Building A Window Seat Over A Vent

Fill the top screw holes with wood putty and sand smooth if the top is to be painted.

Building a window seat over a vent.

Just a warning don t take the easy way out. A diy window seat with storage is a fantastic budget friendly way to transform a boring window wall into a beautiful focal point. The height they recommend is 19 with a 21 deep seat. We have a bookcase that was built over the register and the wood inside grew mold because there wasn t enough force to blow the air and moisture out the front of the bookcase.

I do want to caution you against building over a vent. Your window seat will have a flawless professional look because of one secret. You can easily build your own unique window seat using ready made floating cabinet units as a base. Then we started building the window seat by building the floor frame first.

Available by order or in stock at many home centers wall cabinets make this job largely about assembly rather than about building cabinetry from scratch. The top will not hang over the back of the window bench. This simple step by step tutorial will walk you through the process of building a window seat from scratch using pre made ikea cabinets in just a few hours. First you need a niche that features a window.

As you can see we have a floor air vent in the nook area. The top seat of the window bench will overhang both sides and the front by 2 inches. The front can be wood sheetrock or other materials since it is only decorative. Measure and cut the sanded plywood to accommodate this overhang.

First we removed all the floor moldings since we will no longer need those. We used 2 screws per stud. As attractive as window seats are only a few older homes with deep dormers seem to have them. A window seat can make a quaint and cozy addition to any room in your home.

Screw the top into place. Just choose a window with a pleasant view build a frame for. And adding a window seat has always been considered impractical. When you attach the 2 x 4s to the wall always make sure to screw into the studs for maximum support.

You can see from the drawing that a window seat is actually a short floating wall achored to 2x4 cleats on the wall.