Build It: A Lovely Loveseat – Wood. It's Real.

For Valentine’s Day, we came up with a weekend project built with decking boards and 2×4’s: a Love Seat. Get it?

It’s a great bench style for instigating communication because folks are led to face each other in a more intimate way. This sort of coercion made us think about how Valentine’s Day reminds us to take a moment and pay attention to our loved ones, or our first dates, or whatever.

It’s a simple project and you don’t need to be a master woodworker to build it. The loveseat bench only has a couple of miter cuts, and the rest is right angles.Lastly, the herringbone pattern on the seat is super easy to layout, and it kind of reminded us of hand-holding, another Valentine’s Day nod.

You could also call this project a “First Date Bench or a “Conversation Bench.” We modernized the legs a bit and threw a subtle arc on the sides to soften it all up.

Once you’ve made this project, let us know how it went. We’d love to see it and brag on you, OK?

Check out the step-by-step instructions below, or you can print out a cut list and overview of the build here: Build A Lovely Loveseat Downloadable Printout

It’s Loveseat Building Time

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MATERIALS

Lumber • (12) 5/4″ x 6″ x 8′ Pressure Treated Southern Yellow Pine aka SYP Decking Boards

• (3) 2″ x 4″x  8′ Pressure Treated Southern Yellow Pine