Benches and benches in the country house and in the garden are primarily a place of relaxation. But just putting up a bench is not interesting. After all, you can create a beautiful corner. To not just relax, but to enjoy nature and the fruits of your labor. There are many interesting ideas. Moreover, the most simple designs such that these benches can be made with their own hands by any person whose arms grow from their shoulders.
Photos of original benches (ideas for cottages and gardens)
Everyone knows what ordinary benches look like—they’ve seen them more than once. But I don’t want the usual one - the simplest one. Especially if you have already started the process of decorating the site or are just planning it. Why not start from the bench? And then other decorations will follow. You just have to start.
In the garden or near the house I want to have more greenery: beautiful and different flowers. - that's good, but why not combine them with a bench.
What could be simpler? Two wooden boxes in which flowers are planted and between them a couple of planed and sanded boards. This bench can be placed near the wall, and a couple of long boards can be placed on the wall to create a backrest.
Not everyone likes flower beds made of wood: wood requires care, and without it it quickly loses appearance. It is especially difficult to care for a tree that is in contact with the soil. Instead of wooden boxes there may be, for example, stone or concrete pedestals.
It’s very easy to make such a bench at the dacha with your own hands. You can find ready-made concrete flower beds or do something similar. You can buy a processed board, or you can do it yourself. Instead of a board, there can be half a log - depending on the style of the site. It is easier to secure the seat using metal corner. It is attached to concrete using dowels, to wood - with self-tapping screws from below or through bolts.
If anyone has large plants in durable flowerpots, can be sold next idea. In this option, the bench covers the plants. To avoid surprises, flowerpots must be very durable...
Eat similar option benches made of boards and without plants: may need to be placed on or in. The supports are made of boards of the same size, and the seat is made of timber.
Bench made of boards - a non-standard option
And more variations on the same theme: hollow ones are used as support building blocks. Treated bars are inserted into the holes. This is the seat of the bench. Just round the edges of the beam, or it will be uncomfortable to sit.
For this garden bench, it is advisable to find large blocks with thick walls. If not, you need to securely fasten the blocks to one another. The whole task is to first secure the blocks (for example, with pins), and then attach the bars to them (with bolts or dowels).
Log benches
If your site is decorated in a rustic or ethno style, the standard approach will not suit you. It is best to use logs in this case - with or without bark - it’s your choice.
The seat for the bench is made of logs - a trunk of large or medium diameter sawn lengthwise. The back is either a smaller diameter trunk, or simply a cut closer to the edge. The legs can also be made from narrow pieces of logs (look at the photo below).
Log bench - quick and easy
The legs and seats are connected to each other with metal pins: a hole of slightly smaller diameter is drilled under the pin in both parts. The pin is driven into one of them, the second part is pushed in and is also driven in, but this time they hit the wood rather than the pin. To avoid leaving traces, lay a piece of unnecessary board and hit it with a hammer (or sledgehammer). Such a connection should be quite reliable, but to be sure, you can install two or three pins, or you can cut a little log, making a flat area on same size on both parts to be joined. By increasing the support area, you will increase the reliability of the seat fastening: after all, the log weighs a lot.
Bench option without backrest
Another interesting option in the “ethno” style is shown in the photo above. It is made in stone, but this bench can also be made from logs. The seat is a very thick board, the legs are a large part of a large diameter deck. A groove is cut in the deck for laying the seat. If you have a tool (you can make a cut with an axe, grinder or chainsaw), it’s easy to do.
Often in the countryside a work desk is needed. From a log you can make not only a bench, but also a table. A version of such an ensemble is shown in the photo. Only the tabletop is made of boards, all other parts are logs different diameters or from half.
A greater degree of processing is inherent in the next bench in the same style. The back, legs, and armrests are made of thick and not very thick branches, the seat is made of sanded and treated (barked and sanded) unedged boards.
The other bench was made almost the same way. Only the boards and branches are located in a different direction and the result is a different look. A DIY bench of this type does not require much skill. IN in this case The more careless the work, the more decorative the result.
Wicker back - not often seen
You can make a rest area and a bench around the tree. The designs are simple, making the flooring is generally easy.
You can also supplement your recreation group. And above the bench you can put it - this is the “progenitor” of the usual arch - one of the types of light gazebo. And to make the relaxation completely complete, you can do, or.
Made of metal and wood
Few people will install completely metal benches in their dacha. They, of course, can be very beautiful, but in the summer they heat up to incredible temperatures, and when it gets a little colder, you can’t sit on them because they are too cold. Benches made of metal and wood do not have these disadvantages. Legs and load-bearing structure made of metal, and the seat and back (if any) are made of wood. Moreover, there are also interesting shops in modern design.
Rectangles are welded from the profile, jumpers are welded to the side walls, on which the seat boards rest. Simple, stylish, reliable, functional.
In a more advanced form - with armrests, a backrest, soft cushions on the seat, such a design may look like in the photo. The wide seat turns the bench into a sofa, and cushions - fabric-covered furniture foam - add comfort. The tables are made in the same style - a frame made of corrugated pipe and a tabletop made of boards.
One important point: if you make a seat or tabletop from several adjacent elements, they do not need to be butted end to end. There should be a gap of 3-4 mm between adjacent boards/bars. The wood swells and shrinks. In order for the surface to remain relatively flat during these processes, a gap is necessary.
If smoother lines are needed - for families with children - you can bend the pipes and make garden benches and a table with rounded edges. This garden furniture is completely safe. An ordinary round or corrugated pipe is bent, leaving the sides in the shape of the letter “P” with a wide back. The length of this backrest is the length of the bench. For the table, the dimensions are made a little larger: the legs and back are longer.
Make two identical blanks for the table and bench. Next, cut the boards to equal lengths. For the seat, about 40 cm, for the tabletop, at least 55 cm. They are fastened to the pipes with furniture bolts with a flat head. To prevent the caps from sticking out, drill a hole of a slightly larger diameter under them.
Benches made of boards
The largest group is benches and benches made of boards. There are designs that are more reminiscent of sofas, especially if you lay them on soft pillows- and you can lie down.
Garden furniture in modern style It’s easy to assemble: rectangles with partitions made of thinner boards, connected to each other.
Even the usual design of a country bench can become exclusive if you approach it with imagination: instead of legs and armrests, wooden wheels. The result is a designer item.
A bench made of boards with a back and wheels instead of sides - looks interesting
And the simplest possible is a board with legs in the shape of the letter “X”. Such shops were built centuries ago, and you can still see them today.
From the boards you can make a bench in a modern style: in the shape of the letter “P”. With this design, the main task is to ensure rigid fixation of the legs and seat: the pushing forces are not compensated for in any way. In this case, it is important to take a thick board or timber so that it does not sag. You can place the board “on edge”: this way the rigidity will be greater. To increase reliability, you can install corners from below.
The photo shows an option with a 45° cut. Having a miter box or circular saw Accurate cutting is easy to achieve. By accurately joining the workpieces and fastening them, we obtain an angle of 90°. If the seat does not sag, it will last a long time...
Interesting and reliable option The benches are shown in the photo below. The legs are assembled from boards of different lengths: each second is shorter by the width of the board for the seat. Interesting idea. It is easy to make such a bench: it is important to maintain the dimensions, and everything is connected very simply: with nails into the face of the seat.
Original benches
It seems like there’s more that can be thought of... but it turns out there’s a lot. For example, attach the seat to a large stone.
Make a structure from bamboo trunks.
Or a stone.
Sitting in winter will be unpleasant, but beautiful...
How to make a bench: photo reports
We won’t make benches out of stone—not everyone has the equipment, but we can make them out of different pieces of wood. Let's talk about making simple but unusual designs. So that a handmade bench can be a source of pride.
Bench without back
The design is simple, but looks interesting due to the specific material. For the legs, timber with rounded edges was used. If you have logs small size, you can trim them on the sides. You'll get almost the same effect. THIS material is not so rare; the legs are assembled from it in an unusual way: the bars are laid flat on top of each other. This adds zest and appeal.
This bench without a back has a length of about 120 cm, a width of about 45 cm, and a height of 38 cm. You can round the edges of the beam using a cutter, or you can find a similar profiled one. It costs more, but it will be easier to work with: it is already well processed and is easy to connect.
Depending on the found cross-section of the timber, calculate the length you will need. Determine how many bars will have to be stacked on top of each other to achieve the desired height. In this case, 5 bars were used for one leg. Total 45 cm * 5 pieces - 2.25 m. Two legs required 4.5 m of timber. The seat used a board 40 mm thick and 90 mm wide. For the seat you need 5 boards 1.5 meters long. It turned out 1.2 m * 5 pieces = 6 m.
First we cut and process the boards for the seat. Their edges must be rounded. If not grinder or a router, you will have to work with sandpaper, but you can find such a board or arrange at a sawmill to have it processed for you and also sanded: much less work will. So, we cut the boards to the same length, sand them and varnish them (with or without tinting - your choice).
Place the bars for the legs one next to the other, aligning their edges. Using a square and a pencil, draw lines where the fasteners will be placed. The distance between the lines is 7-10 cm.
You can take metal pins, or you can make dowels - carved from wood. Holes slightly smaller in diameter are drilled for them; the depth of the hole is half the length of the pin. Then they are hammered into one part, and a second part is inserted into the same hole on top. The connection is reliable, but to be sure, you can add glue, although then the structure will turn out to be one-piece.
With a pin connection, the main task is to make the holes strictly one above the other so that the parts mounted on the pin give a smooth edge. We've done part of the work - we've drawn lines where we'll drill, now we need to measure the same distance from the edge. For this we will create a template. We take a piece of plank about 1.5 cm wide. We will drill holes at this distance from the edge of the bars. Having placed it exactly along the edge, we mark the places of intersection with the drawn perpendicular lines.
We will install the pins in a checkerboard pattern, so we will drill holes through one intersection. Also holes on one bar with different sides We do it in a checkerboard pattern. In a similar way, using pins, the legs are connected to the seat: two pins for each plank.
Technologically, this type of connection is correct, but it is complex and requires a certain skill. It could be easier. Place all the bars one on top of the other, secure with clamps, drill through in two or three sets - in the center and along the edges, connect with a long pin, with washers placed under the head and nut. You can nail the seat strip legs to the legs assembled in this way with nails from above or try to make a pin connection.
The bench was made by hand. Finishing work remains
If you nailed the seat, take some wood mastic suitable color, add some very fine sawdust and stir. Apply this mixture to the joints. When dry, smooth it with sandpaper. Sand all parts smooth and coat with varnish or wood paints for exterior use (preferably not covering ones, but those that leave the wood texture visible).
Read how and with what you can paint wood. It talks about lining, but the painting techniques remain the same, and the compositions must be taken for external use.
DIY bench made from broken chairs
In any household you can find two old chairs. They should be the same and still strong enough. We disassemble the chairs, leaving the part with the back and legs. We connect the two backs using bars of a suitable cross-section.
For greater rigidity at the bottom, at a distance of about 20 cm from the floor, where previously the chairs also had jumpers, we make another frame with transverse crossbars. It can be used as a footstool or to store some things.
After sanding, we paint the resulting structure. This time the paint should be normal: different breeds Wood can only be painted with covering paints. Apply with a brush or from a spray can.
All that's left to do is cut the seat to size from thick plywood (8-10 mm thick) and cover it with foam rubber and fabric.
Garden chair/bench made from pallets
Everything is useful on the farm. Even cargo pallets can be used to make garden furniture. Moreover, there is no need to disassemble them: we use one for a seat, and from the second we will make a backrest. You will only need well-processed planks for the armrests and bars for the legs.
In one of the pallets we strengthen the fastening points by inserting pieces of bars. Having inserted it, we fasten it with self-tapping screws on one side and the other.
From a timber with a cross-section of at least 100*100 mm, we cut four identical sections 80 cm long. We screw them in those places that we have just reinforced. We leave 20-25 cm on the legs. We fasten with four long screws - 150 mm and no shorter.
It is important to maintain verticality and leave the same distance on the legs. Then the seat will be level. If there are errors in height, you can try to file it down, but then you will have to cut it from the top too - so that the armrests are even. So try to screw it straight. Deviations from the vertical can only be dealt with by screwing the leg back on.
We attach a second pallet to the rear posts, and boards for armrests on the sides.
All that remains is to cut from furniture foam rubber piece and cover it with fabric. You can also make pillows for the back. If you are not going to process everything thoroughly, but make a loft-style chair, use sandpaper or a sander, sanding all surfaces until smooth. You can coat it with paint, giving the wood a dark color.
Drawings of wooden benches
Video lessons
Several videos on how to make benches with your own hands.
DIY bench: drawings with dimensions, photos. How to make a bench with a wooden backrest with your own hands.
A light garden bench will come in handy for relaxing in your country house; on the bench you can sit in the garden and relax in the shade of the trees. Wooden benches will harmoniously decorate your relaxation area in your summer cottage, and if the bench is also made by yourself, it will become a source of pride for the owner.
Materials for making a bench:
- Boards with a section of 20 x 100 mm or similar size.
- Screws.
- Varnish or paint.
Tools:
- Hacksaw.
- Plane.
- Tape measure, square, pencil.
- A screwdriver or a shaped screwdriver.
- Drill with a drill with a diameter of 2 mm (the diameter of the drill should be less than the diameter of the screws).
Bench assembly diagram.
- - legs.
- - frame.
- - backrest supports.
- — seat slats.
- — backrest strips.
How to make a bench with a back.
The pictures provide detailed drawings with dimensions for making a garden bench.
Let's start making a garden bench, and start with making the legs for the bench.
Mark the cut lines on the board and use a hacksaw to cut off the leg blanks. Smooth the ends of the legs with sandpaper.
Assembling the sides of the bench.
We attach the upper support to the front and rear legs. Align the legs with the support, drill holes and secure them with screws. Let's make two sidewalls.
Assembling the bench seat frame.
We saw off the blanks for the seat frame. We combine the frame blanks, drill holes and screw in screws.
Assembling the frame and sides.
Now you need to connect the sides of the bench and the seat frame.
The back of the bench.
We saw off 3 supports for the back.
We install and secure the seat back supports as shown in the figure.
Install the slats to the seat frame, making sure you place them at equal distances, drill holes and secure the slats with screws.
Now secure the slats to the backrest supports.
Attaching armrests.
Place the armrests on the sides of the bench, drill holes in the armrests and secure them with screws.
The screw heads can be hidden by covering them with wood putty and then allowing the putty to dry for several hours. Sand the hardened putty and then apply several coats of paint or varnish to the bench to improve the appearance of the bench.
How to make a bench photo.
A cozy bench is one of essential elements interior summer cottage. This is where you can calmly read a book or spend an interesting evening in the company of friends. Every person has different aesthetic preferences. And to satisfy them, it is best to try to create benches for the garden with your own hands. Take for example the old Orchard. A wooden bench decorated with forged ornaments is perfect for it. Products with stone supports and pedestals also look good. And if we're talking about about recently broken area, That the best solution there will be a bench in a light romantic style.
If you decide, first you have to make a drawing of garden furniture. This raises questions about sizes. Usually people prefer to adjust these values to suit themselves. But you can simply use the general principles:
- seat height – from 35 to 50 cm;
- width – 50–55 cm;
- back height – up to 55 cm.
As for the material, in this case almost any available means will do. Of course, you can purchase a ready-made bench, but it is much cheaper to make it yourself.
What kind of benches are there?
The most common are ordinary wooden benches with a back. They are quite easy to assemble and look pretty decent.
Forged benches look beautiful, and they last for many decades. However, to make them you need to have specific skills and tools.
Stone seats various types. It is with the help of this material that it is convenient to create very interesting combinations. The disadvantage of such structures can be considered that in winter time You can't sit on it for long. In addition, it will not be possible to move the “furniture”.
Wooden seats are considered the best option for independent creativity. The wood is easy to process and available. It is easy to make a bench of any shape and style. For example, a simple bench can be made from an old trunk by simply sawing it into two equal parts.
To work, you will need a certain set of tools, however, the most common are:
- saw,
- plane,
- jigsaw,
- sandpaper,
- construction pencil and tape measure,
- a hammer with nails or a screwdriver with self-tapping screws.
Note! The thickness of the boards intended for sitting is desirable 25 mm. You can take it thicker, but it is the twenty-five-millimeter surface that pleasantly springs under a person’s weight and provides comfort. An important condition there should be no knots, at least large ones, that reduce strength.
Let's take a closer look at several types of garden structures.
One of the simplest is rural bench. Textured curved boards are perfect for it. On the one hand, they should be smoothly planed so that they are comfortable to sit on. Using a plane, their edges are trimmed and given a rounded appearance. If the workpieces contain cracks, this will only add an original appearance to the product. The damage can even be increased slightly for greater effect. After adjusting the dimensions, the parts need to be impregnated with an antiseptic and sanded. For the bench you need to select one or more narrow boards, preferably without surface defects. Two strong bars are perfect for the legs.
The second option is even simpler. The bench is being manufactured from a single piece of wood. This is not only creative, but also very practical. The main condition here is that the tree trunk has a suitable diameter. In addition, you need to look at the side branches. It’s good if they grew almost perfectly one above the other. Therefore, selecting source material is not easy. And to get the bench itself you don’t need many tools: sandpaper, saw, stain, antiseptic and varnish. The log must be cut exactly in the center. The upper part can be used for firewood, but the lower part can be processed further. Ideally, only those branches that are intended to serve as supports are pruned. Even if they are crooked or beveled, this will only give the item a special charm.
A simple and solid bench can be done literally from several bricks and one board. Masonry is needed for support legs. The height of the columns should be approximately 7 blocks. You need to leave a small recess at the very top; the flat seat will then be fixed in it. To decorate the sides of such a structure, you can install flowerpots for flowers.
The most difficult option will transformable bench, which quickly turns from an ordinary sofa into garden table with benches. True, you will have to think about the drawing, but it is worth it. Such a bench will consist of two parts: a bench and a backrest that can be moved. And it is this backrest, when tipped over, that will serve as a tabletop. The main problem in this case is reliable fastening of the moving components. To make the structure stable, it is better to lower the seat lower and place the supports wider.
Video
We suggest making a nice garden bench using the following video instructions:
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A garden bench made of wood, made by yourself, can be an excellent addition to the exterior of a summer cottage. It will be aesthetic and comfortable to use. Some people purchase similar furniture in the appropriate stores, but if you decide to do this, you will understand that choosing a bench based on size and design is very difficult. For this reason, it is recommended to make a similar design on your own. The instructions presented below will be useful for both private home craftsmen and professionals.
Preparing a basic set of materials and tools
A garden bench made of wood with your own hands can be made only after the craftsman manages to prepare the following materials and tools, without which the work will be impossible. Thus, you will need to prepare:
- screwdriver;
- drill;
- a circular saw that can be replaced with a hand saw;
- chisel;
- grinding machine;
- hammer;
- pencil;
- square;
- level;
- roulette
It will be impossible to ensure a strong fastening if you do not use glue designed for working with wood during the work. You will also need a primer. After manufacturing, the bench can be painted, for which you should use the appropriate composition, which will not only improve the appearance of the wood, but also make it more resistant to external manifestations. Don't forget that putty will also come in handy. But in order to make the pores closed, you need to purchase a composition that promotes this.
A garden bench made of wood with your own hands must be processed; you must use one that has a grain size of 120. For fastening, you should use self-tapping screws, the length of which is 5 and 6.3 cm.
Preparation of material for the structure
You will need to prepare four bars with dimensions equal to 5x10x244 cm. And also a couple of bars with dimensions equal to 2.5x10x244 cm. Another beam should have dimensions equal to 2.5x5x244 cm. After you manage to prepare the above elements, you should cut them out smaller ones, the dimensions of which will be presented below. To do this, you should use, however, you can cope with the work and hand saw, but the process will be somewhat longer.
Sawing out parts of the bench
It is quite possible to make a garden one) it will have four legs, the size of each of which is 5x10x42 cm. You will also need wooden spacers in the amount of two pieces. The size of each is 2.5x10x5.7 cm. The edges of the frame should also be made in duplicate, each measuring 2.5x10x15 cm. There should also be two spacers (5x4x30 cm). The sides of the frame (2 pieces) must have the following parameters: 2.5x4x155 cm. You will also need the same amount internal partitions frames with dimensions of each within 2.5x4x24 cm. But the supports need to be cut out five pieces, their dimensions are 2.5x5x24 cm. The boards that will form the basis of the seat of the structure should be four, their dimensions are 5x10x165 cm. At the end you can cut There are also two edge boards, their size should be 2.5x10x35 cm.
Before you make a garden bench out of wood with your own hands, you need to think about whether it will be used in tandem with any table. This is important because the bench should be in harmony with the rest of the furniture in the garden. In order for the bench to look consistent with the overall exterior, its surface after manufacturing can be painted to match the color of the rest of the furniture. personal plot. After the master has cut out all the elements, among which the legs can be distinguished; seats; beams for the frame, etc., you need to carry out work to clean the surface of all elements in order to rid them of roughness and chips, using sandpaper.
Bench assembly technology
If you are thinking about how to make a garden bench out of wood with your own hands, then at the first stage you need to work on the legs. During this process, the master must try to take care of the stability of the structure. To do this, it is equipped with spacers. Using a chisel, you need to make a notch in the bars that are intended for making legs. A hammer should also be used in tandem with a chisel. Each leg consists of two bars, which are secured together with glue designed for working with wood. In addition, for a more durable connection it is necessary to use mechanical fasteners - self-tapping screws. The recesses must be made such that their depth is equivalent to the thickness of the leg bar. At the next stage, it is necessary to begin attaching the gaskets that are installed on inner surface legs In this case, it is necessary to use self-tapping screws, the length of which is 5 cm. Additionally, the parts are attached with an adhesive composition.
Fixing plates to spacers
When you make a garden bench from wood with your own hands, the drawings of which are presented below, at the next stage you can begin attaching the spacer plates. In this case, you should also use a fastener mechanical type and glue. The length of the self-tapping screw used should be 5 cm
Working on the spacers and frame
Now you can strengthen the legs together using spacers. You must use the same screws and glue. Then you can start installing the frame. To do this, a pair of 155-centimeter bars and a pair of 24-centimeter boards must be strengthened with screws and glue. In this case, the master must use a square, which will ensure the correct arrangement of the elements in relation to each other, as for the bars. The spacer parts must be installed and then fixed with self-tapping screws and glue to the lower edge of the main frame, this will ensure the stability of the frame.
Fixing the legs and seat boards
Making garden benches and wooden benches with your own hands, at the next stage you can begin fixing the frame to the legs. Now you need to use self-tapping screws, the length of which is 6.3 cm. The fastening is also carried out with glue. It is necessary to install mechanical fasteners extremely carefully, this will eliminate the possibility of damage to the bar, the body of which may simply split.
In order to be able to correctly install the boards for the seat, you must first determine the center of the supports, and then attach them. If you make blind holes, then the seat of the structure can be mounted separately, only after fixing it to the frame. When making a garden bench from solid wood with your own hands, a diagram of which is presented in the article, you need to make the grooves between the boards minimal and ensure that the boards are close to each other.
Working on edge boards and finishing
Only now can you start working on the edge boards. They need to be screwed with self-tapping screws to the legs of the structure. But if you make blind holes, it will be possible to strengthen the edge boards at a distance of 6 cm from those that underlie the seat.
With your own hands, solid wood must be finished with high quality in order to protect its surface from negative influences environment. Initially, the product must be rid of burrs, there should be no chips on the elements, for which the structure must be well polished using sandpaper. The holes that remain after installing the mechanical fasteners must be filled with putty. Afterwards, the wood must be treated with a foam-filling compound. This will not only protect from moisture, but also from drying out, the latter of which can cause a violation of the original dimensions of the bench. For high-quality paint application, the wood is pre-treated with a primer. After it has dried, you can begin painting. In this state, the bench should be left for the time necessary for the paint to dry, only after which the bench can be used.
Of course, a combination of wood and metal is an excellent option. Do-it-yourself garden benches made of metal and wood are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also durable, but in order to make a bench from steel, you must have the skills to use a welding machine.
Garden design is a modern, rapidly developing field that enjoys ample high level popularity. One of the indispensable attributes of relaxing in the garden is, of course, a bench. It contributes not only to the decoration of your garden, but also to a comfortable pastime in it. After all, a garden is also a kind of home, and you want it to be pleasant to be in it. To do this, you need to think in detail about where exactly to place garden benches. Most often, benches are located somewhere in a beautiful place.
For example, under the thick spreading branches of a tree. Or perhaps from some place in your garden there is an amazing view of the sea, river, lake, mountains or beautiful natural views. When choosing this approach, be guided by your preferences and how exactly you want to spend time in your garden. It is also possible to install benches near hedges or surrounded by some bushes. This will create the effect of comfort and security. The last aspect is important for many.
If you decide to install benches in the summer, choose cool weather. shady place, where you can hide from the heat, and in the fall, on the contrary, you can choose open place to enjoy the warm rays of the autumn sun. The placement of benches in the garden or on a summer cottage is entirely a matter of your preferences, because their purpose is to give convenience and comfort primarily to you.
Material selection
Garden benches are, of course, a compositional element. They should fit into the design of the garden or summer cottage, emphasizing the originality of the design. They must contain beauty, originality and practicality.
In view of all this, you should pay attention not only to the appearance, but also to the material from which they are made and the level of its quality.
Types of benches
Today, several groups of benches are popular:
- stationary - made of wood, metal and natural stone;
- folding - plastic.
Natural materials, of course, are very popular. You can create truly works of art from them. Carved, forged benches, as well as benches made of combined materials, look very impressive.
Wooden benches are very practical and will easily fit into the design of your garden, as they are made from natural material. The advantage of wood is that such benches are not only beautiful and have many design solutions, but also proper care and processing will last you quite a long time.
But, like all natural things, wood is susceptible to external and mechanical stress, corrosion and weather conditions. Therefore, wooden benches require special care. Metal benches are considered the most durable and practical. They also come in a variety of designs. This bench will serve you for decades. They are perfect for a modern style garden.
How to make a bench with your own hands
Also, many have wondered how to make a bench with their own hands. This is not only an opportunity to save money and realize all your preferences and design solutions. You can create a plan yourself or use the services of specialized agencies. Here are a few such projects.
This bench is simple and convenient. It’s quite easy to create it, just follow the parameters indicated in the drawing and you will succeed. To work, you will need thick beams for support, bars or boards for the seat and back.
Here, of course, you will have to put in more effort and time, but the bench will look more solid and solid. The decor can be varied. Show your imagination and make it garden bench unique!
Garden benches are, first of all, an opportunity to relax comfortably, enjoying nature and the surrounding views in the company of friends or loved ones. Creating comfort with their help is easy and simple. Thanks to a variety of techniques, materials and elements, you have the opportunity to make your garden cozy, beautiful and functional.
Photos of various garden benches
