I want to build a box seat along one wall of my kitchen in order to solve all my storage nightmares.
Can anyone give me a few pointers as to how I can go about building a box sturdy enough to sit on with a hinged lid so I can keep stuff inside it, and what materials I'll need to build it out of.
Any help is much appreciated and you're all welcome to come and have a sit when it's finished.
Thanks. Andy.
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mrcheerful
It is basically a box with a slight slope on the lid and a little more on the back. You can knock one up out of 1/2 ply. It needs to be 17 inches from floor to seat. Don't have the lid supported on the hinges. And that's about it really.
If you just make a box bench without a back it couldn't be simpler. You can get the ply cut to width. 3/4" shuttering ply would be about the cheapest and simplest to make as you wouldn't need to support any of it.
What style had you in mind?
A box seat is very traditional - usually as a 'settle' i.e. having a back and arm rests or sides. Have a look at some trad furniture books/magazines. Start with 'Country Living'. Whatever form it takes I'd would make it as a freestanding piece so that you could move it around, or take it with you when you move etc.
cheers
JAcob
I was thinking of literally just a wooden box. No back since it's going to go in front of a low window (about 18") and will be as high as the bottom of the sill. Sounds reasonably simple, I just haven't ever made a box before and imagined people falling through it when they sat on it.
Any other thoughts on what I might need to consider are most welcome. Thanks for your advice so far folks.
If you want an authentic finish like a church pew instead of plywood. You could look in the salvage yards for a church pew. You might get lucky and pick up a 10/12" wide length of oak.
Arthur.
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