How to Make a Round Window Seat

Window seats create a place to enjoy the natural light that windows provide. You can make a round window seat for any window in your home as a DIY project. Select a furniture grade plywood for the seat in either birch, maple or cherry. These woods will accept a wide variety of finishes and provide you with a beautiful furniture piece for your home. Select metal stool legs to give the seat an open, sleek appearance that will complement the open feeling of the window.

3/4-inch plywood, 16-by-16-inch panel
Compass
Band saw
Fine-grit sanding pad
3/4-inch edge banding roll
Flat iron
Edge banding trimmer
Tack cloth
Clear spray lacquer
3 metal stool legs, with screws
Screw gun

Instructions

- 1
  Place the plywood panel on a work surface. Draw a 16-inch diameter circle onto the panel using a compass.
- 2
  Cut out the circle from the plywood panel using a band saw. Move the panel through the band saw in a smooth motion just fast enough to allow the blade to cut through the wood.
- 3
  Sand the cut edge of the plywood circle with a fine-grit sanding pad until it is completely smooth. This is the seat.
- 4
  Apply edge banding around the edge of the plywood circle using a flat iron. Rub the flat iron across the surface of the edge banding in a steady motion until it adheres to the edge. Trim the edge banding to fit the seat with an edge banding trimmer.
- 5
  Wipe off the seat with a tack cloth just before you are ready to apply the spray lacquer. Spray the seat with clear spray lacquer. Apply two even coats of lacquer. Allow the finish to dry four hours between coats. Wait 24 hours after the final coat before continuing.
- 6
  Evenly space the three stool legs around the outside edges of the seat. Position the legs one inch in from the outside edge of the seat. Drive the screws that were included with the legs through the mounting holes into the seat using a screw gun.

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