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How To Build A Wood Bench

September 14, 2018 4 Comments

Wood benches come in all shapes, sizes and styles. We have them around our house in different areas for different things. They are great at the end of a bed, in an entryway and they are perfect for the dining table. Buying a wood bench in stores can be very expensive so I thought I would share how to make a wood bench that is easy to do. There is a video tutorial at the end of this post that shows you how to build a wood bench live. 

If you love wood benches but don't want to spend a ton of money on them in the stores, click over to see how to build a wood bench the easy way!!  

Matt and I have found many different ways to make the benches I fall in love with in stores and catalogs and I thought it would be a great post to share with you. There are different ways to make benches, but this tutorial is a beginner’s level bench to get a newbie started. You can make this bench any size and you can use any wood. We used scrap wood we had in the garage, but you can always pick up wood at your local home improvement store as well.  

If you love wood benches but don't want to spend a ton of money on them in the stores, click over to see how to build a wood bench the easy way!!

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Supplies Needed: How To Build A Wood Bench

Wood 

Table Saw

Miter Saw

Nail Gun

Paint (I used Dixie Belle Paint)

Orbital Sander

If you love wood benches but don't want to spend a ton of money on them in the stores, click over to see how to build a wood bench the easy way!!

After Matt showed us how to build a wood bench, I started making it a little more pretty with paint and sandpaper. I first painted the entire bench in green and when that dried, I went over it with a creamy white paint color. 

If you love wood benches but don't want to spend a ton of money on them in the stores, click over to see how to build a wood bench the easy way!!

When the white paint dried, I used my orbital sander and went over the entire bench so the green paint would pop through the white in places. 

I love the way it looks and it really didn’t take me long at all. 

Here is the video we did live on Facebook to show how to build a wood bench: 

 

 

 

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Do you have any benches in your home? Where do you like this use them?

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If you love wood benches but don't want to spend a ton of money on them in the stores, click over to see how to build a wood bench the easy way!!

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Comments

  1. Victoria Carpenter says

    September 20, 2018 at 7:48 AM

    I tried to get the video on your bench and I could not find it, your page is full of good stuff, but not very user friendly!

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    • Lindsay says

      September 20, 2018 at 8:56 AM

      Thank you so much for being here and thank you for letting me know the video wasn’t working. I just updated it so it should be working now!

      Reply
  2. chris kramer says

    September 24, 2018 at 1:07 PM

    I was unable to find your video on how to build the cute bench.

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      September 24, 2018 at 1:11 PM

      I just checked and it is in this post: mycreativedays.porch.com/how-to-build-a-wood-bench/

      Thank you!

      Reply

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