Benches (Kreg Jig Project #3)

(Updated)

Hi!

I finally finished building my two front room benches!
Here's one of them

 Before I painted and attached the top fabric.

Here's the final result!

I based them loosely on the design of this bench from Ana-White.com

This plan doesn't specifically call for the Kreg Jig, but I used it anyway!

I cut to length all the 2x4's for the legs,

 the 2x2's for the aprons, and the 3/4"plywood tops.

I couldn't get the jig saw or the cordless skill saw to cut the angles out of the legs so K did that for me.

He used the cordless skill saw to score it multiple times to get thru the wood. He probably could've used the plug-in saw, but the cordless one was handy. And evidently, the jig saw needs a new blade.

 I used the Kreg Jig to put one together without the top. 

 I then realized that using a warped 2x2 for an apron wasn't going to work.  So, I replaced it with a straight 2x3.

I have a 2x2 and a flat 2x3 for the aprons. Here it is with the plywood placed on top.

The tops were from leftover plywood. I used spray adhesive to attach some foam, leftover from our red couch. 

The quilt above is half of K's old baby quilt I used for the batting. The quilt seemed to be two quilts sewn together and this half was quite stained so I didn't feel too bad about using it this way. I used the better, not-so-stained half for another project!

I draped the quilt and some fabric on top to try it out. 

Then I stapled the quilt on.

Unfortunately with all the cushioning, the bench was too high and too wide to fit under the lockers like I wanted! Haven't I learned to measure twice and cut once?  I actually hadn't thought of the width being a problem, but I did try to account for the height.  Oh, well, at least it wasn't too short.

So, I had to take off the cushioning and re-cut the plywood

 and the legs.

Once I was sure it fit,

I screwed the aprons on to the plywood, from the bottom. I didn't use glue.

Here's the other one I made, draped with the leftover fabric (cut in half from fabric that was on the cedar bench in our old living room).

With cushion.

Without cushion. 

Pushed under. 

Painted and upholstered.

Other side, with cushion. 

Without cushion. 

Pushed under. 

Painted and upholstered.

One more time.

Now I have to paint the legs!

Done!

Yay!

:-)