How to build the Green Seat: A relaxing oasis of greenery

There is a wooden seat with wheels and plants in a room with parquet flooring. — Practical, creative and green: The Green Seat adds a nice touch to every room.

Difficulty

medium
Cost

25-42 £
Duration

2-3 h

Introduction

Are you looking for a seat for your living room that gives you the chance to be creative? The Green Seat is a stylish, urban seat with wheels. It makes you feel a bit like you're in a garden in your own four walls. We explain how to build it.

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You need

Tools

Utilities

pencil
g-clamps
corner clamps
pocket rule
wood glue
long piece of wood

Materials

80 wood screws; 3.5 x 16 mm
16 washers; 4.3 x 12 mm
12 chair angle brackets; 50 x 50 mm
2 birch plywood sheets; 1200 x 15 x 380 mm
2 birch plywood sheets; 1200 x 12 x 280 mm
4 castors; 150 mm

L: Length, W: Width, H: Height, D: Diameter

Step 1 5

Sawing cut-outs for plants

Use a NanoBlade saw to saw cut-outs in the plywood sheets. — Make sure that the sheet is clamped firmly before you pick up the saw.

You need: NanoBlade saw, pencil, g-clamps, pocket rule, Birch plywood sheets; 1200 x 15 x 380 mm

Firstly, mark where the cut-outs for the plants (in our example, measuring 150 x 350 mm) should be positioned at the narrow ends of one of the large plywood sheets (1200 x 380 mm). You can then slowly and precisely saw the cut-outs that you have marked. Before starting sawing, secure the sheet with two screw clamps.

Step 2 5

Sawing off edges

Use a hand-held circular saw to trim wooden sheets. — It is easy to make this long, straight cut using a hand-held circular saw.

You need: Hand-held circular saws, g-clamps, pencil, pocket rule, long piece of wood

Then use a hand-held circular saw to saw off 30 mm from the long edges of all four plywood sheets. Note: To do this, you also need to set a mitre angle of 45° on the saw.
The long cut edge should always run parallel to the original edge.

The four plywood sheets should now only be 350 mm or 250 mm wide.

Tip: To produce clean and straight cut edges, secure a long, straight piece of wood to the workpiece with two screw clamps. This will act as a stop for the cordless hand-held circular saw.

Step 3 5

Joining several sheets together

Connect two wooden sheets together using metal brackets and a cordless combi drill. — Applying some wood glue to your construction will make it more stable before you start screwdriving.

You need: Cordless combi drill, Suitable bit set, pocket rule, pencil, g-clamps, corner clamps, Machined plywood sheets, Wood screws; 3.5 x 16 mm, Chair angle brackets; 50 x 50 mm, Wood glue

All of the plywood sheets are joined together in this step. To do this, first position the wide plywood sheet (350 mm) without cut-outs on your working surface and clamp it firmly. Then apply wood glue to both long sides of the sheet and fit the narrow sheets (250 mm) so that they are flush on the corners of the long sides (see figure). You can secure everything in place with corner clamps.

Once the glue has dried (follow the manufacturer's instructions), you must now also secure the two side panels (250 mm) to the base plate using three chair angle brackets (50 x 50 mm) and 12 wood screws (3.5 x 16 mm) at each joint. The distance between the bracket and the outer edge should be 400 mm.

Has everything been secured? Then glue the second large plywood sheet with the cut-outs from above onto the substructure or the shell you have just assembled. Once the glue has dried, also secure this sheet using a total of six chair angle brackets and 24 wood screws. The entire shell should now be stable.

Step 4 5

Grinding

Use a multi-sander to sand down the wooden shell. — In particular, you should thoroughly resand the cut edges.

You need: Multi-sander, 80 to 120-grain sanding sheet, Shell

To produce beautiful and clean edges, you should then resand the edges and screwed corners of the shell using a sanding sheet with 120 grit.

Tip: If gaps have appeared between the individual pieces of wood, apply some glue to the corresponding areas. Discreet resanding will mix the sanding dust with the glue and therefore fill the gaps.

Step 5 5

Installing castors

Use a cordless combi drill to install the castors on the wooden shell. — The castors or furniture castors can be acquired from a DIY store.

You need: Cordless combi drill, Suitable bit set, pocket rule, pencil, Shell, Wood screws; 3.5 x 16 mm, Washers; 4.3 x 12 mm, 4 castors; 150 mm

Then secure the four castors or furniture castors to the base of the shell, evenly spaced at 2 cm and each fixed with four wood screws (3.5 x 16 mm) and washers (4.3 x 12 mm).

You can decorate the Green Seat with your favourite plants so that it lives up to its name. You have now a finished stylish, urban seat with wheels that makes you feel a bit like you're in a garden in your own four walls.