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Take a pictorial behind-the-scenes look at rustic cedar wood furniture construction!

Take a pictorial
behind-the-scenes look
at rustic furniture
construction!





Hand Crafted Rustic Cedar Wood Bench

$1550 - local delivery in the DFW area only    

Rustic cedar wood bench hand crafted in Texas

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This handsome red & blonde cedar bench can be placed either indoors or outside on a patio or in a yard.
The sculpted seat is 48 inches wide and 20 inches deep with a scooped out area in each slat designed to conform to your body for added comfort.
The footprint of this bench is 3' x 5' and it stands 39 inches tall at the back.
Combine this piece with the rustic cedar chair and table for a complete cedar suite!
Rustic cedar wood bench in the dappled light of an outdoor porch
Hand crafted rustic cedar wood bench, chair, and matching table set in an outdoor yard setting


$1550   INCLUDING SHIPPING within the DFW area    

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Pictorial Tour:
History of this bench and behind-the scences of this and other rustic cedar wood furniture construction
Bringing home cedar wood trees
Bringing home cedar wood trees
Curing the cedar wood
Curing the cedar wood
NOTE:  We harvest and use only dead standing and naturally felled cedar trees

Forming tenons on the ends of cedar wood logs

Forming tenons
First stages of rustic furniture assembly: fitting the cedar logs and miscellaneous pieces together

Fitting pieces together
Cedar logs with tenons made, sanded, and ready to fit together

The cedar chair in pieces!
The rustic cedar wood chair in its first stage of assembly

First stage of Cedar Chair
The rustic cedar wood bench in its first stage of assembly

First stage of Cedar Bench
The rustic cedar wood bench assembled and partially sanded

Bench with some sanding done
The rustic cedar wood bench up on skids after it gets a coat of polyurethane

Up on skids for a coat of polyurethane
Upclose look at the rustic cedar wood bench while the polyurethane coat is still wet and super shiny

Look at that shine!

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      PICTURES!
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Finished rustic cedar wood bench on the porch

Building the rustic cedar wood chair

Making tenons for the rustic cedar wood chair

Rustic cedar wood chair being assembled
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