Features of benches with a table

You won't surprise anyone with benches in gardens and parks today, but it's not so common to see models with tables. Although you will not refuse the convenience of such copies - you can put a handbag on them, put an umbrella, a tablet, a phone, a magazine with crosswords. In the article, we will talk about the variety of benches combined with tables, and also tell you how you can make them yourself.

Benches with tables cannot be categorized unambiguously, they can be divided by purpose, materials, designs, table location within the bench itself. Products are stationary, wall-mounted, portable, transportable on wheels, transforming and folding into a suitcase. It's easier to understand the abundance of models using examples, a selection of which we have prepared for you.

To begin with, let's figure out where the table can be located in the product.

• An elegant wooden bench with two seats and a common surface in the middle, complemented by wheels. Such equipment allows transporting the structure in the shade if the sun interferes with daytime rest.

• The long bench has three seats and two tables between them.

• Wooden table complete with benches, assembled on a metal profile.

• Separate stands, located on the sides of the bench, are designed for two people.

• Small individual table above the bench.

• The design is more like a table with two stools connected by a single pipe.

• A bench with a table located around a tree is designed for pleasant relaxation in the shade.

• The table and benches, distributed in a circle, are assembled on a common frame.

• The benches are adjacent to the common table, being perpendicular to each other.

The table is not always fixed to the bench, it is much more convenient if it appears for a while and disappears when there is no need for it.

• Thanks to a simple transformation, the bench can be easily converted into a two-seater or three-seater.

• To get an extra surface, you just need to lower a piece of the bench back.

• A model for the egoist. Turning over the adjacent seat, you can use the free surface for your needs, and at the same time not share the shop with your neighbor.

• At the request of the seated person, the backrest turns into a long comfortable surface.

• Transforming table with benches for the company.

• Folding table with benches for summer picnics. In the center of the tabletop there is a place for an umbrella from the sun.

• Travel kit for 4 travelers folds compactly, transforming into a case.

The rich imagination of designers gives the world amazing extraordinary products.

• The bench is like a table with two chairs.

• A capacious design, the concept of which is not easy to understand.

• Benches in the spirit of minimalism.

• Benches with tables of different heights, designed for one person. Together they create a pleasant composition and increase the number of seats.

• The amazing design is good for celebrations, it can accommodate a large number of people at the same time.

• Numerous set of benches with tables, presented as an art object.

• The swing benches are equipped with tables with holes for cups. The dishes will not fall out even if the swing is moved.

• Side stumps serve as tables for an unusual park bench.

• An incredibly beautiful wrought-iron shop with wooden fragments.

• A spectacular bench decorated with an owl in the center of the product.

Benches are made of warm wood, plastic or cold stone, metal. In private homes, cold products are complemented by pillows and mattresses. Plastic and lightweight wooden models are of a seasonal nature; in winter they are brought into the room.

Wood is a warm, tactilely pleasant and energetically strong material. Benches can be made from it in any style, which will become part of landscape design. In addition to the usual classic options, benches are made from solid logs and even from tree roots. Before assembling the product, all wood elements are treated with a stain, bactericidal composition. The finished park bench is painted or varnished to protect it from environmental influences.

Steel benches serve for a long time, but they must be periodically inspected and, at the slightest appearance of corrosion, treated with special agents.

The benches made of aluminum are lightweight and durable. This material is used for portable products that owners of suburban areas enjoy using - the bench can be moved to any convenient place and even brought into the house.

Cast iron products, unlike aluminum options, are quite heavy and suitable for stationary park models.

Beautiful openwork forging is used to decorate parks with good landscaping, for private yards, in support of wrought-iron canopies, canopies, swings, balconies and garden arches. To make a product by hot forging, a plastic material is selected. It can be titanium, aluminum, steel and various alloys. Carrying out cold forging, use a sheet base. Sometimes the elements of an expensive bench are covered with a thin layer of non-ferrous metal, even silver or gold, to add a special chic.

Concrete benches are budget options, they are durable, withstand heavy loads and are not afraid of bad weather conditions. These benches become ideal products to be installed on city streets.

Natural stone is part of the natural landscape. Benches from it are used when they want to give a park or garden an element of pristine nature, to emphasize the vegetative riot of wildlife. The stone is actually an eternal material, but if the bench is not looked after, the places where particles of dust and earth are trapped can become covered with moss.

Plastic benches are lightweight and comfortable. They are used in summer cottages with a temporary stay, where beauty is not important, but the mobility of the bench and the ability to always have it at hand are highly appreciated. A plastic summer cottage product is inexpensive, it is not afraid of moisture, it can be left outside during the entire warm season.

Themed sculptural figures for gardens and parks are made of fiberglass, in which wooden seats and bench backs are integrated. Sometimes benches are made entirely of fiberglass.

Before making or purchasing a ready-made bench for your garden, you need to find a place for it. It is the environment that will help to understand the dimensions of the future product and determine its appearance. If a portable model is intended, its parameters should not be too large. Stationary benches can take up all the space prepared for them. We propose to consider several drawings for self-manufacturing of a shop.

• Popular soda bench in the Adirondack style. It measures 158 cm in length and 58 cm in width.No more than half a meter is allocated to the table, that is, one third of the total seat. The bench is designed for two seats.

• A detailed diagram of the combined group is offered - a table with two benches. The product is made of metal and wooden planks.

• Those who have unnecessary pallets left can make a table with two benches fastened together. The dimensions of the product are shown in the sketch.

Before you start making a bench, you need to make a drawing, make calculations, then prepare the necessary tools and materials. For work, you will need beams for the frame, inch boards for the seat and back, bolts, nuts, screws. According to the scheme, all the elements of the shop are cut. The assembly of the structure begins from the sidewalls. They are formed with the help of two small boards held together by the extreme bars of the back and legs. The front legs are positioned vertically to the floor, and the rear legs are at an angle, as indicated in the sketch.

When the handrails are ready, they are fastened together with a front and rear horizontal bar. The size of the beams determines the length of the bench. At the next stage, two intermediate beams are added to the back, it can already be sheathed with a board. In the center of the structure, crossbars are installed for the base of the table, then its frame is mounted. Planks are stuffed on the seat and table. The bench is made with bolts and screws. At the end of the work, the product is painted or varnished.

Having made a bench for your garden yourself, you will want to decorate it, make it more elegant. For this, different methods are used.

• If you have a talent for drawing, you can apply beautiful bright ornaments on the back and seat.

• Those who know how to sew decorate the product with cozy pillows.

• If you add a textile canopy, it not only decorates the shop, but also protects those sitting on it from the scorching sun.

• Sometimes, instead of handrails, tall wooden boxes with flower beds are mounted to the bench, they perfectly decorate the garden structure.

Benches with tables are unusual, beautiful and functional. The main task is to be able to arrange them correctly. This can be a place near the house, garage, playground, where you can put something on them, or along the paths in the park, garden, vegetable garden, where you can relax on them, enjoy a beautiful view.

How to make a bench with a table with your own hands, see the video.