You Can Make One Yourself!

While buying an Adirondack chair is the fastest way of getting into one of these comfy chairs, making one from scratch is about as rewarding as it gets. While the internet is littered with plans on how to make an Adirondack chair, here are the best plans we have found so far:

Traditionally Cedar

The Adirondack Chair is traditionally made with Cedar.  While there are many varieties of cedar, where you are from will determine the best style of cedar you will use for your adirondack chair. One can also pick the style of cedar based on the color of the wood.

Some popular cedar varieties include:

  • Atlantic white cedar
  • California incense-cedar
  • Eastern red cedar
  • Western red cedar
  • Northern white cedar
  • Australian red cedar

This adult chair is very popular:

This child chair is very popular: