A window seat not only enhances the look of a room and provides additional seating, but it serves as a great storage space as well. This window seat was made from ¾” oak plywood and features hinged doors on the top for storage.
It is and 21” high by 19” deep and 8’ long.

  1. Frame the front of the seat with 2x4s on 16” centers.
  2. Secure the front frame to the floor with screws if the floor is wood. When attaching to a concrete slab, use a powder activated nailer or plastic anchors and screws.
  3. Nail a 2×4 to the top of the front frame.
  4. Attach 2x4s to the back and side walls for support, making sure they’re level and even with the front.
  5. Face the front frame with two pieces of vertically cut oak plywood.
  6. Make a frame for the seat from solid oak 1x2s joined together with a face frame nailer or nails.
  7. Cut two plywood doors to fit in the seat frame, edging them with strips of solid oak.
  8. Putty and sand the doors to give them a finished look.
  9. Stain the window seat, and give it two coats of polyurethane finish.
  10. Hinge the two doors to the seat frame with brass piano hinges.

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