A very important attribute of a garden, a cottage or a yard near country home is a bench or backless bench. Without such, at first glance, simple object even the most beautiful spot of your garden or yard can become uncomfortable. How it is pleasant to sit enjoying beauty of nature. To spend time outdoors sitting and talking or reading a book. Many people remember how they sat on a bench in early spring or late autumn and basked in the sun. And how it is uncomfortable and cheerless when you want to stay outdoors longer, but there is nowhere to sit. Your eyes all the time look for something suitable for sitting, and after all you sadly return home.

So what kind of bench to choose for your garden and how to place it properly.

There is great variety of benches. They differ in type, material of which they are made, design and manufacturer.

There are backless benches and usual benches, i.e. benches with back. Of course it is more comfortable to sit on a bench, but if you are going to sit on it not for a long time then you can be content with a simple backless bench.

Benches are made of very different materials. These are cast iron, granite, forging, wood, perforated metal, plastic and their combinations. Different sorts of wood are used: coniferous wood, larch, teak and mahogany. In order to make benches more durable, wood is covered with wood preservative and varnish.

Wood is more suitable material for sitting of a bench. Unlike metal, it is warmer to sit on a wood. Make sure that a sitting have chinks and holes. If you want to put a bench in a permanent place, you can choose a heavier bench with a base from granite, cast iron or ornamental forging.

But if you are going to move a bench even occasionally it is better to choose a bench made of lighter material, such as wood, aluminum or plastic.

Design of a bench depends on a place where it will be put. It is important for the bench to fit with environments. A carelessly knocked down and awkward bench can spoil all ambient glory.

Do not confine yourself to ordinary benches. You can make a bench of a fallen tree with the box under its sitting, or a bench in the form of mushroom. You can make not a straight bench, but a bench with waves or arched bench. It is very comfortably to sit on such a bench facing each other that sometimes may be very conveniently.

There are many domestic and foreign firms that make benches. The best quality benches are made in England, Germany and Finland. There is a great demand for inexpensive domestic benches of Byelorussian, Uzbek and Polish manufacturers.

Perhaps you would like to build a bench with your own hands. For doing this, don’t forget to follow some rules. A bench is more comfortable when its height is 40-50 cm. Foots should not hang and not be lifted up. They should comfortably stand on the ground. A sitting should be bent inwards at 6-12 degrees. The width of the sitting is usually 50-55 cm. The back is also bent at 15-40 degrees, but outwards. The height of the back varies from 35 to 50 cm.

Of course, it is better to take a stool that is the most comfortable for you and measure its height. All people are different, while there is given standard dimensions of a bench. If you want to attach elbow rests to your bench, they are usually placed at 15-20 cm height from a sitting.

A backless bench can be made by putting sitting made from battens on equal in height supports: stones, stumps, beds.

When making a wooden bench, take boards from oak, hazel or cherry tree. They are resistant to rotting. A bench is looked more appealing when it has natural color, so that it is better just to treat the wood with wood preservative and to cover with varnish without using paint.

A bench may be placed in a secluded spot or on the contrary on the open spot from which you can see all the beauty of your garden or vegetable plot. You can place a bench near your pond or fountain. It is possible to watch flowing water for a long time and better to do it sitting on a bench. You can put a bench near a vegetable plot, so that after working you have where to rest and look on your results. It is conveniently when a bench is near the home entrance. You can wait in comfort for host preparing themselves a long while. Or you can rest after shopping before entering the house.

Wherever you place your bench, try to protect it from direct, especially midday sun rays. It is better to place benches under trees or other plants. Also, it is desirable that a bench was protected from northern wind. It is more comfortable to sit on a bench when there is no open area behind it.

A bench is looked well on a lawn. But to not damage the lawn, it is better to choose a bench with wide legs. Cover the lawn with a net in the place where you want to put your bench. The soil in front of a bench is also better to protect. It is desirable that it was laid with tiles or covered with pebbles. In order to keep the area clean, you can put a litter bin or something instead of it near a bench.