Woodworking Projects - Outdoor Furniture

Build a chair out of twigs

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Rustic twig furniture is easy to make and its design can be tailored to suit your needs


Screw together two sets of front and back legs (one for each side) with side braces and a top seat brace. Make sure both sets are the same height.	Connect the two sides together with two top braces at the front of the chair. Add a rear seat brace 5" to 6" ahead of the back legs, then add two lower back cross braces 6" and 8" from the bottom of the back leg.

Add the back bender brace just above seat level, then the top cross brace. The armrest nailer piece goes 18" up from the bottom and the front cross brace goes behind the front legs, near the bottom.	Use your knee to carefully work the smaller-diameter benders into shape.

Nail one arm bender to each side of the chair and adjust them for fit.	Create the armrests by securing the rest of the arm benders in the shape of the first.

Start to lay out the perimeter of the head rest with hoop benders.	Continue laying out the perimeter until complete.

Attach the seat bars to the front and rear seat braces.	Fill in the back with back benders.