Building Outdoor Picnic Furniture

Picnic Table Plans

If you are like me there’s a good chance that you have spent too much money and spent too much time fiddling with woodworking projects and getting mediocre results. Measure twice and cut once took on a whole new meaning.

This takes me back to my very first attempt at carpentry many years ago. I wanted to build a picnic table set for my mother’s backyard. I didn’t even have a picnic table plan set, just a picture from the local hardware store.

It looked so simple and straight forward. I bought some wood, screws and nails and started laying out my masterpiece. I was about four hours in when I realized my first road block.

I needed a miter box to make the cross support legs for the picnic table support. It seemed easy, but I went through a lot of trial and error before I had them correct. That was the day I discovered angles are no fun!

In the end I spent almost as much money building the table and benches as it would have been to buy them. Two and a half weekends too! I realize all these years later that great picnic table plans would have really helped. I also should have treated the wood before starting the building process. It’s hard to get in the nooks and crannies!

Hopefully you will start with the end in mind before making my mistakes. Your success begins and ends with planning. Get these never before published woodworking plans and make your project simple from the start. Knowing everything you need, down to the last screw, will save you time and a lot of money.