Homemade benches with wooden backs. Do-it-yourself garden bench made of wood: drawings

A mandatory attribute of any suburban area is a comfortable bench, which is made by hand from wood for the garden.

And it performs not so much aesthetic functions as practical ones.

A well-placed bench will provide an excellent opportunity to relax after hard work and at the same time admire the result of your labors.

You can dream alone or spend time around with friends.

Which you can do with your own hands - the best solution for decorating a summer house. But not always ready-made options for a country garden, sold in stores, can satisfy the wishes of the owner.

And only an exclusive creation, created by one's own hands, can change the landscape design around the cottage and make the rest more comfortable. Some projects can be seen in the photo.

Around summer cottages, you can implement many ideas.

Where should construction begin?

It is not difficult to make a bench with your own hands for a garden, terrace or even a bathhouse. The main thing is to know exactly for what purposes the garden bench will be built and clearly represent the finished result.

Well, to have some knowledge, which will be discussed later.

The photo below shows examples of garden benches.

Having decided to make a bench out of wood on their own, some (especially beginners) craftsmen make a serious mistake.

Of course, you really want to quickly see your creation, around which you can plant flowers, but you can’t do without preparatory work for its creation.

Therefore, do not rush to pick up boards, nails and a hammer, but be patient and carry out the initial work.

Preparatory work to create an image

The first step is to make a product drawing. In the absence of work experience, do not strive to create drawings of a complex structure (for example, a bench around a tree), but start with simple options.

The development of a sketch includes the following points: the appearance of the product (the bench will be simple or complex) and the choice of dimensions.

When calculating the length and width of the bench that you will make with your own hands, consider the existing standard parameters:

• Height - 400-500 mm;
• Width - 500-550 mm;
• Backrest height - 350-500 mm.

This will greatly facilitate the work, and the product will turn out to be reliable and convenient, practical for any summer cottage.

If there are curly elements around the structure, all of them are first drawn in the form of templates on thick cardboard.

Preparing the tool for work

Every man usually has a set of necessary tools for building a wooden bench.

For work you will need:

• Hand saw;
• Plane;
• Hammer and nails (it is better to use a screwdriver and self-tapping screws);
• Wood sanding machine (replaced with ordinary sandpaper);
• Level, tape measure, pencil.

If something is missing from the above, then you need to buy or borrow from friends.

At the same time, pay attention to the fact that the tool is of good quality, otherwise a wooden bench made for a summer house or a garden will quickly break.

A short video will tell you how to choose it.

Consider one more nuance: the selected wood must be well dried, otherwise, over time, the parts will warp and the structure will become unusable.

It is especially true if the bench is placed in the bath.

Details that make up the bench

The main components of a wooden garden bench are:

• Front and rear legs;
• Beams running across;
• Beam running along;
• Rails for the seat and back.

The moment is extremely important. When manufacturing, it is required to strictly take into account the dimensions, the drawings will definitely come in handy.

Even the slightest discrepancy will lead to a rework not only of one part, but of the entire structure.

The video below shows how to make garden wooden benches with your own hands.

Wooden parts must not have structural defects such as cracks or knots.

If it is not possible to find wood without them, then the defective area and around it should be carefully processed.

Part fabrication and trial fit

First of all, we cut the boards. Considering that as a result the width of the wooden bench will be 140 mm, we will need to make:

• 5 boards 1500 mm long;
• 2 boards of 360 mm;
• 2 boards of 520 mm. They will go to the bars that will connect the legs and seats;
• 2 boards of 720 mm. It is necessary to make a cut on them, since the boards will hold both the legs of the bench and its back at the same time.

Examples of such wood details can be seen in the photo below. Dimensions can be changed according to your drawing or sketch. A corner bench with a back looks great, around which flowers can then be planted.

After the boards are ready, a trial fitting of the structural details should be done. It will immediately be seen where there are shortcomings and inconsistencies, it is easy to correct them at this moment. Boards are planed, polished.

Edges are processed. Your DIY bench is starting to take shape.

How to properly assemble a wooden bench?

Having prepared the above details, you can begin to assemble the product for the garden into a single whole. The process will require maximum attention.

In addition, it should be remembered that wood parts can be connected in different ways. The most common elements for connection are:

• Nails or screws;
• Bolts, washers and nuts;
• Wooden chops.

The choice of a particular type will depend on the load on the bench during operation. For example, if it is intended for a child, it will be enough to use self-tapping screws or nails.

For heavier loads, bolts and nuts will be required. If the bench is planned to be placed in a bathhouse, then it is necessary to mask the places of metal joints and the space around them.

Connecting parts with bolts

For this type of connection, you will need a drill and a drill, the diameter of which should be slightly larger than the diameter of the bolts.

In this case, they will easily enter the prepared holes. If the diameter of the bolt head and nut is slightly smaller than the hole size, use special washers.

The caps of the connecting elements can be easily hidden from view. With the help of a special crown, a small recess is drilled in the place where the bolt passes through the wood.

It turns out a kind of niche into which the puck falls. The main thing is to choose the desired niche depth.

Then it is sealed with a mixture of small chips and PVA glue. You can watch a video on the topic and learn more about the work process.

These steps will help give your wooden garden bench an aesthetic look. In the photo it is impossible to see the places where there are connecting elements.

Assembly order

Having prepared all the necessary details of the future bench for the garden, having drilled holes, you can proceed with the assembly.

It is performed as follows:

• First of all, the base is assembled, which consists of legs, the crossbar is screwed along;
• Crossbars are attached;
• The bars are screwed, the task of which is to strengthen the structure and add strength to it;
• The boards intended for the seat are fastened with their own hands last.

At the final stage of making a wooden garden bench with your own hands, special wooden plugs are made.

They can be made with a jigsaw, or you can use an ordinary small hacksaw.

To do this, a small round beam is sawn across into parts, the thickness of which should be equal to the depth of the recess in which the bolt with the washer is placed.

The standard diameter sizes of such plugs are 15, 20, 22, 24, 30, 32, 35 mm. They are attached to PVA or a sealant that does not allow moisture to pass through.

Strengthening the service life of the bench

Well, your creation for the garden is ready. But the process has not ended, as some more actions need to be done.

The photo shows that the corner bench with a backrest is located on the street, as in most areas.

This means that it will be subjected to such natural phenomena as precipitation. Moisture will cause the tree to become unusable much faster.

Accordingly, it is necessary to protect it than to extend its operation for the maximum period.

Antiseptic treatment

As an antiseptic, it is better to choose an impregnation that has the property of penetration.

It consists of various additives based on acrylic and resin, mixed with a special composition.

All this mixture perfectly protects the tree from rotting and the destructive effects of insects.

Agree, this is very important in the garden. And if the bench should be placed in the bath, then this will protect it from excess moisture.

Painting a bench at their summer cottage

A hand-made wooden bench with a back after impregnation must be coated with a varnish composition intended for outdoor use.

It perfectly tolerates temperature indicators, atmospheric phenomena and other negative influences. Ideal for a bath.

It is necessary to use ordinary paint immediately after the impregnation procedure. After it is completely dry, the product is again necessarily varnished. The procedure is simple and does not take much time.

See a photo of a bench covered with varnish here.

Work with impregnation and painting must be carried out in protective equipment, such as glasses and gloves. The composition of mixtures and paints contains substances that can harm health if they get on the skin or in the eyes.

Summing up the above, we can safely say that making garden benches made of wood on your own will not be a problem.

They can be either rectangular, just straight, angular, or in the form of a sofa. Yes, whatever, fantasy is not limited by anything, for giving you can make a real country masterpiece.

In the photo you can see options for projects of garden benches, and a detailed video will make the manufacturing process even clearer.

One of the attributes of a garden or a recreation area in a suburban area is a bench, sitting on which you can read a book alone or, conversely, spend a few fun hours with friends. How to make an ordinary bench comfortable and at the same time turned into an element of garden decor? The way out is simple - a do-it-yourself bench for a summer residence. Only your own exclusive creation will fully satisfy your personal aesthetic needs.

Before you start sketching or drawing a product, you need to consider the place of its installation. The material of manufacture also depends on this. For example, in an old garden with large branchy trees, a wooden bench in a wrought-iron frame looks good (as an option - a log product on a stone base), and in a young garden - a light, even openwork bench in a romantic style.

A small white bench stands out in contrast against a dark green hedge

If it is placed in a quiet secluded corner, near or surrounded by flowering flower beds, it will become a wonderful place of solitude and relaxation, where you can spend a few pleasant minutes alone with yourself after a labor “warm-up” in the beds.

An old brick wall, a gray wood bench and flowers look mysterious and romantic.

Often benches are an integral part of verandas, gazebos, summer picnic areas. In this case, there should be several products designed in the same style. One example is a garden table with two benches on the sides, where you can have a family tea party or play board games on a summer evening.

Deliberately rough and comfortable wooden structure - a table, two benches and an armchair

It is better to install the bench in such a way that it does not offer a view of the neighbor's fence or garage, but of a pond, flower garden or. The surrounding picture should be pleasing to the eye, and not remind you that you need to refuel the car or renew the paint on the gazebo. It is also appropriate to place benches on the playground, by the pool, near the main entrance to the house.

A bench by the pond surrounded by flowers and greenery is a great place to relax and think

One of the best places is in the garden, near the beds. It is better if the bench will stand in the shade, for example, under the spreading crown of a tree or under a canopy, as it is designed to rest from physical labor - digging, weeding, watering or harvesting.

Rest in the shade of a flowering bush is a real pleasure

You can think of a decorative frame: a do-it-yourself garden bench looks good surrounded by low flowering bushes, specially arranged flower beds, on a small hill or on a platform made of natural stone or.

Preparatory work is half the battle

First you need to take a piece of paper and make a sketch or drawing of the proposed product. Even at this stage, questions may arise: what height will be optimal or how many legs should the bench have? There are general standards that should be followed when drawing up a diagram:

• 400 mm - 500 mm - seat height;
• 500 mm - 550 mm - seat width;
• 350 mm - 500 mm - back height.

If you plan to create a product with a back, you should determine for yourself how the back will be attached to the seat. Depending on whether the bench is portable or not, legs are planned: for a non-portable product, they are firmly fixed in the ground.

It is not difficult to fix the legs of the bench: you need to dig holes of the right size and fill them with cement mortar, lowering the wooden parts there

According to the drawing, you can estimate how much material is needed for work. Usually, a product of this kind takes a minimum of financial investment: in the country there are always a lot of wooden blanks left over from the construction of a house or a bath, fasteners (self-tapping screws, nails, bolts, staples), paints and varnishes for wood processing.

If you collect the remains of wooden products and blanks from all over the country, you can come up with an unusual model

There is a utility room and the necessary tools. If the main material for manufacturing is wood, you should prepare: a plane, a saw, a jigsaw, a hammer, sandpaper, a tape measure and a pencil.

Making benches: six simple projects

You will never go wrong by choosing wood for work - soft, pliable in processing and at the same time durable material that can serve for decades. From wood, you can create elements of various shapes and sizes, curly inserts, voluminous and miniature details.

Project No. 1 - a simple bench with a back

If there are difficulties with drawing up a sketch, you can use the finished drawing of a garden bench.

All parts are cut according to the dimensions on the drawing.

This bench is traditional for city parks, similar specimens can be found at river stations, near theaters or shopping centers - in those places where you have to spend some time waiting. The advantage of this option is the ease of preparation of parts and the speed of assembly. For work, you will need thick bars for support (3 large and 3 smaller), bars or boards for the seat and back.

The color of the parts can be changed using impregnation or varnish of a darker shade.

This model is portable - it can always be rearranged to another, more convenient place. In order for it to always stand level and not sway, when installing the supports, it is necessary to monitor the exact location of the parts - even a slight discrepancy will cause the product to skew.

At the end of the work - and this applies to any wood product located on the street - all wooden parts must be treated with special impregnation against mold or varnished, which also contains protective components. Treated wood resists moisture, lasts longer and looks like new for a long time.

Project No. 2 - a bench in a classic style

This option is more solid than the previous one. A bench with a rectangular seat and the same back looks great against the backdrop of a house built from any material - wood, brick, stone.

Scheme of assembly of armrests and backs of a bench in a classic style

For a change, you can change the color, choose a shade that is closer to summer cottages. The back of such a bench is a real find for those who like to dream up and translate their ideas into wood. Straight vertical bars can be replaced with crosswise slats.

This bench can easily accommodate several people.

The upper horizontal bar would look good if it was covered with elegant carvings or colorful ornaments. Armrests and legs can also be curly - but it all depends on the desire and skill of the master. To make such a bench for a summer residence, it will take only a few evenings, and you can enjoy your vacation on it for more than one year.

Project number 3 - a table with benches

The garden set for relaxing with the whole family consists of a comfortable table and two fixed benches.

A convenient and practical table with a couple of benches is useful in any country house.

All large parts (table, benches) are assembled separately, and then assembled into a single whole with the help of 4 lower bars - 2 on each side.

Assembly diagram of the whole set

The table is a tabletop with legs set crosswise.

Table assembly diagram

The benches are assembled easily, from bars or boards of various lengths.

Shop assembly scheme

At the last stage, the benches are first fixed - to give the structure stability, then - the table, exactly in the middle.

Initial assembly - connecting benches

Simple in appearance, but comfortable table will become a gathering place for family and friends in the evenings - for communication, evening tea drinking, relaxation.

Such a table with benches can be placed directly on the lawn

You can download more detailed drawings and photos of this project.

Project No. 5 - video master class

Variety of material, shapes and styles

Wood is a traditional, “warm” material for making benches, which is why products made from it are so different. Instead of machined bars, you can take natural material of natural shapes - and we have before us not just a bench, but a real masterpiece.

The original bench is made from large pieces of sawn and processed logs.

It turns out that stone benches also exist, but they are valued rather than for functionality, but for aesthetics. You want to sit on a stone product only in the warm season, but you can constantly admire it.

A small stone bench harmoniously fits into the flower landscape

They look elegant and elegant, but only a professional blacksmith can create a bench for a garden with his own hands from metal.

Wrought iron bench among the violent colors looks more than appropriate

Combined benches and benches look interesting, built of stone and wood or decorated with textile items - capes, pillows.

Small pillows in pink and white, neatly laid out on a bench, make the garden corner cozy and homely.

That's all for today. We hope you found something useful for yourself. If you have any questions or wishes - you are welcome in the comments.

The organization of a summer cottage recreation area with your own hands is an interesting activity. An integral element of a gazebo, a quiet part of the yard surrounded by greenery, or a cozy space on the porch of the house is a bench with a back. Such garden furniture will allow you to relax and spend time with a pleasant conversation, a cup of tea or with your favorite book.

Features of the manufacture of benches

Building benches takes time, practice and creativity. Before starting work, you should prepare a drawing that will help you quickly achieve the desired result.

Depending on the type of bench material, tools are needed for manufacturing. The main requirement for safety and convenience of work is the serviceability of devices and the ability to handle them.

The assembly of a garden bench according to a drawing is not determined by strict principles of implementation. But, as with any landscape element, first of all, strength, convenience and stability are required.

If the load of the bench on the supports is not evenly distributed, it will not be possible to operate it.

Various materials are used to make a bench. The choice is primarily related to the availability of raw materials and ease of processing. If a tree is freely available in every dacha, then concrete and metal will have to be purchased. To perform some processes, experience in processing the material itself is required, which causes difficulties in self-manufacturing.

Bench design with back

Such a garden bench consists of several parts that perform different functions:

• Legs - support elements that allow you to stably put the product on the platform. To maintain the balance of the bench, even when no one is sitting on it, the legs from the back are made wider. The height is taken into account in accordance with a comfortable fit - 40-50 cm.
• The seat is the horizontal surface of the bench, which is attached to the legs.
• The backrest provides a comfortable sitting position. This element is fixed to the top of the rear legs or to the edge of the seat.
• Armrests - details are optional, but useful. They serve for the convenient location of the hands of the seated person and give the bench a more complete look. You can make a connection in different ways: with a seat and backrest, with one of these parts, or by removing the armrests from the legs.

Wooden - the most simple

For work, they use ordinary carpentry tools - manual or electric. Assembly elements are most often boards, slats and bars. Standard configurations and sizes of building elements help to create the correct geometric shapes and securely fasten parts. For such options for benches, a drawing of the future design is preliminarily made:

metal benches

A pure metal garden bench is a rarity. Iron as a material for a bench has a number of disadvantages: a cold surface, rigidity, processing complexity, and others. The only reason why metal is sometimes preferred over wood is the longer lifespan. Material deficiencies can be easily circumvented by using soft pads on the seat and backrest.

metal product

The elements of an ordinary iron bench and the methods of manufacturing the structure are the same as those of a wooden bench. Instead of boards and beams, rolled metal and pipes are used. Legs and intermediate transverse supports for the seat and back are made from corners, an I-beam or a profile. Pipes with a round cross section are also suitable. To form planes, it is better to use a profiled pipe: it is durable and creates a flat, smooth surface.

Stone and combined benches

A garden bench made of granite, concrete, marble is a heavy and complex stationary structure that is difficult to make on your own using one material. It may take several months for the shop to be processed.

Bench made of stone and wood

Stationary options have high aesthetic value, where racks (columns) made of stone are the legs of a bench. To perform such work is simple, more difficult to manufacture - the upper elements of the bench. In the country, instead of stone, you can use concrete, from which it is easy to create an interesting shape of legs with cutouts for the seat.

It is not necessary to increase the area of ​​\u200b\u200bsupport for a stone bench with a back - the concrete is firmly connected to the ground.

The combined option, which also deserves attention, is a garden bench made of metal and wood. This design has a number of advantages: the iron frame increases the service life, and the wooden elements of the back and seat are easy to replace in case of breakage. Forged details and curly armrests add zest to the benches.

Wooden, metal and concrete benches with a back require surface treatment immediately after manufacture. Anti-fungal and anti-corrosion agents, primers, enamels, paints, varnishes protect materials from damage by insects, mold and environmental influences. Carrying out such events allows you to extend the life of the garden bench.

In the summer cottage, I really want to have a corner where you can relax and enjoy nature. It is impossible to imagine such a place without a beautiful bench. A do-it-yourself garden bench can not only save money, but also fulfill the individual needs and ideas of everyone, because there are a lot of options and techniques for making it, and you can choose the right one for yourself.

Step-by-step diagram of assembling a garden bench with a table

How to choose a place to install a country bench

Before embarking on the independent manufacture of a bench, you need to carefully approach the question of where to place it. This issue is worth addressing because the bench is not only an item for the convenience of rest, but also the place where a sufficient amount of time will be spent, and therefore the view and atmosphere should be suitable. In addition, a lot in its design and installation process will depend on the site chosen for installing the garden bench, as well as its type.

Examples of the location of garden benches from the side of the design solution.

Bench for giving made of wood in combination with forging framed. Bench made of logs with a stone base.	Very harmoniously fit into the garden, which grows trees with large crowns, various fluffy shrubs.
Romantic style bench, openwork	A garden of young trees or a vineyard is good for placement.
Miniature bench painted white	Ideally, it would be in contrast with the dense green hedge. Also a good option for such a shop would be a pond, flowering flower beds or just in a secluded corner decorated with flowers.
Retro bench made of "old" wood	It can create a very mysterious atmosphere together with curved trunks located next to old trees, near which flowers of different types are planted.
Bench in combination with decor items	A very popular place to place a bench is a veranda or gazebo. In this case, a do-it-yourself garden bench should be made in a similar style with the existing decor items and the veranda or gazebo itself.
Combined benches and table	This design will be good on a small spacious plot of land, which can be decorated with floral vegetation, can also be located next to the house or under a canopy.

In addition to these options, you can install a bench in a place where children usually spend their leisure time, which will allow you to be near them when they play. A place to rest will be especially well organized if there is a lonely tree on the site, which has a spreading crown, setting a bench right under it.

In addition, you can organize a canopy near the house, under which to put a garden bench. It will be a good resting place even in rainy weather. There is another option to simply determine the place of the bench on the ridges where the crop is grown - it will be convenient for rest between work in the garden.

Important: It is best to choose a location in such a way that there are no annoying objects or buildings, garages, fences and the like in the field of view. It is worth remembering that the view should cheer you up and promote relaxation, and not be a reminder of how much work remains to be done in the country.

There are a lot of options and ideas for implementation that a garden bench made with your own hands can allow you to implement. It is quite simple to come up with a decorative composition with her participation, for example, it looks good on elevations, decorated with boulders or shrubs, and a bench that harmoniously merges in a flower bed also pleases the eye.

Preliminary steps

After the location of the bench has been determined, you need to start planning the future product. In this case, it is worth considering several points:

1. The size. If the bench is typical in size and there is no desire to design an individual model, then you can use the data from the table.
2. Back attachment method.
3. Leg layout. This criterion can be determined based on the mobility of the product. If the bench assumes a stationary structure, then it should be strengthened in the ground with cement, having previously pulled out a recess in the ground of the required size.

Table of standard bench sizes.

When a drawing plan is drawn up, it is possible to easily determine the size of each part of the bench from it, and then proceed to its manufacture.

It is also worth wondering about the material from which the garden bench will be made with your own hands. Each material has its own special nuances that can be used as advantages to achieve the desired result.

Mandatory requirements for the bench

In addition to the previous nuances in the process of designing a product, it is worth considering a certain list of requirements that it must meet. Must be taken into account:

1. Security. An unreliable product design should not be allowed, because this can bring a lot of trouble at the time of using it. It is worth choosing only high-quality material, as well as fasteners and any fittings, to ensure safe use.
2. Convenience. Undoubtedly, such an object in the garden as a garden bench should be comfortable so that nothing interferes with the process of relaxation. To do this, you need to very competently and carefully approach the stage of creating a project and think through all the details in advance.
3. Immunity to the influence of external conditions. To ensure long-term preservation of appearance and service life, it is necessary to choose only one-piece material at the assembly stage of the product. Additionally, it is worth treating it (in the case of making it from wood material) with special means that can provide protection to the product.

Design Options

There are a lot of variations on which a garden bench can be made with your own hands. If we are talking about products made of wooden material, then for this you will need the following list of tools and material.

Any country bench has, in fact, the same assembly process. To more accurately understand such a process, it can be considered on a specific example, based on the material listed above.

Reference: A similar principle is used when independently creating a bench made of wood in any version of its execution.

simple bench

In order to avoid any problems in the process of drawing up a drawing, it is possible to use a ready-made one. This bench is very easy to make. It is only necessary to make additional support bars of three larger and smaller sizes. The assembly takes place according to the specified principle.

Reference: You can diversify such a product simply by changing the color scheme, as well as drawing various kinds of patterns. But at the same time it is necessary to carry out the processing of wood material.

classical

It is also quite simple to design, plus it is possible to vary with the backrest by changing the location of the slats, for example, making them cruciform. If you approach the process of creating such a shop with the implementation of all these nuances, then it will not be used for a long enough time. For the drawing, you can use the existing one, and take the dimensions of the standard sample.

Folding bench for giving

metal bench

A do-it-yourself garden bench can be made not only from wooden material. You can use a metal frame, which is not difficult for everyone to make, even if there is no experience in metal forging.

To design a frame for a bench, cold forging can also be used, namely, to combine parts of a metal frame into a single structure. At the same time, you can complement the product with something, decorating it.

The table shows the principle by which a do-it-yourself garden bench is made.

The good thing about this design is that, due to the material that goes into the design, it is light enough to be transported or repositioned if desired. It is also important that such a product is stable to temperature changes, which will make it possible to use it for more than one year in a row.

Helpful information

In the process of making a garden bench with your own hands, it is better to keep in mind the following rules, which will greatly simplify the work and help to avoid difficulties:

1. When purchasing material for construction, it is worth considering the percentage of losses when cutting out the required size of parts. It is about 10%.
2. In order to avoid overspending of the material, and possibly to achieve its savings, it is best to start manufacturing and cutting out the elements and those boards that are the longest.
3. If there is a desire to make the seat wider than indicated in the standard dimensions, then it must be remembered that deflections of the wood material are possible in the absence of a supporting frame structure.
4. To avoid injury, it is better to initially take care of eliminating all angular and pointed areas.
5. It is also worth remembering that wood material is prone to drying out, which must be taken into account when drawing up a drawing and leaving spaces for gaps.

Video - interesting ideas for making a garden bench on your own

A bench as a household item in antiquity competes with a stool. Because if a stump or boulder is already a stool, then a fallen tree is a bench or, if a bough leaves it, on which you can lean with your back - a bench. In the last two forms, she has successfully survived to this day, to which we will return.

A bench, with or without a back, “on a piece of paper” is not a piece of furniture, not a building, not gardening equipment, and is generally not classified in any way. Therefore, it exists in many different types, and no restrictions are imposed on its construction and design. The requirements of ergonomics, strength and reliability must be observed in it, but for oneself, no one has the right to make claims.

Most often, this kind of seat is street: courtyard, garden, country, park. It can be the simplest bench from a board on a pair of logs, a classic village bench for gatherings, no less classic garden sofa and park bench, the top row in Fig.

A wooden bench is an exquisite and largely defining face of landscape design, therefore it is the object of close attention of specialists of the corresponding profile. In the 2nd row from the top in Fig. individual results of their investigations. But the prices are my respect, sometimes more expensive than a good furniture set. There is a unique material, and design, and the wages of the craftsmen who embody all this in the product. And most importantly - the complete absence of restrictions on cheating, because they are luxury goods.

Exclusive samples of benches / benches are technologically not so complicated that they cannot be made by yourself. However, in this article we will see how to make a bench with our own hands, being content with the usual carpentry work methods and not even the most difficult of them. It will turn out something like those on the 3-4 rows of Fig. And the acquired skills will be quite enough to create a unique one later, there would be material. You may have to master only the simplest methods of weaving from a vine on your own.

And at home?

The bench, in fact, has never been completely forced out into the street. There were, are and will be benches in utility and utility rooms. Now they are gradually returning to living rooms: the increasingly popular studio apartment is essentially the same hut where they lived all together in one large room. And the shop for centuries has proved its ability to establish a cheerful and benevolent life in housing not for biryuks. And we will further highlight the section on some types of indoor benches.

What to do?

The seat and back of the bench are almost always wooden. The metal cools, rusts, which is why it requires annual painting, and gradually wears out. Plastic is cheap, requires minimal maintenance at first, but is uncomfortable and does not last long outdoors and / or with intensive use by random people. We are talking here about the arrangement of private properties, so we are most interested in a bench made of wood, as a harmless material that is most pleasing to the eye and touch.

Note: the wooden parts of the benches are impregnated with biocides before assembly. The most affordable in this case is used engine oil. Varnish (prime, paint) the entire product after a week of drying after impregnation. It is preferable to take a water-based acrylic varnish, it somewhat protects the wood from darkening under the influence of ultraviolet radiation.

However, the supports / legs or the power frame of the bench may not be wooden. For example, profile metal is better resistant to shocks and impacts and in contact with the ground is more durable than wood, especially concreted. Therefore, for public benches - street, yard - such an execution is preferable, especially since a simple country bench on a steel base will cost less, if only due to the smaller volume of blanks to be delivered to the assembly site.

Bench and stone

A very good garden bench is obtained on a stone base. For example, in pos. 1 fig. flagstone only adds naturalness to the tree and masonry seams do not detract from it at all. The creators of the one in pos. 2, they simply poured the bottle into wire baskets, which at the same time served as supports for the tray-table. A bench with flower girls on pos. 3, nothing prevents them from leaning instead of them on mini-rock gardens. If you build a pergola over such a bench, you get a very cozy alcove, pos. 4.

Note: there are also benches with a stone seat, but a suitable slab will be expensive, the stone for it needs quite valuable rocks, very viscous, resistant to fracture and chipping.

To take a rest

In the country, I want to have a good rest, especially after agricultural work. Therefore, it is highly desirable that the dacha bench meet the requirements of industrial ergonomics:

• Seat height 400-500 mm.
• Seat width 500-550 mm.
• Back height 350-500 mm.
• Backrest tilt 74-78 degrees.
• Seat profile (back with seat) is smooth, without a dip under the buttocks.
• In the region of the neck and knees, smooth bends of the profile are made back and down, respectively, so that you can tilt your head and tighten your legs without feeling a sharp rib.

Note: The dimensions of the bench are selected within the recommended limits individually for height and physique.

Drawings of a garden sofa suitable for such conditions are shown in fig. Its design is quite labor- and material-intensive, but technologically not complicated: there are no parts whose configuration would require the use of patterns or templates. Its significant drawback is a large waste of expensive timber, 1.3 m from a 6-meter workpiece, and a 3-meter one is small. Garden bench-sofa on the trail. rice. it is simpler and a thick beam is not needed for it, but 4 parts need to be cut along the grid. Which, however, in the presence of a jigsaw is not scary.

And the kids too

How children love to play on the benches, it is known whether it is a noisy flock with elbows banging, or the whole puppet world of a little housewife. As well as the fact that at the same time they fidget with enthusiasm, crawl, and, not feeling lateral support, slap. There is nothing wrong here, it's a child's business. But there will be less roar and pouting faces if the children's bench is equipped with low railings. However, she does not need a back, so that several slobs can approach both front and back, or sit on a seat astride, legs dangling.

A suitable hybrid of a bench, bench and sofa in this case is shown in fig. It is better to put this building near the children's playhouse. However, see how it will be more convenient for you, this bench is suitable for adults in size, and it is much easier to make it than the previous one.

By the whole world

A table with benches in the country to each other and ask. On the already equipped, with overgrown trees, the site will have a cozy family recreation area: a table with benches. A diagram with the dimensions of one of the designs of a combined country table with benches in one block is shown in fig. Its design is characterized by ease of assembly and disassembly and the almost complete absence of metal fasteners.

There are only 4 one-piece and somewhat technologically complex connections in this product: T-shaped bench-beams in the section are assembled on dowels or dowels, depending on whether you have a manual wood router or not. But for the winter, the whole complex is easy to disassemble, fold into a compact package and put away in the pantry. Material - weather and pest resistant wood: tar pine, larch, oak. On the base panel you will need plywood 24-30 mm, waterproof or double impregnated with a water-polymer emulsion.

Note: to the lower edges of the base panels, it is desirable to attach square-section wooden bars with glue and self-tapping screws. This will additionally protect the plywood from delamination. Gluing the connection is mandatory, otherwise, due to capillary blocking, the service life of the panels will only decrease.

Combi for two

Fans of philosophical and romantic tête-à-tête in the bosom of nature may like a paired garden bench chair with a back and a table. For a volume of favorite poems, of course. The scheme of its device is shown in fig. on the right, and the drawings and assembly diagram in fig. below. Material everywhere - 30 mm board. This product is already designed for quite experienced craftsmen, because. patterns are given only for shaped parts (there is a grid pitch of 10 mm), and other dimensions will have to be restored according to the base grid (see appendix); forming a radius of recesses for the backs in the rear support of 1300 mm.

metal based

A professional pipe 40x40x2.5 with welded ends, thrown directly to the ground in the Moscow region, rusts through and through in more than 15 years. And after that, the remaining box can hold the bench no less. There is no need to talk about strength: even Hollywood superheroes do not cut steel with their hands. True, in the USSR they once bungled a rather stupid movie in which the late Lev Durov pierced a metal tank with his finger. Tin, for drinking water.

So, with the strength and durability of metal benches, everything is OK. Garden benches from a profile pipe can be quite attractive, see fig. But pay attention: a pleasant appearance is achieved by using parts bent along the radius. To achieve the same aesthetic effect with straight pipes, you need at least twice as much work and material, as in the lower right in Fig.

To smoothly bend the workpieces, you need a fairly expensive and complex pipe bender for profile pipes. An alternative option is hot bending of a pipe filled with sand. But, firstly, at current prices, he needs a forge with a forge: in order to bend the sides of the bench in the tutorials with the help of a propane burner, at the bottom left in the figure, you need to almost completely burn a 20-liter gas cylinder. Secondly, hot bending is a delicate matter. If you manage to ruin no more than 3 blanks before the part comes out without wrinkles and with the ends in the same plane, you are a born blacksmith.

The next circumstance is that the strength of the metal profile bench is significantly excessive. Therefore, if you do this, the main thing is your own taste and invention. And we give a couple of drawings of benches from a professional pipe 40x40x2.5 for a purely utilitarian purpose. On the left in fig. - a large economic, and on the right - Scott's shop. Why she and what to do with her is well known to fans of bodybuilding and fitness.

Is it just a pipe?

Professional pipes are pulled from ordinary structural steel, and nowhere has anyone said that any other metal will not fit on the bench. For such cases, in Fig. a few examples of metal benches. Pos. 1 - a shop for secluded and little visited places. It makes no sense to steal it: the “fat” is scanty compared to the fuss of robbery and dismantling, and the secondary tree is not yet accepted anywhere. Material - steel strip 4-6 mm thick. Violent fun legs from it will not stand, so this shop is mainly for the cemetery.

Pos. 2 - bench / wicker lounger for sun and air baths. It does not press anywhere, the body breathes from all sides. The base is from an old Soviet clamshell, so a child will rearrange it much more conveniently. The supporting frame can be assembled from propylene water pipes instead of now expensive aluminum.

A complete functionally and aesthetically pleasing garden bench, pos. 3 is assembled on the basis of worn parts of agricultural machinery and vehicles. The latter, however, is not necessary: ​​instead of leaf springs, the same steel strip or corner will go.

About transforming benches

Transformable furniture saves a lot of usable space. In a city apartment, this dignity is decisive. Unfortunately, it is the only one: transformable furniture is more complicated, more expensive, less functional than conventional furniture, and requires additional user operations when transferred to a different use case.

“Transfurniture” came to the garden/cottage, probably only under the influence of fashion. A transforming garden bench is most often either a twin bench or a lounger, laid out with a table with benches, see fig. However, basking in the sun is still more pleasant on something soft, like the braid described above. And if the transformer is a double bench, then it is a garden bench, not a park one. Between relatives, friends and acquaintances, it is not customary to sit with your back to each other.

There is one more circumstance: there is many times more dust and climatic influences on the street than at home. therefore, if, say, a transforming apartment table, with careful use, will last 7-10 years, then a garden one will last 3-5 years, especially with wooden hinges.

In general, transformable garden furniture is an amateur business. If you want to practice mechanics with kinematics - your choice. But it’s really easier and more sense to think over the layout of the site so that everything you need fits there separately.

Benches indoors

A bench as a piece of furniture is absolutely necessary in a bathhouse: they change clothes on it, douse themselves from a gang, relax after steaming, drink tea with lime blossom, dried raspberries or blueberries. Very helpful, by the way. But to suffice after something cold or to get strong is a devastating perversion for health.

But for a bench, a bath is not a pleasure, but hard labor: every now and then dampness, the temperature can jump from -30 to +60 in 2-3 hours. Therefore, firstly, a tree for a bath bench is required to be resistant to decay, but without resins, tannins, salicylates, aromatic compounds and other natural chemistry. And it needs to be treated only with biocides from refined mineral oils or based on silicone. Steamed skin is sensitive to substances that are harmless to it under normal conditions, and when sweat is reabsorbed, unwanted “additives” penetrate the body.

Secondly, in a small bathhouse, where the beds do not fit, they steam on the bench. And what is this steam, if it squelches under the stomach? Therefore, a bench in the steam room is made in the form of a lounger with gaps or a lattice of small slats, see fig. But even in this case, a porous tree is required, which easily absorbs moisture and just as easily releases it into the air.

Thirdly, there should be no metal parts in the bath bench that can be accidentally touched. The thermal conductivity of the metal is high, therefore, it gives off heat easily. A piece of wood heated to +80 can be touched fearlessly, and a piece of iron at +60 (which is normal for a bath) will burn.

The best bath benches are made from the Asian Tughrak poplar. Its almost complete replacement is aspen or black alder. Linden and birch are much worse, easily rot. Silver poplar, sycamore, horse chestnut or, in the southern regions, ailanthus will last longer. All these types of wood in the bath will not slip only if the bench dries well, for which there should be no gaps in the structure that can retain moisture for a long time. And it is desirable to have the entire product easily disassembled for maintenance and, if necessary, replacement of unusable parts.

Brand shops do not meet the latest conditions and the roads, because. made from special varieties of tropical wood. And a home-made bench in the bath is no worse than a “company” can be made at least according to the drawing in fig. With a thickness of 50 mm seat / lounger boards, its length can be increased up to 2 m in order to bathe lying in full height. Then the width is needed from 60 cm; it is obtained by adding a board and a pair of its heels with legs. The red arrows show the oak leg pads, they greatly increase their resistance to decay.

Not only in the bath

In addition to the bath, the benches, as mentioned at the beginning, are also returning to the living quarters. And not only in studio apartments: in a country house or in the kitchen, a bench will save a lot of space. Do not be surprised, a bench under the wall, equivalent to a pair of chairs in the same place, saves about 0.5 square meters. m area. And this is already a small stove or a corner fireplace, plus you can sleep on the bench. Of course, the view of the house bench should be more elegant, but it is assembled “in furniture style”, from wood on dowels or from chipboard on confirmations. A technologically simple version of a home bench for two riders is shown in Fig. It is also suitable for urban cuisine, if there is no place for a soft corner.

Note: in fig. on the right - options for making the well-known household mini-bench from cash scraps. Height - on the knees; seat dimensions - according to their own fifth point.

Whatever

antique

Here we will talk about benches from improvised materials. Since the log shop is perhaps its oldest variety, we are looking for logs of a suitable thickness, from 200 mm. Because independent logging is prohibited by law (although it is practiced in some places) and does not benefit nature, we pay attention primarily to dry fallen trees (easier to process) or unusable trees cut down in the garden. Curves, knotty - so much the better; visible roughness gives the log bench only more rustic charm, see fig.

Next, you should turn the log into a bench. Here you can find instructions like: “Precisely (carefully) sawing the log along.” Without a sawmill with a centering and feed mechanism? Advisers of this kind about the processing of wood have a clearly vague concept. In fact, a log bench at home can be made in 2 ways.

The first one gives a large waste of material, therefore it is suitable only if there is an excess of it, but it is available to any amateur, and you can work with an ordinary crosscut saw, even a hand one. For those who don't know: the wood is sawn along the fibers with special longitudinal saws. So, first we make cuts on the log to the desired depth more often, pos. 1 in Fig., and break out the pieces with a crowbar (this is by no means only a thieves' tool), a nail puller or a mount. They jump out of dry deadwood as if by themselves, but on damp timber you will have to sweat over the first ones, and remove the others with a chainsaw, it also cuts along, pos. 2.

Next, first, with an ax and a chisel, we remove the remains of chips, pos. 3, and then we rough-out the surfaces with a plow (planer). The finished product is processed with a grinder, pos. 4, or just hand sanded. In this way, a solid log bench is obtained. Debark the sides or leave it as is, and biocide, stain, and varnish the same as you would for any outdoor wood. Slightly rotted deadwood (with dark spots) will first have to be treated with a wood reducer (clarifier).

For the second method, you only need a chainsaw, because. she cuts both along and across. It requires a sure eye, a steady hand and a strong grip, but the result is a full-fledged bench with a back, as in fig. above, with virtually no waste. The technological process in this case is elementary, and the bench is completely ready for gatherings 2-3 hours after starting the saw, see video:

Video: a log bench without nails

Rough but fast and easy

Summer residents-developers, as a rule, do not immediately think about benches. And soon they realize that in vain: on bricks, a box or a random block of wood you can’t rest and don’t really eat. If by this time the first pallet from under the brick has been released, then it will go to the bench, which can be built within an hour, just right.

Pallet benches can also be made in two ways. According to the first, a standard pallet 110x80 cm is sawn into 2 unequal parts, on the left in the figure, which will go to the seat and back. Simple and fast, but on the side struts and legs, on the right there, additional lumber is required, or you need to remove the board from the seat with the back, and an uncomfortable gap forms under what they are sitting on.

The second method requires additional work on disassembling the pallet, see below, but it allows you not to touch the boards prepared for the construction site and the bench comes out more conveniently, because. its back is slanted. The first cut is made across the top, where there are more boards, sides of the pallet, pos. 1 in fig. The next one is across the lower side (red line in pos. 2), but from the opposite side of the upper side of the middle bosses (shown by the red arrow).

Next, the part with 2 rows of bosses is disassembled, as shown in pos. 3. The bosses of the upper shield are inserted into the openings of the remainder, pos. 4, for which they will have to be moved apart with a crowbar or mount (double-sided arrows in the same place), and fastened with nails or self-tapping screws, as shown in pos. 5. Remains visible in pos. 4, will go on legs, pos. 6.

How to disassemble pallets

The pallets are assembled on nails with sunken caps, and the nails sit very firmly in them, especially those that have rusted in pallets that have been used for a long time. If you disassemble them as usual, then one or several boards will definitely crack. Therefore, the board being taken away is first slightly gently lifted; it is more convenient to do it with an ax, because. it gives a large footprint. Then the same board is put in place and the nails are pulled out by the hats that have appeared with a nail puller or tongs.

Simple and economical

Construction pallets are made of high-quality wood, which can later be used in a variety of ways; at least for the construction of a barn or the construction of a rack. If we already disassemble the pallet, then it is advisable to put less wood on the bench from it. A simple bench, which will require hardly half the boards of the pallet, and the bars will all be left for better use, is shown in fig. on right. Its back is somewhat flatter than ergonomics requires, due to the smaller width of the seat; so this bench is quite comfortable.

A bit about technology

Bolted connections are often used in garden furniture. If it is one-piece and not articulated, it is better to hide the bolt heads with washers and nuts with them. The first for aesthetics, and the second so as not to get scratched.

For a hidden connection of wooden parts with bolts, in addition to a twist drill for wood, you will also need a feather drill, on the left in fig. Use a pen to select holes for the head and nut. After assembly, the rest of the threaded body of the bolt is cut off with a grinder and the connection is tightened again, because. when pruned, it weakens. Then the holes are filled with wood putty; you can thickly knead the sawdust yourself on the Express glue (liquid nails) or PVA for wood. Not on office PVA for paper!

As for the hinged joints, steel clips must be inserted into the bolt holes in both connected parts, their diameter must be taken into account when drilling. Without clips, the bolt will quickly break the tree and the hinge will go floundering at random.

Clips for the bolt can be rolled from tin or galvanized. In this case, twice a year, at the beginning and end of the season, 2-3 drops of engine oil are allowed into them. If it is nevertheless rusty and seized, brake fluid will help out, the same 2-3 drops. The rust from it becomes limp and the hinge "lets go" almost instantly. After the "brake" it is again dripped with oil.

The manufacture of furniture for summer cottages also requires thorn-groove joints, on dowels and dowels (through round wooden bosses). In this case, firstly, wooden fasteners are made from the same wood as the parts to be joined. For outdoor use, a certain amount of strength has to be sacrificed in order to ensure that the temperature coefficients of expansion, moisture capacity, swelling and shrinkage of the wood of the entire assembly are the same. Otherwise, the connection will quickly loosen up.

Secondly, it is very, very desirable to make connections for "open sky furniture" with wedging, see fig. on right. The wedges are cut out of hard resistant wood: oak, walnut, boxwood, dogwood. Their thickness is 2-2.5 mm, but not narrower. achievable wood-to-wood connection accuracy plus or minus 1 mm.

An important condition: the wedges must be oriented across the fibers of the attached part, otherwise it may split during landing and subsequently the connection will fall apart. If the parts are connected perpendicular (crosswise), then the wedges in the dowel (nagel) should be oriented at 90 degrees relative to each other. Otherwise, the production of country and garden furniture does not contain anything that would not be subject to ordinary working ingenuity.

Application: how to take dimensions on a grid

Let's look again at the drawing of the paired "romantic-philosophical" bench. How to calculate the missing dimensions? First of all, we visually determine the type of oblique projection; in this case it is an isometry, so both oblique axes are equal.

Then we take a more authentic part, for which the linear size is indicated; in this case, this is a tsarga with a length of 1350. According to the drawing, using the Pythagorean theorem, we determine its length in fractions of the grid step. Correlating it with a known linear size, we obtain a scale factor. If the projection is arbitrary, then it will be necessary to calculate 2 scales for 2 details, for each of the oblique axes.

Then a rather painstaking work begins: the missing dimensions are determined from the drawing in fractions of the grid step and multiplied by the scale. For each pair of parts to be joined, we do a fit check, taking into account that the wood accuracy is 1 mm. If, for example, the spike turned out to be thicker than the groove associated with it, it’s understandable that it won’t fit, you need to look for where the error crept in. If it’s already more than 2 mm, it’s also not good, it will hang out and the error will begin to accumulate in the calculations. And if the spike enters the groove with a gap of 0-2 mm, everything is type-top, they calculated perfectly.