First you need to remove the legs (if any) and clean off any loose paint and enamel using a sander.
Step 2
Then turn the bath over to mark the cutout for the future sofa. The shape of the neckline can be smooth, sharp, semicircular, it all depends on your imagination and wishes.
It's worth cutting with a grinder and a cutting wheel for metal. Work with this tool very carefully, take care of protective equipment in advance.
Step 3
After the cut is ready, the cut should be sanded to remove sharp edges and burrs. After which you can start painting the future sofa. To do this, use any paint intended for metal (enamel paint, nitro paint, aerosol paint, etc.); you can use several paints to decorate the sofa, draw any pattern or design, applied with your own hand or using a stencil.
Step 4
The legs can also be painted in any color and installed in their original place. You can use stones or wooden beams(or stumps).
Step 5
For softness and comfort, you can make a seat from foam rubber, cut to the size and shape of the bathtub. Wrap the resulting form with padding polyester. You can sew a cover for a foam seat or simply wrap it in fabric and place it on the bottom of the bathtub. You can also sew or purchase pillows under your back, which will make your stay on such a sofa even more comfortable.
When the long-awaited thing happens in the apartment major renovation, many are driven by a single desire - to quickly get rid of old things in the house, as a result of which most of them begin to safely move to the balcony, to the garage or to the country house. When it comes time to renovate a bathroom, a pressing question arises - what to do with an old cast-iron bathtub? It served well for so many years that it would be a pity to throw it away and there is no place and no need to store such a heavy, large-sized plumbing attribute. The ideas from this article will help solve this problem, showing how you can make a so-called upgrade and give new life old bath.
Small reservoirs and ponds always harmonize perfectly with landscape design dacha area. Building a small pond yourself is not difficult if you have an old bathtub. Such a pond will look most natural if the bathtub is buried almost to the very edges in the ground. In the place where it is planned to organize a pond, it is necessary to make markings based on the size of the bathtub and dig a hole corresponding to its parameters. Next you should plug the side and bottom drain holes wooden plug wrapped in cloth. It is better to paint the inside of the bath black so that the bottom of the bath does not shine with an unnatural whiteness. However, if you do not plan to periodically drain the water from the pond and clean the surface of the bathtub, then after a certain amount of time the bathtub itself will become natural look due to adhering dirt, plant debris and insect waste products. Here are some other ways.
You can lay stones around the pond and plant plants such as loosestrife, bells, iris, ferns, and bergenia. You can also decorate the pond with lanterns and various figures of animals and birds.
Cozy sofa for the cottage from an old bathtub
With some effort and creativity, Can old bath turn into a stylish and original sofa. It can be placed both on the summer cottage itself and in the house. To implement this idea, you need to mark a cut line on one of the sides of the bathtub and remove the excess part with a grinder. The edges should be smoothed and then the bathtub should be painted inside and out in any colors you like that match the interior of the room. After painting, secure the edging to the cut edges. On your feet liquid nails should be glued decorative overlays. A mattress and pillows are placed at the bottom of the bathroom. The sofa is ready.
Beautiful flower bed from an old bathtub
Make an excellent flower bed from old bath won't be difficult. Besides, it's almost ready. You can bury the bathtub completely in the ground, as in the case of a pond, then fill it with soil and plant plants. You can leave the bathtub standing on legs or dig only the legs into the ground. At the same time, the outside of the bathtub should be painted and you can even use your imagination and paint the bathtub with beautiful patterns. Also, for decoration purposes, you can lay out a mosaic on outside crushed baths tiles. And a few more ideas for your dacha.
An old bathtub as a water storage for irrigation
Many summer residents use an old bathtub as a container for storing water in the country. But so that the old bath does not spoil appearance summer cottage, you can easily make a funny cow out of it, like in the photo, which will give a smile and good mood to all family members and neighbors. This excellent cow can also be used as a mini swimming pool for children.
In general, any old thing you can breathe new life, embody it in a different form, use it for a different purpose. An old bathtub is an excellent material for creating truly amazing and most importantly functional decorative elements for a summer cottage, be it a picturesque flower bed, a quiet pond in a thicket of plants, stylish sofa, an original water storage tank or even a mini pool.
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If the old bathroom has served its purpose, do not rush to throw it in a landfill or sell it for scrap; you can use it to make a rather original and creative sofa with your own hands. Such a sofa can become a decoration for any home, from an apartment to country house, it will also fit well into the interior of various salons and offices providing services.
To make such a sofa, an old cast iron or metal bath, although it is better to give preference to cast iron, it has good stability and an original shape, especially if it is an old model. Making a sofa from a bathtub is quite simple, all you need is an old bathtub, an angle grinder (grinder) with cutting wheels for metal and grinding attachments, enamel paints for painting a bathtub and foam rubber with fabric for seats and pillows.
After removing the legs, we clean off the damaged and peeling areas of paint and enamel.
Having laid the bathtub on its side, we draw the expected shape of the sofa frame; here everything depends on the wishes and your own fantasies. Cut lines can be straight, oblique, patterned, semicircular, etc.
We carry out cutting with a grinder and do not forget about personal protective equipment.
Cutting out unnecessary detail bathtubs, we sand the cut line to remove burrs and make it more rounded. You can paint with any paints intended for a metal base, these include all kinds of enamels, nitro paints, aerosol paints and the like.
The legs in such bathrooms are overhead and self-tightening under the weight; they need to be cleaned, painted and put into groove inserts. In case of their absence, you can weld the necessary frame from pipes or angles and install it in it; you can also make stands from stone or wooden beams.
Making a seat is enough simple work, take foam rubber suitable thickness and cut out the required shape from it.
We wrap the cut-out foam rubber blank with padding polyester or spandbond.
Then we cover it with a cloth; if possible and desired, you can sew a cover and insert foam rubber into it.
You can sew the pillows for the back and side armrests yourself or purchase ready-made ones in the store that are suitable in color and size.
Here you can see that the seat base is made from wooden planks, which in turn can be covered with a blanket, blanket or soft blanket.
In this option, the entire interior is covered with foam rubber and a one-piece cover is sewn.
A padded backrest and headrests will give this sofa a businesslike look.
The right combination of colors and colors will give the sofas a unique glamor.
By cutting the bathtub in half, we get two original and quite comfortable chairs, which will become a spectacular addition to your sofa, made from an old bathtub with your own hands.
If you are the owner of an old and unnecessary bathroom, do not rush to throw it away. We will tell you how to make a soft and comfortable sofa from your cast iron bath.
Marking and trimming
1. Measure and mark where you would like to cut out the sofa tub section. We advise you to make the lines straight, this will make it easier to cut.
2. Cut along the lines with a grinder. Don't forget to wear safety glasses. Be careful, because the fragments are very sharp. When trimming is complete, hold the cut sheet to prevent it from falling and damaging the enamel inside the tub.
3. Sand the edges using grinding machine. They must be level and smooth for safe use.
Grinding
1. It is necessary to clean the bottom of the bathtub from old paint. Use sandpaper, a hand scraper, or any other tool of your choice.
2. Use solvent to remove paint residue. Obviously all the paint won't come off, but that's ok. A little Provence wouldn't hurt.
3. You can cover the edges of the bathtub with masking tape or film. 4. You can remove or leave the drain hole. At your discretion.
Grinding is a responsible and long process
Painting
1. Prime. A couple of coats of primer won't hurt.
2. Unscrew the legs of the bathtub and prime it. Paint them a couple of times.
3. Paint the bathtub. Paint and color of your choice. You can use any façade paint.
Sofa decoration
1. Take foam rubber - this will be the bottom of the sofa. Measure the inside width and length of the bathtub and cut the required size for the bottom.
2. Take your pillows and wrap them in a batting blanket. Cover with a cloth. Fold the edges under and tuck them around the edges of the foam.
3. You can sew a cover.
A DIY sofa from an old bathtub is ready. Now you can sit down and relax.
