https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/c4d84eab-880f-44db-ae48-ca3e5651cbf4 This Old House contributor Christopher Beidel, owner of Pernt, a handmade-furniture company in Brooklyn, shows you how to make this piece—as practical as it is pretty. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse We love a good garden bench. A better garden bench is one that doubles as a compost bin. Inspired by benches at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, in Brooklyn, New York, this one is open-bottomed so that the compost has ground contact. It's made of rot-resistant cedar boards spaced wide to promote good air circulation. The seat opens for easy turning of the compost, and the back and arms make it a perfect perch for a break from gardening. Follow along as This Old House contributor Christopher Beidel, owner of Pernt [https://www.perntstudio.com/], a handmade-furniture company in Brooklyn, shows you how to make this piece—as practical as it is pretty. Shopping List for How to Build a Cedar Compost Bench: 1x4 clear cedar Get eleven 8-footers for the seat and supports., 2x4 clear cedar Get five 8-footers for the corner posts., 1x6 clear cedar Get eleven 8-footers for the slats., 1x1 clear cedar Get one 8-footer for the seat lip., 1_- and 2_-inch deck screws, 48-inch continuous brass hinge, Tools for How to Build a Cedar Compost Bench: miter saw, clamp, circular saw, bar clamp, drill/driver, combination countersink bit, 1/16-inch drill bit, 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 Cedar Compost Bench | This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:46:30 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/c4d84eab-880f-44db-ae48-ca3e5651cbf4 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.