A sound, fairly straight log of any type wood may be used to make this bench. To make the legs and back supports use a 2 x 6, 8 ft. long, ripped in two equal parts and glued together.

Usually used to build log furniture, this tenon cutter fits into a drill chuck and cuts a uniformly round tenon on the end of a log—or in this case, your bench leg.

Woodland-inspired furniture is all the rage in the hippest of households, so what better way to one-up all your fashionablefriends than by building an awesome log bench with your own bare hands ...