Fancy X Farmhouse Bench

The X in each leg is built from short and long 2x2 pieces beveled at 45° on both ends, capped top and bottom with 1x2 trim — build one leg completely first and use it as your physical pattern for the remaining two, rather than trying to work from measurements alone for each one. Three legs support this bench, not two — an end leg at each side plus a center leg, which is what lets the design work at both the 63" and 96" lengths without the seat boards sagging.

Attach the 2x6 seat boards to the leg tops with pocket hole screws and glue, then add the decorative bottom stretcher centered between the legs — purely decorative on the shorter bench, but the plan suggests optional cross braces running from the center support out to each leg on the longer 96" version for extra rigidity. Only the top boards and the stretcher change length between the two sizes — every leg part is identical whichever length you build, which is why both complete cut lists are given here rather than one size with a scaling note.