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Handmade cedar mini porch swing with a straight back and arm rests, hanging from yellow rope
Shot 01 of 07
PL. 01 · Cedar · 12" seat · straight back

Mini Porch Swing

A porch swing at a twelfth the size, built the same way the big ones are — straight back, real arm rests, hung on rope.

$75Price
Tell me how you want it built
Stain — pick one

The four above are the finishes I keep. Anything else I can do — it may carry an upcharge, and I'll tell you what it is before you pay.

Rope or stand

The stand is cedar from the same board and takes the same finish, so the set matches. With rope it hangs off a limb or a hook; on the stand it sits on a shelf, a mantel or a counter.

Engraving (optional)

Names, farms, families, dates. Send me the wording and any picture you're working from — I draw it first, and I price it when I've seen it. A single word and a full scene aren't the same job.

Anything else you want done to it

Custom work is $45 an hour plus materials at cost + 25%, with half down. If what you've written changes the price, I tell you the number first — nothing gets charged you haven't agreed to.

Mini Porch Swing$75
Total$75

Not sure? Call me on (859) 749-2814 — you'll get me, not somebody taking a message.

What it is

This is the one people picture when they think of a porch swing, shrunk down to about a foot across. Straight back, arm rests you could actually hold onto if you were four inches tall, and the same cedar I'd use on a full-size one.

It's built the way the big ones are built — the back slats go on one at a time, the arms get their own supports, and nothing is glued on afterwards to hide a gap. It takes longer that way. It also means it doesn't come apart in the first hard winter.

Most people hang it off a limb with the rope and fill it with seed. Some sit it on a stand indoors with a plant in it. Both are right.

WoodCedar
BackStraight across, arm rests both ends
SeatAbout 12 inches across
HangingRope included · matching cedar A-frame stand +$20
FinishFour stains, or tell me a color
ShippingFlat rate, added at checkout · free local pickup
MadeBy hand in Owingsville, Kentucky — one at a time
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