• Bedroom
• Built-in
• Window seat
• Painted
• White oak
• Lights
• Storage

Olive window seat

A reading window seat built right across a bedroom bay in smoky olive: two deep drawers under an oiled oak seat and a thick ticking-stripe cushion, bookcases rising either side over shaker cupboards, a cupboard bridging over the window under a cove crown, and a brass swing-arm light on each side for reading after dark.

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Passes Crava's checks for fit, strength and stability. Change any size, the wood or the finish in the app, and it is checked again.

At a glance

Overall W x D x H

3000 x 525 x 2400 mm118 1/8" x 20 11/16" x 94 1/2"

Parts to cut

133

Build steps

109

Boards

10

Sheets

10

Solid wood

25.9 bd ft

Weight

261.4 kg576 lb

Materials

• Birch plywood
• MDF
• Poplar (paint grade)
• White oak

Finish

• Finishing oil - Hardwax oil, matt
• Paint - smoky olive, eggshell

Tools

• Saw
• Square
• Tape
• Chisel
• Clamps
• Router
• Table saw
• Drill
• Pocket-hole jig
• Dowel jig
• Sandpaper
• Brush
• 10mm bit
• Cable clips

Hardware and fittings

• 1 x Box cushion, 80mm high-density foam, in a removable oatmeal ticking-stripe cover
• 2 x Anti-tip furniture wall bracket, steel, with stud screws
• 16 x Concealed face-frame hinge, partial overlay
• 8 x Round knob, 30mm, brushed brass
• 4 x Side-mount drawer slide, 450mm
• 2 x Cup pull, 96mm centres, brushed brass
• 1 x Cove crown moulding, 100mm
• 2 x Plug-in swing-arm reading light, brushed brass

Cut list

The first 3 of 100 lines, in millimetres (inches below), finished size including joint allowances.

The 3D model

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