Sand and paint or stain the wood to get the design you.
Diy built in wall bench.
This bench adds a rustic appeal to any corner of your home.
Two at 69 inches and two at 15 inches.
Seriously you guys i can t even believe how good these diy built ins with a bench seat turned out.
Cut the strips into panels.
Our space was pretty simple to add this built in storage bench because we had straight lines to follow and our area below the window was relatively small.
So her we go we built a bench and today i am sharing the how to for this diy built in storage bench below is the bench in it s almost finished state.
The bench seat starts with an open bottom plywood box.
How to build built ins with a bench seat plus printable step by step instructions.
Cut the footboard in half to use the halves as armrests.
Just ask my neighbor she probably sees me standing and staring at them daily through our front window.
To make the four sides of the box rip two 16 inch strips from a sheet of 3 4 inch plywood using a circular saw.
Kidding maybe but seriously when i set out to do this project i d thought it 100 times through.
Materials 1 x 6 x 120 pine board 1 x 4 x 48 pine board 3 4 in x 49 in x 97 medium density fiberboard 6 ft piece of moulding that matches the trim in the room wood shims 2 30 in x 12 in x 12 in white wall cabinet 291719 2 inch drywall screws 2 1 2 in drywall screws 2 1 2 in pan head sheet metal.
If you have a baseboard measure its height then rip that amount off one of the longer pieces.
You can use this outdoors on a porch a mudroom or anywhere else you need extra seating.