There is no need to repeat what outdoor recreation is and what a sun lounger means in this context. But for a person who knows at least a little tinkering, it may be easier to design a chaise longue with his own hands than to buy a ready-made one. And it's not just about money. Available retail outlets may simply not have something that you just want to lie down and relax in. Yes, there is, of course, online trading. But what comes to you may not be the same ergonomically as it looked in the picture. In general, furniture and recreational items (not to mention medical) should not be purchased in absentia. Unless the seller guarantees a 100% refund of payment without any explanation from the buyer. Okay, science fiction should be written by science fiction writers, but we should get closer to the point.
We will not consider products similar to those in the photo below. For one simple reason - their production requires production conditions. And at home it will hardly be cheaper than buying ready-made ones. Even if you are a skilled craftsman and own all the necessary tools. But a chaise lounge made in a day (maximum - over a weekend) from scrap materials on a balcony or in a garage can be no less comfortable, look no worse, and will probably cost no more than a third of the price of a similar purchased one. This is what we will do. Including steam rooms and children's rooms.
Soft or hard?
The first question that needs to be decided is whether, so to speak, the landing surface of the chaise lounge will be hard or soft. On the one hand, this is determined by the purpose and nature of use of the product; on the other hand, the choice of soft/hard determines the choice of design of the chaise lounge. Its bed/seat can be either soft fabric or hard made of wooden planks. A soft bed, if done correctly, absorbs well, removes and, like a wick, evaporates grease; a soft chaise lounge is cheaper, easier to make (especially foldable), and takes up less storage space. But it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to fully relax in a soft sun lounger for more than 2-3 hours; why - see below. In general, in terms of the totality of its qualities, it is soft - the optimal chaise longue for a summer house (you won’t spend the day there anyway) and as a portable one, for example. for fishing, also see below.
A hard chaise lounge is more difficult to make, the materials for it will cost more, and you will need a fairly large room to store it in winter. But a hard chaise lounge can be extremely ergonomic: you can lie on it all day or have a quick and good rest after hard work. Provided that it is covered with a terry sheet or a blanket made of upholstery fabrics for cabinet furniture - flock, microfiber, etc. Otherwise, on a hot day you will have to get up, peeling your sweaty back off the sticky wood, which is not very pleasant.
Note: a hybrid of both, possessing almost all their positive qualities, but bulky - a chaise longue on a tubular frame, see fig. But structurally and ergonomically, this product is closer to hammocks and rocking chairs.
Varieties
A chaise longue is, roughly speaking, either a trestle bed with an adjustable headrest, or a chair with also adjustable camber of the seat and back (with one exception, see below). The chaise longue-bed is carried out first. hard; chaise lounge chair – soft.
The main types of design of sun loungers are shown in the figure:
A simple chaise longue-bed (item 1) is extremely economical: its production may require only 2-3 hours of time and materials for 100-200 rubles. (depending on which ones you already have at hand), see for example. video:
Video: homemade chaise lounge for 100 rubles
For ease of use and transportation, armrests, footrests, shelves, pos. 2. This significantly increases the cost and complicates its production, but does not improve ergonomics at all: you lie on this for an hour and a half, you have to get up - and you groan, your lower back ache. However, there is a very simple trick that can greatly improve the ergonomics of a simple chaise longue, see below.
The anatomical chaise longue-bed (item 3) allows you to quickly, within half an hour or an hour, restore strength after hard work or take a sunbath all day without becoming stiff. But structurally it is the most complex, material- and labor-intensive. An “anatomical type” chaise longue with a broken rather than smoothly profiled bed (item 4) is not much simpler in design, but in terms of ergonomics it is worse than even a simple straight one; The angular dip under the “fifth point” is especially noticeable.
Of the soft sun loungers, the most common is the universal (garden) one, pos. 5. In fact, a soft beach lounger, pos. 6, but to make it more difficult: you need not only to increase the maximum camber of the back and seat, but also to add stages of its adjustment, see fig. on right.
A fishing chair is made almost exclusively soft (item 7 in the previous figure), keeping in mind its weight and dimensions and ease of transportation. A fishing lounge chair, firstly, has a smaller seat depth and a higher back height. Secondly, their camber and slopes, especially if the lounge chair is homemade, are adjusted to suit you once and for all. The reason - it doesn’t bite, it doesn’t bite, suddenly - it’s gone! And it seems that the chub (or bream) is leading, which need to be hooked very skillfully and carefully. And from a garden or beach lounger, having relaxed, you cannot rise quickly, smoothly and silently.
Chaise lounge or chair?
The so-called garden chairs are very ergonomic and at the same time quite simple in design. Adirondack type, or simply Adirondack chairs (see picture on the right); they were invented by the inhabitants of the Adirondack Mountains of North America. You can sit in an Adirondack chair for a day, admiring the landscape (the views there are worth it, just look at Rockwell Kent’s painting “Adirondack Autumn”), and get out of it fresh and invigorated.
Note: an Adirondack garden chair, even without a footrest, can completely replace a chaise lounge. On its armrests, vessels with drinks and dishes with snacks are quite conveniently placed. An average amateur craftsman can make an Adirondack chair with his own hands. Therefore, although there are other publications about garden chairs, here we also provide drawings of an Adirondack garden chair made of wood:
Materials
Next we will look at how a wooden chaise lounge is made. Sun loungers with a metal base are much more labor intensive. The frame (frame) of a chaise lounge made of ordinary steel under normal operating conditions quickly corrodes, despite any painting, and profiles made of metals that are resistant to corrosion will cost more than very high-quality wooden blanks, see below. The only exception is a fishing chair (mass and size!); it is better to do it on a frame made of aluminum pipes, see for example. video:
Video: homemade deck chair for fishing
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But the choice of material for a wooden sun lounger is also not easy. And the question immediately arises: solid wood or glued plywood? The first one is more solid, but it is more difficult to select material for it. A chaise longue made of glued plywood is more labor-intensive, but more technologically advanced, especially in the case of an anatomical chaise lounge; the material for it will cost less than high-quality wood.
Array
Ordinary timber for a deck chair is of little use - it is not resistant enough to regular alternating loads (houses and barns are not dragged from place to place, folded up and hidden for the winter). In terms of mechanical and chemical resistance, larch would be suitable for a sun lounger, but its wood, like that of other conifers, quickly fades and turns gray from solar ultraviolet radiation.
Among domestic hardwoods, oak and beech are suitable, provided they are impregnated 2-3 times with a water-polymer emulsion (WPE). The last name is not entirely clear, and the first is a bit long, so now EPE is going on sale under the name “Ecogrunt”. This is the same substance, suitable for impregnating anything even slightly porous - from concrete to soft wood.
Note: walnut and hornbeam, also quite resistant to mechanics, chemistry and light, are unsuitable for outdoor furniture, because easily affected by pests.
Hevea
There would be no need to talk about tropical species like teak due to their high cost and the fact that in the Russian Federation they are supplied almost exclusively in products. However, recently, Hevea wood has appeared in sufficient quantities on the wood market. This Brazilian tree is known as the best rubber plant, but armies of Seringero suicide bombers no longer go into the wilds of the Amazon for “wild” latex. Hevea is grown on plantations in the humid tropics around the world, and when the trees become depleted from regular pruning, they are cut down and sold as timber; partially - dissolved into ornamental preparations.
Note: Why are these rubber miners - seringeros - suicide bombers? The Amazon is a veritable green hell, infested with deadly diseases and creatures. Here's an example - during World War II, when the need for natural rubber increased sharply, Ford Motor Co. alone. sent 30 thousand Seringeros to the Amazon jungle. Of these, according to official American data, 283 people survived (less than 1%). But, by the way, this hell is the main supplier of oxygen to the Earth’s atmosphere. All other tropical forests, together with the taiga, provide almost three times less, and the ocean, as it turns out, consumes almost all of its oxygen itself.
The advantages of Hevea as an ornamental tree are undeniable:
There is only one drawback of Hevea wood: its trees on plantations are depleted when they are young, at the age of 5-10 years. Therefore, Hevea does not enter the market as long construction pieces. But for the manufacture of a sun lounger this is not essential.
Note: if you go to furniture stores, you will find that 10,000 rubles. for a living room chair made of hevea this is not quite expensive. But then it turns out that a dining table made from the same set, which uses 10-15 times more wood, costs 18,000 rubles. Yeah! We are looking on the Internet to see if Hevea blanks are sold. It turns out yes, and the prices are reasonable.
Plywood
Here, too, there is a choice: bakelized birch, moisture-resistant (aviation grade)? It is very expensive, does not bend well and often cracks when bent. Construction pine? It fades and turns gray in the light, like any coniferous tree, and is also not very cheap. Packaging made from waste wood (alder, aspen, poplar)? It’s cheap, it bends, figuratively speaking, even if you knit it with knots. Is it fragile, not resistant to mechanics, chemicals, or pests? After some additional processing, which is quite doable at home (see below), it will be quite suitable for a chaise lounge. Especially for anatomical ones, the design of which has curved parts, and concentrated loads are much smaller in magnitude than in soft ones.
Impregnation and sawing
It is obvious that packaging plywood needs to be impregnated for strengthening and moisture resistance. It is not difficult to guess that the best impregnation in this case is the same Eco-soil (EPO): cheap, safe (you can work in a living room with children), and quite effective for a sun lounger. Impregnate with a plaster brush 2-3 times on each side with an interval of 15-30 minutes and dry for a day (at temperatures above 25 degrees and humidity up to 60%, you can dry overnight).
But the first secret is that you need to soak the whole sheet or part of it intended for the sun lounger. Yes, before sawing into parts. Why? Anyone who has ever worked with a jigsaw knows how much sawdust it produces and how it scatters + the pungent smell of burnt wood. Impregnated plywood generates much less dust and smell when sawed. It’s easier with a circular saw, but not everyone has one, it doesn’t make a curved cut, and all the same - the less sawdust, the better.
About the jigsaw
If you are just planning to purchase a jigsaw (which will come in handy in many cases), then, when you pick it up, do not cut straight away, practice on scraps and waste. A jigsaw is no less capricious than a manual one. The first cuts may generally go to the sides, then they will become slightly wavy. A laser marker is of no use - it gets lost literally in the first centimeters of a cut, even if you have a “cool” Bosch or Makita. But once you get your hands on your own, exactly your own, tool, your friends won’t believe that this was done by hand, and not on a cutting machine.
Plywood
The plywood parts will gain full moisture resistance after the impregnation has completely dried, after 2-3 days. But for the necessary strength they need to be glued together from strips of plywood. The best glue, again in this case, is PVA assembly glue. It is sold in construction stores under the names “Structural”, “Reinforced”, “PVA D2”. Its important advantage is comparatively, for example. with liquid nails and other nitro-based adhesives - non-dried PVA is washed off completely with water. If it gets on your clothes, wash it under the tap; on the carpet - wipe several times with a wet swab or use a washing vacuum cleaner.
Mounting PVA has a somewhat gelatinous consistency and takes a long time to dry to full strength, the same 2-3 days. According to conventional technology, the parts to be glued are kept until the glue becomes tack-free (this is approximately 20 minutes), and then under pressure for at least a day. If you take into account that gluing, say, beams 24 mm thick will require 4 strips of plywood 6 mm thick, and the home craftsman doesn’t have a lot of clamps and weights for weighting, then making a sun lounger can take a long time until you have to think about insulation, boxes/ screens for radiators, etc.
Not just nails
All the parts for a plywood chaise longue can be re-glued in one day, and the product itself can be assembled the next day if you use metal fasteners to hold the glued parts together with compression. But the heads of the usual self-tapping screws will either stick out in plain sight, or they will need to be puttied and painted over. Over time, they will rust, but the main thing is that a large number of thick ribbed fasteners will inevitably weaken the parts.
These problems will not arise if you use the so-called. finishing nails. They are also sold in construction stores, and if they say “No!” or they will look at you in surprise, explain: “Yes, these are the ones that are used to nail platbands to MDF doors! Nails for platbands!
“Cash” nails are made of bronze (these are more expensive) or high-quality stainless steel; their heads and necks are shaped somewhat differently than those of conventional construction ones. Therefore, finishing nails very rarely bend and do not prick the material, even if the hammer is in the hands of a “full teapot”. And one more thing - finishing nails are anodized in different colors, so you can choose ones that are invisible on your material (see figure). Finishing nails are available in different sizes; the most popular ones are from 12x0.6 to 25x1, which is just suitable for assembling plywood parts using plywood.
Gluing
Gluing plywood parts from strips using finishing nails is done as follows. way (see also fig.):
- Let's say we need a beam 25 mm thick - we prepare 4 strips of plywood 6 mm thick, the missing 1 mm will be provided by layers of glue;
- Lubricate with glue and put 3 strips together (on the left in the figure), there is no need to keep it until it sticks;
- We fasten with finishing nails 15x0.7 (0.8) in a snake with a pitch of 200-300 mm, but at least 3 attachment points per part. If our beam is up to 600 mm long, only 3 nails will be needed, arranged in the form of an extended letter Λ, in the center in the figure;
- Similarly, attach the last strip on the opposite side. We place the attachment points in a mirror image to the original one, i.e. the nail heads form an extended V;
- Using a wet swab, remove the squeezed-out glue residues;
- We put the assembled workpiece aside to dry and make the next one.
Note: The workpiece assembled in this way is, in principle, suitable for final processing immediately, only wet glue stains the tool.
What if it’s crooked?
Bent plywood parts are also assembled in a similar way, but they cannot be over-dried after impregnation: for 1-2 days, plywood impregnated with EPE remains quite plastic, but then it becomes stiffer and more fragile than “raw” plywood. The technology for manufacturing bent parts of a deck chair deck depends on how this deck itself is assembled: framed transversely or longitudinally in place, see below. The longitudinal flooring is quickly assembled directly on the finished product frame; transverse along the frame is much more labor-intensive.The strips of longitudinal flooring are nailed one after another directly to the supporting beams of the frame with the same finishing nails. The finished product is dried for a day, sanded, varnished or painted - and it’s ready. To assemble the parts (lamellas) of the transverse flooring, you need to prepare a plaz - a flat wooden panel of a suitable size. Then:
- On the plaza, the contours (profiles) of the flooring lamellas are marked. Because The lamellas cannot be removed from the plaza until the glue has completely dried; it is advisable to knock off as many profiles as needed at once, i.e. the plaza needs to be large enough;
- The plaza is covered with transparent PE film;
- Wooden blocks - rats (this is the technical term) - are nailed along the lines of the lamella profiles. The rats are placed on one side of the profile line in those places where the frame support beams will be under the slats. The height of the rat is equal to the width of the lamella; thickness – the thickness of the beam.
- The first strip of plywood is simply nailed sticking to the rats with finishing nails;
- Subsequent strips are lubricated with glue before attaching;
- After 2-3 days (in this case, you need to wait until the glue is at least 85% cured), the blanks, along with the rats, are torn off from the plaza;
- The rats are knocked down or (better) carefully torn off with a sharp nail puller;
- The oblique/bent ends of the nails are cut off, and the straight ends are used to attach the slats to the beams.
Making a soft chaise longue
The easiest thing to do for a summer cottage, fishing, and perhaps a free beach nearby is a soft lounge chair. Its fabric bed is made of tarpaulin or other durable, resistant cotton fabric. Linen canvas is of little use - it is durable, but rather rough, but at the same time slippery, which can result in abrasions on the body. Furniture flock and microfiber are excellent, but quite expensive.
Typical dimensions of a universal (see above) soft chaise lounge are given in the figure:
But the design shown there has a highlight: no need for plumbing work and simplified carpentry. The parts of the seat-back camber adjuster (highlighted in bluish-gray on the right in the figure) are wooden because the oak (or beech) locking rod does not rest on holes at points, as usual, but on slats along the entire length; the rest of the metal fasteners are ready-made purchased (M6 bolts with press-washer heads and nuts for them). By arranging the adjuster racks differently or simply filling them more, you can achieve any limit of camber adjustment and the number of its stages from those indicated above. Most of the structural parts are made of 40x25 timber, except for the headrest and popliteal ties - they are fastened with pairs of furniture confirming screws and therefore are made of boards 60x30 or 80x40 (in section).
Headrest
The Achilles heel of soft sun loungers is the head and popliteal support-ties. If the kneecap doesn’t really interfere, then the headrest is very felt by the neck or the back of the head. Therefore, the headrest of a soft chaise longue is almost always made double (which, by the way, increases the lateral rigidity of the structure) and is wrapped in the fabric of the bed, see fig. change at least every season.
Note: drawings of a soft garden lounge chair of a classic design are shown in the figure:
No adjustment
A soft garden chaise longue for one person or several of similar height, corpulence and build can be quickly made non-adjustable from scrap materials. An example of this kind of design is shown in the video:
Video: homemade chaise longue for the garden
One of the commentators on this video states that this lounge chair is prone to transverse parallelogram folding. Why he called the horizontal transverse axis the z axis, he knows better. But in the described design there are enough cross-links of rigidity and it is possible to identify at least 3 virtual boxes that prevent parallelogram folding. For those who have not studied construction mechanics, just look at any panel or monolithic house. Where are the oblique/diagonal slabs, beams, columns? But it's worth it. And if it collapses from excessive influence from the outside, then it is not in a parallelogram.
Let's move on to the anatomical
Making a hard anatomical chaise lounge is much more difficult than a soft one, and you cannot carry/carry it with you, but relaxing in it will be much more pleasant and fulfilling. First, let's determine the purpose of the product. For relaxation after hard work and/or elderly people, you need a chaise longue with a low back and a deep dip under the pelvic area, pos. And in Fig. For the beach and general relaxation, a chaise lounge with a raised back and a small smooth protrusion under the lower back is more suitable. In the first case, it is necessary to ensure the drainage of blood from loaded (possibly sick) legs; in the second - to prevent it from flowing to the legs. Of course, the best would be a transformable chaise longue, which allows you to implement one or another anatomical scheme.
Note: Americans of pre-liberal times lifted their feet on the table at every opportunity, and it was not their rudeness at all. At that time, only managers of at least middle management worked sitting in a chair, and the rest, like wolves, were fed by their feet.
Topchan
Let's start with something simple, without any physiological and anatomical subtleties. You can relax quite decently on an ordinary beach couch, but is it possible to somehow improve it without complicating it or making it more expensive?
Drawings of a simple beach lounge chair with an adjustable headboard are shown on the left in the figure, and on the right there - with the same improvement that makes the bed more ergonomic. Specifically, with slightly profiled sidewalls. In this case, it is better to use a regular construction board on the drawers, 2-3 times impregnated with eco-soil; flooring - from slats 30x30 or 40x40. This chaise lounge can either be painted or varnished with acrylic varnish for exterior use in 3-4 layers; in this case, the wood will not fade in 4-6 years.
Frame or beams?
Frame in Russian frame without any Hi-Tech. Frame structures are now commonly called structures with a supporting frame and non-functional cladding; again in Russian, frame.
Frame load-bearing circuits (see, for example, on the left in the figure) are widely used in the production of furniture, incl. anatomical sun loungers in the economy and mid-price segment, thanks to minimal material consumption; their labor intensity in automated production is also low. Flooring on a frame frame (claims regarding tautology - to the authors of the term) can be laid from longitudinal or transverse lamellas. But for an amateur working in a garage or on a balcony, the frame design is clearly a bit complicated.
If you look closely at the photos of expensive/elite anatomical sun loungers, it turns out that most of them are made according to a beam design with a working longitudinal covering of the flooring (on the right in the figure); The transverse beams are laid on the frames without insertion and are attached to them with self-tapping screws. The point here is not only and not so much in the “coolness of the money” - relaxing on a sun lounger with a longitudinal flooring is much more complete, because The ribs of the lamellas are not felt by the body even through a single-layer terry blanket. In addition, the lamellas can be made of one layer of 6 mm plywood and are mounted plastically immediately after impregnation without plaza directly in place, see above. But the flooring of the bed of a beamed sun lounger can only be longitudinal, because its casing is working.
Note: in fact, the only case when the bed of an anatomical chaise longue is possible only from transverse slats is a quick-assembled/dismountable chaise lounge like the one in Fig. on the right or shown in the video below:
Video: anatomical chaise lounge chair
Design examples
Furniture makers, both amateurs and professionals, rarely apply the canons meticulously and scrupulously. Any product made by human hands requires a creative approach, and in practical designs of sun loungers, the basic principles of their construction are applied with certain combinations and modifications.
For example, a chaise lounge, the drawings of which are given in Fig., can be classified as partially transformable. The profile of its drawer (on the right in the figure) is chosen in such a way that, depending on the inclination of the bed, this chaise lounge is suitable for both deep rest and mindless relaxation. The power scheme is combined: a small number of transverse beams (not support ones) work together with the flooring of the bed made of thin boards (preferably plywood slats). As a result, the design turns out to be technologically simple and low material-intensive.
On the trail. rice. - an example of another approach to the same problem: a rocking chair (the side of the cell of the section drawing is 100 mm; the flooring is made of slats 30x40). Here the “transformation mechanism” is the vacationer himself: leaning back or leaning forward, he chooses (perhaps unconsciously) the most comfortable position. While swaying, you can combine both types of relaxation. If the lounge chair is under a tree, then the psychological relaxation from contemplating the fluttering leaves against the sky will enhance and complement the physiological one.
For elderly and/or people who are very tired from physical labor, a chaise longue is more suitable - a recumbent rocking chair with a canopy (see figure). If your body aches, your legs are filled with lead, and, especially, the romantic illusions of youth are behind you, the flickering before your eyes and the bright light in them only irritate, but when the fatigue subsides, the canopy canopy can be rolled up “to suit your mood.”
Drawings of a mobile couple's lounge chair with a folding canopy
A massive structure that can be rolled into a secluded corner, a durable elastic bed woven from a rope (preferably a propylene cross-lay); In such a chaise lounge, relaxation for two can be very, very active. And over time, its natural result will appeal to the children's anatomical chaise longue (side profile in the figure below; cage 10x10 cm, dimensions also in cm).
At the moment, there are a huge number of variations for making a wooden sun lounger with your own hands. Some of them will be discussed below.
Wooden lattice chaise lounge
This model of sun lounger is very common at seaside resorts. Now owners of country houses and dachas will be able to enjoy relaxing on such a piece of furniture. The chaise longue is essentially flat, with an adjustable backrest. The only thing that makes it difficult to move around the site is its heaviness. But the problem can be solved by installing rollers or wheels on it.
To assemble this piece of furniture with your own hands you will need:
- Plates with a thickness of 1.8 cm;
Important! It is best to use slabs made from coniferous wood, as they are more resistant to atmospheric influences.
- For the frame, beams size 45*45;
- For covering the sides of boards 2.5 cm thick;
- Screwdriver and jigsaw;
- For working with wood, several drills with a diameter of 4 cm;
- Screws (it is better to take those that have a countersunk head);
- Mounting corners for the bed in the amount of 4 pieces;
- Ten-centimeter rollers in the amount of 4 pieces;
- Sanding sheet with grit from 120;
- Decorative coating (varnish, paint).
The master himself can independently choose the size of the chaise lounge that suits him best. The standard size is 60*190 cm. To begin with, it is best to prepare drawings.
The algorithm for making a sun lounger with your own hands is as follows:
For more information on how to make a sun lounger out of wood with your own hands, watch the video:
Wooden chaise lounge with fabric seat
This chair is also very popular. It is convenient in that it is very convenient to move this piece of furniture around the site; it does not cause any problems during transportation and storage, as it folds into a compact flat shape. Making such a chaise lounge with your own hands is not difficult.
For such a chaise lounge you will need:
- 6 slats with a rectangular cross-section of the same size 25*60 cm, but of different lengths: 2 of 120 cm, 2 of 110 and 2 of 62 cm.
- Five slats with a round cross-section of 2 cm. The number depends on the length: 65 cm - 1 piece, 60 and 50 cm, two slats for each length.
Important! Slats should be used from wood species such as birch or beech. They have greater strength.
- Durable fabric measuring 200*50 cm. Canvas, jeans or tarpaulin are perfect.
- Bolts and nuts for furniture with a diameter of 8 mm.
- PVA glue.
- The file is round.
The work is performed in the following sequence:
At this point, the work on assembling the frame is completed, now we move on to sewing the seat. Before this, you need to measure how long to take a piece of fabric. To do this, you need to fold the chaise longue and measure the amount of fabric. In this position, it should sag a little and not be tense.
In order to fix the fabric on the chaise longue, you first need to process the edges on a sewing machine, and then wrap the transverse round crossbar and nail them with small nails. On both sides.
It is also possible to make loops on both sides and attach the fabric on them to the cross bars.
Kentucky folding chair
This original chair is assembled from blocks, folds easily and does not take up much space when stored.
To make it you need to prepare:
- Bars size 45*30. Size 50*33 cm is also used.
- Galvanized wire with a cross-sectional diameter of 4 mm or studs with washers and nuts.
- Staples for clamping wire in the amount of 16 pieces.
- Fine-grit sandpaper.
- Wire cutters and hammer.
For work, the total length of the bars is 13 meters. All cuts and holes in the bars must be carefully sanded.
The work is carried out in the following sequence, as shown in the drawings:
Conclusion
A chaise longue is a very comfortable piece of furniture that adds homeliness and a certain charm to the area. It is a pleasure to relax in such a chair.
You don’t need to buy ordinary plastic chairs for your site, which look too simple, or buy expensive garden furniture, just take a little time to create your own unique pair of sun loungers, so you can save your budget and develop carpenter skills, and make an original decoration of the site with your own hands, which then will be proud. You can make several sun loungers of the same type, or you can try your hand at making all the models at once and place them throughout the garden so that you can relax anywhere.
Hot summer brings a lot of trouble to people. How sometimes you want to lie down somewhere and take a nap under the thick crown of trees. Such a vacation relaxes and allows you to gain additional strength.
To treat yourself to such relaxing relaxation, you need to come up with something. Something that is at the same time quite simple to do and does not take much time. And here it is worth paying attention to the unusual long chaise lounge chair. This is a pretty simple and convenient thing.
And in order not to lose sight of anything, it’s enough to use photographs of a chaise lounge made by yourself, which can be found in huge quantities on the Internet.
Long...chair?
A chaise longue is a long and light wooden chair that is designed for relaxation. Most often, sun loungers can be seen at tourist centers, recreation centers, sanatoriums and hotels. They are installed next to a swimming pool or artificial pond, where any vacationer can calmly lie down and relax.
The chaise longue fits very well into the overall interior, so a person can install it in their dacha, house or plot. Beautiful appearance will allow you to decorate any home corner.
A person can either buy one for himself or make a chaise lounge with his own hands.
What do we have?
Comfortable long chairs look completely different. And before you start working directly, you should understand what type of chaise lounge you need to make. They are:
- in the form of a rocking chair (the back is at an angle, so the relaxation process is very comfortable. You can not only sit, but also lie down and even sleep);
- in the form of a regular chair (elements of a folding bed or crib are taken as a basis; armrests can be mounted as desired);
- in the form of a monolithic product (during manual assembly, all parts are tightly fastened, so disassembly is impossible; it is strong and reliable. Back adjustment is not provided, the product itself does not fold);
- in the form of a soldered product with beautiful hand-made inserts (a handmade chaise longue with amazing beauty; can fit into any interior);
- in the form of a sun lounger (a strong and reliable sun lounger made of plastic or wood; beautifully sanded and varnished);
- in the form of a portable product (it is compact and reliable; a position-regulating mechanism is provided).
Cheap but cheerful
The materials that should be used when working on a chaise longue are very varied. The myth that a chaise longue is a wooden chair is unreliable.
When working on its creation, a variety of materials are used, which are at the same time quite cheap, and can be found in any hardware store. A chaise longue can be made from:
- tree. At the same time, the chaise lounge will be strong, reliable, and the environment will not be harmed. The downside is that it weighs quite a lot (to make it easier to carry, you should attach wheels);
- fabrics. The base of the chaise lounge is pleasantly comfortable and convenient. The frame is made of wood;
- rattan The chaise lounge is, to a large extent, made for home decoration. It is environmentally friendly, but there is one big drawback - the price;
- plastic. Plastic sun loungers are very light, so you can safely take them on a hike. The frame is made of wood or a special pipe. Minus – poor reliability;
- PVC material. The lounge chair has a fabric base, but the base is made of PVC pipes.
Beginning of work
After the type is chosen and the material is selected, the work begins with drawing a drawing of the chaise lounge. The drawing plays a major role, since during its creation the dimensions, shape, additional inserts and much more are determined that will be included in the final work.
Not everyone can draw such a diagram, so if necessary, you should turn to specialists.
Handy helpers
After approval of the drawing, in order, for example, to make a wooden sun lounger with your own hands, a person will need the following assistants:
- wood for the legs of the backrest and seat;
- wooden rod to support the back part;
- fabric for the back itself;
- bolts;
- nuts;
- screws;
- self-tapping screws;
- washers;
- special glue;
- drill;
- hand saw;
- marker;
- roulette;
- sandpaper;
- round needle file.
Using these simple devices, you can make a beautiful and comfortable lounger for relaxation in one day.
Fabric chaise lounge on a wooden frame
If you need to make a small version of a chair, then folding chaise lounges come to mind. A folding chaise lounge is very easy to make. At first:
- you need to take the base from a folding bed or crib;
- drill holes in the main frame;
- make four cutouts in the auxiliary frame (to adjust the backrest tilt);
- make holes for both ends of the slats (for installing the seat);
- Lubricate the round cross members with an adhesive solution and install them in the holes.
In the second phase, the sitting itself is done. To do this, take a fabric and measure out the required dimensions (the fabric must sag after installation).
Then the fabric edges are processed using a sewing machine. At the very end, the fabric is stretched over the crossbar and nailed.
Conclusion
Making a sun lounger for a summer house or at home is not difficult. If everything is done correctly, then in the end you can get a wonderful assistant that will serve as a place of rest during the hardest part of the working day.
DIY photo of sun loungers
It is very nice to relax in the fresh air after a hard day at work. To make your stay as comfortable as possible, you can place special sun loungers on the site - sun loungers.
They should be comfortable and fit well into the overall design of your garden. Currently, many retail chains and online stores offer a huge assortment of country lounge chairs, but it is much more pleasant to make them yourself.
In this article we will provide a detailed guide to the construction of wooden and fabric sun loungers and talk about ways to protect them from moisture and pests.
Types of sun loungers
Before you start making a sun lounger, you should consider the main types of country loungers. There are quite a lot of them, let’s focus on the most popular:
- Wooden sun loungers. Wood is one of the most environmentally friendly materials; it is absolutely safe for human health. On sale you can find wooden sun loungers of various shapes and designs: from reclining ones to full-fledged sun loungers that follow the curves of the human body. The disadvantages of such sun loungers are the rigidity of the material and the rather labor-intensive movement of the sun loungers around the site;
- Plastic sun loungers. If you choose this option for yourself, then it will be much easier to purchase a ready-made chaise lounge and, if desired, decorate it to your liking. The advantages of plastic sun loungers are relatively low cost, ease of care and mobility. Plastic is a fairly light material and, moreover, is not afraid of moisture;
- Sun loungers made from pallets. Pallets or pallets are stands designed for moving various loads. Most often, pallets are made from boards. You can make a fairly comfortable chaise lounge from used pallets;
- Fabric sun loungers. Loungers of this type are very convenient to store and move. The basis of a fabric chaise lounge is a folding wooden or metal frame with a seat sewn into it. The only disadvantage of such a chaise lounge is the fragility of the fabric.
Of course, these are not all types of sun loungers; there are also sun loungers in the form, models made from wicker branches, and even sun loungers for cats and dogs. The choice depends only on your preferences. Next, we will focus on the process of making a wooden and frame lounger.
Making a wooden sun lounger
Materials and tools
We will need the following materials and tools:
- wooden slabs, the thickness of which is 20 mm;
- timber 40x40 mm for the frame;
- boards for covering the frame, 2.5 cm wide;
- jigsaw and screwdriver;
- 4 corners for fastening boards;
- self-tapping screws
How to make a sun lounger out of wood
Let's consider the main stages of assembling a wooden lounger:
- When starting production, you need to decide on the dimensions of the future chaise lounge. For convenience, you can make a drawing of a sun lounger or find a ready-made one on the Internet. Most often, the design has a size of 60x200 cm;
- The next step will be making the frame. To do this, you need to make 4 sidewalls from the bars: 2 long, 200 cm long and two shorter - 60 cm, respectively. To fasten the sidewalls we will need mounting angles;
- The outer part of the frame is covered with a board, the width of which is 2.5 cm;
- We attach 4 legs to the long sidewalls, departing 8 cm from the edges of the structure. To make the legs, 10 cm long beams are used. They should be attached to the frame using self-tapping screws;
- When the frame is completely ready, we begin assembling the lattice - the main part of the lounger. From prepared wooden slabs, boards 60x10 cm wide are cut with a jigsaw;
- The finished boards are attached with self-tapping screws to the chaise lounge frame. Do not forget to leave a distance between the boards of 1-2.5 cm so that the lattice of the lounger has a neat and aesthetic appearance;
- If you want to assemble a chaise lounge with an adjustable back, then the grille should be divided into two parts. One of them will act as a lounger, and the other as a headboard. We install both parts on the connecting boards. It is best to fasten the grille elements using door hinges;
- In order for the headboard to be fixed in a certain position, a transverse bar is attached to the inner edge of the frame. A support stand for the headboard is attached to it with self-tapping screws (it is better to purchase a ready-made stand at a hardware store).
The chaise longue is ready; you should sand all the boards and cover them with drying oil or a special coating to protect them from moisture.
Making a chaise lounge from fabric
Materials and tools
To build a frame chaise lounge from fabric material, you must have the following available:
- Rectangular boards 30x60 cm thick (two boards 1200 mm long, two 1000 mm long and two 600 mm long);
- Round slats 2 cm thick (one plank should have a length of 700 mm, two 650 and two 550 mm);
- A piece of strong fabric measuring 200x60 cm;
- Bolts and nuts 8 mm;
- Sandpaper
Stages of work
Let's consider the installation of a frame lounger in stages:
- In order for the chaise lounge to fold easily, three frames must be assembled from prepared and cut slats. Frame A is 120x65 cm, frame B is 100x60 cm and frame B is 70x60 cm. Holes should be made in the longitudinal slats at a distance of 75 and 45 cm. In frame B it is necessary to make 2-4 cutouts, at a distance of 6-10 cm, to adjust the angle of the lounger. A detailed frame manufacturing diagram is shown in the figure;
- To assemble the sunbed frame, frames A and B should be fastened to each other using screws that are inserted into pre-drilled holes on the slats. Frames A and B are fastened in the same way;
- After making the frame, the seat of the future lounger is cut out and sewn. To determine the appropriate length of material, the fabric is applied to the lounger in the folded position. The fabric should be in a slightly stretched position, but there is no need to apply any effort;
- The edges of the material must be processed and hemmed to increase its wear resistance;
- We attach the fabric to the round slats, which are located on frames A and B. You need to wrap the slats in fabric and secure them with small nails. You can make loops on the prepared fabric and simply put them on the slats.
As you can see, a folding chaise longue is also quite easy to assemble yourself.
How to treat a finished sun lounger
To make the chaise lounge last longer, you can use the following material processing techniques, both during manufacturing and during operation:
- Special impregnations and antiseptics for wood will help protect wooden sun loungers from the negative effects of the external environment (moisture, rot, harmful insects). Wood materials are best processed before installing the structure;
- Varnish, drying oil, paint. These coatings will also help extend the life of wooden sun loungers. It is best to coat the product with any of these products immediately after production;
- Water-repellent impregnations for fabrics. They will help increase the wear resistance of fabric products and preserve bright colors. The effectiveness of such impregnations lasts for 2-4 weeks.
Where to buy a ready-made sun lounger
Currently, there are no problems with purchasing ready-made sun loungers. You can find them in various furniture stores and online stores. There are both budget options and original designer models of outdoor sun loungers.
The cost will depend on the size and materials of manufacture:
- Prices for wooden sun loungers vary from 6,000 to 15,000 rubles;
- Plastic sun loungers will cost you less, from 1,500 to 9,000 rubles;
- Folding frame sun loungers are also not very expensive; they will cost you approximately 1350-9500 rubles.
To learn how to inexpensively make a wooden sun lounger with your own hands, watch this video.
A do-it-yourself chaise longue (drawings with dimensions will be provided in the article below) is quite simple to make. But before buying material, it is better to calculate the amount of wood in advance, and the fabric is selected more durable.
Previously, in times of shortage, they used ordinary tarpaulin and untreated dry boards for homemade furniture of this format.
It was possible to find a comfortable and well-thought-out sun lounger (aka chaise longue) only in relaxation areas. Nowadays everything is simpler, and creating comfortable garden sliding furniture for yourself and your family for almost free of charge is as easy as shelling pears.
Kinds
For the simplest reclining chair made of wood, aluminum or plastic, there are the following types or types:
- Children's lounger.
- Beach.
- Dachny.
- For a residential building or apartment.
The difference is always in the environment, and if at home you can put a compact extendable chair like a chaise lounge, then at the sea or by the pool there is always similar furniture that is resistant to moisture (salt).
But to make it simple, convenient and inexpensive, let’s consider a simple type of chaise lounge on two frames, with a crossbar and a fabric back. This is a portable type of furniture for relaxation, so everyone can assemble identical sliding chairs for the whole family.
Self-production
Where to begin? Well, of course, in terms of size. The more it is manufactured, the stronger the sun loungers will be.
Drawings and dimensions
And you will need to assemble two frames of this format for one chaise longue:
Which will result in a simple design:
Let's start like this:
- Choose a pine board or timber. If it is not possible to bring/order, then we are looking for birch pallets. Nowadays it’s easier to acquire high-quality material. Any type of wood must be treated. Moreover, we plan, sand and paint before assembling into one whole. A second layer of paint or varnish can be applied at the end.
- Next, we look at the drawing and notice that there are power elements. These are cross members that necessarily cut into the frame. And for such a procedure, a hammer, chisel or power carpentry tool (a hand router, for example) was created. Here it is important to do what was always done in stools of the Soviet period: tongue-and-groove fastening up to half the thickness of the frame block. And everything will fall into place. It won't be easy to unwind.
- The power crossbars on the frame are the same boards, but we attach decorative or regular tarpaulin to them. Synthetic fabric will also work. But we make sure that it does not stretch, otherwise the butts will eventually sink into the ground.
- So, two frames and two supports on movable hinges are ready. We assemble the structure together using bolted connections or special movable fasteners (the store will always help you with the choice).
- Collected. There is some fabric left. But it needs to be cut out. More on this later.
For simplicity, we give the dimensions for the drawings.
- Back. Frame. 1219x38x19 mm, two pieces. 610x38x19 mm one piece. 648x38x19mm is one joke. 610x64x19 mm one piece.
- Seat. Frame. 1118x38x19 mm 2 units. 603x38x19 mm 4 units. 565x38x19 mm one unit. 565x64x19 mm one unit.
- Back support. 381x38x19 two pieces. And a wooden dowel longer than 650 mm in the amount of 1 piece.
Materials and tools
To make a strong, correct seat, look at the following drawing:
You need to fold the cut piece of thick fabric and sew the indents. But you can make a two-layer coating without saving. To do this, fold the measured segment inward with the right sides and stitch along the sides. But in the center (similar to a pillowcase) we leave space for carefully turning the seat right side out. Then you can simply secure the longitudinal seams with another stitch.
But you need loops or pockets to connect everything into one. So we measure in advance the required size of the pockets on the wooden frame, then we fold our rag and stitch it. It is important to measure so that there is a middle state between too tight and sagging.
When working with fabric and wood, we need to take:
- Plane.
- Hacksaw.
- Fasteners.
- Hammer.
- Chisel.
- Sewing machine.
- Measuring tool.
- Paints and varnishes for adding shine.
Be careful with the fasteners. Since iron or steel is susceptible to moisture, it is necessary to protect them with paint. He also recommends using quick-drying adhesives in those joints where there will be play. But under no circumstances do we apply adhesive to the threads, because disassembling the structure later will be problematic.
How to use and care
To keep things simple, you can do this:
Then the frame can be made monolithic, and the bright seat fabrics can be easily machine washed. Another plus: you can make several pockets for different weights and heights. The result will be a universal design that even a student can customize.
Decor
There is more than enough room for imagination. This is what happens without haste, savings and hackwork:
And if you take four more bars and movable fasteners (clamps, bolts, etc.), then you will get a sun canopy. What is always appropriate in good weather:
By replacing the fabric with boards, we get the simplest bench-chaise lounge in terms of labor costs. The idea is not new, but accessible:
When you don’t have time for cutting and sewing, you can again make a lattice base, and buy additional bedding from IKEA for this space:
Although the collapsible design does not look so expensive, it has a significant advantage - mobility. And you can fully relax if you add portable footrests to the same frame. And you don’t have to invent anything for this:
Prefabricated or stationary sun loungers are the simplest type of country furniture. There was never anything complicated in their design. But when working on leisure furniture, as in any business, you need to adhere to an independent or read-out plan.
How to make a sun lounger for the garden with your own hands, see the instructions in the following video: