The design stage of a chair bench.
Two chairs made into a bench.
3 clean dust and grime with tsp tri sodium phosphate and a damp rag.
The first step in making a bench from chairs is to flip the chairs over and pop off the seats.
1 use a drill or screwdriver to remove the screws from underneath the chair.
I decided to make a double chair bench out of the chairs.
Here are a few problems that you could run into.
Lay the plywood inch from the back and centered on the chairs.
This will release the chair cushions from the frame.
It looks so great and i love that color.
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The chair backs now have become the arms for the bench.
In this picture you are looking at what will be the back of the bench.
Even using mismatched chairs you find at a yard sale could be turned into a unique three seat bench for the garden or your home.
This post contains affiliate links it didn t bother me that they were missing their seats.
I ve seen people just put two chairs together and make a bench that way but i love that you added a little something extra in the middle.
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I picked up these two chairs at tickled pink a few months ago.
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Purchase a flat piece of plywood that will become the actual bench.
You ll need enough plywood to make two long rectangle boxes inside the bench sizes will vary from the back of the two chairs to the desired bench length.
This bench is classy enough to be displayed alongside your finest furniture and here are step by step instructions to create this elegant 3 seat bench.
Screws with glue difficult to remove stick with it you can get them off.
1 x 2 1 4 pieces may work well.
If you plan to add a shelf you will also need pieces of wood to make the slats.
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Mark the plywood from underneath where the screws need to go into the frame of each chair.
We then flipped the cap over and placed it over the two chairs making sure the cushion still fit.
Remove and pre drill holes two inches from the front and back of each mark.
2 sand the chair frames with 220 grit sandpaper to etch the surface.
We then screwed the cap to the chair bases making it all one piece.