Making a new Cement Leaf Bench.. will it work...

[tinkster]

Yes but not actually like I had planned.. will stick this one in a out of the way place and try again

first I took a fish foam cartoon and glued leaves on the top and sides.. then I laid gravel in the rest of the area then topped with cement then I added a old grill rack I had for reinforcement.  then topped with more cement.  The legs are made from cement poured into a square box.  Think next time I will make a different shaped bench with small leaves instead of one big one.  The leaves on the sides turned out great though you cant see it to well. Have to stain or paint it. .not sure yet.... but here it is

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[croft]

Looks very good to me

[purplepshn2004]

Looks Great Tink!

What a cool idea 

[Daisy]

Very creative Tink! 
I like it alot....I wouldn't hide it too far away. 

[Teresa]

That's such a great idea!  I think I might have to try something similar!!!

[Desertponder]

Awesome!! I can't wait to try some leaf castings.

[Kat]

That looks great ... clever idea.

[mcp]

Tink Looks great! I knew you could not stay away from cement too long. Looks better than the one you showed me a picture of. What is next?

[Mikey]

That's really neat.  Thanks for showing the progressive photos

[Teresa]

Did you spray something on the leaves after you put them in the styro?  They look shiny.  What kind of cement did you use?

[Kristin F.]

Tinkster, what a brilliant idea!
I think it looks nice and ditto to what you said about painting it or staining it - that might turn out nicely.
You said you might keep it "out of the way", but something tells me that it will "stick with you " and become your favorite no matter how many you'll make - the first one is always the favorite one ...

It's fun, isnt it ..and so much fun designing things like this bench - thank you for sharing!
I might try to make one myself and put it under my apple tree javascript:void(0);

[smokey6565]

That is soooooooooo cool   I'm going to try to make one this weekend   

Jen

[Jerry]

very creative!
i did a stepping stone with an artichoke leaf, not bad.
Your perspacacity always amazes me.