How to Build a Corner Nook Set

Assembling the Benches

• 1

  Lay out two 2-by-4 boards with their large surfaces on the ground. Space them parallel to each other, with 11 inches between them. Put another pair of these boards perpendicularly on top of them, so that the boards form an 18-inch square frame.

• 2

  Drill two holes through each corner of the frame, down through the top boards and into the bottom boards but not drilling all the way through the boards. Attach the frame together with 2 1/2-inch wood screws tightened into each hole in the frame.

• 3

  Repeat to create a second frame exactly the same as the first one.

• 4

  Set out the two square frames about 2 feet apart, parallel to each other, standing up on their sides.

• 5

  Lay out four 36-inch 2-by-4s across the two frames. Evenly space these horizontal boards across the frames. Drill two holes through each horizontal board and into each of the two frames for a total of 16 holes. Attach the boards together with 2 1/2-inch wood screws.

• 6

  Repeat the previous steps to create a second bench that is identical to the first.

Attaching the Benches

• 7

  Set the two benches parallel to each other upright on their supports. Position them two feet apart.

• 8

  Slide a 60-inch 2-by-4 board along the inside of the bench square frames so that the large face of this long board is flush with the inside face of both bench frames, and a small face of the long board is against the ground.

• 9

  Drill four holes through each of these long support boards and into each of the bench square frames. Attach the long support boards to the benches with 2 1/2-inch wood screws.

Attaching the Table

• 10

  Set ten 36-inch 2-by-4s on the ground with their long, thin sides flush together so they form a 35-by-36-inch tabletop. Position three 35-inch 2-by-4s evenly across these boards to serve as crossboards. Drill two holes through each crossboard and into each tabletop board. Attach the boards together with 2 1/2-inch wood screws.

• 11

  Stand up four 34-inch 2-by-4s against the long support boards between the two benches, so that the large surface of each of these vertical boards presses against the outside edge of the long support boards and the boards extend up into the air between the benches. Space two boards evenly on each long board between the benches. Drill four holes through each of these vertical boards and into the long boards. Attach them with 2 1/2-inch wood screws.

• 12

  Set the assembled tabletop on these four boards. Drill two holes down through the tabletop and into the end of each of the vertical boards. Attach the boards together with 2 1/2-inch wood screws.