How to Build a Planter Bench | This Old House

Senior technical editor Mark Powers demonstrates how to assemble a bench between two planters made from stacked cedar boards. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse There is lawn furniture, and then there is what you might call landscape furniture—custom seating built right into the terrain. Done right, it can create a little oasis in your yard or even on your deck. Take, for instance, this bench with planters for piers. Shopping List for How to Build a Planter Bench: - cedar 2_4s. Get twenty 8-foot boards to make the 16[FRACTION 12]-inch planter pieces and the 82 1/2-inch-long seat frame. - cedar 1 1/4_6s. Get four 6-foot boards to make the 63-inch-long seat, and one 8-foot board to trim the tall planter. - 3/4-inch gravel, for drainage below the planters and to fill the assembled planters. Get at least 1 1/2 cubic feet (three bags). - potting soil, to top off the planters filled with gravel. Get four 32-quart bags. - construction adhesive. Get 4 tubes. - 3-inch stainless-steel deck screws - 2-inch stainless-steel deck screws - 3-inch galvanized siding nails - 12-inch galvanized spikes Get eight Tools for How to Build a Planter Bench: - 4-foot level - miter saw - circular saw - jigsaw - Speed Square - drill/driver fitted with a 3/8-inch paddle bit - garden spade - hammer - hand tamper - caulk gun CUT LIST 2x4 planter pieces: 4 per course @ 16½ inches 2x4 seat frame front and back: 2 @ 82½ inches 2x4 seat frame crosspieces: 8 @ 17 inches 2x4 blocking: 4 @ 13 inches 2x6 seat boards: 4 @ 63 inches 2x6 cap: 4 @ 24 inches from long point to long point The dimensions of our finished bench: 84”L × 23”D × 18”H Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Build a Planter Bench | This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/