A bench is a great entry-level piece of furniture to build. It’s useful and not as difficult to make as a chair. You can easily build a plank-seat bench, like one of the wonderful designs Joel showed us in Tools & Craft; you could upholster it if you’ve got access to fabric and foam and want to get fancy; or you could go with a classic Scandinavian option, the Danish-Cord seat.
What’s nice about the Danish-Cord option is that it looks fantastic and doesn’t require a lot of tools to execute, just some special tacks, cord and a whole lot of patience. Depending on how much OCD you’ve got in you, you might even find the weaving part soothing. As an example of the process, have a look at these shots posted by this guy or gal on Imgur:
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The frame is straightforward, and you save on wood by not having a plank seat.
Here are those special L-shaped tacks we mentioned.
Once you’ve got those knocked into the frame at intervals…
…you can start weaving.
Not too shabby! If you are the person who posted it, please do let us know in the comments; I’d love to credit you properly.
We’ve located a three-part video tutorial on how to do this Danish-Cord technique, created by the folks over at Fine Woodworking. We’ll embed it below for your convenience.
Note: Although it shows up tiny in our interface, you can full-screen it.
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