EASY STEPS TO CORNER BENCH SEATS

Repurpose side tables into seating with this furniture hack. You join them to make benches to sit in a corner, then cut budget-friendly timber for the seat tops.

Gather your supplies

Gather your supplies • Lamp table with drawer (4)

• 42 x 19mm dressed pine batten

• 1800 x 600 x 26mm FJ timber panel (2) • Lamp table with drawer (4)

• 42 x 19mm dressed pine batten

• 1800 x 600 x 26mm FJ timber panel (2)

You’ll also need

Clamps; drill; countersinking drill bit; 30 and 50mm screws; green wall plugs; circular saw; water-based clear varnish; painting gear

Here’s how

STEP 1 Remove drawers and pair 2 lamp tables on each adjacent wall but don’t let them meet in the corner.

STEP 2 Clamp table pairs together. Predrill using a countersinking drill bit and join using 30mm screws.

STEP 3 Cut 42 x 19mm battens to fit along ends of tables in corner. Predrill and screw to tables using 30mm screws, so batten is flush with top.

STEP 4 Cut battens to fit along walls in corner flush with table tops. Attach with plugs and 50mm screws.

STEP 5 Cut timber tops to size. Make 20mm longer than tops of table pairs.

STEP 6 Position timber tops on joined tables. Make the ends in the corner flush with cabinets so they overhang 20mm at the other ends.

STEP 7 Predrill and screw through tables into timber tops from underneath, using 30mm screws.

STEP 8 Use panel offcuts to make top to fit in corner. Sit on top of battens, then predrill and screw down through top into battens using 50mm screws.

STEP 9 Apply 2 coats of varnish to benchtops and corner piece with roller, and to edges with a paintbrush, leaving to dry after each coat. Return drawers.

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