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2x4 Outdoor Chaise Lounge
A fixed-frame outdoor daybed lounge built around your cushion — 2x4 boxes for the base, arm, back, and foot, decked in cedar 1x6, with a universal cut list keyed to mattress size.
- Easy
- $$
- 4–6 hrs

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Outdoor chaise lounge with a hinged, reclining back

Outdoor

Notched-Stringer Outdoor Chaise Lounge

A reclining outdoor lounge chair with a hinged back that folds flat, built from 1x2 and 1x4 stock with a slatted seat and a simple dowel-and-strap incline catch.

Intermediate
$$$
6–8 hrs

Deep outdoor lounge chair built from 2x4s with thick cushions

2x4 Outdoor Chair

A deep, cushion-ready outdoor lounge chair cut entirely from six 2x4s in three lengths — and a lesson in driving screws at angles instead of buying a jig.

Easy
$$
2.5–4 hrs

Outdoor gable-roofed cabana lounge structure on a raised deck

Outdoor Cabana Backyard Retreat

A permanent gable-roofed outdoor lounge platform — notched 4x4 posts and rafters, a raised 2x6 deck, built floor-first with the framing landing directly on it.

Expert
$$$$
15 hrs – 3 days

Slatted outdoor bar stools

Outdoor Bar Stools

Simple slatted bar stools to match the Simple Outdoor Collection bar table — a quick, sturdy 1x2 and 1x3 build you can knock out several of.

Easy
$
3–5 hrs

Bar-height outdoor table with 4x4 posts and 45-degree truss bracing

Outdoor Bar-Height Truss Beam Table

A bar-height outdoor table on 4x4 posts with a 45° truss under the top — timber-frame looks from three lumber sizes and a pocket-hole jig.

Intermediate
$$
4–6 hrs

Cedar outdoor play mud kitchen with sink bin, backsplash shelf, and lower shelf

Mud Kitchen

An outdoor play kitchen from three 2x2s, one 2x4, and four cedar pickets — with a cut-in sink for a real wash bin and a backsplash shelf for the mud-pie supplies.

Easy
$$
3–5 hrs

Modular outdoor chair and ottoman set built from 2x4 frames with cedar picket decking

Modular Outdoor Sectional from 2x4s and Cedar Fence Pickets

A single-seat chair and a matching ottoman, built from the same 2x4 frame recipe — push them together for a sectional, split them apart for extra seats.

Easy
$$
2.5–4 hrs

Modern laminated slat bench with integrated slat legs

Modern Slat-Top Outdoor Bench

A 6-foot laminated slat bench — alternating 2x4 and short 1x4 layers where the legs ARE the pattern, built face-down from the show side backward.

Easy
$$
3–5 hrs

A modern planter box made from a cedar frame holding four concrete cap blocks as walls

Modern Paver Planter

A cedar 2x2 frame that holds four concrete cap blocks as its walls — the wood is just the skeleton, the pavers are the planter.

Easy
$$
3–4 hrs

Six-foot modern wooden park bench with arms and slatted back

Modern Park Bench

A six-foot park-style bench with arms and a backrest, framed in 2x4 and decked in 1x6 — glue at every joint, because a public-duty bench earns it.

Easy
$$
4–6 hrs

Child-sized modern picnic table with two separate benches

Modern Kid's Picnic Table and Benches

A child-sized picnic set with mitered box legs and slatted tops that drain water. Two separate benches instead of attached seats — easier for little kids to get in and out.

Intermediate
$$
5–8 hrs

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