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 be needed at the initial stage?

Introduction

Today, more and more building and finishing stores in their assortment have such material as chipboard. It is sold in sheets of size 2750*1830mm, 2440*1830mm and thickness 16 mm, 18 mm, 25 mm.

The presence of a rich selection of hand-held power tools (jigsaws, grinders, hand-held circular saws, planers, etc.) encourages home craftsmen to make some kind of furniture with their own hands. Below we will discuss this topic.

Material selection

For the manufacture of home furniture, you need to clearly determine the type and size of chipboard. Basically, the manufacture of cabinet furniture is made using chipboard with a thickness of 16 mm. For various countertops, kitchen dice, there are sheets of thickness 25 mm.

The surface finish of a chipboard sheet is of great importance. There is two options for choosing the type of chipboard:

1. laminated sheet, called chipboard;
2. without a laminated surface, the so-called "naked".

The second type of chipboard is also quite usable for the manufacture of furniture, as it has smooth, polished surfaces on both sides. Such a surface can be easily ennobled by pasting it with a self-adhesive film.

It is best to choose a German-made film. It has a greater thickness compared to Chinese and domestic counterparts, which means that it will be more difficult to mechanically damage it.

The ideal coating option, of course, is veneer, but the cost for laminated chipboard will be forty percent more expensive than for "bare" chipboard.

Required tool

Making any furniture on your own, you need a special tool, both electric and manual. Power tools will allow you to perform such work faster, and the process itself is comfortable.

For cutting chipboard, it is better to use electric jigsaw or hand circular saw. Such work on cutting a large sheet of chipboard with a hand saw is simply unrealistic to perform, 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 even not only along the longitudinal section, but perpendicularly even relative to the plane of the sheet, it is preferable to use electrocirculator.

Power tools are also required in cases where it is necessary to make rounded corners for furniture elements.

Another essential tool for DIY furniture making is screwdriver. Having such a device in the arsenal, you can easily put together all the elements of the manufactured furniture.

Remembering the catchphrase of all the masters "measure seven times, cut once", you cannot do without a ruler. In order for all parts of the furniture to turn out perfectly even when sawing a chipboard sheet, you need to use metal meter and angle.

Required fittings

Furniture can be assembled by connecting all the elements with wood screws or furniture screws. 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 enter the array easily, completely screwing into it.

Screwing screws is easier with screwdriver with a special cross-shaped bit. You can also do this work with an ordinary screwdriver, but then it will take much more time, and the cap at the self-tapping screw may not fully enter the chipboard. Screwing furniture screws is done with a special hex key.

Furniture will be neater if the caps of the fasteners are closed plastic plugs. They can be matched to the color of the chipboard surface.

The ends of the sawn pieces of furniture at home are most often closed furniture end tape. It is made of plastic, and therefore it can close any curved ends.

Furniture end tape is of two types:

1. T-shaped;
2. U-shaped.

U-shaped end tape more popular among "home-made", tk. for T-ribbon it is necessary to make a groove with a special frieze to effectively fix it on the end of the chipboard, and the U-shaped one is simply put on the ends of the chipboard, while hiding the chips and irregularities of manual sawing, giving the product a fairly presentable look.

There are other materials for finishing the end of the chipboard. For example, melamine edge, which is a laminated surface, on the back of which a thin layer of polyethylene is applied.

Such an end tape is glued to the end of the furniture blank with an iron (at home). When ironing the front surface of the laminated tape, the polyethylene of 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 where making furniture with your own hands at home is justified:

1. either you are really a jack of all trades, about whom they usually say "he has golden hands", and you have no desire to overpay for something that you yourself can do well;
2. or you are a beginner who is very interested in it and who has set himself the goal of going through all the stages of making furniture on his own - in this case, of course, additional experience will not be superfluous.

If, for any reason, you still have doubts about making furniture yourself or seeking help from professionals, the answer is simple: "Everyone should mind their own business."

Wooden furniture has always been in great demand among consumers. This is quite understandable. Wooden furniture has an attractive appearance, exclusive design and high environmental friendliness. Many owners of their own homes are interested in the question of how to make furniture with their own hands. A wooden structure can, of course, be ordered. But if you create objects yourself, you can bring to life the most original and daring ideas. Consider further how the manufacture of wooden furniture with your own hands is carried out.

General information

Making wooden furniture with your own hands may well turn into a creative hobby. The resulting masterpieces will be able to take their rightful place in the apartment or in the country. Created wooden furniture with your own hands can be a wonderful gift. Designing objects for yourself is considered more of a creative process than a technological operation.

Advantages of home production

Handmade wooden furniture is not only the pride of the owner of the home. From simple bars and boards, you can construct a lot of necessary things: from a stool to a bed or wardrobe. The most important thing is that self-made items will fit perfectly into the existing interior. It is also important that the manufactured furniture will be exclusive. After all, its own schemes will be used in its creation. Well, among other things, in the manufacturing process, you can practice carpentry.

Instrument preparation

There are various devices with which wooden furniture is assembled with your own hands. Here you can not do with one hammer and chisel. You will need a jigsaw, cutter, screwdriver, drill, planer. A high-quality and easy-to-use tool is needed not only in the process of preparing elements. Special devices are also needed for decorative trimming of legs, frontal parts, drilling for fittings. The final result of the work depends on how high-quality the tool used will be, namely, the external one. All devices can be divided into 2 groups: manual and electric. With their help, you can not only assemble, but also repair wooden furniture with your own hands. Let's consider them briefly.

electrical tools

Do-it-yourself wooden furniture is assembled using the following devices:

• Circular saw. This tool is used to create cross cuts and clean cuts. wood is cut, elements, figured blanks are processed and manufactured.
• Planer. This tool is needed for surface treatment.
• Electric hacksaw. With it, you can cut thick and large bars, as well as metal profiles. This tool is needed for rough processing of the material.

Hand tools

Work plan

First of all, you need to draw up sketches, according to which wooden furniture will be assembled with your own hands. The drawings must contain all the necessary dimensions of future structures. It is advisable to schematically draw the location of objects in the interior. If it is planned to assemble complex structures, sketches can be drawn up in several projections. After drawing up the scheme, you need to start preparing the material. Wooden furniture, made by hand, should look neat. Therefore, it is necessary to pre-process all the details, the areas of their connection. The joints and dimensions must be accurate and consistent with each other. Fixation of elements can be carried out with the help of a Very crucial moment is the decorative processing of objects. Here you need to be extremely careful. Experts recommend that you first practice on samples, outlining the boundaries of the intended thread.

console table

For the manufacture of this item, plywood is needed, the thickness of which is 1 cm. It is advisable to glue the ends of the sheet immediately. You can iron narrow stripes with a flat heavy object (an old iron, for example). Before starting work, plywood should be carefully sanded. Its surface should be smooth and even. The drill then needs to drill holes in the connection areas. Self-tapping screws will be screwed into them. The table will consist of 3 wide parts, made up in the shape of the letter "P". For greater stability, 2 narrow boards should be screwed to each element. For better docking, two to three centimeters should be retreated from the edges of the plywood. A thin narrow rail is glued on the sides. It will hide the joints. For fixing, PVA or simple is suitable. On the underside of the tabletop, pre-prepared metal corners should be fixed. They are fixed with screws. After lubricating the joints with glue, attach the countertop to the supports and pull both sides at a right angle. For greater convenience, rollers are screwed to the legs at the bottom. Drill a hole according to the shape of the wheel. The roller is fixed with bolts, which, as a rule, are present in the kit. Here you should try to fix the elements on the same level.

hanging rack

To make its design light, it is better to use plywood. Shelves are prepared according to the expected number. 4 holes are drilled in each element at a distance of 2-3 cm from the edges. After that, the shelves must be coated with water-repellent paint. Its color is selected in accordance with the scale of the interior. To fasten the shelves together, you will need two strong and long ropes. They are threaded through the holes, cross at the top. Under the bottom shelf, tightly tighten the knots. Next, you need to prepare small wooden sticks. They are needed to maintain the same distance and fix the shelves at the same level. Sticks are inserted between the threads of the rope. Hanging rack is ready. It can be hung on the wall and a variety of items can be stored on the shelves: flower pots, books, vases, photographs. The design will perfectly fit into almost any interior. This rack can be any size. But at the same time, the design does not take up much space.

do it yourself

Sometimes you need to refresh the items in the house, breathe new life into them. do it yourself according to a specific plan:

If you have long dreamed of learning how to work with wood, do not waste time. Get started today. After all, simple furniture and wood crafts with your own hands (see drawings and photos) can be made without carpentry skills. There would be a desire.

Woodworking Tools

For the manufacture of most products, it is not at all necessary to purchase special equipment. In most cases, you can get by with a standard set of tools.

As a rule, for woodworking at home, you do not need to buy special equipment

So, we will need:

To connect the parts, wood screws will be needed. To obtain a stronger connection, you will need screws or bolts with nuts. It's great if there is a circular saw in the garage.

In principle, for cutting a small number of parts, a bow saw is enough. If you wish, you can contact any carpentry workshop and order blanks of the required size there.

In the absence of a screwdriver, prepare small holes with a diameter half that of the screws themselves. Screwing them in by hand will be much easier.

In the future, if working with wood fascinates you, you can purchase an inexpensive lathe for the manufacture of complex parts and round blanks - it will cost 7-12 thousand rubles. If the house has an old electric motor, for example, from a washing machine, it will not be difficult to make such a machine yourself.

Do not work with a tree that has just been brought in from the cold. It should lie down for a day.

Furniture

It is problematic to make complex types of furniture at home. But here is an ordinary stool, a bench, a shelf, a bed and even a wardrobe made of wood, using photos and drawings, even a novice carpenter is quite capable of making.

Stool

This type of furniture is always useful in the workshop, garage, kitchen or cottage. The stool can be stationary, folding, have different leg lengths, seat shapes, etc.

The design of the stool can be complicated by making its upper part in the form of a box for storing small items. In the house, a folding stool-stepladder will definitely come in handy. By lengthening the legs of a regular stool, you get a bar stool.

We will begin work with the manufacture of the simplest product.

For its manufacture we need:

• bars for legs, tsarg (bars under the seat) and prolegs with a section of 35-50 mm
• several boards for making seats or plywood; its standard size is 350-430mm
• self-tapping screws
• metal corners (crackers) to strengthen the structure, we will mount them under the seat

We describe the main stages of work:

1 Look at the photo above. Assembling the stool is easy. The four legs of the stool are first connected with the help of prolegs and tsargs (bars located directly under the seat). Then the seat itself is attached.

2 The standard length of the legs is 45-50 cm. For their manufacture, you can buy a bar or saw a 200 mm board. This size is most convenient - it will make 4 bars of 50 mm each.

3 We prepare some boards for sitting.

4 To make the structure stable, they are cut strictly at 90 degrees.

5 When cutting drawstrings and prolegs, be sure to consider the length of the spikes.

6 We process each detail first with sandpaper No. 40-60, and then go through them twice with finer sandpaper.

7 The fastening of the tsarg and prolegs on self-tapping screws will be unreliable - the product will loosen. For connection use rectangular spikes and grooves. To do this, mark their location. The width of the spike is 1/3 of the thickness of the tsarg or proleg. Length - 80% of the thickness.

8 We start the work with the preparation of the grooves - it will be easier to fit the spikes. To get a groove in the leg, it is first better to drill several holes in a row with a drill. The rest of the tree is selected manually with a chisel.

9 In the absence of a milling machine, the spikes are made using a rasp and a jigsaw.

10 We connect the legs of the stool in pairs (two each) with the drawers and prolegs. If everything is correct, we drip glue into the grooves and insert blanks with spikes into them.

11 To glue the seat boards together, coat them on the sides and tighten the seat with a clamp.

12 After the glue dries, we additionally strengthen the legs with the sides using metal corners.

13 We fasten the seat with screws to the legs and sides. The stool is ready.

Joiner's glue dries for at least a day. When working in a cold garage, this time increases.

Bench

Making a bench or bench out of wood is even easier. This design is in many ways reminiscent of a stool. The only new detail is the back. To mount it, a pair of bench legs will need to be lengthened.

1 The biggest difficulty is the manufacture of the rear legs. Their upper part is made with a slight slope for the convenience of attaching the back. But since there are only two such parts, they can be cut without the use of special equipment using a conventional bow saw.

2 If there is no desire to mess around with cutting complex workpieces, the rear legs can be made inclined. Just remember that to ensure stability, the bottom of the legs must be cut at the same angle.

3 For greater stability, it is better to place the prongs not in the center, but at the bottom.

4 To strengthen the structure, as shown in the photo, they can be interconnected by a transverse bar.

Chair

Since the manufacture of an ordinary chair with a back, in principle, differs little from the assembly of a stool and a bench, and you can already handle it yourself, we will complicate the task and make a folding chair made of wood.

1 It will not take up much space in the car, and you can always take it with you on a picnic or fishing trip.

2 In order not to be mistaken in the calculations, make a sample of a smaller scale from cardboard. Measure each of the details. If the design turned out to be stable, you can begin to manufacture the product.

3 First we prepare 2 wooden frames. In the upper part of one of them we fasten a pair of rails that will serve as a back. At the bottom of the frame, we fix the prong on the screws or with a tongue-and-groove connection (we described it a little higher).

4 We make the second frame a little shorter. We also attach a proleg to the bottom. In the upper part we attach 3-4 seat rails.

5 Since the legs of the chair will be inclined, their cutting angle will not be 90, as usual, but 45 degrees.

6 To obtain a strong connection, the seat and back are also fastened not with self-tapping screws, but with a tenon-groove connection.

7 You can replace the back and seat with a strong canvas stretched over the frame.

8 So that our chair does not move apart when unfolded, we install four restrictive paired bars under the seat. They won't let him fully develop.

9 If the back and seat are covered with canvas, a narrow strip of fabric is pulled between the lower jumpers. It will serve as a limiter and will not allow the chair to develop.

10 With a hacksaw, we cut the axle bolts along the length. We fix them on the legs of the chair closer to the seat. If you install them in the center of the legs, the design will be less stable. Screw cap nuts onto the ends.

11 In order for the frame to close tightly, the nuts must be slightly sunk into the wood.

12 You can replace wood with plywood. Cutting even curved parts out of it with an electric jigsaw will not be difficult. Straight cuts are made with a regular hacksaw. The design of such a chair will be slightly different. To assemble it, grooves are cut in plywood.

The simplest wooden shelf

Let's start making another product - wooden shelves. In the future, on their basis, you will be able to produce more complex products.

1 After sawing the boards, their ends are sanded first with large and then fine sandpaper.

2 It is necessary to grind and stain the product before the end of the assembly. After all, even small joints are always clearly visible.

3 It is better to paint over a perfectly sanded wood with a stain - on a dark surface, any scratches and chips will be evident.

4 There is a stain of different shades on sale: dark or light oak, walnut, cherry, hazelnut, etc. Learn that after drying it brightens a little. When applying new layers, the wood becomes darker. More than two layers should not be applied, otherwise the surface will become spotty.

5 Due to the orientation of the fibers, the ends always look darker after staining. To reduce absorption, it is better to prime them first.

6 Its drying time is about 12 hours. Then the product is varnished on top.

7 After the blanks are completely dry, on the sides of the future shelf we make markings for attaching horizontally located planks.

8 In the absence of a screwdriver, we drill small holes for fasteners. Their diameter should be half the diameter of the screws.

9 Initially, it is not worth screwing them in too tightly. We do this only after checking the correctness of the assembly.

10 We close the fastening points of the screws with plugs to match the color of our tree. They can be purchased at any furniture store.

11 By the same principle, you can make a shoebox out of wood (photos and drawings can be found on the net). Its back wall is covered with plywood, screwed to the ends of the shelf with self-tapping screws.

12 If it is necessary to make jumpers in the product, they are fastened to horizontal shelves using round wooden spikes (dowels) inserted into pre-prepared holes, or self-tapping screws. To fix the board, 1-2 spikes are enough, which are pre-coated with glue.

13 To hang a small shelf weighing 3-5 kg, purchase mounting loops and dowel-screws 6x30. Heavy structures are fixed with metal anchors in the shape of the letter "G".

14 Learn that screwing shelves to a drywall wall in the usual way will not work. They are fixed only through the embedded bars, which are sewn into the wall in advance.

Do not overdo it with glue - it is applied in a thin layer in drops or a thin stream. When it dries a little, remove the excess. It is more convenient to do this with a clean paint scraper.

Table

garden table

Having built a table from wood, you can install it in the kitchen, in the bathhouse or in the garden house.

1 The length of the tabletop depends on the number of seats. 50-60 cm is enough for one person.

2 Standard table height - 165 cm.

3 First, an underframe is made - a frame consisting of legs and drawers - connecting elements for fastening the tabletop and legs.

4 According to the standards, only tenon joints are used to assemble the underframe. However, even furniture factories in recent years have been using less durable connections in the form of dowels (plug-in cylindrical rods, popularly called choppers) and self-tapping screws. If you don’t want to mess around with cutting out the spikes, be sure to reinforce the corners of the underframe with “crackers” - metal or wooden fasteners.

5 But still, studs with semi-darkness are a more durable connection for the legs and the side, when part of the stud in the upper part is cut out halfway. They must be glued on.

6 The tabletop is assembled from boards, paying attention to the direction of the fibers, so that when the wood dries, there are no problems with skew. Pay attention to the texture of the boards. With a successful combination of wood pattern, the product will turn out to be more original, and the joints will be less conspicuous.

7 The boards of the tabletop are interconnected with dowels and dowels (wooden chopsticks). To do this, 8-12 mm holes are prepared at the ends. It is necessary to drop a little glue into them, carefully distribute it with a wooden torch and insert a dowel inside. The finished tabletop is tightly pulled together and left to dry completely.

The design of the garden table may be somewhat different. To strengthen its legs, it is pulled together with transverse bars, as shown in the diagram below.

It will be a big disappointment if, during assembly, the prepared parts do not fit perfectly with each other. Always check any connection at once.

Hallway

Cabinet furniture is more difficult to manufacture. Let's start learning how to assemble it from wood from the hallway. You can make it from furniture panels left over from old furniture, grooved boards, chipboard or plywood.

Hallway furniture option

It is necessary to stock up on accessories. Depending on the design, we may need door hinges, ties, metal bars for hanging hangers, etc.

1 The design of the hallway can be any. Below we have provided only one of the possible drawings. If desired, a variety of its configurations can be found on the network.

2 The simplest screed used to assemble the case are metal corners and self-tapping screws. On each side you will need 3-4 fasteners.

3 More expensive, but also the most durable fasteners are special furniture ties, for example, extratrical. It is completely recessed into the tree and does not cling to stored things.

4 When cutting out the body parts, do not forget to file the corners for the skirting boards at the bottom.

5 The back wall of plywood, adjacent to the wall, is fixed with an overlay or a quarter with ordinary screws. The latter method gives a stronger connection.

6 Shelf supports are used to install shelves. The simplest of these is a metal or plastic pin.

7 Hang the doors on any kind of hinges. First, mark up with a pencil through the holes. To prevent the door from loosening quickly, retreat at least 10 cm from the top and bottom. For heavy doors, it is better to use not 2, but 3-4 loops.

8 To prevent pencil graphite from being erased, after checking the correct connection, mark the places of future holes with a nail or awl.

9 Be sure to check that the hinges do not fall on the level of the shelves - they will not allow the door to close completely.

10 After hanging the sash, it needs to be adjusted.

Bed

Drawings of a wooden bed for assembly are not so difficult. We will describe only its principles.

1 In order not to be mistaken with the size of the sleeping bed, before proceeding with the assembly of the bed, purchase a mattress.

2 Do not make the frame back to back. After all, the mattress over time slightly "spreads" on the sides. Therefore, add 1 cm to the frame on each side.

3 For the manufacture of the case, you will need old furniture boards or planed boards. It is better to use a more durable coniferous tree.

4 First, the frame is assembled using metal corners or special furniture ties and self-tapping screws.

5 To lay the mattress, it is necessary to install several jumpers made of durable boards across the frame. After assembling the frame, plywood 12 mm thick is laid on them.

6 Another option for fastening the mattress is wooden lining at the bottom of the frame, on which cross slats are laid.

7 If desired, a U-shaped storage box with a hinged top cover can be made at the head of the headboard.

There are many options for making a bed.

Crafts for giving

Buying expensive products for a summer cottage does not always make sense. It is much easier to assemble a table, chairs, benches and benches from old furniture or planed boards left after construction. From them you can also build a swing, a gazebo, and from waste wooden material - a birdhouse.

birdhouse

It turns out that a single bird is capable of destroying a thousand harmful insect larvae in a season. Therefore, a birdhouse in the country, made by hand, will be most welcome here.

1 Its width is always standard - 10-12 cm. The height is selected depending on the type of birds that you want to attract to your site. So, for starlings, a house 60 cm high is required, but for tits, flycatchers, redstarts, it should be low - up to 26 cm.

2 Woodpeckers will need a dwelling in the form of a triangle. A birdhouse for wagtails is always laid on its side and a trapik is attached to it. The flycatcher needs a birdhouse with a notch in the form of a slot, and the robins need a house with a slightly open front wall.

3 For the manufacture of a house for birds, only tes is used. After all, the inner sides of their dwellings and the facade should be rough. On a smooth surface, it will be difficult for the chicks to get out. For the same reason, the house is never painted or varnished. If there is no tesa at hand, you can use a planed board, on which notches are manually applied.

4 Never use a coniferous tree to create a home for birds. Wings smeared in resin, for birds - certain death.

5 Draft is dangerous for chicks, so saw the boards at 90 degrees so that no gaps form when they are connected. The birdhouse is never glued, but only knocked down with nails or twisted with screws. After all, the glue will scare away sensitive birds. For the same reason, you should not take chipboard or plywood for building a house.

6 To make the bird house easy to clean, provide a removable cover. It is better to stuff a blank on it equal to the internal dimensions of the birdhouse. Such a dense cover will never be torn off by the wind.

7 You can also hang the lid on ordinary hinges. In this case, be sure to provide a hook or latch.

8 4 cm perch attached with glue. Its diameter is 1 cm.

9 A long pole is nailed to the back of the birdhouse.

10 Lay moss, tow or sawdust on the bottom. To protect against drafts and bad weather, carefully coat all the cracks.

11 A birdhouse is fixed at a height of 3 m with an entrance to the east or southeast. For starlings, an even greater height is required, up to 8 m. To prevent raindrops from falling inside, it is better to tilt it slightly forward. To prevent cats from reaching the dwelling, when hanging it on a tree, remove large neighboring branches.

The birdhouse is always placed in the shade - in the summer, in the open sun, the chicks will be uncomfortable.

Never make a birdhouse larger than the standard size. This will encourage the birds to lay more eggs than they can feed. As a result, some of the chicks will simply die.

Swing

Plastic Chinese swings are not very durable, they are enough for one or two seasons. It makes no sense to spend extra money on expensive products if there is lumber on hand left after repair or construction. Solid wooden swing made of wood will delight both children and adults.

For racks and crossbar swings, use strong wooden bars with a cross section of 100 mm or more.

We will also need:

• board for the manufacture of a seat with a thickness of 3 cm
• metal chains or thick rope
• several carabiners for hanging it; you can replace them with bolts and studs
• sand and cement for pouring pillars into the ground
• metal corners and screws

You should not install a swing on a concrete surface - after all, if you fall, the probability of injury will be very high. Choose a place for them on a lawn or soft sand.

Make sure that there are no protruding rebars, large stones and tree branches nearby.

1 The height of the children's swing is from 2 m. If adults also use them, increase it to 3.5 m or a little higher.

2 The swing support can be U- or A-shaped. In the latter case, the pillars can not be buried in the ground.

3 When connecting the bars at an angle in the form of the letter "A", provide a crossbar between them. It is pulled together with metal corners and screws. For fasteners, cuts are made in the timber, into which the studs are installed.

4 Do not overtighten the fasteners. First, adjust the support with a building level, and only then screw in the screws to the end.

5 According to GOST, the frame should be half a meter wider than the seat. Its size is chosen at its own discretion. The seat can be made with or without a back. With a length of 50 cm or more, adults can also use the swing.

6 After cutting the parts, be sure to sand the planed boards.

7 When installing supports for a U-shaped swing, treat the bottom of the pillars with bitumen and wrap with roofing material. This way you protect the tree from premature decay. Cover the remaining wooden parts of the swing with an antiseptic, drying oil, varnish or paint.

8 The supports are buried in the ground by 1 m and must be filled with cement-sand mortar. To protect against underground moisture and frost heaving, cover the bottom of the pit with crushed stone by 20-30 cm. It is necessary to hang the swing only after the cement has gained strength - not earlier than in a week.

Gazebo with 4-pitched roof

Planting and basic watering have come to an end? It's time to start arranging a gazebo made of wood with a hipped roof on the site.

1 It is better to choose a place to rest in the shade of trees, among greenery or surrounded by ornamental shrubs. They will be able to protect the gazebo from the piercing wind. It is great if there is a reservoir next to it. You should not just place the building in a lowland - sewage will heat it up.

2 After clearing the site and leveling it, mark the location of the gazebo with twine and pegs. It should be 1.5 m larger than the size of the structure itself.

3 A light structure will not require a powerful foundation. It is enough to erect columnar supports made of concrete or brick.

4 For a 3x3 m gazebo, you will need 9 concrete or brick supports. They are buried in the ground by 30-40 cm. When using bricks, they are laid on a mortar in 5-6 rows so that the last row rises above the ground.

5 When concreting or laying bricks, metal 10 mm rods 40 cm long are laid in the corner supports so that half of their length (20 cm) is recessed into the support.

6 Now we are preparing the base of the gazebo from the bars. Their optimal section is 100x100 mm. The bars are interconnected with a half-tree fastening. To reinforce such a square or quadrangular base, provide 1-2 transverse beams in it.

7 At the corners in both bars, drill holes for the bars (as you remember, we have already laid the metal rods in the extreme supports). Make the same holes in the bottom of the support pillars.

8 At the top of the supports, immediately prepare rectangular cuts for attaching the roof rafters.

9 After installing the posts and leveling them with a building level, reinforce them with struts located at an angle of 45 degrees.

10 On 4 sides of the assembled frame, we install horizontally running bars - strapping. The harness, located in its lower third, at a height of about 1 m from the ground, will serve as the railing of the gazebo.

11 For the arrangement of the roof you will need a horizontal cross. To do this, select rectangular recesses in the center of the bars for the “half-tree” bundle. To strengthen this fastening, screw wooden blocks in each of the cross corners of the cross.

12 At the top of the support posts, we have already prepared cuts. Now prepare cutouts at the ends of the cross so that their dimensions match the cuts of the supports.

13 Attach the assembled cross to 4 posts.

14 To create the rafters, we need a wooden octahedron, fixed in the center, which will rest on the cross. Its length is 80 cm.

15 In the upper part of the octahedron, we prepare a rectangular cut, to which the first pair of rafters will be attached. This fastening is reinforced with self-tapping screws. The second pair of rafters will be attached overlay on top of the first pair. When trimming the rafters, be sure to leave a small 30 cm overhang above the roof.

16 Four more rafters with their lower ends will lie on the supporting pillars. They are screwed to the octahedron with self-tapping screws.

17 To prevent the roof from being squeezed by snow, you can install a few more support pillars that will rest on the rafter beam and strapping.

Beautiful wooden gate, handmade with carvings

We will need:

• support posts made of 10x10 mm timber or logs
• wooden beam for frame 3x4 or 4x4 mm
• picket fence, plywood or board (if you will make the gate leaf solid) for sheathing
• galvanized screws and ties
• loops for hanging the gate
• metal or wooden handle
• latch or overhead lock if you plan to close the gate with a key

Time to get to work:

1 Choose the height of the gate at your own discretion. It can go flush with the fence, be lower or higher than it.

2 The principle of its manufacture is simple. First, a frame is made, then a crate is stuffed onto it.

3 The simplest frame for attaching a picket fence is in the form of the letter z or x. The frame has the shape of a rectangle with a board-crossbar (strut) and boards stuffed horizontally or diagonally on it.

4 Old rotten supports are dismantled. If they are strong enough, you can hang a gate on them.

5 Concreting will increase the service life of supports by 2-3 times. For them, pits 0.5-1 m deep are prepared, at the bottom of which crushed stone is poured. It will be able to protect the structure from frost heaving and excess moisture. On loamy soils, the pillars are buried by 1 m; on sandy soil, 0.5 m is enough.

6 It is possible to strengthen the concrete structure by laying reinforcement or rubble stones.

7 The lower part of the supports is fired at the stake or impregnated with bitumen. Then it is wrapped with roofing material.

8 The standard distance between the posts is 1-1.2 m.

9 After installing the supports in the pit, they are leveled with a building level. Cement mortar is poured between them and the soil. Don't forget to pierce it with a shovel to remove voids.

10 You can continue to work only after a week - the cement should be well strengthened.

11 The gate begins to be made only after the installation of the supports - it is necessary to accurately measure the distance between them. The width of its frame is 1 cm less than the distance between the posts. It is collected on a flat area. This will avoid distortion.

12 The frame skin is fixed on self-tapping screws. It can be very different: solid, have windows or be sparse, arranged in the form of a Christmas tree or a semicircle. The design with carved slats looks very decorative.

For a long time, chipboard (chipboard) has been used as the basis for furniture. For those who have minimal skills in working with wood and carpentry tools, homemade furniture will make it possible to significantly save the family budget. Do-it-yourself furniture made of chipboard will be exclusive and will take its rightful place in your apartment. Everything you need for work can be found in specialized stores.

To repair or assemble chipboard furniture yourself, you need a small set of materials and tools. Everything you need can be found at home, or bought for a small price.

For work you will need the following tools:

• Small drill or screwdriver. Of course, it is better to use a small and not heavy drill to assemble furniture;
• Circular saw, milling cutter, electric jigsaw. If these tools are not available, then they can be rented;
• Level, square, tape measure;
• A set of hex keys, countersinks, drills;
• Conductor.

The materials you will need are:

• Chipboard boards;
• Wax of the desired color;
• Felt pen for retouching or a marker of the desired shades;
• wax melter;
• Felt fabric;
• Staple.

With such a small set, you can both update the furniture and make a new one.

Manufacturing process

Cutting chipboard is carried out independently or they turn to professionals who have the necessary equipment. In addition to chipboard, in the manufacture of furniture, you will need fiberboard (fibreboard), natural wood lumber, fittings, and fasteners.

To make a simple update, the master class of which is offered by experienced specialists, is quite within the power of everyone. The result is a beautiful, brand new product, and the family budget will not suffer. The most important design details that need to be given the most attention and time are:

• Facades - the front, part of the furniture and its doors, are made of a more attractive material. Do-it-yourself furniture made of laminated chipboard should look attractive. The facade is a separate piece of furniture, it is usually made to order. There are many different types of furniture fronts, they differ in the material used and design;
• The bottom and side walls of the drawers - these pieces of furniture, as some other parts do, are easiest to make from fiberboard. Some masters prefer to fix fiberboard with a furniture stapler, but this is wrong. After a while, the brackets will loosen, and then the entire structure can be skewed. Fiberboard is best fixed with self-tapping screws or nails, it is good to install self-tapping screws with special washers;
• A tabletop is a horizontal surface where you can write and read. Most of the tables made at home (photos below) are made from the same chipboard. The weak section of the countertops is the saw cut of the surface. They are most often protected with a melamine edge, for this reason they begin to break in the first year. To prevent this trouble, the edges are covered with aluminum profiles. They fix the tabletops from below, using small self-tapping screws, so as not to damage the front surface.

Choosing the right fasteners and fittings is no less important than quality materials. Furniture fasteners - products necessary for connecting individual parts. Basically, all elements are connected at right angles.

1. Dowels - schemes for their installation, involve the use of pre-prepared holes. They are used for preliminary fastening and increasing the strength of the connection;
2. Furniture corners are a common, but already outdated type of fastening. They don’t look very nice, they loosen up after a while;
3. Euroscrew - screws for connecting furniture parts.

Holes are made right in place, using a special drill that can drill a groove of the required diameter. The question of how to make furniture with your own hands requires control of the perpendicularity of the drilling direction so as not to spoil the furniture element. When connecting elements, you need to consider the subtleties:

• Furniture screws are screwed in with a hex key. Heads designed for a Phillips screwdriver cannot be fully tightened;
• The main disadvantage of this mount is that fully screwed heads remain visible. To hide them, the holes are closed with plastic plugs of a suitable color;
• Eccentric ties are a convenient, modern method of fastening. It allows you to make a hole on the inside of a piece of furniture.

To make holes of the desired size, use a Forstner drill. It is not rational to buy it only for the assembly of hidden elements, but they are convenient for installing doors. With how to repaint furniture at home, even a novice master should not have problems, and step-by-step recommendations will help to assemble new products.

tabletop

Bookshelf

Every person who loves books is faced with the need to store a library. The easiest way is to purchase a ready-made wardrobe, but you can save a lot of money and make or restore furniture from chipboard yourself. The easiest way is to make a classic version of a cabinet with open shelves that can easily fit in any room. The ideal depth for this furniture is 400 mm, the overall dimensions are 2000x800x400. (height width depth). Most of the books will easily fit on such shelves.

You need to start work by drawing up a drawing, separately depicting all the details. Then transfer the details to the chipboard. Next come cutting and other stages:

1. Assembly must be done on a flat surface so as not to warp the structure;
2. We connect the top of the cabinet and the side walls. It is necessary to use a special square so that the corners are even;
3. With the help of fasteners connect all the elements;
4. Having installed the top of the cabinet, they fix the bottom, controlling the correct connection with a square;
5. Do not rush to fix the back wall, it is more convenient to install the shelves first. It is better to fix them with a confirmation in several places. This will give reliability and increase the life of the shelves;
6. At the end, the back wall is attached;
7. In conclusion, the supports are mounted.

Preparing the elements

Connecting the back and sides

Installing skids

We fix the shelves

We make additional supports

Ready product

TV table

Although there are TV models that are easy to mount on the wall, there are many devices that require special stands. After all, you need to find a place not only for the TV, you may want to install a home theater, a remote control, find a shelf for a collection of discs. Having made a comfortable TV stand on your own, you will not only save money, but you will also be able to take into account all your desires - style, how to paint furniture made of chipboard with your own hands.

For the product, the most convenient dimensions are 600x400x1850 mm (height - depth - width). The bedside table is placed directly on the floor, it is able to withstand serious loads. Making furniture of this size will allow you to easily place even a large TV, and next to it - the rest of the necessary equipment.

1. First, the frame of the TV cabinet is assembled;
2. Make marks for fastening the middle shelf, make holes and install it in place;
3. From the elements of 0.12x0.45 mm, assemble frames for drawers. Then fix the plywood bottom on them, on glue or nails;
4. Install fittings for moving drawers;
5. Fasten the handles on the drawers;
6. By milling, prepare a place for installing the doors, and fix them;
7. At the end of the assembly, fix the top panel.

Preparing the details

We twist the bars on the sides

Fixing the front

Fixing drawer shelves

We make a box, fix the elements with self-tapping screws

Computer table

The computer, after the refrigerator and TV, is the most popular item in the house. For this reason, the table at which we work must be suitable. A computer desk is a piece of furniture with various fixtures and fittings that can be adjusted if necessary. In addition, a self-made version will cost much less than in a store.

When making a table, you can simplify the work and limit yourself to straight lines in its design. Additional shelves, holes for wiring, a place for the system unit can be made as you like.

There are a huge number of designs of such tables, there are special tables used for a netbook or laptop. In small apartments, transforming tables are convenient. A narrow object does not require much space, and if necessary, it turns into a normal computer desk, with all the necessary elements.

For independent execution, it is better to choose a simple model, rectangular in shape. After completing the drawing and cutting out all the details with a circular saw or electric jigsaw, you can start assembling:

1. Holes are prepared in the central and side walls for attaching the lower shelf. After that, fix it with confirmations;
2. Also attach the top shelf;
3. After that, the back wall is installed. It is on the same level with the upper parts of the central and side walls;
4. Now you need to screw the guide elements for the sliding console under the keyboard;
5. The tabletop is attached to the side walls with dowels. It is impossible to make through holes in the countertop;
6. If you plan to make shelves on top of the countertop, they are also attached to the dowels.

Cut out the details

Safe finishing rules

1. Chipboard needs to be sawn into pieces slowly, for this a saw with a fine tooth is better - this way you get a smooth cut line. You need to drill smoothly, using only a sharp drill and turning on the high speed of the drill. It is necessary to control the perpendicularity of the drill entering the material, otherwise you can make a chip in a noticeable place. To remove irregularities, a rasp and a planer are needed, the tool is moved from the outside of the workpiece to the inside. It is important to prevent pulling out of the fibers - so the cut of the part will turn out neat;
2. Laminated chipboard does not need to be further processed, it is only necessary to smooth the edge. The rest of the surface is painted, varnished or glued with a special film. Adhesive tape is used to protect the surface from splitting when sawing. If you are cutting by hand, then you need to position the saw with an inclination. The edge of the part covered with teeth is an unpleasant sight, especially noticeable on white MDF boards. Saw the material slowly, excess haste will cause an ugly joint between furniture elements;
3. Blunt or slow-rotating drill bits tend to break out the edges of the hole in most cases. Only with the help of a sharp and high-quality drill, you can make an even hole. With a good cut, no additional processing is required. A circular saw at work leaves irregularities on the edge, which are removed with a planer. It is carefully led along the edge, to the inside, so that the edge becomes neat. For laminated boards, do not use a rasp;
4. You can finish the surface of furniture from fiberboard in 2 ways - how to paint furniture from chipboard, and veneer with decorative material or varnish;
5. Often, cladding is carried out with a special film, which has an adhesive coating on one side that simplifies furniture finishing. It is unusually thin, for this reason the surface must be well sanded before gluing. You can stick laminated plastic, it is stronger and noticeably thicker. It is glued with a special glue, such a coating makes furniture made of chipboard beautiful and at the same time protects the surface from external influences;
6. Wood products are usually varnished, particle boards are varnished very rarely, only if it is necessary to “ennoble” the unattractive appearance of an ordinary board. Before varnishing, the surface must be leveled with putty. Even after factory processing (without lamination) it needs to be leveled. The smallest defects will be visible under the varnish film, and this greatly impairs the appearance of the furniture. After puttying the chipboard, a very even surface should be obtained, and one layer of varnish should be enough for it. If defects are noticeable after varnishing, then it will be necessary to sand the surface again with sandpaper and varnish again;
7. The layer of protective varnish should be thick, it prevents harmful fumes. You need to pay attention to the joints - you need to make them as dense as possible. Wallpaper and fabric are not suitable for finishing chipboard, these are porous materials that are not able to serve as protection. Carpet can also let harmful substances through;
8. The edges of the fiberboard board can be trimmed with thin wooden planks. The wood is selected in a suitable color, the material must be in harmony with the coating of the piece of furniture. When you have glued the required number of wood planks, you need to varnish them, as well as the entire surface, or completely repaint the furniture. Even strips with a thickness of 5 mm will protect the edges of the slab well. If you stick a wide bar, it will prevent the countertop from bending.

Drawings and diagrams

Currently, new companies producing . Often the quality or cost of their products leaves much to be desired. In addition, perhaps you have a limitless supply of ideas that you want to implement in or. Do-it-yourself wooden furniture is a great solution for creative people who are at least a little familiar with carpentry.

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Materials for the manufacture of furniture: types, their advantages and disadvantages

Making furniture from wood is a rather laborious process, so the choice of material should be approached with all responsibility. So you protect yourself from alterations and the need for an early repair. Technologies for the production of materials for items do not stand still, so every year more and more attractive and reliable ones appear. The choice depends on the following factors:

• Scope of application. All materials have different indicators of wear resistance, moisture resistance and so on. Therefore, it is necessary to select the material, first of all, based on the operating conditions of the final product (for example, you should not make furniture in the bathroom from untreated, which perfectly absorbs moisture).
• The amount of money. The difference in the cost of materials is enormous, while the most expensive is natural solid wood.
• Interior Design. All materials can be painted in any, but if you have a cozy or, conversely, rough, other elements from solid wood or boards are perfect. It is enough just to cover it with a protective layer to increase the service life.

There is a huge variety of materials for making furniture at home, we will consider only the most famous and suitable: furniture board, solid wood.

Interesting! An original and inexpensive solution would be to make furniture with your own hands from improvised means: boards, stumps, snags, and so on. Even famous designers often resort to this method.

The use of chipboard for the production of furniture with your own hands

Features of the production of children's furniture made of wood

All items must be as strong, durable and most importantly - safe. In addition, they are subject to the following requirements:

• The absence of sharp corners that the child can get hurt on (it is better to make them rounded).
• Non-toxic paintwork.
• Lack of small parts (it is better to use large elements securely attached to the body).
• Connections are made without the use of nails (the best option is screws).
• Simplicity (it is better to use bright colors than complex shapes and embossed facades; it will cost less and the child will like it more).

Production of wooden furniture for a gazebo with your own hands

- an element of the suburban area, which will make the rest on it even more comfortable. For the manufacture of elements that fill the gazebo, not only an array is suitable. For example, a leg can be made from a large stump, and a tabletop from a saw cut. The main thing - do not forget about processing!

An excellent design solution is decorating elements in an antique gazebo by brushing. You can do this in the following way:

1. Surface treatment with a hard brush to remove the soft layer of wood. At the same time, the hard layer remains uneven, due to which the surface becomes embossed.
2. Sanding the surface with a polymer brush or coarse sandpaper.
3. Processing with other dyes. It is the right selection of paint materials that allows you to achieve.
4. Polishing and varnishing (important - there must be several layers of varnish).

Do-it-yourself wooden cottage furniture production

A dacha is a place for leisure activities, where everything is usually made from improvised materials. In this case, you can use the old ones, coils from the cable and so on. Alternatively, you can use leftovers from old broken furniture. It all depends on your imagination.

For example, you can make interesting and natural materials as a support (such as stones). To do this, you must perform the following steps:

• Adjust the stones in height. To do this, you can dig holes of different depths under the stones.
• Drill holes in them and in the board for connection. Use a diamond tip to prevent stone breakage.
• Assemble the structure.
• Coat the board with protective varnish.

Making wooden furniture for the bath with your own hands

For a comfortable arrangement, it is necessary to correctly place furniture in it: benches, a couch, and so on. All this, of course, you can buy, but it is much more economical to do it yourself.

First of all, you need to choose the right breed, it must meet the following requirements:

1. Low .
2. No knots or cracks. All irregularities must be sanded.
3. High density and strength.

Only hardwoods are suitable for the steam room: oak, alder and so on. Coniferous trees can also be used for the dressing room and rest room, the main thing is proper processing.

Wooden kitchen furniture

Of all the interior items, they are the most structurally complex, as they contain many drawers and shelves. To make kitchen furniture made of wood with your own hands, you must perform the following procedure:

1. Compose a project.
2. Prepare materials and
3. Cut the sheets into the necessary elements.
4. Assemble the structure.

In order to competently draw up a project, it is necessary to draw a floor plan and designate the necessary zones (, work surface, storage space, and so on) ..

The stove should be located no further than 2 meters from the gas pipe, but the meter should not be above.

Now we cut and collect the elements. The main thing is to be careful and attentive, then the kitchen will turn out to be durable and will serve you for many years.

Do-it-yourself wooden furniture restoration

How to update wooden furniture with your own hands? The main thing is diligence and accuracy, because old interior items are often quite fragile, as they have been exposed to external adverse factors for a long time.

Before decorating, it is necessary to remove all drawers (eg with sandpaper) and clean the surface.

Important! Cleaning the surface of old furniture should be complete, so for hard-to-reach places it is worth using an old toothbrush.

Only after carrying out the preparatory work, you can proceed directly to the decoration. Below are interesting options that will inspire you to create your own unique interior items.

Conclusion

Do-it-yourself furniture production is a complex but interesting process. The main thing is to clearly draw up an action plan and select the right materials for each specific case. Then you will be able to create unique interior items at the lowest cost.