Learn how to make an easy DIY garden bench seat using materials to hand. We have reached the point where the children no longer play on the extensive play equipment left by the previous owners of the property. The area the play equipment takes is about a 1/5 of our garden. We decided to take it down and reconfigure this part of the garden, with the aim of creating a seating area with fire pit, plus a swing seat. As my husband carefully dismantled the equipment we realized just how rotten the base pieces set into the ground are. He carefully took out the screws and set aside for reusing. With the area cleared and wood sorted by size, it is time to start building, here is the finished result. A large bench seating area faces both the morning and afternoon sun, focussed around a fire pit/coffee table. A DIY pallet swing faces the direction of the afternoon sun. Three new beds have been made, one has some evergreen plants, another is seeded with wildlife seeds and the last we plan to grow corn on the cob in (the one at the back). The project has to […]
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