#OUTDOOR GLIDER FULL#

I’m submitting this project to Ryobi Nation’s Haven Conference Contest for a chance to win $1,000 worth of power tools! Would you please vote for my project? A workshop full of power tools would be a DREAM COME TRUE! It will go live on Tuesday and voting ends on September 30th. I would say the best part of fall approaching (besides wearing layers and jackets again) is the mums. She dressed her loveseat glider with some cute, bright pillows and cushions, and it looks so lovely here, doesn’t it?! Makes me wish summer was lasting longer… 🙁 My partner-in- crime building, Kim, has a gorgeous, huge, white porch with all kinds of space for seating. I might end up sewing some custom size ones next year in a beige color. I through in a couple of my indoor pillows for the picture, just for a pop of color. Now is a good time to buy outdoor cushions if you need them… practically everywhere has them on sale and I got these blue and white ones at Home Depot for 50% off. It made me realize that I’ve been missing out on so much fun, building other types of furniture! You have NO IDEA how pleased I am with this project. Only problem was it barely moved! So, we moved each of them in by 1 inch and it glides so smoothly now! At first we drilled holes so the brackets were exactly vertical of one another. But it does! And with ease! The trick is the horizontal spacing on each bracket. I was skeptical that the brackets would be able to support the weight of the heavy seat. SUPERJARE 2-Person Porch Glider, Glider Bench for Outside, Outdoor Glider Loveseat, Rocking Chair with Power Coated Steel Frame for Backyard, Lawn, Garden - Brown 4.5 out of 5 stars 375 -13 139.99 139. Nothing too spendy or fancy and our motto throughout the entire building process was, “It’s an outdoor sofa. (optional) wood stain – I used Minxwax Dark Walnut- oil based Kim drew up our basic plans with rough measurements and we went to Home Depot to get our supplies!ġ0, 10′ WeatherShield 2x4s in cedar stain The sofa plans are quite large, so it didn’t take long for us to decide it needed to be a loveseat instead. We came up with the idea of converting the sofa into a glider using Rockler’s glider hardware. She and I studied Ana White’s plan and thought up of ways to modify it to make it unique. So I called my good friend who also happens to love building and DIY, Kim. When Ryobi told us about a contest for Haven attendees, with several prizes, it was just the motivation I needed to get crackin’. This is what the frame looks like, sans cushions and pillows! Notice it is built entirely from 2x4s! You can use just plain pine 2x4s, but we used weather-treated cedar stained pine, after which I stained dark walnut.Īs you can see, the main design was adapted from Ana White’s outdoor sofa plans that were posted this summer on Ryobi Nation.Īfter Haven Conference in July, and meeting all the awesome Ryobi people, I knew I wanted to build something soon. May I present to you, my first -ever- build: Outdoor Loveseat Glider! I’m SO excited to have finished this huge project!

Outdoor glider