shop.

Model No. 5

Panel benches for summer cottages

WITH CURVED SIDE SHIELD.

The boards that you cut out for the SIDES of your bench at the dacha may have Smooth ROUND LINES. Then the bench can become a real work of art - your creative work.

The seat in such a bench rests on the PLANKS stuffed under it from the inside of the sidewalls.

The back rests at the bottom - on the same bar as the seat, and at the top on the bar stuffed vertically along the back of the curved sides.

The boards from which you cut the curly sidewall can be processed along the edge, giving it roundness and smoothness (left photo below).

And curly sidewalls can be cut not from an ordinary shield, and from joinery with a relief - the front part of the cabinet or an old paneled door. Even the door handle can not be removed - but left for beauty (on the right photo of the bench below).

Model No. 6

Rack bench for a summer residence

How to do it yourself.

And also from the carved sides you can make an interesting RACK BENCH. They get a round seat with smooth outlines and a curved back line.

In the photo below we see just such a convenient bench for giving.

The curvature of the bench is obtained due to the fact that the narrow slats are stuffed ALONG THE FLEXIBLE PERIMETER of the shaped side parts.

In the photo below we see a master class for making such a bench for a summer residence. In order for the slats not to bend under the weight of a seated person, for such a bench they make another frame figured element - along the center. All three parts are connected together into one common frame - just PLANT THEM ON THE SLOT OF THE LOWER RAILS (as in the photo below).

And then on this frame along its upper perimeter - we stuff the slats onto the screws.

If you want such a bench to be longer, then you just need to make not three curly models of the frame - but four, or five, or six. And of course, the rams must also be long.

Model No. 7

Fast Bench -

from foam blocks with a cavity.

Foam blocks (or gas silicate blocks) are sometimes made with through holes inside... This is done to save material and also to enhance the heat-shielding properties of such a building material.

And we can use this "leaky" feature of gas silicate blocks - for the good of creating a bench for the country.

To do this, we install 2 two rows of foam blocks with HOLES DOWN, and we put more foam blocks with HOLES DOWN on top. And into these holes we insert a bar of a suitable section. To make it more comfortable for the priest to sit upstairs, you can use foam cushions. It is better to choose those that are sheathed with waterproof fabric. Or sew it yourself from oilcloth and thick foam rubber (sold in household stores and building stores).

You can simply hammer in a solid board with a planking - so that a flat seat without holes turns out.

And it is also good to cover the foam blocks with ordinary paint - to make a bright, beautiful bench.

These are the ideas for making country benches with your own hands. But this is not all the models of wooden benches that I would like to tell you about. Therefore, wait for the continuation - we will make interesting benches from wood (beams, boards and logs).

Your professional growth will not end there ...

You will see how easy and quick it is to make a real building with your own hands - a large summer cottage. How to install the pillars, how to make a roof ourselves (without any construction education), how to cover it with a roof (polycarbonate, slate, tiles). Stay with our "Family Handful" - and we will give you "golden pens".

Successful dacha construction.

Olga Klishevskaya, specially for the site

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