With just a few cinder blocks and lumber, you can make an outdoor patio bench of your desired length and height. Plus, it looks good and takes just an hour for the whole project.

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Build one or more of these easy-to-build, attractive outdoor benches, from mail-order plans: a log and plank bench, the Leopold bench and the Jordan Pond bench and table.

Whether you’re a hardcore gardener or a weekend warrior, every garden needs a potting bench! Instead of breaking your back to bend over and repot plants or start your seeds, you can perform ...

Despite the fact that it only requires three cedar boards and is ridiculously easy to build, this pagoda-style Japanese garden bench is an absolute stunner ...

Every garden needs a bench, whether it’s a place to set your trowel, a spot to unwind after a hard day’s work, or simply somewhere to put a pile of squash. With this garden bench plan from ...

Outdoor benches can be expensive to buy and complicated to build, but not this one. With a few simple materials, tools, and basic lumber—nothing but a few 2 x 4s—you can build this bench on a ...

I’ve made several ponderously over-engineered reloading benches through the years. Sometimes, though, less is more. Robin Sharpless, who runs Redding Reloading Equipment, devised a bench that is ...