A little wood bench – DIY

Way back in the summer of 2021 when we started clearing the property west of the city, there were dozens of trees that had to be cut down, both dead and alive. We have been calling this little summer get away El Parque. Daryl has been busy with that chainsaw.

Spring of 2022 we returned to El Parque to find severall very large trees had been uprooted. Must have been quite the wind.

One tree in particular was gigantic and probably gave us enough firewood for the summer. Daryl decided to save some of the wood and make a bench. We left the pieces in the bush to dry out.

Summer of 2023, Daryl brought the chunks of wood out of the forest and trimmed them up. Unfortunately the wood was still too wet to do much with. So we left them out in the sun.

Summer of 2024 at El Parque was kind of a write off, although Daryl was able to get some of the bark removed before ending up in a cast. Most of the bark was removed with an axe.

This summer, 2025, saw the bench finally take shape. First, the ‘seat’ was split in half, then the base was shaped so it would all fit nice and flat.

All that was needed to finish the bench off was fill a few cracks in the wood, a bit of sanding and staining. That took a while as we have had so much rain this summer the wood wasn’t dry enough to sand until August.

And it is done after 4 summers!! Maybe we have too much time on our hands:)

Cheers

Ruth