Building a box storage seat

Watch new yankee workshop. If you look on the website

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.