Making furniture with your own hands at home
You can create a modern interior from scratch on your own: you just need to make furniture with your own hands. Only high-quality and environmentally friendly materials can be used for work: natural wood, chipboard, MDF.
The main thing is to decide on the purpose, style and loads that will be assigned to future furniture.
Tables
A homemade table looks no worse than one purchased for a large sum. Collecting it is very simple and the process will be within the power of even beginners.
What should be done:
- a drawing and a diagram of future furniture are applied to the paper;
- legs, tabletop are cut out, and if the plans are to make an original structure with different shelves, all the details are prepared;
- canvas - the base is carefully sanded and cleaned;
- the surface is treated with antiseptics and other liquids;
- cracks in wood are treated with wood putty;
- markings are applied to the base;
- the product is cut out;
- cuts are made on previously prepared legs, the structure is assembled with bolts, self-tapping screws and other details.
Important! In order not to spoil the material and understand the intricacies of drank and assembly, it is recommended to watch training videos - lessons.
You can strengthen the elements that dangle after assembly with glue or special construction belts. The table top is smoothed, varnished or painted, decorated.
Cupboard
Even a novice master can assemble a wardrobe on his own. First of all, decide on the material and boards - it can be chipboard - slabs no thicker than 18 mm.
Step by step the work looks like this:
- decide on the door closing system: they can be sliding or swing doors. The first ones can be purchased ready-made or made on their own;
- prepare all materials, tools, parts, sketch out a sketch, cut out the details;
- assemble the frame - side and rear walls;
- mount the top and bottom with self-tapping screws or base confirms;
- take into account the dimensions of the already assembled cabinet and make shelves and drawers;
- fix the facades;
- attach accessories: handles and clasps.
You can decorate the finished piece of furniture in any way you like. If you wish, you can arrange the backlight.
Bedside table
Making your own bedside table will not take much time. You just need to sketch a drawing diagram of the product that suits you in design, prepare the material and tool.
The list of further actions is as follows:
- drank all the elements;
- collecting the frame of furniture from wood: connecting the board and the side panel with screws;
- cutting holes for future boxes;
- screwing on the second side panel, forming the furniture support;
- panel mounting from above, both with and without a canopy;
- installation of guides for boxes;
- connection of all parts of the boxes;
- installation of front panels.
Drawers are inserted last. All fasteners are made with self-tapping screws or screws. Decorating is available upon request. For the manufacture of furniture, you can use not only wood.
Bed
Do-it-yourself bed is a master class that is popular. For manufacturing, it is better to select wood with a high moisture content.
The process looks like this:
- a diagram is drawn, materials and accessories are purchased, the necessary tool is selected;
- the frame is assembled: the bars are fastened together with self-tapping screws;
- the edges are filed, smoothed with a grinding machine;
- the frame is painted with wood compound;
- supports for the rack bottom are made;
- holes are drilled in the frame, bars are mounted;
- wooden slats are attached to the supports, the distance between them should be the same;
- legs are made of wooden bars, their cross-section and length should be within 10 cm.
Important! The number of blocks should not be less than 6 pieces;
- legs are mounted to the frame;
- the furniture is sanded, the top is opened with varnish.
Decorating can be different: painting, carving, original painting. To make the furniture even, and not skewed, a building level is used at all stages.
Master classes for beginners in the manufacture of furniture
Making high-quality furniture at home will be done with your own hands for every beginner. The main condition is to decide on the material and arm yourself with all the necessary tools. To implement a home master class, experts recommend watching an example video on the network.
Depending on the future loads on the piece of furniture, you can use the following types of wood:
- hard: apple, beech, elm - suitable for making frame solid furniture;
- soft: fir, pine - they have an attractive appearance, ease of processing.
After choosing wood, you need to stock up on the necessary tools:
- jigsaw with tilting shoe;
- grinding machine;
- milling cutter for wood processing;
- swivel miter box;
- glue, screws and other fasteners.
When everything is ready, you can start the workflow: sketching drawings, cutting out parts and assembling.
So, the stages of creating interior items:
- selection of a specific type of furniture to be made;
- drawing diagrams and drawings - it is better to outline a non-standard type of project in detail, with examples and all elements;
- buying the right materials;
- drawing markings for further cutting out details;
- processing with special antiseptics and wood preservatives;
- cutting holes for fasteners according to previously drawn diagrams;
- painting surfaces;
- assembly of the structure.
Note! It is imperative to process the material in order to prevent rotting and drying out of the tree.
The last, final stage: decoration.You can make furniture decoupage from appliques or original wood carvings. For wooden surfaces, hot stamping looks beautiful: volumetric patterns that are made using high temperatures. The wood softens, different press forms are applied and a creative pattern is obtained. Unique furniture can be created using overhead decor: overlays, rosettes, bas-reliefs, corners.
It is worth starting with the simplest designs: bedside tables or a table. A good option is to watch an online master class and ask an exciting question in the comments or personally to a specialist.
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