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Upholstered Storage Bench — board plan

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

Buy 13 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

4 boards · 2.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over

    1. Front/back top & bottom — 45"
    2. Front/back top & bottom — 45"

  2. Board 2 · 4 3/4" left over

    1. Front/back top & bottom — 45"
    2. Front/back top & bottom — 45"

  3. Board 3 · 5 3/8" left over

    1. Side tops — 19"
    2. Side tops — 19"
    3. Legs — 17"
    4. Legs — 17"
    5. Legs — 17"

  4. Board 4 · 45 5/8" left over

    1. Legs — 17"
    2. Side bottoms — 16"
    3. Side bottoms — 16"

3/4" × 19"

1 board · 5.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 47% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 50 7/8" left over

    1. Top — 44"

3/4" × 5"

2 boards · 4.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over

    1. Bottom — 45"
    2. Bottom — 45"

  2. Board 2 · 49 7/8" left over

    1. Bottom — 45"

3/4" × 3"

5 boards · 6.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 4 3/4" left over

    1. Front/back slats — 45"
    2. Front/back slats — 45"

  2. Board 2 · 4 3/4" left over

    1. Front/back slats — 45"
    2. Front/back slats — 45"

  3. Board 3 · 4 3/4" left over

    1. Front/back slats — 45"
    2. Front/back slats — 45"

  4. Board 4 · 14 3/8" left over

    1. Side slats — 16"
    2. Side slats — 16"
    3. Side slats — 16"
    4. Side slats — 16"
    5. Side slats — 16"

  5. Board 5 · 78 7/8" left over

    1. Side slats — 16"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 30 1/2" left over

    1. Small side slats — 16"
    2. Small side slats — 16"
    3. Bottom supports — 16"
    4. Bottom supports — 16"

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.