Garden bench is considered an important element of landscape design. If you put them in suitable places, thereby creating comfortable conditions for recreation. If we speak specifically about the country area, there are most often bets made of wood, because These are the easiest and most affordable designs. Although no one bothers to make a garden bench with their own hands on the country area from other materials. This design consists of supports, seats, backs and two armrests. Moreover, the last two elements are not mandatory. The bench can have not only practical, but also a decorative function. After all, beautiful gardened benches will undoubtedly become a decoration of the garden. Next, we will tell about how you can make such elements of garden design yourself.
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Selection of a placement of a garden bench
The project of a garden bench made of wood must necessarily take into account the placement of the construction. Therefore, first of all you need to decide exactly with this item. Depending on this, the material and design of the future bench is selected. The design made in the rustic country style, perfectly fit into the garden landscape with young trees. A bench with forging elements perfectly look in the shade of garden trees. If you have a pond on the site, then with the help of a coast made in a romantic style, you can make an ideal place to stay alone or relax after working on the site.
The bench does not have to be a separate object on the site - it can be part of the veranda or arbor. Only in this case there are more requirements for its appearance, in particular, it must match the overall style of the construction, part of which it is. The bench may well be part of the table.
In general, this design is recommended to put so that sitting on it, before the eyes there was a beautiful landscape, for example, flower bed or garden. That is, the surrounding picture should be pleasant to the eye. Agree, it is not very pleasant to sit on a bench that overlooks the garage, fence or car. In addition, it will be appropriate to place special benches for children on the playground, one more - in the front entrance and the pool.
A good place for the bench will place next to the bed. It is desirable that the design is in the shadow most of the day. For this, there should be a tree with an emission crown or it is possible to make a special canopy for this. You can still think about the decorative decoration of the place next to the bench. For example, nearby the flowering bushes of small growth, special flower beds. The shop itself can be positioned not on bare ground, but on the stone platform.
In any case, the location is chosen depending on the lifestyle, which has its own person. The placement of benches on the site is not only the opportunity to arrange accents in the formation of garden-park design, but the ability to make stay on the plot more comfortable. Alternatively, with the help of benches, you can outline the boundaries of the site.
It is also important when there are several factors in the arrangement of benches. In particular, the illumination at different times of the day and attendance of one or another place on the site. Before purchasing a ready-made bench or make it yourself, you can first try to build a simple chair or chair and place it in that part of the site where you plan to put a shop.
Most often, classic benches, which are a rectangular seat and the same back. If such a design is placed next to the country house, it is recommended to paint it in a similar color. As for the material, it can be any. But if you make it wooden, then this option will allow you to fully work in creativity and do something unique. For example, perform an elegant thread or ornament on the back. The bars are not at all necessary to lay parallel to each other - you can arrange their cross the cross. For the assembly, such a bench need quite a bit of time.
Garden bench do it yourself from a tree
Preparatory work
When you were determined with the placement of the bench, it is recommended to make a sketch or a drawing of the future design. This document will greatly help in work. When drawing drawing, there may be a question that one or another item should be. It should be known that there are general standards. Thus, the seat height is recommended to do from 40 to 55 cm. The seat width according to these standards should be from 50 to 60 cm. The height of the back - at least 30 cm, but not more than 55 cm.
If the bench is done intolerable, then it is better to fix it directly in the soil. Relying on the drawings, you should estimate how much it will be the material. In most cases, the manufacture of a bench requires relatively few funds. You can use any blowed materials.
From the tools will be necessary:
- hammer,
- lobzik,
- saw,
- roulette,
- marker,
- sandpaper.
If the shop is planned to paint, then suitable paints and varnishes will be required.
Bench garden with a backrest
The back and seat of dacha benches is usually made of wood. From the manifold of woody breeds for this purpose, spruce, pine and larch are mainly used. For the first two options, the boards of rectangular section of 35 × 60 mm are selected. The third option is the most resistant to rotting. Larch is not afraid of low temperatures, moisture and even direct sunlight. But the boards from this material have a high price, because of which it is not all possible to afford such a shop. To the bench cost cheaper, cheapest hardwood hardwood options are used in production.
Much cheaper can be caught back and plastic seat. This is an easy and convenient material that is not exposed to weather conditions. But it must be borne in mind that such benches do not always fit into the landscape. Alternatively, you can use plastic stylized under a tree or metal. Plastic bench can withstand no more than 200 kg. In addition, the back and seat can be made of sheet steel. This material allows you to implement a variety of ideas. At the same time, steel without special processing is subject to corrosion. In addition, she is quite expensive.
Procedure for the manufacture of a garden bench car:
- The first thing is made by the rear legs. To achieve a given angle of inclination of the back, it is necessary to measure from the edge of the segment (length 720 mm) with a length of 360 mm. Then, on the end of the segment there is a length of 20 mm from the edge. Two points are connected, and on the battle line, part of the board is cut off with an electrollized. In order not to spend time with the measurement of the second legs, you can use the first as a template.
- After the manufacture of the rear legs, connect them with the front with the brief. The result will be two side racks for the future bench.
- The lower crossings of the racks are connected by the board, which will give the entire bench additional rigidity.
- Now it remains to mount the seatboards and backs. All installation work is carried out with galvanized wood screws. Since the bench will be operated in conditions of high humidity, use ordinary self-tapping screws is not recommended. They quickly enjoy and can cause a tree rotting.
- For a more aesthetic appearance of the bench, screws are screwed from the opposite side to the support bars. Therefore, it is important to choose their length correctly, so that when twisting they do not get out, but also tightly kept the design.
- In order to do not split the board when twisting the self-pressing, it makes a hole with a drill. If the fastener diameter is 4 mm, the hole is drilled with a diameter of 3.5 - 3.8 mm. To the bench look more neatly the head of the screws can be hidden in tarta. To do this, you need to drill a hole on the head diameter, to a depth of 3-5 mm. On the manufacture of the seat will take 3 boards, for the back - 2.
- After the garden bench is ready, it must be processed. So that the tree is not afraid of moisture, it is covered by layers of varnish and antiseptics. To begin with, it is impregnated with antiseptic compositions. If this is not possible, you can use the oil. After drying it, the bench is covered with a layer of varnish. After drying the first layer on the surface of the wood, roughness will remain. To achieve a smooth and smooth surface, it is cleaned with the help of sandpaper and again covered with varnish in two layers.
Similar benches can be often noted in various public places, for example, in parks and train stations. It has become so popular in many ways due to the simplicity of assembly and mobility, i.e. Her if desired can be transferred to any convenient place. The drawing of themselves to do for such a bench is completely optional - it can be found in the finished form. Materials for assembling benches will need thick bars and boards. Bars are needed for the legs, and the boards - in order to make the seat and back. The most important thing is to ensure that the parts are not deformed during the assembly, because Otherwise, the bench can "skew".
Garden benches of wood: photo
