Homemade Patio Furniture

Patio furniture-making can be an interesting project for a weekend. Homemade furniture could bring a personalized element into the dcor of your patio or deck. As long as you have a few basic tools, you can easily construct basic furniture by following proper instructions. You do not have to be a professional carpenter, though a little know-how of furniture making could be very useful. Does this Spark an idea?

Planning

Although there are different styles of outdoor patio furniture, according to hometime.com, Adirondack style is the most commonly found. It is unique because of its specific style of wide armrests, curved backrest, and an overall reclined look. As far as the material is concerned, you can use pine or cedar. However, pine is more prone to breakage as compared to cedar or redwood. According to hometime.com, if you intend to paint the furniture, pine could be a good option. Before starting the work, determine how many chairs and tables you require so you could purchase the material according to the number.

Chairs

According to hometime.com, cut several boards of different lengths and, according to your plan, cut them into various widths. You can keep a track of all the pieces by labeling them appropriately, (for instance, A for arms of the chair. Slide the backboards together and use a compass for drawing half a circle on the board. Ideally, the radius should be 3.5" from the side while 2 15/16" on each end of the board. Take a jigsaw and make a cut of the outside edge of the circle you drew. Use sandpaper for sanding it smooth.

Create armrests from the wooden slat using a saw. Cut a perfectly square middle back support and use glue for fastening armrests to the support. Afterward, cut out the back and front legs from the slat. Make sure each leg is wide at the top while going toward narrow at the bottom. This could be a bit tricky as it is obviously essential to have perfect look-alikes of all the legs. For this problem, you can make a prototype leg and use it for accurate measurements. Now fasten the legs to the seat slat using glue and screws.

Side table

Patio side tables are pretty simple to construct. Cut rounded table tops from wood slats. Just like the legs of chairs mentioned above, legs of side tables too, are to be angle cut with wide at the top while narrow at the bottom. All four legs are to be identical; therefore, you may use a prototype leg for keeping a track of appropriate leg measurements.