Outdoor Storage Bench - Vertical Slat Design

I would suggest hinges http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=410&Max=999 like these so you don't get bitty fingers (or big ones!) slammed in the door :)

Please don't say that this is all to the collection. Please make a canopy daybed, too!!! Like this one, but not wicker and in the style of the rest of your collection: http://www.potterybarn.com/products/palmetto-all-weather-wicker-daybed/.

Midwest cedar lumber prices(cedar, for outdoor usage):
1x4 $6
1x3 $5
1x2 $4
Everyone always asks about the price so I thought this would help to give an idea. The wood is about $130. Not bad compred to the W.E. price of $330!

Wow. I can just hear my hubby already planning how to add all of this to his to do list! :) We LOVE your stuff. Please keep it coming!

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I just made the storage bench. I'll post picture on facebook after I finish painting it and add the hinges.

I just want to say that a few of the measurements on the cut list were wrong. Luckily, I like to go by the pictures (which were right) and measure as I go.

Also, it only cost me about $30-$40. I found a local recycling store. It's basically a cross between goodwill and lowes. It was an amazing discovery. They didn't have all the sizes, but what I got was cheap.

Janae, thanks for stopping back by to comment on the cut list errors. All fixed! And super smart to cut as you go, following the diagrams, I am definitely human! Ana

Any thoughts on how to make this bench water tight?

GREAT site (in my best Tony the Tiger voice...).

I agree with Mr. B. Any ways to make this water tight? We get A LOT of rain and it is always a downer to have to sit on a wet cushion.

When I was pregnant with our first son, I got my husband to build something very similar to this for babyproofing the cat's litterbox. He built it with a solid plywood bottom, and he made a opening for a door in the back panel. We positioned it about 5-6 inches away from the wall and put the litterbox, extra litter, scooper, etc inside. The cat walks around to the back and enters to take care of business. Our oldest is now 7, and we are still using the box because it hides everything so well.

This is just what I was looking for to build for storing wood next to the fireplace.

My husband is building this to replace our $160 toy box that fell apart after 1 year! :-/ Can't wait to send pictures of the finished project.

I'm also interested in how to make this watertight. I actually just posted a bench on the facebook site that I was hoping to make but looks like these plans are already done but the gaps between the boards would make it a problem... any ideas?

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To make it watertight - or close to it:
When building the panels, don't make the frame flush with the top. Drop it down a half inch or so. Put weather stripping in that space.
For the sides, top and bottom, instead of using individual boards, just have the lumber yard cut you a piece of redwood plywood. It looks like paneling.
Just stain or paint!

I think this would be great to make it look like the trunk coffee table that is so popular now. Maybe adding some kind of buckles, I don't know, but I can see it possibly being made to look like a trunk.

While tooling around on the Kreg Jig forum, I found plans and videos for this similar box/bench : http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/lowes-shop-class-deck-box

Looks fairly easy, and if you're worried about water, I think this would do the trick, though I'm still planning on making Ana's. I think tongue and groove is probably out of my price range.

Someday when we move back home to San Diego, CA (currently active duty Coast Guard in Sitka, AK) I plan on building this box for our backyard patio with screen material attached to the inside to keep the bugs and spiders out. Just an idea for those of you with the same problem.

I have a small dog that chews everything in the back yard into tiny little pieces, especially flip-flops! We need something like this to store all that stuff in! (Don't worry about the dog, he doesn't actually eat any of the stuff, he just likes to make a mess for us to clean up!)

In designing patio furniture, don’t forget to think about the function of your patio design. Do you like it so serve as dining are on warm summer nights? Do you want to use it to host your birthday party or your outdoor dinner party? Or, do you want to use it as outdoor family room to serve a place to enjoy reading and gathering with your family? source this in Precioushomedesign.com

Any suggestions on the best hinges to use for outdoors? Any specifics appreciated!

Where do you use the Kreg Jig? I don't see it in the directions.

Fun project! Building one from pallets. One design change suggestion is to have the top and bottom frames on the end panel go all the way across similar to the side panel.

Got some beautiful cushions for a dining table on the new deck we built last yr.  Covered and stored as best we could over the winter.   Was very close to tossing leftover pieces of composite and now we have a plan.  This project will be a perfect use for them, will match AND will cost nowhere near the storage offered in the marketplace. Very excited, thanx

I don’t see the instructions for Step 5, for attaching the top with hinges. I only see the picture. Are there instructions for this step?