Built a garden bench.

[BravoXray]

A friend has a garden in my back yard, works in it quite often. The other day she remarked that it would be nice to have a bench to sit on and rest sometimes, so I went on line and found some plans for a basic bench and used them to build it. I used pressure treated southern pine, so it should last a long time. I'm not much of a carpenter, but do have a table saw and miter saw, so those make it pretty easy to cut all the angles needed. It's all screwed together with #10 exterior screws and it good and solid. Must weigh at least 100 lbs. She was really happy when I showed it to her this evening. I'll mow a smal patch under a maple tree next to the garden tomorrow and haul it down there with the BX.
Only had about $80 total in it for materials, a lot cheaper than you could buy anything comparable.

 

[BleedingOrange]

Looks great. Is your friend as good looking as the bench ? It always amazes me what a women can get a man to do. LOL

 

[sandman2234]

Nice looking bench!
David from jax

 

[Mtsoxfan]

I can appreciate a good bench the older I get...

Looks great

 

[Thomas]

Nicely done.

 

[oldballs]

It looks like a two seater to me. Well, so much for gardening.

 

[JohnP3616]

Good job on that. I could use one of those. Two or three actually.

 

[bdhsfz6]

Great looking bench!

My wife is also a gardener and has mentioned a bench several times. I've been looking for ideas, and may use your plans. The quality of the treaded lumber we get around here leaves something to be desired though. Looks shabby and splinters after just a couple of years. I'm thinking of using composite decking instead, for the seat & back.

In any case, nice job on yours!

 

[EddieWalker]

Very nice design, it looks great.

I was going to do something similar for my wife and mom who spend a lot of time in our vegetable garden. But I kept over planning it and trying to make it fancy. In the end, they gave up on waiting for me and they put two folding chairs under a shade tree with a small 4-foot plastic table to hold their drinks.

 

[bmaverick]

Looking good. Now to pick a deep penetrating stain so the bench will remain great for decades.

I have made one out of very hard cedar. Boy was it a chore to cut. Even the stain will not penetrate it well enough. The cedar itself has held up for over 20 years.

The wood bees even ignore it.