Soft cozy armchairs for home for relaxation and communication
You can’t do without an armchair, just like without a sofa. We love to relax after a busy day working day, sitting in it with a cup of coffee or watching your favorite show, movie, series. Besides ordinary furniture There is also a frameless one. It went on sale not long ago, but is already becoming widespread; this type of furniture is especially popular among children. The price for this innovation is increased.
Frameless bright beanbag chair “Shapito”
If you want to please your children and give them such a thing, you don’t have to run to the store. If you know how to sew, show your skill and imagination, try to make an upholstered chair yourself. On the Internet you can now find many patterns with step by step description work.
Handmade polka dot bean bag chair
Handmade frameless furniture
Making an upholstered chair has many advantages.
- This thing is light in weight, can be easily moved, and is completely harmless, since it is intended for children who will not only sit there, but also use it in play.
- To create it you don’t need any specific knowledge; you just need to have sewing skills. A bean bag chair is simply a cover filled with a synthetic filler - polystyrene foam, so it is comfortable to sit on.
- It will take a little time to make the chair, and the children will be happy to help make it.
- You will create an exceptional thing, turning dreams and ideas into reality.
- By creating a chair with your own hands, you will significantly save your family budget.
- Inexperienced needlewomen can easily handle the work.
- Part necessary materials you can find it at home, choose according to your taste color scheme and decide on a design.
Unusual frameless chair-bed
We decide on the design and construction (what types of products are there, what to choose, what is easier and what is more difficult to make)
DIY rocking chair with soft seat and backrest
The chair is a comfortable piece of furniture with a back and armrests. But not all chairs have them; the upholstery can be leather or fabric. The shape of the back and armrests can be straight or round. They also differ in type, it all depends on what the chair is intended for, for what room - in a nursery, in a living room or bedroom, in an office.
Soft and fluffy chair for a child, made by yourself
The choice of chairs intended for children must be approached with particular care. It is important that the design is equipped with a system that allows you to change the height of the back and seat, which affects the child’s posture. If this is not taken into account, the child may develop scoliosis. Living room furniture is placed not only in the bedroom, but also in other rooms. We usually relax on it. Office chair suitable for work, it is comfortable, but does not allow you to relax.
Soft ottomans in bright colors in the interior of a modern living room
The chairs also differ in structure. An ordinary chair with a back and armrests, you can simply sit in it, sit comfortably in front of the TV or read. For small rooms it is convenient to use chair-beds. Transformable chairs are popular; they do not convert into a bed, but by reclining the back, you can fully relax. Bean bag chairs are more common in children's rooms. Children simply love to sit on them and play with them. This chair is easy to make at home. Rocking chairs are rare.
Unusual soft transformable chairs for relaxing in the room or on the balcony
A cute plush chair for a nursery - your baby will definitely like it
Once you have decided and decided which chair you would like, it is important to consider some points. When making furniture with a frame, you need to pay attention to its property - it must be strong. Suitable materials are metal, natural wood, MDF, chipboard, you can use bamboo or rattan.
Wooden frame for a chair-bed, perfect for small spaces
The materials for the bean bag chair - the cover and the filling - must be wear-resistant and natural. Nowadays there are a lot of chairs, before you choose or make one, you need to know what model you want, its purpose and that it fits. general interior premises.
Leather bean bag chair in the living room by the fireplace
Necessary materials
Inner and outer parts for making a bean bag chair with your own hands
To make a bean bag chair, you will need materials: approximately 3 meters of satin or calico for the inner cover, 3.5 meters of furniture fabric for the outer cover, a zipper - a meter, polystyrene foam (about 300 liters - one and a half kilograms), reinforced threads, graph paper make patterns.
Expanded polystyrene - special granules for internal filling armchairs
Required Tools
Sewing supplies and necessary tools
Tools you will need:
- pencil,
- scissors,
- ruler,
- pins,
- needles,
- sewing machine,
- overlock for finishing edges.
Workplace for sewing products – sewing machine and overlock
Manufacturing process: step-by-step instructions
Drawings for making an adult and children's bean bag chair
Before you start making an upholstered chair with your own hands, you need to make a drawing, look for the pattern on the Internet and copy it from there. Choose any model for the product, at your discretion - just a bag, a pear, a drop, a square, get creative and make a funny animal. Now we select the fabric.
DIY budget armchair made from old jeans
For the inner cover, it is enough to choose a dense fabric so that after time the balls do not come out - fabric for bedspreads, satin or calico. For outer cover choose a fabric for upholstery, denim or leatherette will do, the main thing is that you like it and combine with the overall decor.
A special filler, polystyrene foam, is used as padding. Order online or buy from a store that sells furniture repair and restoration products. It must be remembered that the material is voluminous and practically weightless. When purchasing it, you need to look at the size of the package, and not the weight. For a bean bag chair you need 250-300 liters.
The chair bag consists of a removable outer cover, a durable inner cover and a filling
If you don't want to bother with polystyrene foam, replace it with ceiling tiles– grind it and use it as a filler. You can use plant components as filling, but it is better to change them every six months, since this is a moisture-absorbing material and mold may appear.
Before making a soft fabric chair, we make patterns, lay them out on the fabric, do not forget about the seam allowances - 2-3 cm, then you need to outline them with chalk. The model consists of a bottom and “petals”. First we start sewing the inner cover: all the wedges are sewn to the bottom, then they are sewn on the sides. Don't forget about the hole for the filler. Now let's move on to the outer case. It is made in the same way; we sew a zipper on the side.
Patterns for a beanbag chair on fabric
When the covers are ready, you need to stuff the inner bag.
Attention! If you are crafting with children, make sure that the granules do not get into the respiratory tract, since they are volatile and can easily get into the nose and mouth. Fill 2/3 of the volume, sew up the hole. Then we put on the top cover and fasten it with a zipper.
Newsprint jacquard bean bag chair
The final stage is decoration
Cozy handmade knitted chairs
You can leave the finished chair in its original form, or you can make it an exceptional element of the interior by decorating it. For needlewomen there are endless possibilities.
Pear chair in the corner of a children's room for a girl
In general, there are many options. Be guided by taste and imagination.
Fluffy fur chair for a cozy living room
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In this article we will consider the topic of manufacturing classic furniture Almost all apartments and houses - a chair with your own hands. This solid wood chair with armrests will not be bulky and best use such products are tableware. Following these instructions, you can make it at home.
The production of the chair will take place in several stages. All of them will be presented below and you can easily make it in a few evenings if you have the tools and materials, because all the schemes will be presented below. There will be no ready-made drawings in this article, since everything is done from improvised means: from boards, plywood bars, which are available.
Frame
Let's call this stage the chair frame.
Of course, almost the entire skeleton will be covered with foam rubber and fabric. Only part of the legs will remain visible.
The back legs are the most important parts of a wooden chair because you need to make them at some angle.
Without thinking for a long time, to make the back part of the chair structure we took ordinary dining chair, which was available, although it did not have a seat. But he was well suited for the role of template. You can take some old grandma's chair.
Markings were made on a 50x150 board.
Be sure to mark the level of the seat of the chair, make it the same as for the chair. IN in this case it was approximately 410 mm from the floor.
Use a jigsaw to cut out the legs of a homemade fireplace chair.
Then we used the finished part as a template to make three more legs, because we are making two chairs at once with our own hands from scrap materials.
The front legs will be straight and square - 55x55 mm. To obtain such a cross-section, you can glue the boards together and then saw them to the required size. We glued 2 pairs of 2 boards, 120 mm wide and 30 mm thick.
There is no glue between boards 2 and 3
Note. A chair with a solid structure is called a frame chair.
While the front legs were drying, we finished assembling the back frame - we made the upper part, the upper part of which has a slight rounding. Then we made the rear seat support bar.
We assembled all parts of the back using self-tapping screws 60 mm long. Before tightening the screws, it is necessary to apply wood glue to all connections and drill mounting holes.
Mounting holes are also called auxiliary or guide holes. They must be drilled so that the self-tapping screw does not go to the side when screwing in and so that the workpiece does not crack. The diameter of this hole is approximately equal to ⅔ the diameter of the self-tapping screw.
We continue to make our wooden chair with our own hands. The blanks for the front legs were glued together and dried. We saw them down to the required size of 55×55 mm.
Place them on the backrest structure and check the length of the legs and whether they lie on the same surface so that the chair does not wobble during use. If the lengths are different, then align them.
The ends of the front legs need to be narrowed. To do this, make small bevels on all four sides.
Make side bars 400 mm long and secure them as shown in the figure below. For better fixation, it is advisable to use screwing screws at an angle, having previously made auxiliary holes.
Install the front seat support bar. It is the same length as the back bar.
To make the English armchair with ears strong, we prepared four parts, the ends of which were cut at an angle of 45 degrees. We applied glue and secured them with screws in the corners of the frame.
Then we cut a piece of plywood to fit the size of the seat. Plywood thickness 18 mm. We secured them with self-tapping screws, after applying glue.
If you want to make the seat softer, then instead of plywood you need to use furniture textile tapes. We will use such ribbons when making the backrest.
The chair must have armrests, otherwise it will be a chair. Let's look at the stages of their manufacture.
The front post and the armrest crossbar must be installed at a right angle. Determine the height of the armrest yourself, it will be 200-300 mm. The cross-section of the bars is square - 50×50 mm.
Secure them with self-tapping screws, screwing them in at an angle.
A classic chair should have “ears”. To make them, prepare a board and a block of the same thickness for each side. Study all the photographs of the “ear” making process. Connect the blanks with self-tapping screws, then draw a curve and cut along the lines. Attach the finished assembly to the back and armrest.
For the right side, use the left “ear” as a template.
You might think that making a chair with your own hands is not such a big deal. simple task, but I want to assure you that the hardest part is behind us.
Before we start upholstering, let's strengthen the frame a little - add crossbars to the back and armrests, as shown in the photo.
Let's add a strip to level the surface of the armrest, round it and sand it.
Upholstery
Now you can begin the upholstery process.
Cut 50 mm thick foam rubber to the size of the seat and glue it to the surface of the plywood.
Secure the horizontal textile straps to the back of the chair using construction stapler, and then vertical.
Take 10 mm foam rubber and cut a piece from it that will be 40-50 mm larger than the seat area.
Now cover the top furniture fabric. Then using furniture stapler attach the cover, padding polyester and foam rubber to the chair seat structure on all four sides.
We attach 25 mm thick foam rubber to the sides and armrests of the chair. To get around the curves, make several cuts as shown in the photos below.
Then remove everything unnecessary.
We continue to consider the topic of how to make a fireplace chair with your own hands. The furniture fabric at the back must be secured as shown in the photo.
At the front of the seat, we made a slit so that the fabric could be folded over and secured.
An overview photograph of the intermediate stage of chair manufacturing without drawings.
Then we covered the sidewall and armrests with synthetic padding. To secure the padding polyester, it is better to use aerosol glue so that the bonding occurs over the entire surface.
We wrap the almost finished chair with armrests in fabric.
And on the front part, at the junction of the armrest and the seat, we bend it at an angle.
See how the sheathing is attached to the inner invisible part; the excess is cut off.
Most likely you have already noticed that the sidewall itself is not sheathed. Because for this we will use a separate piece of fabric, it will be easier to adjust all the bends and curves - we do all this at home.
Here is the view from the outside and what will remain in the invisible part.
Finally we got to the back. We use the same foam rubber (25 mm thick), padding polyester and go through all the same steps that were done with the armrests and sidewalls.
Cover everything carefully with a cloth.
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Before sewing the back part, remove all excess, trim the fabric and threads. Nothing should remain protruding beyond the frame.
To give volume and a finished look, we need the back wooden chair was beautiful and even, to do this we fasten the straps and put lining fabric on top of them, as shown in the photo.
When manufacturing, we do not use a drawing of a chair with exact dimensions, we do everything locally. But if you will make 2 or more products and want them all to be the same, then based on the first chair, make everything necessary measurements and transfer them to paper.
Fasten the padding polyester and then the fabric onto it.
Close-up of the back of the top of the backrest.
We invite you to watch a video with different features and useful tips. Video on foreign language, but it's understandable.
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We fasten the textile straps with outside sidewalls and armrests. Then cover it with a cloth.
Then we attach the fabric along the back edge.
Catch the pattern of the fabric so that the picture does not have any overlaps at the fold.
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Examples of chairs
You can also make a round chair with your own hands
Wooden sofa chair
DIY wooden chairs. Examples of self-made products
When creating the interior of their apartment, each person not only strives to make it multifunctional, but also to introduce a piece of individuality. Therefore, the furniture that makes up the interior should be as original as possible. Nowadays, designers have developed completely new forms of furniture that can decorate a home and fit perfectly with many styles. For example, an unusual round chair can be placed in a nursery, living room or country house.
Image 1. Imp pattern frame chair.
If we talk about a frameless chair or a chair in the shape of a round bag, it can rightfully be considered the best product option for a children's room. The main advantages of the bag are that it is soft, comfortable, and easily adapts to the shape of the body. In addition, such furniture is very safe: even if a child falls on it, there is no chance of injury.
Domestic stores offer big choice similar chairs, shaped not only like a round bag, but also like a pear and an egg, but the cost of such goods is sometimes very high.
In design of this product there is nothing complicated, and if you wish, you can make a frameless chair with your own hands.
Materials and tools
First of all, you need to decide on the form and color scheme furniture. It is desirable that the color of the chair fabric matches the interior of the apartment. But if you are sewing a bag for a children's room, then the children's theme should be of decisive importance. You can choose fabric with stripes, polka dots, flowers, with images of fairy-tale and movie characters, the main thing is that it is bright and cheerful. If you plan to install the bags in the living room, you can give them the color of the wallpaper or another upholstered furniture.
When the choice is made, prepare everything you need to create one or more chairs:
The round frameless chair is completely safe furniture, so it is suitable even for small children.
- A roll of graph paper (scale-coordinate paper for creating drawings).
- Durable fabric for the inner bag for filling. This could be inexpensive satin, water-repellent polyester, fabric for mattresses or sewing workwear. The amount of material depends on the size of the future piece of furniture. Thus, a bag with a height of about 1.2 m and a diameter of 0.9 m will require for its manufacture 2.5 m of material with a width of at least 1.15 m. But such a large chair will also support a weight of up to 100 kg. To make a larger bag, you will need to purchase about 3 m of fabric.
- Fabric for sewing the outer cover. The amount of material is similar to that needed to make the inner cover. In this case, you can use fabrics such as velor, jacquard, flock, tapestry, faux fur and suede, chenille and others furniture materials. According to experts, flock is most suitable for a children's room. It is very pleasant to the touch, does not irritate children's skin, does not fade in the sun and has water-repellent properties.
- 2 zippers measuring 30-100 cm depending on the size of the furniture. The zipper on the inner cover is necessary in order to add filler, which will lose its shape over time. The outer cover has a zipper so it can be removed for washing and cleaning. If desired, the zipper can be replaced with durable Velcro.
- Pencil for drawing a pattern.
- A ruler from 1 m long.
- Tailor's chalk.
- Scissors, pins, needles.
- Reinforced or other strong threads that allow you to make reliable, strong seams.
- Bag filler. There are many options for filling such chairs. This could be: straw or hay, rice or buckwheat husks, cotton wool, padding polyester or scraps of fabric. All these fillers have many disadvantages and are quite expensive. The best option For filling, polystyrene foam is considered, produced in the form of balls with a diameter of 0.5 to 1 cm. Balls of a smaller diameter will make the furniture too heavy, and larger ones will be unevenly distributed inside the cover, due to which the bag will lose comfort. For a chair of the specified size you will need 1.5 kg of polystyrene foam, that is, about 250-300 liters. Try to buy quality material, better imported.
- Sewing machine.
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Stages of creation
All work begins with drawing the pattern on prepared graph paper. The pattern elements should look like this and have the dimensions indicated: image 1.
If you make a chair with your own hands for a children's room, it can be sewn in smaller sizes. To do this, all the details of the pattern must be reduced in proportion to each other. In the same way, you can increase the size of the future piece of furniture.
The pattern pieces are then cut out and transferred onto the fabric. To do this, you need to lay the material out on a flat surface and attach the pattern to it using tailor's pins. All details are outlined along the contour with chalk or a piece of soap. Then the patterns are removed, and the material is cut out so that there is a 1.5 cm allowance around the contours. As a result of cutting, you should get 9 parts: 6 side wedges, 2 parts for the bottom, 1 top part. A similar procedure must be done with the material for the outer cover. It must be cut according to the same patterns and get the same number of parts.
Then all the details should be outlined. They are pinned together and hand stitched with a basting stitch. At the same stage it is necessary to mark the zippers. They are sewn between the wedges, from the bottom to the top. After basting, you need to sew all the parts with reinforced threads using sewing machine. Upon completion of work, the basting should be removed. To ensure that the seams are as strong as possible and that the furniture lasts a long time, you can add another line next to the first one or use an overlocker for finishing.
After the covers are sewn, you need to turn them inside out. front side. A very important moment comes - filling the inner bag with polystyrene foam. This material tends to become electrified and scatter at the slightest movement, so it is recommended to remove children and animals from the room so that the balls do not accidentally enter their respiratory tract. Have a vacuum cleaner ready in case you need to collect scattered balls.
You can fill polystyrene foam through a paper funnel, large plastic bottle with a cut bottom or garden watering can. At the same time, it is necessary to fill the inner cover to no more than 2/3 of its part, so that the furniture has the ability to adapt to the person sitting. Final stage The work consists of putting an outer cover on an inner bag filled with polystyrene foam.
If the process of creating frameless round chair will be successful, you can sew a larger piece of furniture yourself, namely a bag-ball or a frameless sofa.
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Egg-shaped product
Another piece of furniture that is hard not to call original is shaped like an egg. Such chairs were invented quite a long time ago, but they are still considered a fashionable and modern addition to the interior. Them, like frameless furniture, can be successfully produced with my own hands. The process requires some skill, so experts recommend first making small items for children or pets. If the result is successful, you can begin making chairs for adults.
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Preparing for work
To make a round egg-shaped chair, you will need following materials and tools:
- The fitness ball is as large as possible.
- Newspapers.
- Flour, water, salt.
- Plastic pipe.
- Threaded stud with a diameter of about 1.6 cm, nuts.
- Putty.
- White matte paint in cans.
- White epoxy paint in cans.
- Sandpaper.
- Foam rubber with a thickness of at least 40 mm.
- Textile.
- Spray glue.
- Roulette.
- Scotch.
- Hacksaw or jigsaw.
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Stages of creation
The basis of this round piece of furniture will be papier-mâché, which must be made as follows:
- On the fitness ball, visually determine the central section line. Then stick a strip of tape along it with a slight offset. This will be the papier-mâché border.
- Cut or tear the prepared newspapers into strips about 4 cm wide. It is not recommended to make strips that are too wide, as they can create an uneven surface when gluing.
- Prepare a paste for gluing newspapers using 1 cup of flour and 2 cups of water. After mixing the ingredients, add a little salt to the container with the paste. This will eliminate the possibility of mold appearing in the solution. The consistency of the resulting composition should resemble yogurt or low-fat sour cream. First, prepare only 1 portion of the paste, make the rest as needed.
- Secure an exercise ball in a basin or large bowl to make it easier to stick newspapers on it.
- Apply a layer of paste to each side of the paper strips and cover the ball with them within the boundaries outlined with tape. First lay the strips parallel to each other. When the entire surface is covered, place the next layer of newspapers perpendicularly.
- Once the entire ball is covered with a layer of paper, leave it to dry for approximately 12 hours. Then repeat pasting with stripes from 6 (if the chair is intended for a cat or a small dog) to 10 or more (if the chair will be used by a child) times. After applying each layer, the item should dry for about 12 hours.
While the product dries, you can prepare the base. To do this, you will need to mark a circle with a diameter of about 40 cm on a sheet of MDF and then cut it out. A hole is drilled in the center of the circle, equal to the diameter of the nut for the threaded rod. The nut is inserted into the hole and the pin is screwed into it. You need to put a piece on the hairpin plastic pipe. When changing the height of the pipe, the height of the finished product will be adjusted.
Not only craftsmen know how to make an exclusive product from scrap materials comfortable furniture. The advantage of such an activity is obvious - it is the opportunity to translate into reality the most daring ideas for diversifying the living space. An additional bonus One can note the low cost of making home soft chairs with your own hands. Following the advice of designers, you can make a soft chair for a pleasant time in own home. At home, you can exactly repeat all the stages of factory production of this modern and convenient attribute for decorating a children's or living room. On the Internet you can find both the simplest and most complex schemes.
The first step in the manufacture of home upholstered furniture is the choice of fabric for external design soft parts of the structure. Each master selects upholstery depending on physical properties and price aspects and features that different drawings have. Let's look at the most common fabrics for decorating chairs in our time:
- velor – velvety to the touch, gives the furniture a certain charm;
Velor upholstery
- flog is a distant analogue of velor, easy to clean, so designers use it to decorate children's upholstered furniture;
Upholstered flog
- chenille is a fabric based on a combination of natural and synthetic fibers, has particular wear resistance (a well-thought-out structure prevents the formation of pellets);
Chinille in upholstery
- jacquard - the upholstery is considered durable, but over time the loops turn into puffs;
- natural tapestry is the most expensive and beautiful view upholstery fabrics;
Upholstered jacquard
- artificial suede is a universal option for chairs in a sunny room, resistant to UV rays and easy to clean;
Faux suede upholstery
- leatherette – durable material, allowing you to play with decorative embossing.
Leatherette upholstery
Material, fittings, tools for frame attributes
Creating a frame chair from scratch presents some difficulties. But the finished product will have a more respectable appearance. You can verify this by looking at the photo. finished products home craftsmen. You can also use an old Soviet “grandmother’s” chair for the base.
For the manufacture of simple frame Under the soft chair you need to choose durable sheets of 20 mm plywood for cutting out parts yourself. Also useful standard kit repair tools with an electric drill, jigsaw, steel ruler, emery cloth, metal rims, masking tape, pencil, tape measure, thin nails, self-tapping screws, wood glue, stain, glossy paint. For upholstery you need: artificial leather or fabric, foam rubber (filler).
Step-by-step creation of upholstered furniture with a wooden base
- If you don't know how to make a drawing for the base, then look ready-made options schemes on the network. As a rule, they are transferred to a cardboard template with a pencil. Only after this they begin to perform the operations of the described algorithm. This will help you save on excess material, or vice versa – avoid purchasing missing parts.
- Using a cardboard template, future constituent elements are cut out from plywood sheets:
- banana-shaped sidewalls;
- cross bars.
It is important to determine the required angles of inclination, bending and dimensions of the future frame. A photo of the finished chair, created according to your design, will help with this.
- The next stage is surface treatment wooden parts by stripping and grinding. The ends are worked with special care to improve the quality of the work done. These parts are first impregnated with heated drying oil and only then bends are formed with a hammer, if they are provided for in the sketch. Each component element is cut out with an electric jigsaw.
- The sidewalls are painted or treated with varnish-stain. The ends of the side parts are reinforced with metal rims.
- The further course of action is related to the covering of the frame. Using an electric drill, make the required holes. The rims are fixed with screws.
- First, the back part of the back is covered with artificial leather or fabric, then the remaining fragments of the structure, incl. and seats.
- The upholstery material is secured with wallpaper nails, which are characterized by large heads. In the back of the frame chair, the upholstery is fixed along the edge, along the transverse parts, to better cover the slats.
Pattern of a round chair Wooden frame We cover the frame with fiberboard cardboard
Experienced furniture makers recommend additionally treating the fastening points with wood glue. This move is needed to increase the durability of the furniture you create yourself.
Secrets of reliable upholstery: how to sew
The process of stretching the upholstery of soft chairs has its own nuances:
- Foam rubber is cut to the size of the seat (average thickness - 5 cm). The part is glued to the surface of the plywood sheet.
- Horizontal and vertical fabric straps are secured to the back with a construction stapler. Similar belts are added to the armrests and sides from the inside along the shape.
- A piece is cut from a piece of foam rubber 0.1 cm thick, which will be larger in size than the area of the seat (the difference is 4-5 cm). Take a piece of synthetic padding fabric of a similar size with an elongated front part and fasten it with your own hands.
- After the manipulations have been completed, the upholstery is covered with furniture fabric. Using a stapler, the textiles are secured to all corners of the cover and the synthetic foam layer to the frame of the chair seat.
- The sides and armrests are also covered with padding polyester, secured with aerosol glue over the entire surface. Only after this the parts are sheathed with fabric, securing the flap along the staples.
We cover the chair with foam rubber. Additionally we put padding polyester
Not only craftsmen know how to make exclusive, comfortable furniture from scrap materials. The advantage of such an activity is obvious - it is the opportunity to translate into reality the most daring ideas for diversifying the living space. An additional bonus is the low cost of making home soft chairs with your own hands. Following the advice of designers, you can make an upholstered chair for a pleasant time in your own home. At home, you can exactly repeat all the stages of factory production of this modern and convenient attribute for decorating a children's or living room. On the Internet you can find both the simplest and most complex schemes.
The first step in the manufacture of home upholstered furniture is the choice of fabric for the external design of the soft parts of the structure. Each master selects upholstery depending on the physical properties and price aspects and features that different drawings have. Let's look at the most common fabrics for decorating chairs in our time:
- velor – velvety to the touch, gives the furniture a certain charm;
Velor upholstery
- flog is a distant analogue of velor, easy to clean, so designers use it to decorate children's upholstered furniture;
Upholstered flog
- chenille - a fabric based on a combination of natural and synthetic fibers, has particular wear resistance (a well-thought-out structure prevents the formation of pilling);
Chinille in upholstery
- jacquard - the upholstery is considered durable, but over time the loops turn into puffs;
- natural tapestry is the most expensive and beautiful type of fabric for upholstery;
Upholstered jacquard
- artificial suede is a universal option for chairs in a sunny room, resistant to UV rays and easy to clean;
Faux suede upholstery
- leatherette is a durable material that allows you to play with decorative embossing.
Leatherette upholstery
Material, fittings, tools for frame attributes
Creating a frame chair from scratch presents some difficulties. But the finished product will have a more respectable appearance. You can verify this by looking at photos of finished homemade products. You can also use an old Soviet “grandmother’s” chair for the base.
To make a simple frame for an upholstered chair, you need to select durable sheets of 20 mm plywood for cutting out parts yourself. A standard set of repair tools with an electric drill, a jigsaw, a steel ruler, emery cloth, metal rims, masking tape, a pencil, a tape measure, thin nails, self-tapping screws, wood glue, stain, and glossy paint will also be useful. For upholstery you need: artificial leather or fabric, foam rubber (filler).
Step-by-step creation of upholstered furniture with a wooden base
- If you don’t know how to make a drawing for the base, then look for ready-made diagrams on the Internet. As a rule, they are transferred to a cardboard template with a pencil. Only after this they begin to perform the operations of the described algorithm. This will help you save on excess material, or vice versa – avoid purchasing missing parts.
- Using a cardboard template, future constituent elements are cut out from plywood sheets:
- banana-shaped sidewalls;
- cross bars.
It is important to determine the required angles of inclination, bending and dimensions of the future frame. A photo of the finished chair, created according to your design, will help with this.
- The next stage is surface treatment of wooden parts by stripping and grinding. The ends are worked with special care to improve the quality of the work done. These parts are first impregnated with heated drying oil and only then bends are formed with a hammer, if they are provided for in the sketch. Each component element is cut out with an electric jigsaw.
- The sidewalls are painted or treated with varnish-stain. The ends of the side parts are reinforced with metal rims.
- The further course of action is related to the covering of the frame. Using an electric drill, make the required holes. The rims are fixed with screws.
- First, the back part of the back is covered with artificial leather or fabric, then the remaining fragments of the structure, incl. and seats.
- The upholstery material is secured with wallpaper nails, which are characterized by large heads. In the back of the frame chair, the upholstery is fixed along the edge, along the transverse parts, to better cover the slats.
Pattern of a round chair Wooden frame We cover the frame with fiberboard cardboard
Experienced furniture makers recommend additionally treating the fastening points with wood glue. This move is needed to increase the durability of the furniture you create yourself.
Secrets of reliable upholstery: how to sew
The process of stretching the upholstery of soft chairs has its own nuances:
- Foam rubber is cut to the size of the seat (average thickness - 5 cm). The part is glued to the surface of the plywood sheet.
- Horizontal and vertical fabric straps are secured to the back with a construction stapler. Similar belts are added to the armrests and sides from the inside along the shape.
- A piece is cut from a piece of foam rubber 0.1 cm thick, which will be larger in size than the area of the seat (the difference is 4-5 cm). Take a piece of synthetic padding fabric of a similar size with an elongated front part and fasten it with your own hands.
- After the manipulations have been completed, the upholstery is covered with furniture fabric. Using a stapler, the textiles are secured to all corners of the cover and the synthetic foam layer to the frame of the chair seat.
- The sides and armrests are also covered with padding polyester, secured with aerosol glue over the entire surface. Only after this the parts are sheathed with fabric, securing the flap along the staples.
We cover the chair with foam rubber. Additionally we put padding polyester