How To Make Garden Benches With Your Own Hands From Pallets, Pallets And Other Materials At Hand - Step By Step Instructions With Photos, Videos And Drawings

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

How to make a cool garden bench from scrap materials with your own hands?

A unique garden bench, created with your own hands from such improvised tools as wooden pallets, old chairs, plastic bottles, etc., can decorate any garden or personal plot. Such a thing has both functionality and original aesthetics. The elementary construction gives the bench reliability and durability. To create this exterior item, you do not have to spend money, and it will take very little time to build a shop.

Content

• 1 The variety of available tools for the construction of a garden bench

  1.1 Photo gallery: materials for a bench or bench

• 2 Bench made of old wooden chairs

  2.1 Video - step by step instructions

• 3 We use wooden pallets

  • 3.1 Materials and tools
  • 3.2 Assembly of the structure
  • 3.3 Video instruction

• 4 We modernize the crib

  4.1 Crafts from a crib with your own hands - video

• 5 Bench made of plastic bottles

  5.1 Furniture from plastic bottles

• 6 Unusual material - clay

  6.1 Clay furniture - video

• 7 Decoration and decoration

  7.1 Photo gallery: decor of garden benches

A variety of available tools for building a garden bench

In order to build a designer dacha bench with your own hands, it is not at all necessary to purchase materials for its creation in a store. It is enough to look around and pay attention to the means at hand. It can be old wooden chairs, building pallets, an old crib, plastic water bottles, clay.

Photo gallery: materials for a bench or bench

Old wooden chairs make an uncomplicated but very elegant garden bench

We offer to make an excellent reliable and functional garden bench out of unnecessary wooden pallets

An old crib is great for creating a retro garden bench

We offer to build an original garden bench from plastic bottles

The construction of a garden bench from clay does not require from you significant financial expenses or high qualifications in the field of construction

Bench made of old wooden chairs

A simple but very elegant garden bench made of old wooden chairs is very simple. To do this, you need a bar with a section of 50x30 mm, long screws, batting or foam rubber, upholstery fabric or leatherette, a furniture stapler and, in fact, old chairs.

Find a bench in the garden and enjoy the results of your work

1. Decide on the length of the bench seat, cut the timber into parts of the desired size and assemble the frame of the future bench. A seat length of 120 cm is sufficient for two people.
2. Separate the backs of the chairs and attach them to the frame using self-tapping screws.
3. To create the base, fix the structure in the area of the middle of the legs with a frame made of timber.
4. Paint the resulting bench frame in the color you want.
5. Cut the seat out of a piece of plywood, board or fiberboard that is slightly wider than the frame.
6. Place foam or batting and cover the seat with leatherette or upholstery using a furniture stapler.

Our bench is ready! It remains only to find a suitable place for her in the garden or in the yard and enjoy the result of her labor.

Video - step by step instructions

We use wooden pallets

Pallets, or pallets, are wooden planks fastened together in two rows. They are designed for the transport and storage of heavy loads. But such properties of pallets as stability, strength and practicality allow using them in non-standard options.

Most often, pallets are used as grates in country showers or stands for building materials. We offer to make an excellent reliable and functional garden bench out of unnecessary wooden pallets, which will become the central element of your personal plot. To do this, you do not need to be a noble carpenter, it is enough to have the initial skills in working with woodworking tools and have a great desire to quickly create a unique thing with your own hands.

The finished pallet bench is able to withstand significant loads

Materials and tools

For work we need:

• 3-4 standard wooden pallets;
• wooden blocks for creating legs (if desired);
• metal corners;
• a small electric saw, which is usually used to cut branches in the garden or trim bushes;
• electric screwdriver;
• sander or sandpaper;
• hand saw;
• pencil;
• square;
• sets of bolts, screws and washers;
• nails and screws for fastening structural elements;
• drill;
• assembly gloves and goggles for safety.

If you want to build a more comfortable and functional product, you can use additional elements: wooden bars or metal pipes for armrests, rollers as legs. In addition, you will need mattresses or soft pillows for a comfortable seat, varnish or paint to protect the wood from external influences, and a small table for laying out tools and workpieces.

Before you start work, you should create a drawing of the future bench, or you can just rely on your imagination.

Before starting work, you should create a drawing of the future bench.

Assembling the structure

1. We carefully grind those parts of the pallets that will be used for direct contact with the human body, that is, for the construction of the seat and backrest, so that the unpolished surface does not spoil clothes and does not scratch the legs and back. In principle, it is possible to grind all the details of the future bench as a whole, but this will take more time and does not seem advisable.
2. Using a screwdriver and self-tapping screws, as well as metal corners, we fasten two pallets to each other at a right angle, if necessary, having previously cut them to the required size. The horizontal pallet will be the seat of our bench, and the vertical one will be the back. For successful fastening of pallets with screws in structural elements, pre-drill holes, insert the screws, and then tighten them tightly.
3. We reinforce the sidewalls with additional planks - scraps of pallets left after cutting the structure.
4. To create a longer bench, we use two pallets and fasten them together with screws and corners. Such a bench will be more functional, but less attractive.

A finished pallet bench is capable of withstanding significant loads. If you remove the back from the structure and attach the legs to the pallet with the help of nails and self-tapping screws, you will get a simple but very nice shop.

If you remove the back from the structure and attach the legs to the pallet with the help of nails and self-tapping screws, you will get a simple but very nice bench

Video instruction

We modernize the baby cot

The service life of a crib is rather short. It is used from the birth of a child to the age of two. Then the bed is either thrown into the trash, or sent to gather dust in the closet or attic. We suggest removing it and using it to create a retro style garden bench. We don't need the entire crib for this. We will only use two sides.

1. When creating the armrests of the bench from the side of the crib, we shorten one side to a level of 60–70 cm. This height of the armrest will be quite enough.
2. Cut the cut off part of the upper sidewall into two halves.
3. We attach the resulting halves to the second sidewall.
4. We make an inner box from boards and insert it into the structure of the sidewalls.
5. Separate the legs from the bottom remaining from the first sidewall.
6. We attach the resulting part to the box.
7. We attach the sides to the upper drawer so that the lid can open.
8. From above we attach the cover to the piano hinge.
9. We paint the entire bench or some details (box and lid).

Thus, we have got a beautiful and functional bench with a drawer in which you can put garden tools or other useful things in the household.

Nice and functional bench with storage

Crafts from a crib with your own hands - video

Bench made of plastic bottles

Plastic bottles are considered garbage and are ruthlessly sent to landfill. But there they will pollute the environment, and if you show a little imagination, you can give these objects a second life. We offer to build an original garden bench from plastic bottles, which will ideally fit into the landscape of the summer cottage.

To give the design more strength, you can cut the bottles approximately in the middle, insert the upper part into the bottom with the neck down, and put on the lower part from the second bottle from above

You can use scotch tape to fasten the prepared bottles together. But this design does not look very aesthetically pleasing. Therefore, if you do not plan to cover a garden bench made of plastic bottles with a cover, we recommend using a special hot melt glue to connect them, which is applied with a pistol and ensures reliable fastening of the elements.

Original garden bench made of plastic bottles

A hard or soft seat is arranged on top of a structure made of plastic bottles. If you add a backrest and armrests to a simple bench, you get a quite comfortable sofa. But its construction will take more time and effort.

If you add a simple bench with a back and armrests, you get a completely comfortable sofa.

Furniture from plastic bottles

Unusual material - clay

Clay has unique properties: plasticity, environmental friendliness, ease of use. In addition, this material allows you to realize any creative fantasies and is ideal for the garden and personal plot.

The construction of a clay garden bench will not require from you significant financial costs or high qualifications in the field of construction. At the same time, the original clay bench will make your garden much more interesting and attractive. It can stand for more than a hundred years, delighting more than one generation with its aesthetics and originality.

A clay bench can last more than a hundred years

For work, you will need the following materials and tools:

• base for the frame (wooden pallets, remnants of bricks, used tires or plastic bottles);
• clay;
• straw;
• sand;
• water;
• brushes and paint for finishing.

To begin with, you need to make a frame that will form the back of the bench and raise the structure above the ground. As mentioned above, any available means can be used to construct the frame. For example, wooden pallets can be placed on old car tires and wooden planks can be nailed to form the backrest. This is one of the frame options.

Another option is to make the base of the bench from plastic bottles. They need to be filled with earth or sand, laid in several layers on a gravel-sand cushion and fastened together with a wire. Instead of plastic bottles, you can use regular bags filled with earth.

The process of making adobe mortar and erecting a clay bench is as follows:

1. mix 4 parts clay, 1 part sand and 1 part straw;
2. add water and knead the solution, its consistency should resemble a very steep dough;
3. roll balls from the solution in the palms of the size of a large orange;
4. we apply clay to the frame, forming the outlines of the bench;
5. overnight, cover the finished bench with polyethylene so that the solution dries gradually and does not crack during the drying process.

The clay bench can be installed anywhere on the site: in the garden, in the yard or right next to the house. If you install it in a gazebo, then to create a uniform style, you can trim one of the walls with clay and build an earthen stove.

Clay furniture - video

Often, clay benches are built in the form of an ensemble with a stove. This allows you to enjoy hot meals from the comfort of your heated seat. In this case, air ducts must be provided in the shop.

Often, clay benches are built in the form of an ensemble with a stove

Decoration and decoration

Methods of finishing and decorating country benches, created with love with your own hands, depend on the materials of manufacture. For example, a pallet bench painted white and equipped with a soft white or, on the contrary, a bright seat made of linen pillows or mattresses will look very attractive.

Also, a wooden bench can be stained, giving natural wood an exquisite depth, or painted in any color that you like and corresponds to the landscape design, harmoniously repeating the color accents of other elements of the exterior or, on the contrary, contrasting with them. When choosing paint, remember that bright furniture retains its original appearance longer. It is not recommended to use water-based paint for painting a garden bench, since it does not have sufficient durability.

Another option is to decorate the bench with a simple jute rope, attaching it with metal rivets. Such decor will give the product a special flavor and make it a favorite of the suburban area.

You can decorate a wooden bench with a carved back and armrests, as well as build a small table from improvised means, paint it in the same color as the bench, and create a composition of garden furniture in the same style. Old pallets can also be used to build a table.

As for the clay bench, here you can show your imagination to the fullest! Not only can you give it any configuration during the construction of such a bench, the finished product can be painted in any color, painted with all the colors of the rainbow or decorated with a stylish pattern, turning it into a real masterpiece of garden design.

Photo gallery: decor of garden benches

Methods for finishing and decorating country benches, created with love with your own hands, depend on the materials of manufacture

The wooden bench can be stained to give natural wood a refined depth

Composition of garden furniture from pallets in the same style

Such decor will give the product a special flavor and make it a favorite of the suburban area

A true masterpiece of garden design

Here you can show your imagination to the fullest

A garden bench can become not only a functional element of your summer cottage, but also the central detail of a family recreation area. We examined the most elementary technologies for making this item from scrap materials, the construction of which will take you only a few hours.

In order for a do-it-yourself bench to please you for many years, you need to correctly choose a place for it. The bench should be located on an area with good drainage and a cushion of sand and gravel should be built under the base. If the product is installed on a veranda or in a gazebo, of course, no drainage or pillow is needed.