Guide 40

Built-in dining bench

8 h + cutting at the store★★☆materials €275 – 508

You can build this in a flat · 2 m of floor space

A bench against the wall 2500 mm long with 270 litres of storage under the seat. Three lift-up lids on piano hinges, cushions on hook-and-loop tape. No back and no legs — the wall is the backrest, the plinth is the leg.

€11PDF · lifetime access

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12 pages A4 3 illustrations dimensioned drawings cutting plan shopping list

What's in this guide

A ribbed lid — not a thicker board: why it won't sag
Four places you sit on: the plinth, the box, the lid, the hinge
Seat height and depth to match the table
Cutting plan — drawn, piece by piece
Into a corner, under a window, with a backrest — variants
The parts list for cutting at the store and the shopping list

PDF, 12 A4 pages to print for the workshop · 3 project illustrations · shopping list on a separate page so it can be torn out and taken to the store. You download it right after payment, access is for life.

Before you start building

This guide is informational material, not construction documentation or a professional assessment. Follow the instructions of tool and material manufacturers, safety rules and local building regulations. A piece built at home is not a certified product, even where the guide follows a European standard. Structures that carry people — beds, swings, decks, pergolas, children's equipment — should be checked by a qualified person before use. To the extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for the result of your build, property damage or injury arising from the use of this guide (Terms, section 9).