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DIY $20 Outdoor Patio Bench

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Published July 25, 2014 by Jennifer. 32 Comments.
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Beautiful Summer is in full swing and so is spending time outdoors. It’s always fun to have an outdoor party, but it’s a bummer when you don’t have enough seating available for all of your friends and family. With that being the case, a few weeks ago we made a couple of patio benches for my friends in Colorado and their new house and outdoor deck.

They love to have friends over to look at those beautiful views, but they didn’t have the right amount of seating. That’s where this awesome DIY $20 Outdoor Patio Bench was born.

Easy DIY  Outdoor Patio Bench via PinkWhen.com

Material Needed to Make a Patio Bench

To make this Out door Patio bench, you are going to need a few supplies:

  • (2) 1 x 6 x 10  (These will be the seat tops)
  • (1) 2 x 4 x 8 cut (4) 13 7/8″ (for leg braces)
  • (2) 1 x 4 x 10 (Legs are 22″ length board with 28 degree and 32 degree cut (feet) measure 19″ tall)
  • (2) 14 3/16″ long and 2 9/16″ wide for the center end pieces
  • 2″ screws
  • 1 1/4″ screws
  • (2) 1 x 4 x 10 (These are the skirts on the bench)
  • 4″ screws

How to make a patio bench

The first thing we did in creating this patio bench was to create the legs. Once we created the legs, it was all smooth sailing from there. However, the legs were a bit cumbersome at times. We needed to cut and keep angles, and sometimes there was a lot of sanding involved because of the angles. Don’t get discouraged. We were able to help ourselves out when we created a template of the legs and used that template to help create all of the others.

DIY  Outdoor Bench Plans via PinkWhen.com 1

As you can see in the picture above, we did “double” pieces on the legs. This was done to make them a little sturdier that what they would have been with just a 1 x 4 leg. Below is one of the the templates that we created. Once we had all of our pieces, we placed them together with 1 1/4″ screws.

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After making all of the legs, it was time to stand them up and attach our seating boards.

DIY  Outdoor Bench via PinkWhen.com.

 

Once the top was attached, we then started to attach the braces up at the top where the seat and legs meet. These were placed and attached with 4″ screws.

DIY  Outdoor Patio Bench via PinkWhen.com 3

 

After the braces were on, we turned the benches over and added the skirting to both sides of the bench.

DIY  Outdoor Patio Bench via PinKWhen.com 4.

 

Finally, after the skirting came the end pieces to finish off the bench.

DIY  Outdoor Patio bench via PinkWhen.com 5

Painting the patio bench

Now let’s add your favorite color of paint! Once again, we used Whirld Peas Outdoor Paint and Primer from Valspar. The picture below is after just one coat, but we applied two coats to make a more even finish.

DIY  Outdoor Patio Bench via PinKWhen.com 6

 

With a brand new 10ft long bench, we added a lot of seating area to her family’s large outdoor deck area. In fact, the deck is so large, we added in a second bench.

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I hope you enjoyed this DIY $20 Outdoor Patio bench. It was a challenging and fun experience to work on this project. Are you going to make these? If so, make sure you share the results in the comments below.

If you are looking for a few other outdoor projects to work on, you could also try these:

Fancy X Farmhouse Table

Farmhouse Table Finished

Farmhouse Table Finished

Farmhouse Benches

Fancy X Farmhouse Bench

Fancy X Farmhouse Bench

Adirondack Chair Tutorial

DIY Adirondack Chairs via PinkWhen.com 3

 

Check out this  easy DIY Patio Bench. I feel a project starting...

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July 25, 2014 · 32 Comments

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