Outdoor Wall Panel Storage Bench — board plan

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

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

10 boards · 12.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2" left over
26 1/2"26 1/2"26 1/2"13"
1. Front and back rails — 26 1/2"
2. Front and back rails — 26 1/2"
3. Front and back rails — 26 1/2"
4. Side rails — 13"
Board 2 · 2" left over
26 1/2"26 1/2"26 1/2"13"
1. Front and back rails — 26 1/2"
2. Front and back rails — 26 1/2"
3. Front and back rails — 26 1/2"
4. Side rails — 13"
Board 3 · 2" left over
26 1/2"26 1/2"26 1/2"13"
1. Front and back rails — 26 1/2"
2. Front and back rails — 26 1/2"
3. Front and back rails — 26 1/2"
4. Side rails — 13"
Board 4 · 2" left over
26 1/2"26 1/2"26 1/2"13"
1. Front and back rails — 26 1/2"
2. Lid slats — 26 1/2"
3. Lid slats — 26 1/2"
4. Side rails — 13"
Board 5 · 2" left over
26 1/2"26 1/2"26 1/2"13"
1. Lid slats — 26 1/2"
2. Lid slats — 26 1/2"
3. Lid slats — 26 1/2"
4. Side rails — 13"
Board 6 · 1/8" left over
26 1/2"17 1/2"17 1/2"16 3/4"16"
1. Lid slats — 26 1/2"
2. Lid sides — 17 1/2"
3. Lid sides — 17 1/2"
4. Wide leg pieces — 16 3/4"
5. Bottom boards — 16"
Board 7 · 12 1/8" left over
16 3/4"16 3/4"16 3/4"16"16"
1. Wide leg pieces — 16 3/4"
2. Wide leg pieces — 16 3/4"
3. Wide leg pieces — 16 3/4"
4. Bottom boards — 16"
5. Bottom boards — 16"
Board 8 · 1 1/4" left over
16"16"16"16"16"13"
1. Bottom boards — 16"
2. Bottom boards — 16"
3. Bottom boards — 16"
4. Bottom boards — 16"
5. Bottom boards — 16"
6. Side rails — 13"
Board 9 · 2 3/4" left over
16"16"15 1/2"15 1/2"15 1/2"13"
1. Bottom boards — 16"
2. Bottom boards — 16"
3. Lid supports — 15 1/2"
4. Lid supports — 15 1/2"
5. Lid supports — 15 1/2"
6. Side rails — 13"
Board 10 · 55 5/8" left over
13"13"13"
1. Side rails — 13"
2. Side rails — 13"
3. Side rails — 13"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 71% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 27 1/2" left over
16 3/4"16 3/4"16 3/4"16 3/4"
1. Narrow leg pieces — 16 3/4"
2. Narrow leg pieces — 16 3/4"
3. Narrow leg pieces — 16 3/4"
4. Narrow leg pieces — 16 3/4"

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.

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 2" left over

Board 2 · 2" left over

Board 3 · 2" left over

Board 4 · 2" left over

Board 5 · 2" left over

Board 6 · 1/8" left over

Board 7 · 12 1/8" left over

Board 8 · 1 1/4" left over

Board 9 · 2 3/4" left over

Board 10 · 55 5/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 27 1/2" left over