Benches for country houses and cottages. 40 photos.

How to arrange benches for a summer residence: looking for the right place

If you want the bench for your dacha to take the right place on the site, take a rational approach to the issue of its placement. It is important to be guided not only by the principle “it’s more beautiful,” but to take into account some unspoken laws of landscape design.

What to pay attention to:

• Climate. If there is intense heat in the summer, it is more logical to place the product in secluded corners in the shade. If you often need to hide from the rain, you can hide the bench under a tree or canopy.
• Aesthetics for the eyes. Sitting on a garden bench, it is more pleasant to admire flowering beds or spectacular compositions than the wall of a house or a fence. However, in this matter everything is subjective - theoretically, you can equip a place to relax anywhere.
• Site design style. If the decor follows a certain design direction, it is important to fit into the composition and place the garden bench in tandem with other elements.

Bench placement areas

Manufacturing Features

There are as many technologies as there are varieties. We will look at some rules for making a classic wooden bench. Regular sizes:

• bench height (distance from the seat to the ground) – half a meter or a little less;
• back height – 0.3-0.5 meters;
• The seat width is half a meter or more.

The length can be any, depending on how many seats you are counting on. The number of legs also depends on this: if the bench made of boards is very long, it is better to install intermediate legs, otherwise the seat will sag.

Before starting work, draw a drawing indicating all the details, dimensions, and back slope. Based on the drawing, calculate the amount of material. It is advisable to determine in advance:

• for a wooden bench with a back - the method of attaching the back;
• stationary bench or portable? In the first case, it needs to be strengthened in the ground - the legs must be sunk into small holes;
• will there be armrests?
• Whether there will be a canopy or autonomous lighting, it is better to provide supports for them in the design.

Advice! If you have a garden bench made of a profile pipe, stone or concrete, it is recommended to cement the legs.

Types of garden benches

To make it easier to make a choice, it is worth understanding the classification of products in advance. The main parameters are appearance and functions. Now you will find out which models are most suitable for decorating a garden.

Benches without backrest

Universal and quite simple-looking products, which are a seat mounted on supports. Most often in this category there are street benches made of metal and wood, characterized by simplicity of form. The main requirements for furniture are strength and suitable size. If your site is decorated in loft or minimalist styles, then such designs are an excellent decor option.

Garden wooden bench without backrest

Garden bench without backrest

Benches with wooden backs

A metal bench with a wooden back is suitable furniture for decorating areas in modern or classic styles. If you want something less massive and more sophisticated, you can give preference to wooden products. They will fit well into such design trends as rustic, eco, Provence.

The backrest guarantees a comfortable rest, because you can completely relax and provide the body with a more natural posture when sitting. The armrests that many models are equipped with also contribute to comfort.

Garden bench with backrest

Garden bench with backrest

Bench with table

This design involves combining two types of furniture into one. A table with benches for a summer house is suitable for equipping an outdoor dining area. Usually the product is designed for 3-4 people, but more spacious models can be found on sale.

Garden bench with table

Garden bench with table in the middle

Bench-sofa

Usually these are benches with backs, characterized by a wider surface. To make rest more comfortable, the seats are covered with special mini-mattresses or soft pillows in removable covers.

Metal bench sofa for garden

Wooden sofa bench for garden

Transformable bench

Multifunctional furniture can look like a bench with a back, and when unfolded, it can look like a structure made of a table and benches. There are several design options and transformation mechanisms, but the material is almost always wood. Keep in mind that the product is quite massive, so frequently moving it from place to place will be problematic.

Wooden transformable bench for the garden

Transformable garden bench made of wood and metal

Benches for children

Such products are distinguished by bright decor and unusual execution. The question of style is limited only by your imagination and the child’s preferences. To create a full-fledged recreation area for children, you can install an outdoor children's wooden swing on the site.

Garden children's color bench

Country children's wooden bench

Advice! An outdoor children's wooden swing for a summer cottage should ideally be in the same style as the main furniture on the site.

Benches with flower beds

This category of furniture gives enormous scope for imagination. Even the finished models are completely different: with two flower beds on the sides, one in the back, with mini flower beds on the armrests. As for materials, wooden products are most suitable for the implementation of such an idea.

Country shop with flower bed in the interior

Garden bench with flower bed in the interior

Bench around a tree

If you notice a spreading tree, you can install furniture directly under it. More precisely, around him. The most common type of design is a round garden bench with a back. Looking at the photo, you will understand how to correctly implement this idea.

Country bench around a tree

Garden bench around a tree on the site

Drawings with dimensions of benches made of profile pipes

Before you start making something similar, it would be a good idea to find or develop drawings according to which all the work will go.

When choosing a drawing, you need to focus on your personal requirements. The material is selected so that the structure can cope with the maximum possible loads, fits in the designated space, and is simply liked.

The size of the frame parts must be correlated with the finishing material, which is often used beams, slats and boards, but plastic and WPC can also be used.

Some people like all-metal products, but they are not so convenient, because metal conducts heat well and will get very hot in the sun or freeze in winter.

Benches with a metal back for a summer residence

Knowing the dimensions of the finish, the parameters of the main parts of the bench (back and seat) are calculated and their shape is set. Data is also entered into the drawings.

Scheme of a simple bench

It is necessary to provide for ways to connect parts - at what angles the ends will cut, and so on.

Drawings of other bench options:

What types of benches and tables are there: materials for manufacturing

Garden furniture is most often located on the site all year round and can withstand significant loads, weather changes, and precipitation. Therefore, the type of material is a very important parameter. Let's talk about which benches are better to choose and why.

Tree

Wooden tables and benches for the garden are classics for decorating a site. When properly processed, the wood does not lose its appearance for a long time and looks noble. Particularly popular are products made from wood species such as pine, eucalyptus, beech, and larch. Some types of material do not need decorative processing - they look so self-sufficient and elegant.

Garden benches made of metal and wood are also worthy of your attention. The photo shows how attractive such a tandem of materials looks.

Garden bench made of wood on the site

Garden bench made of wood and metal on the site

Natural and artificial stone

A garden bench may well be made of stone. Such products are distinguished by a certain massiveness and originality, so they do not fit into all decor styles. You can “calm down” the structure a little by making only the base out of stone. It will go perfectly with a seat made of wood or metal.

Garden bench made of stone on the site

Plastic

These are lightweight mobile products that are not durable. But they are inexpensive, look attractive on the site and complement modern design styles. For a complete set, you can purchase a table with a bench for your summer house and equip a dining area right on the site.

Garden bench made of plastic on the site

Advice! The cheapest plastic quickly loses its appearance and becomes unusable. Therefore, it is better to pay attention to furniture made of reinforced plastic.

Metal

Metal benches are a common choice for suburban areas. Such furniture is considered especially durable and has the longest service life. Aluminum, wrought iron, and steel are used to make metal benches.

Aluminum structures are suitable for modern styles, suggesting minimalism and elegant discreetness. Wrought iron garden furniture looks more pretentious, so it will ideally complement the classic trend. Also, similar models are often purchased to decorate a site in the Art Nouveau style. Look at the photo to see how organically metal benches look in street design.

Garden bench made of metal on the site

Additional materials for the bench

If we talk about the full production of a bench, then you won’t be limited to just metal and wood. There is also a small list of materials and consumables that will be needed. They are listed in the following table.

This variety is accompanied by the following set of tools:

1. Bulgarian.
2. Carpenter's square.
3. Electric drill.
4. Sander.
5. A hammer for knocking down scale after welding, and indeed this tool is always required.
6. Clamps for preliminary fixation of parts.
7. Brushes or a small roller for a more even application of paint.
8. Welding machine.
9. Tape measure, pencil, marker.
10. To create curved parts, a pipe bending machine is required

Pipe bending machine Other
small things can also come in handy, which you will find out for yourself when you start assembling your bench.

How to make wooden benches for your summer cottage with your own hands

Making benches from metal and wood is a fun and creative process. The first thing you need to do is find the model you like and a drawing of the future design, then purchase materials and compounds for processing. We offer two simple schemes for making furniture.

Drawing of a simple bench

Drawing of a wide bench

You can make a bench from available materials. For example, knock together broken chairs of the same height and put a wide board instead of a seat. After installing the structure, the next stage of the process begins - decorating the product. You can show your imagination and use bright colors, appliqués, cut out patterns or cover the structure with fabric.

Pallets, old unnecessary sofas, and logs are also useful for creating original masterpieces. You can be endlessly inspired by ideas and make designer garden furniture that you won’t find anywhere else.

Types of benches for the garden made of metal and wood

Based on the shape of the bench, they are classified into types:

• open;
• under a canopy;
• simple;
• with backrest.

Open benches made of metal and wood, shown in the photo below, are used for short-term rest after heavy work on a summer cottage. They are placed in the garden in the shade, under a canopy, in a gazebo or in the dining area.

Open mobile structures are placed in the garden and in the gazebo for relaxation

In the decorative seating area under the pergola, benches with decorative elements, soft pillows of various shapes and colors, and forged backs are installed.

The relaxation area under the pergola is complemented by a comfortable bench with a soft seat

A bench with backs is placed in secluded places in the garden under the canopy of trees overlooking the flower garden.

Comfortable benches are often located along the lawn

Depending on their location, mobile and stationary structures are distinguished. Mobile benches are put away for the winter in a utility room for storage. Stationary models are placed in the dining area or near the fire.

Mobile and stationary products are placed according to their intended purpose on a summer cottage, complementing the exterior

According to the application of the product, they are distinguished:

• overview;

  
  Observation models are placed on the shore of a reservoir and in a high place

• front doors;

  
  Front benches are located at the entrance to the house

• lunch;

  
  Dining benches are made in the same style as the table

• seasonal;

  
  Seasonal benches are placed in the children's play area next to the trampoline or inflatable pool

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• relaxation.

  
  Openwork relaxation models are installed in the picturesque part of the summer cottage

How to treat garden benches and tables made by yourself

When making products yourself, the question arises of how to process the wood. To reliably protect furniture from environmental influences, it is not enough to simply coat it with paint. High-quality processing takes place in several stages.

First you need to coat the wood with an antiseptic composition. Types of impregnations:

• Water based;
• Organic;
• Oily;
• Wax.

Varnishes also do an excellent job of protecting. They turn into a hard film on the surface of outdoor wooden benches and protect against moisture. This coating gives the material shine and perfect smoothness.

There are special compounds on sale for processing timber logs. They protect against cracking, mold and rot. Such impregnation will not be superfluous if you want to maintain the attractive appearance of the product for a long time.

For decorative coatings, different types of dyes are used: oil, alkyd, acrylic, water-based. Oil paints have the least elasticity, so within a year or two they can crack on the surface of the product. Aqueous and acrylic compositions are considered the most non-toxic. When applied correctly, they last a long time, give an interesting texture and prevent moisture penetration. The video contains more detailed instructions for processing the product.

Reliable protection from the sun, wind and rain - awnings over the benches

To make it comfortable to relax outside in any weather, you can equip the furniture with awnings. Functional elements made of wood, metal, and fabric look best. Sometimes the design includes stone and plastic canopies. However, they are not suitable for every decor style.

If tables and benches made of wood are located next to the house, you can build canopy pergolas. These elements are attached close to the building and protect outdoor recreation areas from heat and bad weather. And such canopies prevent the sun's rays from penetrating into the rooms of the house and creating an excess of bright light.

Decorating a garden bench made of metal and wood

Decorating structures helps to decorate the exterior and give it a cozy atmosphere. A park bench with a back made of wood and a metal frame is covered with blankets, and pillows of different sizes and colors are placed.

The shop is often decorated to match the flower garden

Attention! The natural texture of wood will be highlighted by staining and brushing the surface. The loose structure is combed out with a brush, creating a pleasant texture.

The elements of the bench are painted separately.
Round-shaped benches are placed near the fire.

Relaxation area near the family hearth

Interesting and unusual shapes of benches will decorate the yard and make it stand out from neighboring areas.

The non-standard design of the shop will attract attention and add color

Forged elements decorate the product. The armrests and backrest allow you to relax as much as possible and enjoy the surrounding nature.

Relaxing design with soft cushions for comfort

Original benches made of wood

Logs

Who said that stylish garden benches made of metal and wood must have a complex design? You can turn an ordinary log into furniture. Products made from several elements, intricately combined with each other, are very good. A photo speaks better than words about how original it looks.

Log bench

Garden bench made of logs with a table on the site

Family Corner

To relax comfortably with the whole family, you should pay attention to corner benches made of metal and wood from several sections. They are designed for 3-5 people, so they must be strong and quite massive.

Corner family garden bench

Family garden corner in the interior

Pergola

A simple bench can turn into an elegant mini-gazebo with the help of a figured structure - a pergola. Initially, such a structure around a bench was created with the aim of creating a composition of climbing plants. However, a simplified version is also good - a carved wooden structure as in the photo.

Bench-pergola in the interior of the site

Bench-pergola for the garden and cottage

Broken chairs

A chair can “live” several lives in the decor of a site. From faulty pieces of furniture you can make an excellent bench for your garden. Fashion designers have been using the trend for a long time and coming up with incredible collections of similar models. You can purchase such a product or make it yourself, inspired by ideas from photographs.

Wooden bench made from chairs for a summer residence

Bench for a summer house from a broken chair

Photos of original benches (ideas for cottages and gardens)

Everyone knows what ordinary benches look like—they’ve seen them more than once. But I don’t want the usual one - the simplest one. Especially if you have already started the process of decorating the site or are just planning it. Why not start from the bench? And then other decorations will follow. You just have to start.

In the garden or near the house I want to have more greenery: beautiful and different flowers. Flowerbeds and flower beds are good, but why not combine them with a bench.

Two flowerbeds of boards and a bench between them

What could be simpler? Two wooden boxes in which flowers are planted and between them a couple of planed and sanded boards. This bench can be placed near the wall, and a couple of long boards can be placed on the wall to create a backrest.

Not everyone likes flower beds made of wood: wood requires maintenance, and without it it quickly loses its appearance. It is especially difficult to care for a tree that is in contact with the soil. Instead of wooden boxes there may be, for example, stone or concrete cabinets.

Garden bench-flower bed

It’s very easy to make such a bench at the dacha with your own hands. You can find ready-made concrete flower beds or do something similar. You can buy a processed board, or you can do it yourself. Instead of a board, there can be half a log - depending on the style of the site. It is easier to secure the seat using a metal corner. It is attached to concrete using dowels, to wood - with self-tapping screws from below or through bolts.

If someone has large plants in durable flowerpots, you can implement the following idea. In this option, the bench covers the plants. To avoid surprises, flowerpots must be very durable...

Flowerpots as legs

There is a similar option for a bench made of boards and without plants: maybe you need to put it on the veranda or in the gazebo. The supports are made of boards of the same size, and the seat is made of timber.

Bench made of boards - a non-standard option

And more variations on the same theme: hollow building blocks are used as support. Treated bars are inserted into the holes. This is the seat of the bench. Just round the edges of the beam, or it will be uncomfortable to sit.

Bench made of hollow blocks and timber

For this garden bench, it is advisable to find large blocks with thick walls. If not, you need to securely fasten the blocks to one another. The whole task is to first secure the blocks (for example, with pins), and then attach the bars to them (with bolts or dowels).

Log benches

If your site is decorated in a rustic or ethno style, the standard approach will not suit you. It is best to use logs in this case - with or without bark - it’s your choice.

The seat for the bench is made of logs - a trunk of large or medium diameter sawn lengthwise. The back is either a smaller diameter trunk, or simply a cut closer to the edge. The legs can also be made from narrow pieces of logs (look at the photo below).

Log bench - quick and easy

The legs and seats are connected to each other with metal pins: a hole of slightly smaller diameter is drilled under the pin in both parts. The pin is driven into one of them, the second part is pushed in and is also driven in, but this time they hit the wood rather than the pin. To avoid leaving traces, lay a piece of unnecessary board and hit it with a hammer (or sledgehammer). Such a connection should be quite reliable, but to be sure, you can install two or three pins, or you can cut a little log, making a flat area of ​​the same size on both parts being connected. By increasing the support area, you will increase the reliability of the seat fastening: after all, the log weighs a lot.

Bench option without backrest

Another interesting option in the “ethno” style is presented in the photo above. It is made in stone, but this bench can also be made from logs. The seat is a very thick board, the legs are a large part of a large diameter deck. A groove is cut in the deck for laying the seat. If you have a tool (you can make a cut with an axe, grinder or chainsaw), it’s easy to do.

Often in the countryside a work desk is needed. From a log you can make not only a bench, but also a table. A version of such an ensemble is shown in the photo. Only the tabletop is made of boards, all other parts are logs of different diameters or from halves.

Table with log benches

A greater degree of processing is inherent in the next bench in the same style. The back, legs, and armrests are made of thick and not very thick branches, the seat is made of sanded and treated (barked and sanded) unedged boards.

Option for a wooden bench for the garden or dacha

The other bench was made almost the same way. Only the boards and branches are located in a different direction and the result is a different look. A DIY bench of this type does not require much skill. In this case, the more careless the work, the more decorative the result.

Wicker back - not often seen

You can make a rest area and a bench around the tree. The designs are simple, making the flooring is generally easy.

Relaxation area under a tree

You can supplement the recreation group with a swing and a gazebo. And above the bench you can put a pergola - this is the “ancestor” of an ordinary arch - one of the types of light gazebo. And for complete relaxation, you can make a pond, fountain or waterfall.

Made of metal and wood

Few people will install completely metal benches in their dacha. They, of course, can be very beautiful, but in the summer they heat up to incredible temperatures, and when it gets a little colder, you can’t sit on them because they are too cold. Benches made of metal and wood do not have these disadvantages. The legs and supporting structure are made of metal, and the seat and back (if any) are made of wood. Moreover, there are also interesting shops in modern design.

Bench made of profile pipe

Rectangles are welded from the profile, jumpers are welded to the side walls, on which the seat boards rest. Simple, stylish, reliable, functional.

In a more advanced form - with armrests, a backrest, soft cushions on the seat, such a design may look like in the photo. The wide seat turns the bench into a sofa, and cushions - fabric-covered furniture foam - add comfort. The tables are made in the same style - a frame made of corrugated pipe and a tabletop made of boards.

One important point: if you make a seat or tabletop from several adjacent elements, they do not need to be butted end to end. There should be a gap of 3-4 mm between adjacent boards/bars. The wood swells and shrinks. In order for the surface to remain relatively flat during these processes, a gap is necessary.

Stylish benches made of metal and wood

If smoother lines are needed - for families with children - you can bend the pipes and make garden benches and a table with rounded edges. This garden furniture is completely safe. An ordinary round or corrugated pipe is bent, leaving the sides in the shape of the letter “P” with a wide back. The length of this backrest is the length of the bench. For the table, the dimensions are made a little larger: the legs and back are longer.

Table and bench made of pipes and boards

Make two identical blanks for the table and bench. Next, cut the boards to equal lengths. For the seat, about 40 cm, for the tabletop, at least 55 cm. They are fastened to the pipes with furniture bolts with a flat head. To prevent the caps from sticking out, drill a hole of a slightly larger diameter under them.

Read about the basics of planning a site here, and how you can decorate it - in this article.

Benches made of boards

The largest group is benches and benches made of boards. There are designs that are more reminiscent of sofas, especially if you put soft pillows on them - and you can lie down.

This garden bench is more like a sofa: if it is of sufficient size, you can lie down

Garden furniture in a modern style is easy to assemble: rectangles with partitions made of thinner boards, connected to each other.

Even the usual design of a country bench can become exclusive if you approach it with imagination: instead of legs and armrests, wooden wheels are used. The result is a designer item.

A bench made of boards with a back and wheels instead of sides - looks interesting

And the simplest possible is a board with legs in the shape of the letter “X”. Such shops were built centuries ago, and you can still see them today.

Traditional bench design

From the boards you can make a bench in a modern style: in the shape of the letter “P”. With this design, the main task is to ensure rigid fixation of the legs and seat: the pushing forces are not compensated for in any way. In this case, it is important to take a thick board or timber so that it does not sag. You can place the board “on edge”: this way the rigidity will be greater. To increase reliability, you can install corners from below.

Simple design, but looks modern

The photo shows an option with a 45° cut. Having a miter box or a circular saw makes it easy to achieve an accurate cut. By accurately joining the workpieces and fastening them, we obtain an angle of 90°. If the seat does not sag, it will last a long time...

An interesting and reliable version of the bench is shown in the photo below. The legs are assembled from boards of different lengths: each second is shorter by the width of the board for the seat. Interesting idea. It is easy to make such a bench: it is important to maintain the dimensions, and everything is connected very simply: with nails into the face of the seat.

Modern style bench

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Original benches

It seems like there’s more that can be thought of... but it turns out there’s a lot. For example, attach the seat to a large stone.

Bench made of stone and boards

Make a structure from bamboo trunks.

Made from bamboo, and whole

Or a stone.

Sitting in winter will be unpleasant, but beautiful...

Read about what kinds of swings there are (for adults and children) and how to build them here. And in this article you can read about the construction of a children's playground; sandboxes are written separately - here.