Lay the plywood inch from the back and centered on the chairs.
Two chairs made into a bench.
It looks so great and i love that color.
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Purchase a flat piece of plywood that will become the actual bench.
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.
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.
Line up all three chairs again with two inches separating them.
The design stage of a chair bench.
In this picture you are looking at what will be the back of the bench.
How to make a bench from two chairs.
This post contains affiliate links it didn t bother me that they were missing their seats.
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.
Mark the plywood from underneath where the screws need to go into the frame of each chair.
If you plan to add a shelf you will also need pieces of wood to make the slats.
The chair backs now have become the arms for the bench.
This will release the chair cushions from the frame.
Mar 30 2018 explore sharon crosby s board benches made from chairs followed by 444 people on pinterest.
1 x 2 1 4 pieces may work well.
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.
Here are a few problems that you could run into.
2 sand the chair frames with 220 grit sandpaper to etch the surface.
I picked up these two chairs at tickled pink a few months ago.
Then i was wishing i had a back and realized that i could use this sign that hadn t sold yet.
Screws with glue difficult to remove stick with it you can get them off.
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.
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We then screwed the cap to the chair bases making it all one piece.