Wood Garden Sofa With VIDEO

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Intro: Wood Garden Sofa With VIDEO

Summer is really my favourite time of year, so to spend much time outdoors we created an own garden sofa. It's not only easy but also cheap. ;) Check and enjoy it!

VIDEO is here:

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STEP 1:

measure
8x 60cm (23,6in) timbers for the sides and

4x 100cm (39,4in) for seat & back

STEP 2:

sawing
this was the very first time to use mitre saw...I loooove it sooo much, so easy and so fast, there's no words... :)

STEP 3:

mark
the places of hidden screws firstly on the inner side of legs

then on the outside of legs as well (- it means 2x3 60cm (23,6in) timbers)

STEP 4:

drill
the holes of hidden screws with an undecover jig set

STEP 5:

fit
them together

STEP 6:

use
woodglue & dowels to hide the holes

then

saw
overhanging parts with Japanese saw and

sand

the surface a bit to remove splinters

STEP 7:

fix
corner fixing brackets to both sides of 4x100cm (39,4in) timbers - seat & back

STEP 8:

join
the parts of the seat to the sides of sofa

STEP 9:

stain work
we use a colourless outdoor stain for protect the furniture from sun, water and extreme temperatures

STEP 10:

aaaand the final result:

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check and enjoy it :)

thanks for watching!

STEP 11: VIDEO


5 Comments

JeffT147 5 years ago

Wonderful looking sofa. I also would like to know what size of wood you are using.
Thanks !

PorkKnockles 5 years ago

What is the thickness of the wood you are using?

Alex in NZ 5 years ago

That looks a very robust seat. Thank you for sharing the process and design :-)