Rest on fresh air with family or friends - this is a real holiday for those who live in the city. When arranging a country house or dacha, you need to not only think about interior decoration, but also to make yourself comfortable and cozy garden plot, it’s so nice to organize a picnic for your loved ones or just lie on a sun lounger with your favorite book. Garden furniture in this case is simply irreplaceable. It will make your stay pleasant and comfortable. You can make it yourself - it won’t require much effort and will save money.
Peculiarities
Country furniture carries the same functional load as the items in your apartment. There is only one thing to consider important nuance: it must certainly be not only functional, but also practical, since it will be used outdoors. It is this feature that determines the choice of materials for construction - they should not be afraid of water, sun and cold. Let's try to figure out which of them existing materials best meet these requirements.
Cushioned furniture, which stands in our apartments, is undoubtedly more convenient than solid wooden or metal structures. But putting such products on outdoors impractical. To sit comfortably on a country bench or sofa, simply prepare soft bases or pillows that can be easily removed into the house.
Wooden furniture
This classic version garden furniture that you can make with your own hands. Wood is noble and practical option. It is suitable for making almost any item. Tables, chairs, benches and even garden sofas made of wood, with proper care, will serve you faithfully for a single year.
Even a novice master can make a simple bench, but experts in their craft can turn regular table for a picnic into a real work of art.
Metal objects
Metal is very practical and durable material. But when working with it you will need a set of certain tools and skills. Metal parts can be connected to each other either by welding or using bolts and screws. Another option is to give the desired shape by bending individual sections or structural elements.
Wicker furniture
Graceful and sophisticated wicker furniture can become a decoration for any area. The main difficulty is to learn how to beautifully intertwine rods and create from them necessary forms. Even if you have never done this, you can start with the most simple elements. The experience gained will allow us to create more complex and ornate models in the future.
Drawings and diagrams
Having decided on the material from which your furniture will be made, you need to think in advance where it will be located and what kind of items you want to make. After all, despite the fact that these are not apartments, you should still determine the optimal size and style for you.
Shop
The simplest and most traditional material here is wood. There are several simple circuits country shops. You can make seats for them from either boards or solid wood. Based on the diagrams given, you can easily build a comfortable and practical bench or bench of the required size. After completing the assembly, do not forget to treat the wood with a preservative.
As for colors and design, it all depends on your imagination. You can leave clear, laconic lines or cut out graceful curves. The natural pattern of wood is an unchanging classic, so you can only cover it with varnish. But if your idea requires it, then you can easily give it any color.
Table
The most simple option A table is considered to be a product with four supports (legs) and a solid table top. By the way, it can be made from either boards or solid wood. A solid cut of a large tree looks very unusual, and the log itself can be sawn both along and across the trunk.
Often you can see solid tree stumps as a small table. The more impressive its size, the more intricate the pattern the “tabletop” itself will have. The choice of place where the table will be installed is also important. Make sure the surface is level. Otherwise, the tabletop will tilt or the table will wobble.
Reason for country table It can also be made of metal - the product will be truly strong and durable. In addition, metal combines very well with wood and wickerwork. But a tabletop made of glass and other fragile materials is completely unsuitable for in this case. Firstly, even small drops of rain will be immediately visible on it, and, secondly, it can break even from a slight mechanical impact.
Chaise lounge
It cannot be said that a chaise lounge is the most necessary piece of furniture in the country. But remember your vacation somewhere on the seashore and that pleasant feeling when you, relaxed, lay down on it and basked in the rays of the sun. Creating such an atmosphere at your dacha is a dream that can easily be made into reality.
The most convenient option there will be a chaise lounge with an adjustable backrest. With this design, you can choose the perfect angle to read a book or just watch the children frolic nearby.
To make it you will need boards, beams and slats. Once you have assembled the frame, you can begin laying the slats. Don't forget to leave small gaps between them. The height of the sun lounger can be any - it all depends on your preferences. If in doubt, it is better to stick to the standard size of 35 cm.
Garden sofa
The main difference between a garden sofa will be that it will not be upholstered soft foam rubber and fabric. If you are used to gathering at your dacha with a large group, then such a stationary object in the recreation area will be indispensable. It can be either simple or angular, or even U-shaped.
Models made from a tree trunk look quite brutal large diameter. In this case, you will only need to install the log in in the right place and cut out 1/4 of it so that you get a seat. You can complement such a masterpiece with armrests of dimensions that emphasize the massiveness and reliability of the structure. But repaint it in bright colors, covering the texture of the wood, such a sofa is not recommended, since it is in its natural form it will look most impressive.
In addition to the chopped model of a garden sofa, you can also make it from ordinary bars and boards. IN Lately The real trend has become the production of furniture from pallets. In fact, you already have “semi-finished products” that you just need to combine and give them an aesthetic appearance by painting.
Rocking chair
It is quite possible to assemble a rocking chair yourself. But if you have never held a plane or jigsaw in your hands, then we advise you to start with more simple models furniture: here you will need an accurate calculation of every detail. In addition, due attention will need to be paid to the connecting elements: increased demands are placed on them due to the increased load that the chair will have to face during operation.
The design can be absolutely anything. Most often this can be the classic version wooden chair, where you can sit so comfortably on a warm evening, wrapping your feet in a warm blanket and drinking hot coffee. For lovers of minimalist, hi-tech and loft styles, options with a metal base and slatted seat are suitable.
This homemade rocking chair will become a real favorite both among the adult generation, who values silence, and among little fidgets, who will be happy to use it for its intended purpose.
How to collect?
To make the assembly process as easy as possible garden furniture, we recommend stocking up on everything in advance necessary tool. Professional jigsaws and planes in stores are quite expensive, so if you plan to assemble one bench and leave it at that, it is not advisable to purchase them for personal use - ask your country neighbors or friends.
Beginners who are planning to master the manufacture of garden furniture should take into account that it is not always possible to do everything perfectly the first time. It is better to stock up on material for future use so that you can replace the damaged part immediately, rather than running to a hardware store.
The process of making furniture will be much easier if you look for it in advance necessary instructions or drawing. Once you gain experience, you can easily improvise and create your own unique projects. But on initial stages– It’s better to stick to proven schemes.
- Starting to make garden furniture is much easier than inventing and making an interior item for own apartment. This is due to the fact that there are no special aesthetic requirements for it. Well, who can blame you for the fact that the bench turned out to be a little uneven?! And by the way, this is a great experience. And if you already have a chic garden sofa or table, then think about making your own furniture for the kitchen or bath.
- When choosing materials, do not immediately run to the hardware store. Take a closer look at what you have available. Perhaps you or your friend have had beams and boards lying around for several years that you would hate to throw away. Stumps and snags that interfere with the site can also become a unique item or part of it. Do you remember if you have any hunting trophies lying around on your mezzanines? Antlers, skins and other paraphernalia will fit very harmoniously into the interior of your recreation area.
- Pallets (pallets) can be bought for little money at construction sites, in stores or online. You will save significant amount time for cutting and assembly due to these universal designs.
In this article we will talk about how to make a simple practical furniture for a cottage made of wood with your own hands. Interest in making your own furnishings is always high and this is not surprising. Just go to any supermarket and see the price of seemingly cheap tables and chairs made of plastic and you will see that it will be cheaper to do everything yourself.
Of course best choice there will be wood and there are a number of reasons for this, including:
- low price of boards and timber;
- simplicity machining, since you can cut and drill wood using the simplest tools without the need for expensive equipment;
- excellent appearance the finished product due to the specific texture of the wood surface;
- environmental friendliness of the material;
- Possibility of processing with various decorative and protective paints and varnishes.
Of course, this is an incomplete list of advantages, but we will immediately note some disadvantages. The only drawback of wood is its low resistance to negative impact environmental factors.
For example, lumber products with long-term exposure sun rays dry out and become covered with cracks. With long-term exposure to precipitation, wood rots without special preparation and loses its original density and strength.
Advice: High resistance To excess humidity characterized by aspen. Wood of this species is widely used for interior decoration washing and steam rooms in baths and saunas where it is not customary to use protective coatings from paints and varnishes.
If ordinary wood species are used instead of aspen, it is advisable to impregnate the finished products with drying oil and cover them with several layers of enamel.
So, after we have decided on the choice of production material, let’s consider what you can make from wood with your own hands.
Methods for making country stools
Before we begin manufacturing, let's understand that country furniture made of wood, regardless of modification, must be reliable, functional and easy to manufacture. That is why the stools that we will produce will be foldable and assembled form– compact, and therefore convenient for temporary storage.
The main materials will be tongue-and-groove boards with a thickness of 20 mm and a width of 60 and 90 mm.
Cut the following pieces from the board:
- length 470 mm and width 60 mm - 4 pcs;
- length 320 mm and width 60 mm - 4 pcs;
- length 320 mm and width 40 mm - 2 pcs;
- length 350 mm and width 90 mm - 2 pcs;
- length 350 mm and width 60 mm - 2 pcs.
In addition to the listed blanks, hardware will be required for the manufacture of bolted joints.
The assembly instructions are as follows:
- From scraps of board, as shown in the diagram, we assemble a seat. We fix all structural elements with screws, the heads of which are sunk flush with the surface of the boards.
- Next, the chair legs are made, which are fastened with crossbars and a bolted connection in the center.
Important: For greater aesthetics and at the same time safety of using the chair, it is advisable to round the sharply protruding corners of the legs, as shown in the diagram.
- We attach the assembled legs to the seat using a bolted connection.
The finished product is a stool, which can be folded if necessary and will not take much to store free space. For ease of use, all surfaces can be treated with fine-grained sandpaper, soak in drying oil and paint paintwork materials such as PF-115 or PF-116.
Making a rocking chair
It is no secret that the dacha is used by many compatriots exclusively for gardening work, but you also need to rest sometime. For holidays in free time There's nothing better than a homemade rocking chair.
The design of the chair that we bring to your attention is not complicated, and you can certainly handle assembling this product with your own hands.
The materials required are planks 10 mm thick and 30 mm wide and a sheet of laminated multilayer plywood no thinner than 15 mm. The tools you will need are a jigsaw and an electric drill.
The manufacturing instructions are as follows:
- On the plywood sheet, in accordance with the diagram above, we draw the contours of the sidewalls.
- We cut the slats to the width of the future chair. The length can be applied in accordance with the proposed scheme or selected based on your own preferences.
Important: It must be remembered that as the length of the bar increases, it is necessary to increase its thickness.
- Next, we fasten the prepared planks using self-tapping screws along the perimeter of the plywood sidewalls. For greater strength, the planks can be attached not only from above, as shown in the diagram, but also from below.
Important: To prevent the planks and plywood from cracking, it is advisable to pre-drill holes of slightly smaller diameter for the screws.
- It is advisable to clean the finished product with sandpaper, cover it with drying oil, and after complete drying, treat it with one or several layers of varnish.
- Now it remains to consider how it is going to wooden table, which will decorate itself as traditional dacha, so country houses from block containers
Assembling the table
As already mentioned, country furniture should be simple and utilitarian, and in addition, reliable and inexpensive to assemble. These qualities characterize the table proposed in the diagram.
To assemble the product you will need edged board 40 mm thick and 140 mm wide. For installation you will need self-tapping screws. The tools you will need are a hacksaw, an electric drill with a screwdriver function, a sander with sandpaper, measuring accessories and a painting tool for coating the finished product with paints and varnishes.
The assembly instructions are as follows:
- We make a tabletop, which is a canvas assembled from 7 boards and reinforced with 2 lintels.
- In the jumpers, as shown in the diagram, holes are drilled for bolted connections of the supports.
- Next, supports are made, the ends of which are cut at an angle of 45 degrees. In order to choose the right angle and cut the board along it, we use a protractor or miter box.
- We assemble all the prepared components into a single whole and check the strength of the finished structure.
- The final stage of making a wooden table is sanding the finished product and impregnating its surface using drying oil.
- A completely dry surface can be covered with a layer of paint or varnish.
Important: For full use of power tools when processing wood in non-electrified country house, you may need to purchase or rent a diesel generator for your dacha.
Conclusion
What conclusion can be drawn from all of the above? First of all, if there are drawings country furniture You can make many useful and inexpensive things from wood with your own hands. Moreover, to work with wood, you don’t need expensive and hard-to-find tools, since the accessories that are in every home workshop or garage are quite sufficient.
And finally, if you approach it correctly protective treatment finished products, you can count on the fact that homemade furniture will last long years without the need for repairs. If you have any more questions useful information can be found by watching the video in this article.
This article will be useful not only for beginners who do not know where to start making furniture at home, but also for amateur craftsmen who want to try their hand at furniture production.
What will you need at the initial stage?
Introduction
Today, more and more construction and finishing stores have such material as chipboard in their assortment. It is sold in sheets of size 2750*1830 mm, 2440*1830 mm and thickness 16 mm, 18 mm, 25 mm.
Availability of a wide selection of hand-held power tools (jigsaws, grinding machines, hand-held circular saws, planes, etc.) encourages home craftsmen to make some kind of furniture with my own hands. Below we will discuss this topic.
Material selection
For the manufacture of home furniture you need to clearly define the type and chipboard sizes. Basically, the manufacture of cabinet furniture is carried out with using chipboard thick 16 mm. For various countertops and kitchen dies there are sheets of thickness 25 mm.
Surface finishing chipboard sheet It has great value. There is two options for choosing the type of chipboard:
- laminated sheet, called chipboard;
- without a laminated surface, the so-called “naked”.
The second type of chipboard is also quite usable for making furniture, since it has smooth, polished surfaces on both sides. Such a surface can be easily improved by covering it with self-adhesive film.
It is best to choose German-made film. It is thicker than its Chinese and domestic counterparts, which means it will be more difficult to damage mechanically.
The ideal coating option, of course, is veneer, but the cost is also laminated chipboard will be forty percent more expensive than “bare” chipboard.
Necessary tool
When making any furniture yourself, you need special tool, both electric and manual. A power tool will allow you to complete this work faster and make the process more comfortable.
For cutting Chipboard is better take advantage electric jigsaw or manual circular saw . Such cutting work large sheet Chipboard using hand hacksaw it is simply impossible to do, since the cut will be too uneven.
Choosing for this operation jigsaw, you need to be prepared for the fact that you can’t do without chips.
If you want the end of the sawn material to be perfectly smooth not only along longitudinal section, but perpendicular to the plane of the sheet, it is preferable to use electric circular.
Power tools are also required in cases where it is necessary to make rounded corners on furniture elements.
Another necessary tool for self-made furniture is screwdriver. Having such a device in your arsenal, you can easily connect together all the elements of the furniture being manufactured.
Remembering the catchphrase of all masters “measure twice, cut once,” you cannot do without a ruler. To ensure that all parts of the furniture are perfectly even when sawing a sheet of chipboard, you need to use metal meter and angle.
Necessary accessories
Furniture can be assembled by connecting all the elements using wood screws or furniture screws. When using self-tapping screws or furniture screws during assembly, it is advisable to make holes in the chipboard before screwing them in so that the fasteners fit into the array easily, completely screwing into it.
It is easier to screw in self-tapping screws using screwdriver with a special cross-shaped bit. You can do this work using an ordinary screwdriver, but then it will take much more time, and the head of the screw may not fit completely into the chipboard. Screwing in furniture screws is done with a special hex key.
Furniture will be neater if the fastener caps are covered. plastic plugs. They can be matched to the color of the chipboard surface.
The ends of sawn pieces of furniture at home are most often closed furniture edge tape. It is made of plastic, and therefore can be used to cover any curved ends.
Furniture end tape there are two types:
- T-shaped;
- U-shaped.
U-shaped end tape more popular among “homemade” ones, because For T-shaped tape it is necessary to make a groove with a special frieze to effectively secure it at the end of the chipboard, and the U-shaped one is simply put on chipboard ends while hiding chips and unevenness manual sawing, giving the product a fairly presentable appearance.
There are other materials for finishing the end part of chipboard. For example, melamine edge, which is a laminated surface, on the back of which is applied thin layer polyethylene.
This end tape is glued to the end of the furniture piece using an iron (at home). When ironing the front surface of the laminated tape, the polyethylene on its back side melts and sticks to the end.
Also quite popular PVC edge , which is more wear-resistant and durable.
There are only a couple of cases when making furniture with your own hands at home is justified:
- or you are truly a jack of all trades, about whom they usually say “he has hands of gold,” and you have no desire to overpay for something that you can do quite well yourself;
- or you are a beginner who is very interested in this and who has set himself the goal of going through all the stages of making furniture yourself - in this case, of course, additional experience will not be superfluous.
If, for some reason, you have doubts about making furniture yourself or turning to professionals for help, the answer is simple: “Everyone should mind their own business.”
If you like to make things with your own hands, 25 is for you interesting projects furniture from scrap materials. You can make amazingly beautiful furniture for your home from old window frames, doors, stumps and other materials.
1. Simple shelf for shoes in the hallway is made of three boxes mounted on two boards.
2. The headboard of this bed is made from an old door.
3. Unexpected option coffee table from an old stump.
5. Vintage coffee table from an old suitcase.
6. Let's update the lampshade of the floor lamp with the remains of wallpaper.
7. Interesting shelves for the room made from old leather belts and a couple of boards.
8. B console table Old frames were used for the kitchen.
9. Desk from an old suitcase.
10. Bedside table from a wooden box.
11. A bright garden table made from a door. Simple conversion trash can.
12. Table made of wooden beam for real fans natural materials in the interior.
13. Upgrade the stool into a small staircase.
14. Wooden cable reel as a kitchen table.
15. Gold coffee table made from a tree stump.
16. Interesting finish table drawers with end cuttings of boards.
17. Drawers from an old table can serve as shelves.
18. Old window frames will help you create a coffee table with a display box.
19. Charming wall cabinet from an old window.
Many craftsmen and hobbyists prefer to make furniture from wood. What is the secret of the popularity of this material? A skilled person with some knowledge and a set of tools can easily make a slab or timber original items interior design that will decorate any home, cottage or gazebo. Natural materials look appropriate here. It is important to follow the rules for creating products.
Why choose natural wood
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Traditionally, wood panels made from solid wood or glued together are used. They are obtained by pressing thin sheets between themselves.
The panels are convenient for making cabinets, kitchen corners, shelves, tables and other large items, as they allow you to cut out large parts.
You can also use less familiar options for the setting. For example, making interior elements from slabs, slats and boards. This will emphasize the originality of the furniture tandem. For example, benches made of timber are ideal for a garden gazebo.
Wood species
Wood is divided into hard and soft. The first category includes oak, beech, apple, elm, sycamore - they are used to make bearing structures, frames and other elements experiencing heavy loads.
Willow, pine, cedar, poplar, alder and other soft wood produce finishing elements and ornaments that have beautiful texture. This type is easy to process, plastic, and is used to make facades, shelves and other parts that are not designed for high loads.
A few ideas
Where to put the manufactured furniture? First of all, it is placed in a country house, less often in apartments. In the second case, it is appropriate to use less coarse materials, for example, willow, grapevine, rattan.
The peculiarity of wicker furniture is convenience and comfort.
Photo: a banquette made of burnt bars as a box (chest) on wheels
Product made from slab - chest
Photo: children's set: table and 2 chairs
Carved stool
Selecting raw materials
In order for furniture to last a long time, it is necessary to use high-quality materials.
Certainly, perfect option– independently trace all stages from the log house to the sale. Unfortunately this is not possible. We offer a number of proven methods that will help determine the quality of wood:
- a small number of knots indicates the quality of the material;
- first or zero category of raw materials – best indicator for further manipulations;
- the density of growth rings is equal to the strength of the board, which is especially important for conifers;
- Proper drying is the key to the durability of furniture.
Wooden slats are an excellent material for making a combined trio.
Wood with parallel annual layers is stronger. It does not warp, does not crack, has long term services.
It is convenient to make both simple and complex elements from it. Material affected by fungus is not suitable for production.
Problems will be visible on the cut. If their color is uneven or bright, then you should not take such boards.
When combining several species in one product, it is worth considering their structure. If it is similar, then drying will occur evenly.
Thematic material:
It is necessary to decide in advance on the texture and texture. If needed smooth surface, use birch, linden or beech. More prominent species are oak, brushed pine, ash and walnut. In the catalogs there are photos of these indicators of wood after processing or painting, which will also make the choice easier.
Manufacturing stages
To assemble the furniture yourself, you will need various instruments, suitable premises and the right technology.
- Creating a project. You need to decide whether the furniture is intended for a gazebo or a house, where it will be placed, what it is made of: slabs, timber, slats, solid wood. The idea is embodied on paper.
- Marking. Now the drawings are transferred to the material.
- Sawing.
- Treatment with special impregnations that will protect the wood structure from moisture, atmospheric influences and insects.
- Coating with varnish or paint.
- Assembly. The parts are connected using slats, glue, dowels, and other technology can be used.
It doesn’t matter what the furniture and decorative items are made from: willow, slab, timber, boards or slats.
The main thing is that it is done with soul. Creative ideas will appear as the work progresses and experience is gained, and numerous photographic materials will help with this.