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Farmhouse Storage Bench — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 3"

2 boards · 3.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 1/2" left over

    1. Long stretcher — 43"
    2. Legs — 17"
    3. Legs — 17"
    4. Legs — 17"

  2. Board 2 · 41 3/8" left over

    1. Legs — 17"
    2. Stretchers — 9"
    3. Stretchers — 9"
    4. Stretchers — 9"
    5. Stretchers — 9"

3/4" × 6"

1 board · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 12 3/4" left over

    1. 1x8 boards for seat — 41"
    2. 1x8 boards for seat — 41"

3/4" × 3"

2 boards · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over

    1. Top aprons — 43"
    2. Top aprons — 43"

  2. Board 2 · 21 5/8" left over

    1. 1x4 board for seat — 41"
    2. Breadboard ends — 16"
    3. Breadboard ends — 16"

1/2" × 14"

1 board · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 46% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 51 7/8" left over

    1. Plywood bottom — 43"

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.