You can use this outdoors on a porch a mudroom or anywhere else you need extra seating.
Diy built in wall bench.
Use 2 4 wood and 3 4 thick plywood to create the bench frame.
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.
Seriously you guys i can t even believe how good these diy built ins with a bench seat turned out.
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.
Sand and paint or stain the wood to get the design you.
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.
This way the bench.
Kidding maybe but seriously when i set out to do this project i d thought it 100 times through.
The bench seat starts with an open bottom plywood box.
Two at 69 inches and two at 15 inches.
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.
Just ask my neighbor she probably sees me standing and staring at them daily through our front window.
Cut the strips into panels.
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.