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How to make a stone seat

Create a garden destination! - by Charlie Albone
  • 11 Feb 2022

You can turn an unused and unloved corner into a wonderful place to sit and enjoy your garden. It’s landscape design at its DIY best.

WATCH: Charlie makes a stone seat

You don’t need to be a mason to build a stone bench. Using sandstone capping and blocks, you can install a classic bench seat in no time. Here, it sits under the Norfolk Island pine.

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before and after

Before: a sad and neglected corner in a backyard

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before and after

After: a beautiful place to sit and enjoy your garden

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Your step-by-step guide

Gather your supplies

  • Seat 100 x 300 x 900mm sandstone colonial wall capping
  • Legs 100 x 200 x 600mm sandstone blocks

You'll also need

  • Spade
  • Long-handled
  • Round-mouth shovel
  • Rake
  • Tape measure
  • Marker
  • Spirit level
  • Quick-set concrete
  • High-strength landscape construction adhesive

For you to know

The legs need to be set in the ground so the finished seat is 450mm high.

Here's how

Step 1

Step 1

Step 1

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Clear the garden bed of all debris. Here, all the pebbles were removed and reserved for later use. Rake over soil to roughly level it.

Step 2

Choose the bench seat location in the bed, then measure 2 points about 60-70cm apart and mark the centre points for the leg positions.

Step 3

Step 3

Step 3

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Dig holes for legs about 250mm deep.

Step 4

Step 4

Step 4

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Position seat legs in holes and check tops are level with each other.

Step 5

Step 5

Step 5

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Pour quick-set concrete and water into holes around legs. Leave concrete to set.

Step 6

Step 6

Step 6

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Apply adhesive to top of legs, keeping it away from the edges.

Step 7

Step 7

Step 7

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Carefully lower sandstone capping onto legs, making sure it is centred. Let adhesive set.

Step 9

The final results.

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Charlie Albone
Charlie Albone
Charlie has worked internationally and in Australia for the past 17 years, designing and building gardens that are timeless, inspiring and enjoyable to spend time in. In 2015 and 2016, he was awarded two Silver gilt medals for his own gardens at the world’s most prestigious flower show The Chelsea Flower Show.

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