A comfortable and beautiful garden bench will always find its place in the summer cottage or near a luxurious cottage. Sitting on a bench, you can admire the beautiful nature that surrounds you, and you can sit down to take a break after long work at the dacha. The article will discuss what types of benches are and how to build this useful product by yourself.

Content

• 1 Types of modern garden benches
• 2 The main elements of the bench
• 3 Types of Bench Supports
• 4 Materials for the manufacture of back and seat benches
  • 4.1 Option wooden bench number 1
  • 4.2 Option street bench number 2

Types of modern garden benches

Today there are many types of garden benches that can be purchased in stores. It may be:

1. The usual wooden garden bench;
2. A bench in the form of a swing made of wood;
3. Overweight bench made from logs of dry trees;
4. Bench set between two trees;
5. Plastic bench;
6. Garden forged bench.

List the types of benches, which today offer to buy us in stores for a long time. But the best option for the suburban area would be a bench made do it yourself In this case, you can be sure that it will be strong, reliable and will serve for a long time.

The main elements of the bench

You can make a bench from different materials, but are more popular wooden or forged benches. In addition, they are more practical. Basically, all benches consist of the following elements:

• the support on which the bench stands;
• seat;
• back;
• armrests;
• mounts.

Types of Bench Supports

Bench supports can be made of different materials. For example, quite popular are steel or forged support. Often, people think that such constructions will become rusty or easily worn out from constant contact with the environment. But it is not, because today there are metals that do not corrode and practically do not oxidize.

There are also benches with concrete supports. Of course, it may seem rough and short-lived, but in order to bring a zest to the look of such a bench, you need to turn on your imagination. For example, if the benches are made of concrete, the back and the seat can be made of rods. The disadvantage of such a bench can be its large size and fragility.

If you can, you can buy benches from natural stone. Such a bench will look luxurious on the plot or near the cottage. The disadvantages of this type of support include the relatively high cost and high weight. In this case, you will need to immediately determine the place where the bench will be installed, since it will be very difficult to move it.

No less popular will be wooden supports. They are quite strong and durable. In addition, the tree can be used for making garden benches with your own hands. This material is cheap and affordable. A bench made entirely of wood will decorate the site. But, this material has its drawbacks: the tree can swell and rot. Therefore, a wooden bench needs proper care.

Materials for the manufacture of back and seat benches

Popular materials for the manufacture of seats and bench backs today are considered plastic and wood. You can, of course, buy a fully stone bench, but it will be quite cold. There is also an option to make the back and seat benches of carved sheets, but it is quite difficult and can cost a lot of money.

The important elements in the benches are fix it. They can be bolts, nails, metal corners, metal screws.

Option wooden bench number 1

If you do not have much experience with wood, then the best material for making benches with your own hands will be pallets. They can be purchased at any place where they sell wooden beams, boards etc.

For the manufacture of one bench will need two wooden pallets, saw, paint, screws, screwdriver, metal plates for fastening. One tray will be a seat, and the second - a back. First you need to place one pallet horizontally and move the second pallet to it, which will be located vertically. Thus, you get the back and the seat bench. They need to be interconnected. For this you can use metal plates or corners. Such elements are fastened with screws and a screwdriver.

Next to the finished design you need to attach the legs. They can be cut out of small bars. The bench should have 4 legs. Moreover, the rear legs can be made long so that they can be fastened to the back and seat, and the front legs should be short. In order for the bench to have a finished look, you can make handrails, and sew pillows on the seats.

Option street bench number 2

The bench will be located between two tree trunks. The distance between them should be 160−180 centimeters. The height of such a bench will be 55−60 cm. For such a street bench you will need to purchase 3 boards of durable tree species. The two boards will be longer, and the middle board will be shorter.

First you need to make a blank of the middle board. To do this, cut off both of its edges in a semicircle. In the future, it will need to be installed between two trees, and such cuts will help to insert it tightly. To beautifully trim the ends of the board in a semicircle, you can use jigsaw.

By installing a horizontally cut board, it can be noted where the supports for the bench will be installed. The rest of the boards will be mounted on them. It is necessary to take into account the fact that it is necessary to fix the bench in such a way that the trees are not affected. Each tree will need to be installed two supporting boards. Next in the center of the board you need to make a mark. There will be mounting. Two supporting boards will be located on both sides of the tree, and you can connect them to each other with the help of a long threaded rod, on which nuts are then screwed.

When such supports are ready, it will be possible to put a previously prepared middle board on them. Next, using self-tapping screws and a screwdriver, we connect the middle board with the fixings. It turns out the bench. But it will be quite narrow. Therefore, the prepared two boards can be attached on the other two sides of the trees. For that too need screws. When these boards are attached to the supports. That can be cut a long rod. Everything, the street bench between two trees is ready, such benches are convenient for doing in a garden and where trees are planted near from each other.

The bench on the summer cottage or the plot is first of all resting place. Therefore, it should be comfortable, stable and functional. But you should not forget about the beautiful design of the bench. This element of landscape design should fit beautifully into the overall design of the summer cottage or yard, where the bench will be.