Making a garden furniture: 24 DIY ideas for the summer

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DIY is not given to everyone: some do not like to get their hands dirty, others do not have time to devote to do-it-yourself activities.

But there are projects that are neither difficult to achieve nor engaging. Since summer is here and our garden is growing in popularity, we suggest you make a garden room so you can enjoy it!

Make a garden living room in a pallet

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Making garden furniture has many advantages: it’s perfect for small budgets, it gives your garden a lot of character and often, it saves the planet. Yes, home garden furniture is often made from recycled materials such as pallets, crates or just logs.

Wood garden furniture for a rustic and contemporary style

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What materials to use to make a home garden? Which style to adopt? Where to find inspiration? Scroll down to find the answer to all your questions.

Shaded pergola with wooden swing bed

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Wood seems to be the material of choice for DIYers, especially the palette. Used to create sofas, armchairs, deck chairs or coffee tables, pallets make it possible to manufacture a garden living room in its own right.

Wooden sleepers and cushions for maximum comfort

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Bohemian and rustic, the garden furniture is a palette full of character. Solid, durable, the palette will quickly become your ally to arrange your entire garden or terrace.

The Aspen collection recovers and reuses wooden sleepers *

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If it is not the pallet, it will be the wood of recovery. The Aspen collection that you discovered above raises the wood on a pedestal using wooden sleepers in their furniture. We discover a collection as rustic as contemporary where the lines are clean, the texture of the wood highlighted, and the authenticity revealed.

Take inspiration from these lounge chairs to make a garden room with recycled wood

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The ties, normally used in the railways, come back to life to make a garden room that does not leave indifferent.

Original hammock and bohemian to do yourself

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If you prefer a simpler DIY project without tools, why not build your own hammock? To recreate the above version, you will need a large cloth or scarf, a rope, a wooden stick and a sewing needle. Rather simple, no?

Plastic crate recovered and transformed into a garden chair

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Here is another DIY project that will not take much of your time. Just a crate that you can pick up in the corner market and a few cakes of chairs to dress the interior. You are the owner of a bohemian garden armchair.

Garden bench which is also wheelbarrow, it is atypical and easy to move

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Why not make your own garden bench? And as a stationary bench is not very interesting, why not attach a wheel to move it? Take inspiration from the example above to make your own wheelbase, much like a wheelbarrow!

A garden would be incomplete without flower boxes, why not put them on wheels?

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Making a garden furniture does not mean that you have to forget the decorative accessories that go with it. Who says garden, says plants, so here is a great idea to create your own flower boxes, moreover, on wheels! Practical and mobile, they can be stored in winter or simply pushed from one corner to another of the terrace.

Centerpiece below to house succulents

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Now let’s discover a clever idea that may require a little more know-how in DIY. The idea, in the two images on either side of this text, is to dig an alcove in the center of the table to house either succulents or a cooler for your drinks in summer.

The same alcove can also be used as a cooler for your refreshing drinks

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If you have a tree in the garden, why not use it to your advantage by hanging a swing bed on one of its branches? Similar to the hammock, the swing bed will give you more comfort, especially if you suffer from back pain. Do not panic, if you want a swing bed at all costs but you do not have a tree, install a pergola on the terrace to hang your swing.

Swing bed made in pallet

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Coffee table made from tires

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Here is another example where the crates are this time used to make garden stools.

Plastic crates as stools

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Trunks cut and transformed into a coffee table

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If you have old tires lying around in the garage, why not use them to make garden poufs like the picture below?

Make a garden pouf from an old tire

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You can also make a garden room with tires. This project will be a little more addictive but you just have to give free rein to your imagination to create seats of chairs and original files.

Make a garden room with tires

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We find the palette in this scandinavian style garden sofa. Attached to casters, this couch can be moved according to your needs.

Garden sofa made in a palette: the Scandinavian decor is at the rendezvous

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Make a garden furniture with market crates

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Here is a project very easy to achieve. Make your own side table from a log. You will surely have to sand the surface of the log but otherwise you can enjoy your furniture very quickly.

Side table made from a log

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Less common but more and more trendy, the breeze block is an excellent material to use to make a living room of garden. Discover the originality and simplicity of the garden bench below.

Breeze blocks and some wooden beams are enough to make this original garden bench

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Making your own garden furniture has never seemed so easy. Whether in pallet, wood or cinder block, your home garden furniture will not leave indifferent!

A corner of the terrace has been furnished with a small bed

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* Aspen Collection