Learn how to make a Farmhouse Bench. In this woodworking project the tools, materials and cut sizes are listed below. The ...

A couple hundred years ago, you might chop down a tree, plane it, and sand it to make a bench, staying in touch with every step of its metamorphosis from a living thing to a functional object.

Kurtis Crossland, chair of the communities, parks and leisure committee at Sheffield City Council, said: “Our hopes are to create a bench that incorporates people’s memories of the tree." ...