We then screwed the cap to the chair bases making it all one piece.
Two chairs made into a bench.
Remove and pre drill holes two inches from the front and back of each mark.
I decided to make a double chair bench out of the chairs.
Even using mismatched chairs you find at a yard sale could be turned into a unique three seat bench for the garden or your home.
It looks so great and i love that color.
1 use a drill or screwdriver to remove the screws from underneath the chair.
Here are a few problems that you could run into.
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How to make a bench from two chairs.
Then i was wishing i had a back and realized that i could use this sign that hadn t sold yet.
In this picture you are looking at what will be the back of the bench.
The chair backs now have become the arms for the bench.
This post contains affiliate links it didn t bother me that they were missing their seats.
I ve seen people just put two chairs together and make a bench that way but i love that you added a little something extra in the middle.
Screws with glue difficult to remove stick with it you can get them off.
This will release the chair cushions from the frame.
3 clean dust and grime with tsp tri sodium phosphate and a damp rag.
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Mark the plywood from underneath where the screws need to go into the frame of each chair.
We then flipped the cap over and placed it over the two chairs making sure the cushion still fit.
This bench is classy enough to be displayed alongside your finest furniture and here are step by step instructions to create this elegant 3 seat bench.
The design stage of a chair bench.
Access to screws blocked.
I picked up these two chairs at tickled pink a few months ago.
Lay the plywood inch from the back and centered on the chairs.
If you plan to add a shelf you will also need pieces of wood to make the slats.
1 x 2 1 4 pieces may work well.
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You ll need enough plywood to make two long rectangle boxes inside the bench sizes will vary from the back of the two chairs to the desired bench length.
2 sand the chair frames with 220 grit sandpaper to etch the surface.