A park bench is the most sat-on seat outdoors. Here is how the maker builds it, why hardwoods last, and what to borrow for a bench at home.
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- A small wooden bench does more per foot than any other seat outdoors. Here is where it fits, what to look for, and how to build one in a day.
- A patio storage bench is a seat with a box under it. Here is what fits inside, what should never go in, and the one thing that decides whether the box stays dry.
- Eight places a garden bench earns its keep, the iron and wood builds that survive outside, what each price band buys, and the half hour a year that keeps a wooden one going.
- Seat height, width, wood choices and placement - the six numbers and four layouts that decide whether a patio bench gets used every evening or becomes an expensive plant table.




