Bench Made From Concrete Blocks

Cut additional 2 x 4s into 14 blocks each 4 inches long.

Bench made from concrete blocks.

Discover more creative ways as you build one thing after another with cinder blocks. Four 4x4s would have worked just as well. Repeat the operation with the other blocks. I did this project in southern california so frost heave isn t a problem which is why i was able to place the bench without digging deeper.

Make different shapes out of them to make your garden look artistic. Construct the seat using eight 2 x 4s cut to the distance measured in step 7. Stack them up and keep your things on your newly made shelves. Steps set up near the site of the future bench to avoid having to carry everything at the end of construction.

Oak boards at about 5 64 each. The bench consists of two blocks of concrete made of quikrete 5000 and three 8 foot long 4x6s that i got from the home depot. The third is turned in the opposite direction the opening. Use seven blocks on each end of the seat to space the seat boards.

Each cinder block post is going to use 3 concrete blocks 1 horizontal. Concrete blocks come in various earthy colors beige bluish gray pinkish brown reddish brown and gray. Two posts will form the back support and four posts will make the seat of the bench. Secure the spacers to the longer boards with 2 1 2 inch decking screws.

Allow the painted blocks to dry overnight before assembling the bench. They look natural and create fabulous neutral color combinations with natural stone metal and wood in your yard. Move the two cinder block structures approximately 5 feet apart. See below but since i had the extra concrete blocks i figured it made sense to use all of them and make the bench extra sturdy.

These beginner friendly diy bench ideas will inspire you to build beautiful benches out of 2x4s concrete blocks or even re purposed old headboards chairs and dressers from yard sales. Insert one end of a post through a hole in a cinder block and then into the opposite hole. Get long flat pieces of wood and cinder blocks. Arrange cinder blocks in a way that it forms a bench.

Diy wood and concrete block bench materials 12 16 inch x 12 inch x 12 inch concrete blocks at approxiately 1 61 each 2 1 4 in. Feed the planks of wood through each of the top holes of the cinder block as pictured below. Cinder blocks are cheap hard and durable ideal for making concrete garden benches and tables that allow variations in the design.