How to build a garden bench?

What a sweet thing to do in honor of your mother.

What a sweet garden & so thoughtful! I saw a DIY bench made with wooden crates & stair treads. Seemed easy enough. You can always Google DIY garden benches & see what pops up! Good luck!

What a beautiful way to honor your Mom. I wish we lived closer to each other. Our son is a woodworker so I asked him what he would make. He said he would go to a park find a design you really like, draw it and use the drawing to make your bench. Make it only for two and put arms on it. He also told me to say he is sorry for your loss, and you did an awesome job for your Mom. The best of luck to you Linda.

What kind of garden bench would you like to build? I just searched on pinterest 'how to build a garden bench' and there were thousands of different options, all with pictures. You can build something as simple as placing a board loosely on top of some cinder blocks or bricks or you can build something with wooden legs and seat and back or you can upcycle old chairs into a gorgeous bench and paint it your mom's favorite color, maybe with some antiquing paint methods used. I have a bench like that and another that was created with lumber scraps. Another cheap option is finding one used at a yard sale or thrift store and painting it or staining it to make it match your needs.

Have fun!

Oh my, this is so sweet and beautiful. Love that you are honoring you mom in such a clever manner. So sory for your loss, and yes you need a bench of some sort. You have some wonderful suggestions here, I am sure you will find something worthy. 🤗

Thank You

Pinterest had an easy bench made out of painted concrete blocks and 4x4 posts. Seemed easy to do and inexpensive.

What a sweet memento to your mother! Another option to getting a bench is to keep and eye out in your local craigs list, yard sales, flea market, friends, neighbors, or family members and see if you can find a pretty iron and wood bench. People get rid of things they don't want to clean up and fix and you can find a nice pretty bench that all it may need is to be cleaned up and either painted or stained again and it will look brand new. It takes very little money and a day or two of work on your part and you'll end up with something that looks brand new and would have cost you 60 to 80 dollars to have bought. Very easy to bring back to life as long as the bones are in good shape.

There is one online where you make one from a twin head board and foot board.

It's very cute when done. Plus you can find the bed at a thrift store so you save big bucks. just look online for instructions. Here's a few you can check out.

http://www.robomargo.com/bench.html

http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/twin-headboard-bench-tutorial/

http://www.weatheredpieces.com/2013/05/surfboard-bed-turned-bench.html

http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2011/08/build-a-garden-bench-from-a-bed.html

http://www.toquascrafts.com/2011/07/how-to-make-headboard-garden-bench.html

hope this helps

Thank You Linda, I'm gonna check these out.

It depends if you'd like a wooden bench or a stone bench. Even a metal bench or mix some materials...

I'm thinking more of a wooden bench

If i lived close to you i would come and build a beautiful bench at my expense for you so you can spend as much time as you need admiring this beautiful garden.