I wanted to see how these were holding up after a couple of years without having used treated lumber. I'm about to build these and would prefer to use non-treated pine too, as I plan on painting them. They will be under a covered deck. Hey Peyton, The sofas have held up awesome actually!

The only thing I've noticed is that the diy wood garden sofa 01 wood filler has come out of some of the holes - but other diy wood garden sofa 01 that, no issues. I think you should be fine to use non-treated. I came across your post here and I'm planning to use your design and Ana's design to build my own sectional. I really like the extra support you added to the back! Would it be possible to see a picture of the back of one of your sofas so I can see how you put that all todgether?

Hi Annie, I added a couple of photos of the back of the sofa in the post above. Hope that helps! Now that you've had them for a bit, how is the arm rest height on that design?

Would you place it diy wood garden sofa 01 or is comfortable at that height? Thanks so much! Hi there! I would say the arm rest height is comfortable as is. Hi Crystal, I do not, but check out the link below. I like diy wood garden sofa 01 look of these.

I have a lot of larger and taller people in my family. Can you guestimate the weight capacity of these benches? Unfortunately, I don't have that number for you. They definitely feel very sturdy to me. I tried checking Ana White's original plan for a weight limit, but I couldn't find anything there either.

You could always build these diy wood garden sofa 01 add extra support 2x4's if needed. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful :. Hi there. Today is Mother's Day and handy, handsome hubby is making this as my gift. We bought the 2 by 2's for the x on the sides which I love but his compound miter saw only allows him to make 45 degree angle cuts.

He says that angle is closer to 50 or 60 degrees. How did you do that? Thank you so very much. That is so sweet of your husband! HI there, today is Mother's Day and handsome, handy hubby is making this for my gift. We bought the 2 by 2's for the x, which I love! However, he is using a compound miter saw and he can only make 45 degree cuts and he says this is more like 50 or 60 degrees.

How did you do it? Thank you so much. So glad I found your post as we'd like to build our own outdoor furniture. Would you change anything to make the sofa more comfortable?

Also, have the diy wood garden sofa 01 held up well? Thank you! Very durable fabric, Diy Wood Garden Sofa Leather and so far no fading from the sun. Hi there, he did figure it out, but I'll admit he almost threw in the towel regarding that little detail. I am going to show him the video for the future. He actually built diy wood garden sofa 01 chair and a table, too, based on the couch.

They came out great. Your addition of the "x" on the sides really makes this furniture even more beautiful; thank you so much! He also decided to angle the diy wood garden sofa 01 of the couch and diy wood garden sofa 01 to make it more comfortable with the cushions we bought.

We are having a bit of an issue with the cushions, so fingers crossed that the remaining sets are delivered. I'll see if I can find a way to upload a picture. Now I need to stain it, but it needs to match an existing tables and chairs that we diy wood garden sofa 01, which I am nervous about. I truly love this furniture, thank you so much! That's great to hear! I'd love to see pictures! We thought about doing an angled back too, but decided not to last minute - I'm sure your sofas are super comfortable.

You may already be doing this - but I'd just use some scrap wood from the sofas to test out your stains first. You can email me photos if you'd like - melissasabra gmail. We're also planning on doing this as well but following the sectional plans that Ana White has with a few of the changes you made.

But it looks like you both used 24in cusions but your depth is different, why is that? Thank you. Hello - good question. I remember watching a video she did on the sofas where she said she used 25x25" cushions and it looked like the 2x4 from the seat stuck out a bit under the cushion.

That's why we decided to diy wood garden sofa 01 the depth. Our seat ended up being about Honestly, I think it would have been fine either way though. I'd say some might actually prefer a deeper seat- especially if you are taller. I'm 5'7" and I think the extra depth in Ana's plan wouldn't hurt, but I don't find ours uncomfortable by any means either. Or should you allow it to dry 1st before staining? You definitely could stain before assembling - the reason I chose to stain them after we put them together was so that I only had to stain what was visible and didn't have to worry about underneath or any 2 pieces that butted up next to each other.

These look great! I'm wondering if diy wood garden sofa 01 find the couches as comfortable as store bought, with the straight back? I think most store bought usually angle the back so you are reclining a little bit.

Has anyone in your family noticed a difference in comfort? I think angled backs are always more comfortable. That being said, nobody has mentioned anything to me about these being uncomfortable. I usually put the back pillow at an angle which helps too.

I think modifying this design with an angled back definitely wouldn't 100 Diy Wood Projects For Garden hurt though! These look fantastic! I am about to embark on the mission of making this for our deck. My question is, how long did it take you to finish one seat? Also when you are done using them for the season do you cover them?

It seem from your pics like these have held out pretty well. Im wondering if they have been expose to inclement weather? Beautiful job! That's a good question - I don't remember exactly. We do cover them in the diy wood garden sofa 01, but Georgia winters are mild. They definitely have been exposed to a lot of rain.

They have held up great so far - I'm probably going to sand and re-stain Diy Wood Pallet Garden Trellis Jack this year or next year though. Duo Ventures. It's a great basic design, but I wanted to modify it slightly by adding a couple more 2x4's for extra back support, as well as some 2x2's under the arm rests for more detail.

We also built our sofas to the size of our cushions, so we used one less 2x4 on the seat bottom. Our sofa seats ended up being about Here's a comparison of the original vs. Ideally, I wanted something in the grey family, but the few diy wood garden sofa 01 cushions I came across were either too brown, too thin, or too expensive.

Here are the sofas after we added the 2x2 X detail under the arms:. For extra support, we also screwed in two vertical 20" diy wood garden sofa 01 supports on the back of each sofa:. Peyton August 28, at AM.

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