garden benches from a table!
 

I don't have a before photo but basically we had a rectangular wooden picnic table that wasn't being used and was always in the way when cutting the grass. Inspired by the chap who made a picnic table set out of pallets, I took a saw to the table, cut it in half and cut the legs in half to make four short legs each instead of two long ones. I attached the two new legs, used some spare pieces of wood to brace the legs to stabilise them, gave them a quick coat of fencelife and now I have a new bench either side of my meditating figure. I love to sit there and watch the breeze rippling through the barley growing in the field next door.Thanks for looking, Eibhlin.

Fabulous
 

These look fabulous - what a clever idea - very cool !!! They look perfectly placed too ...

Thx for the inspiration

Laineym

These are gorgeous!!! well done, i started threatening to make patio furniture from the ideas I got here and my other half got worried as I butcher wood lol so he found me a cheap set lol :) well done I never would've been able to do that they look great :)

Looks great and really peaceful in that corner of the garden.

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Thanks all. Got fed up looking on different sites for freebies..... finally decided to do something when I saw garden benches for sale made of....MDF. How long would they last???Am working now on various areas with some paving slabs I got a while ago...have remembered to take before and after photos. Eibhlin.

Wow, they look great and I bet if you went to B&Q or somewhere like that and bought something similar it would cost a fortune and wouldn't be half as good. I love to see things created from old materials, Keep up the good work :)

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The best ideas are the simple ones. Well done!