How to Build Branch Furniture

How to Make a Bench

• 1

  Measure and cut six 3-inch-thick branches to 5 feet long. Place the branches side by side to create your seat. Weave rope or twine between the branches to lash them together in a figure-eight pattern.

• 2

  Measure and cut three 1-inch-thick branches to the same length as the seat’s width. Place the branches across the seat’s width at 4 inches in from each end and down the middle. Drive a nail through the 1-inch branches and into each of the 3-inch branches below to secure.

• 3

  Cut six 4-inch-thick branches to 18 inches long. Stand each of these post-like branches upright at each corner with the remaining two set upright next to the center 1-inch-thick branch. Drive a nail through the 1-inch-thick branches and into each 4-inch-wide branches. Drive a nail at an angle through each 4-inch-thick branch and into the 3-inch-thick branches below. Flip the unit over to finish.

How to Make a Table

• 4

  Measure and cut six 3-inch-thick branches to 18 inches long. Set the branches side by side and lash together with twine at each end to form the tabletop.

• 5

  Cut two 1-inch-thick branches to 18 inches long. Lay these branches across the width of the tabletop at each end 3 inches in from the edge. Drive a nail through the 1-inch branches and into each 3-inch-thick branch to secure.

• 6

  Cut four 3-inch-thick branches to 20 inches tall. Stand each of these branches upright over the corners of the tabletop. Secure a nail through the 1-inch-thick branches and into the upright 3-inch-thick branches. Drive another nail at an angle through the upright branches and into the tabletop.