Dining Room Bench Tutorial

 A distich of weeks agone I showed you lot all this bench I made for our dining room. Well, I in conclusion got all of my photos uploaded as well as cook hence I could demonstrate you lot how I made it. It was completely inspired yesteryear the farmhouse table I made a distich of weeks before using Miss Mustard Seed's tutorial.

First hither is a listing of what I used:

2 – 1” x 8” x your alternative - I intend I used 54" (top)

2 – 1” x 3” x your alternative - I intend I used 50"(for the length of your bench)

half dozen – 1” x 3” x your alternative - I intend I used 12" (for the width of your bench as well as 4 bracing pieces)

4 – 1” x 3” x 11” (bracing)

Four pre-turned legs

Electric drill amongst i box self – drilling 1 ¾” forest screws

Wood filler as well as putty knife

sandpaper

2" foam cutting to jibe on last yesteryear of your bench (I would accept preferred to work the 3" but it was hence expensive)

Fabric

Staple Gun

Paint

Nailhead Trim

 First I screwed i of the long pieces into i of the twelve inch pieces:

Once I did that on both sides this is what I had:

Then I screwed some other twelve inch slice inward similar this on both ends:

After that I screwed 2 to a greater extent than of the 12" pieces into the middle of the piece:

Once that's done if you lot flip it some it should await similar this:

Now it's fourth dimension for the legs. I but placed each i inward the appropriate corner as well as screwed them in.

Once that's done this is what it should await like:

Now I placed my 2 long boards on the set down as well as flipped my bench over on last yesteryear of them:

I but used fleck forest for this side yesteryear side purpose (as you lot tin come across from all the crooked lines) but inward the listing inward a higher house this is where you lot would work the 4 – 1” x 3” x 11”pieces.

I basically placed them downwardly on the board hence that when the bench was flipped over the last yesteryear would form of "lock in" to the base.

Then I screwed them onto the last yesteryear boards to decease along them locked together. I needed slightly shorter screws for this but to a greater extent than or less but made these ones work:

So, straight off when you lot flip it over as well as position the last yesteryear onto the base of operations this is what you lot volition have:

You could but stain or pigment that as well as secure the last yesteryear to the bottom but I wanted an upholstered last yesteryear hence I position the foam on last yesteryear to brand certain it was cutting the right size.

Then I took it off as well as placed both the wooden last yesteryear as well as foam confront downwardly on to the set down on last yesteryear of the stuff I planned on using (with the foam beingness on last yesteryear of the stuff as well as the forest beingness on last yesteryear of the foam). I used a staple gun as well as pulled the cotton wool stuff tightly over the foam as well as wood:

After I did this amongst the cotton wool stuff I pulled some ivory burlap over that. I wanted the texture of the burlap but didn't desire to come across through to the light-green foam which is why I commencement lined it amongst a cotton wool fabric.

I am non certain where the nailhead cut pictures went. Basically though, I but used the cut where you lot but accept to pound inward every fifth nailhead. I was hence slowly - Lillie genuinely did iii of the 4 sides. If I always create some other projection amongst it in i lawsuit again I volition create a tutorial but on that.

Now dorsum to the bench. I filled inward the holes amongst the putty as well as hence when it was dry out I sanded it down. I intend this photograph was before I sanded.

Then I painted the bench using Benjamin Moore's Shenandoah Taupe AC-36:

Then I but popped the last yesteryear on it as well as it was finished. I planned on screwing the base of operations to the last yesteryear inward a few spots but honestly it jibe inward prissy as well as snug hence I haven't bother to yet. And at that spot you lot accept it: far from perfect but it's pretty fun sitting at a tabular array as well as bench every twenty-four hours knowing my picayune helpers as well as I made them!

I promise you lot all are having a wonderful week!