https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/802bf9ac-be6d-4795-85a6-3bd368a809be Senior technical editor Mark Powers demonstrates how to assemble a bench between two planters made from stacked cedar boards. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse There is lawn furniture, and then there is what you might call landscape furniture—custom seating built right into the terrain. Done right, it can create a little oasis in your yard or even on your deck. Take, for instance, this bench with planters for piers. Shopping List for How to Build a Planter Bench: cedar 2_4s. Get twenty 8-foot boards to make the 16[FRACTION 12]-inch planter pieces and the 82 1/2-inch-long seat frame., cedar 1 1/4_6s. Get four 6-foot boards to make the 63-inch-long seat, and one 8-foot board to trim the tall planter., 3/4-inch gravel, for drainage below the planters and to fill the assembled planters. Get at least 1 1/2 cubic feet (three bags)., potting soil, to top off the planters filled with gravel. Get four 32-quart bags., construction adhesive. Get 4 tubes., 3-inch stainless-steel deck screws, 2-inch stainless-steel deck screws, 3-inch galvanized siding nails, 12-inch galvanized spikes Get eight, Tools for How to Build a Planter Bench: 4-foot level, miter saw, circular saw, jigsaw, Speed Square, drill/driver fitted with a 3/8-inch paddle bit, garden spade, hammer, hand tamper, caulk gun, CUT LIST 2x4 planter pieces: 4 per course @ 16½ inches 2x4 seat frame front and back: 2 @ 82½ inches 2x4 seat frame crosspieces: 8 @ 17 inches 2x4 blocking: 4 @ 13 inches 2x6 seat boards: 4 @ 63 inches 2x6 cap: 4 @ 24 inches from long point to long point The dimensions of our finished bench: 84”L × 23”D × 18”H Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Build a Planter Bench | This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:29:00 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/802bf9ac-be6d-4795-85a6-3bd368a809be All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.