Building A Bench For Dining Room Table

Cut the board the same length as your table to maximize seating space or cut it 6 shorter if you want the option to nest the bench under the table.

Building a bench for dining room table.

Cut wood to length. Optionally add hinges to the top instead of using screws to attach it for it to serve as the lid. First we will. Sand pieces of wood.

A neat and decent design for building a bench like dining table especially if you are planning to shift it to the backyard for picnic lunches and saturday night barbeques. Once you have all your wood cut you will need to sand each piece to remove the rough edges. Cut the footboard in half to use the halves as armrests. I knew i wanted these benches to be big and beefy so i was immediately drawn to using 4 4 s for these as well.

Select boards that are straight. You can also check out my post on my diy dining table here. Use 2 4 wood and 3 4 thick plywood to create the bench frame. Because of their thickness some saws won t be able to cut them.

Carefully cut notches out with jigsaw. Apply glue to notches in legs. Now that everything is cut and sanded you are ready to build a bench. First you need to cut all your wood.

These are beautiful and cheap at the same time. Sand and paint or stain the wood to get the design you. This way the bench. Learn how to build a beautiful dining set with these step by step instructions.

Mark out 1 x 3 leg boards as shown in diagram. Find project details here. There are some things you need to remember though.