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To help you choose the right outdoor garden bench, consider these factors and products. Some of the latter are DIY-able.

Few things refresh the human spirit so thoroughly as simply sitting outside on a beautiful day. It's even more satisfying if you sit with somebody, and if the seat is something you've built, well, so ...

My parents wanted a bench to go with the concrete fire pit I made for them. I decided to reuse the wooden forms from that project to make a bench. The bench consists of 2 blocks of concrete made from ...