Do you want to update the interior with a new piece of furniture? Make a chair made of natural wood with your own hands, which will be not only beautiful in appearance, but also useful in everyday life.
Ready-made drawings with dimensions will facilitate the process for beginners in carpentry.
Which tree to choose
To make a chair from natural wood, you can use the following lumber:
- boards;
- timber;
- array;
- logs.
In most cases, they resort to a combination of several types of materials, each of them performs its function in the design.
You can buy ready-made materials or, if you have the necessary equipment, make it yourself. To do this, you will need high-quality logs. When choosing logs, pay attention to their appearance: the presence of knots, cracks, fungal diseases. Examine the top layer of wood - sometimes logs are tinted to improve consumer properties.
If you decide to purchase lumber for a chair, you should pay attention to the following recommendations:
- The timber and boards must be dry, with smooth edges, without cracks. Pay attention to distortions - only slight deviations are allowed, as well as the presence of holes (with a diameter of 2 to 4 mm), symptoms of rot, mold.
- Boards have a thickness of up to 100 mm, timber - from 100 mm.
- An array is a material that contains exclusively natural wood without any impurities. Selecting an array involves finding the type of wood that is best suited to create the .
- Chairs are best made from oak or mahogany - these varieties are known for their excellent decorative and practical qualities (strength, durability, easy to process).
- Other suitable materials include pine and beech.
Important! It is necessary to stock up on wood, bars and boards in a slightly larger volume than calculated for manufacturing, as there is a chance of spoiling or breaking one of the parts.
Dimensional drawings
The process of making a chair begins with the creation of a drawing. If this is your first piece, it's best to ditch the fancy designs and try the simplest chair design with a fabric seat. You can use the drawing below (all dimensions are in millimeters):
Materials and tools
In the process of making a chair, you will need the following materials:
- boards (thickness - 10-15 mm);
- timber (parameters - 40 by 60 mm and 40 by 40 mm);
- sanding paper;
- foam rubber and durable fabric;
- self-tapping screws;
- furniture glue.
If you intend to make the bars yourself, then this requires you to acquire special equipment. Wood processing tools:
- construction stapler;
- saw;
- conductors for furniture;
- plane;
- chisel;
- mallet;
- jigsaw (electric);
- screwdriver;
- roulette.
Description of work stages
Step 1. Prepare a beam: one is needed for the back of the chair (80 cm in length), the second for the legs located in front (44 cm). Make holes in the bars at the same height - they are needed for the base.
The manufactured parts must be laid on top of each other and the sections of the legs should be aligned. Mark the location of the holes.
It is required to make two holes on the adjacent legs of the chair, so that in the end a kind of rectangle standing on the legs comes out.
Step 2 Taking advantage chisel, make holes at the marks. Get rid of sawdust clear legs.
Step 3 Make 2 longitudinal slats and 2 prolegs (horizontal parts connecting the bottom of the chair legs). For this, take 4 bars with markings for future spikes. Their dimensions should correspond to about 10–12 mm.
Mark and cut the spikes as carefully as possible, as they must fit firmly into the holes. Make sure there are no gaps.
Step 4 The next step is to make the back. For its base, it is better to take a cut-off type board. Make holes on the inside of the back supports to match the height and thickness of the back - the grooves are for fastening it. The seat is fixed with screws. To make the chair stiff enough, attach small braces.
Step 5 Treat the back and legs of the chair from the outside so that they have rounded form and then polish them.
Step 6 The base of the future chair must be processed varnish and polish. It is best to purchase an unscented, water-based varnish. Wait until the structural elements are completely dry.
Step 7 If you want to make a chair with a soft seat, take foam rubber of the required size for this and wrap it in a fairly dense fabric. Attach the foam to the seat with a construction stapler.
Step 8 The process of assembling a wooden chair begins immediately after processing all the structural elements. The spikes need to be well smeared with glue and driven into the grooves using a mallet. In order not to harm the varnish coating of the chair, you need to strike as much as possible. carefully.
Step 9 The last step is to screw the seat and back to the base of the chair. To attach furniture screws, use suitable drill bits.
Self-tapping screws can be masked with PVA glue and sawdust. Mix these two components and apply them to the hats. After varnishing the chair, the screws become almost invisible.
O your own manufacturing principle, in the future you will be able to take on more complex designs - chairs with figured legs and backs, with armrests, carved chairs, and also independently repair a wooden chair. Perhaps you want to make an original one or surprise your friends copyright product of unusual design.
For a master class on making a chair from solid wood, see the video:
There are many types of chairs, differing in shape, size, material, etc. DIY wooden chairs will help diversify your home interior, while saving time and money. You can make a wooden chair with your own hands, having the very minimum of tools and materials.
There are several ways to make a chair with your own hands. The choice of each of them depends on the model of the chair, its purpose and style.
When thinking about how to make a chair, many people choose a common option - a simple and traditional chair made of wood, with a flat back and a soft seat.
It is better to start work with a sketch, and it is also necessary to prepare all the details and blanks for the future chair.
Materials and tools
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materials
Since the chair is made of wood, the main material is dry wood without knots. The following species are well suited for these purposes: oak, pine or beech. Oak and beech are not easy to process, but the result is worth it.
You will need to prepare:
- timber 40x60 mm, 40x40 mm;
- dense material for upholstery;
- thick foam - for sitting;
- edged boards with a thickness of 10-15 mm: for sitting - 400x480 mm, for the back - 100x420 mm;
- sandpaper;
- furniture glue;
- screws.
The beam can be purchased, as well as prepare it with your own hands: cut off and then smoothen. The initial sanding is done with sandpaper #100-120, and the finish shine is given by paper #220 and above.
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Tools
- sandpaper;
- construction stapler;
- fine-toothed saw;
- conductors,
- mallet;
- chisel;
- plane.
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Step by step assembly instructions
Prepare 4 bars: 2 80 cm long, 40x60 section - they will serve as the rear legs, and 2 - 44 cm each, 40x40 section - as the basis for the front supports. Make holes in them for the bases and prolegs. Make holes strictly at the same level. Therefore, the bars are stacked with each other in such a way that their cuts at the bottom of the legs are strictly aligned. Then, with a pencil, you need to mark the grooves. Their dimensions are 20x40 mm, and the depth is 15-20 mm. It is necessary that the inner edge of the holes extend 10 mm from the inner edge of the leg.
Important point! For each leg, you need to make 2 grooves for the bases. They need to be made on adjacent edges of the legs (and not those that are opposite each other). As a result of the entire assembly, you should get a rectangle with legs.
Make grooves with a chisel, remove the remnants of sawdust from them. Rear legs bring to perfection. To do this, you need to cut off a face from the bottom hole to the bottom of the leg and from the top hole to the top, creating a smooth transition from 60 to 40 mm.
The legs of the wooden chair are ready, now you need to make 2 legs and 2 longitudinal bases. To do this, you need 4 bars 350 mm long, with a section of 40x40 mm. On all sides, mark the dimensions of the spikes 10-12 mm. Cut out the spikes. They must be done carefully, as they should fit tightly into the prepared holes, without a gap.
Then take 2 bars 420 mm long, 40x40 mm in section. Of these, you need to make transverse bases. Then they need to make the same spikes.
It remains to do the back. For this, it is advisable to use a cutting board. In this case, the backrest will be 420 mm long and 80-100 mm wide. From the inner sides of the rear supports, make grooves corresponding to the height and thickness of the backrest, and insert the backrest into them. Attach the seat with screws. To create rigidity and for ease of fixation, add small braces between the bases.
The legs of the chair from the outer edge and the back on both sides can be made rounded, then sanded. On the finished parts of the wooden chair, apply varnish and polish. Give the varnish time to dry.
Please note that most furniture polishes have a strong odor. Therefore, it is desirable to carry out this stage of work in a room where there is good air access. There are odorless varnishes made on a water basis.
To make the seat, cut the foam to a suitable size or smaller, but no more than 5 mm from the edge. Wrap with a thick cloth, firmly fixing it on the bottom of the seat with a stapler.
When all the elements are dry and polished, assemble the chair, grease the spikes well with glue and knock them down with a mallet. You can also use a regular hammer, but wrap the impact part with a soft material. It is important not to spoil the varnish surface. Attach the back and seat using screws and leave everything to dry completely.
Whatever product you make from natural wood, and even with your own hands, a creative approach is definitely needed here. Any tree is a living material that can be easily processed. If such products are properly monitored and cared for, they will last a very long time. One of the main advantages of wooden items is their ability to fit into almost any interior, bringing warmth and coziness, comfortable and familiar. If you are a creative person and want to make a chair with your own hands, here you will learn about it in more detail.
Making furniture with your own hands is not so difficult. The main thing is to understand what exactly you need and for what purposes. Surely you would like the furniture to be not only beautiful, but also very durable and safe. To do this, it is better to protect yourself and purchase quality materials. Despite everything, even natural high-quality wood will cost less than buying a finished product from it. The most suitable tree species are beech, oak or pine. They are very durable and reliable. To make a frame, purchase a beam with a section of 40 * 40 and / or 40 * 60, mm. To make jumpers and a back bar - you will need boards with a thickness of up to 1.5 cm. Well, if you want to make a chair in which there will be a back, and even a soft seat, purchase a sheet of plywood.
Of the tools that will be useful to you for creating furniture with your own hands, you should prepare: a saw, an electric jigsaw, a chisel, a hammer, a screwdriver, a mallet, sandpaper, a stapler, a triangle, a meter, clamps. Joiner's glue will not be superfluous, and if necessary - paintwork. Choose fasteners in the form of stainless steel self-tapping screws. If you plan to upholster the seat, prepare the staples for the stapler.
For those who decide to make such a masterpiece for the first time, we recommend trying it from a stool. Because, in fact, a chair is not the easiest thing to learn how to make furniture.
Therefore, in practice, it is better to first learn how to make a stool, and only then move towards other products. In general, a stool is the simplest version of a chair, without a back. The seat can also be upholstered or not.
Be sure to look at the photos, which clearly show the process of making a wooden chair. And, of course, follow the instructions. So.
Bars, section in which 40 * 40, length 44 cm - take 4 pcs. such. To prepare the wood from burrs, use sandpaper: first coarser grit, then fine.
Next, take the kings, 4 pcs. - the seat of your chair will rest on them, and they will also be jumpers. Parameters tsarg 2*5*28 cm.
It would be great if you found a solid wide board. But if this is not possible, you should adhere to the groove-thorn connection. If you wish, the seat can be rounded.
On the edges of each drawer and proleg, you make spikes, respectively, on the legs themselves - grooves. Spikes and grooves - 2 cm in length. In turn, the grooves should be made, from the floor, at a height of 27 cm.
All parts, except for the seat, need to be assembled together to make sure everything is level and not skewed. If you did everything right, you can lubricate the grooves and spikes with wood glue and firmly connect all the products together.
It is not difficult to fasten the seat to the resulting structure. To do this, a self-tapping screw must be screwed into each leg, it’s good if you drown its hats in the tree a little. The attachment points can be masked with a special putty for wood, or plastic plugs, matching the color of the product.
If you have chosen good wood, it has a good structure, shade... Take paint or just varnish, open your product and use it to your health!
Make a folding chair? Easily!
This type of furniture is simply irreplaceable in many life cases. Especially if the house is small, and it is difficult to place large furniture in it, and guests need to be seated for the holidays ... And if you are going to go on a picnic, you definitely need such a chair!
In order to make an ordinary folding chair, you will need:
- 4*2*47, cm legs - 4 pcs.
- 4 * 2 * 32, cm crossbars for supporting the bars of the seat - 4 pcs.
- 4*2*32 cm prolegs - 2 pcs.
- For seat: 9*2*35, cm - 2 pcs., 6*2*35, cm - 2 pcs.
- Bolts with a diameter of 6 mm and a length of up to 4 cm - 6 pcs.
- To attach the prolegs directly to the legs, as well as the bars to the support rails, you need self-tapping screws, the length of which is from 4 to 5 cm
For a more aesthetic appearance of the product, round the edges of the parts.
The legs need to be connected in pairs with each other, crosswise. It is better to do this at the top of the legs. This will make a stable chair model. Nuts and bolt heads drown a little in the tree.
Connect the crossbars and the upper parts of the legs with bolts. Next, on each half, attach one leg and a seat bar (1 narrow and 1 wide). When the product is assembled, you will get that each wide bar is followed by 2 narrow ones. At the same time, the distance between narrow and wide bars is 1.5-2 cm. It remains to open it with varnish or paint and voila!
Variety of wooden chairs
It may be that you will like such creative activity, and you will become a manufacturer of designer furniture. But in fact, there can be a lot of options for what to make of wood! The same rocking chairs, various options for children's furniture and much more!
A chair is the most basic piece of furniture in a room. They are produced by a lot of furniture factories, mass production, put on stream. But you want something unusual! That is why some craftsmen decide to make a chair on their own. It doesn't take much to do this.
Varieties
Before you start doing something, you need to understand what types of chairs are. The complexity of the work depends on this. The simplest basic chair can be considered a stool. Its independent production is the easiest and practically does not require skills and special tools.
To get started, you can practice and make a set of stools for a summer house or garage. When the hand is stuffed, then you can proceed to the creation of more complex structures.
If it’s scary to start with a stool right away, then you can try to make a children’s hanging chair like a swing. In order to make it, you will need several boards of medium width, narrow sticks and a strong rope.
So, first you need to make a seat. Wide boards are sawn so that a square or rectangular seat can be folded out of three boards. On the one hand, short nails are nailed to the boards to connect the boards together. The ends of the rope are connected to the four edges of the resulting structure.
Now the structure can be hung from a doorway or a strong tree branch in a summer cottage. For more security, you can add a backrest and armrests. They are connected in the same way as the parts of the seat. When the work is finished, you can sand, paint and varnish the product.
Other Models:
- The most popular type of chair is home massive chair with back. Often they are for children. All parts of this design, as a rule, are massive and durable. which gives confidence that the child will not fall out of the chair. In addition, it will be difficult for the child to overturn such a chair on himself.
In the manufacture of this design, you need to carefully monitor so that there are no splinters and other non-skinned parts.
- The next view is similar to the previous one. The only difference between them is that this one has a soft seat. You can make it from a beautiful dense fabric, and fill it with cotton wool and foam rubber. Making it a little more difficult than a massive one, since the soft part must be fixed on the seat carefully so that the sharp parts do not look out. You may have to use a construction stapler for this.
- Chair-chair it is based on both previous products, only instead of a soft seat it is completely upholstered with fabric and foam rubber. It's much more difficult, but worth a try. You can start by updating an old similar chair. Just drag it with a new cloth if the old one is frayed. If the experience is successful, then you can already make a collection of such chairs yourself. Sometimes springs are added to the seat to make it softer. There should be an abundant layer of soft material on the spring. This design resembles a sofa and is liked by many.
It is difficult to do it yourself, if only because a careful selection of springs is required. You will have to spend a lot of time in the furniture fittings store.
- folding chair very convenient for a small apartment where you need to arrange the furniture as compactly as possible. This type of seat can even be hung on the wall when folded, and lowered only if necessary, when guests have come to the house, for example. Often this type of furniture is used in country houses, where, as a rule, there is never enough space. They are very convenient to take out on the veranda, on the street.
- Another type of chairs that can most often be found in the country is hammock or deck chair. To make it, you need a beautiful strong fabric and good sticks. A deck chair is the basis for a hammock. If used without it, then the hammock must be pulled between the trees. It doesn't have to be a mesh at all. Moreover, it is not convenient for rest, since the knots of the mesh dig into the body and interfere with rest. You can take a strong beautiful fabric, sew a rectangle out of it. Sew sticks on two narrow sides, to the ends of which a strong rope is connected. The chaise longue has the same principle, with the only difference being that parts of the chaise lounge structure - legs - are attached to the ends of the sticks.
- There are several types of chairs that are unlikely to be made on your own without special skills, tools and experience. These include forged chairs(they need to be done in a forge, this is a very difficult job), school to correct the child's posture (for the manufacture of this type, special knowledge in orthopedics is needed, otherwise you can, on the contrary, harm the child and his posture. In this case, it is better to entrust the work to a professional).
- Of the same type are bar chairs, if they are not a simple design of one leg and seat. As a rule, a simple design is uninteresting, unoriginal. The main distinguishing feature of bar stools is that their legs are much higher than those of ordinary ones. The legs of the person sitting do not rest on the floor, but on the crossbar on the leg. The height of the bar counter is different, so the bar stool must be made by carefully measuring everything.
- Screw (spinning) chair most often found in homes where there is a piano or pianoforte. For self-production of this type will require a lot of skills. From the first attempt and without experience, it is almost impossible to do it.
There are some more types. For example, Kentucky, on wheels, saddle chair, folding, with armrests, dining, collapsible, spring, Viennese, boat.
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Sizes and shapes
Chairs are of various types. They accompany a person throughout his life. Acquaintance with them begins when a person is still small - from a feeding chair. Throughout life, a person uses all kinds of chairs of various shapes, sizes, types and purposes. In old age, many people prefer comfortable, homely. cozy rocking chairs.
The shapes of the chairs are also very diverse. World-famous interior designers create haute couture chairs - such that, if they end up in an apartment, then for the most part as an exhibit, and not to sit on them. They are very beautiful and expensive.
You can find excellent examples in numerous catalogs of famous designers. Their chair can be round, triangular, rectangular, shapeless. But the classic rectangular or square shape of the seat is the most common and ergonomic.
If the chair is created with your own hands, then you need to carefully monitor that it fits well in size to the table. If they are not combined, then it will be uncomfortable to be at the table. Sitting too high will make you want to slouch, and this will hurt your back.
A seat that is too low will cause the shoulders to be raised high to allow the elbows to rest on it. Both extremes will have a very negative effect on posture. That is why the height of the legs, seat, back must be measured very carefully.
materials
Modern designers use almost any materials for the manufacture of unusual interior furniture. In words, it does not look as beautiful as in reality, because even a heap of rubbish in skillful hands can turn out to be a masterpiece.
The frame material can be any, as a rule, it is wood or metal. A solid wood base is by far the best option. He is the most practical. If the base is not made of wood, but of metal, then special pads are made on hard legs so that they do not spoil the flooring. This is especially important if the stool is heavy. It can easily leave unpleasant, but difficult to remove traces.
You can make furniture from cardboard, wood, plywood, a profile pipe (trade pipe), pallets, polypropylene pipes, chipboard, lining, boards, logs, chipboard, timber, stumps, tires, improvised means, epoxy resin, glass and wicker from a vine.
Manufacturing technology
The complexity of the manufacturing technology also depends on the type of chair. If you follow the instructions exactly, then the job will be easy. It is important to choose good material so that in the process of work it does not cause inconvenience. Good quality wood can be purchased at specialized building hypermarkets.
The finished product must be sanded so that all sides are smooth. Splinters in furniture, both small and large, are a dangerous thing. You may not notice the small one, and after it sticks in, inflammation will begin. Larger ones leave serious wounds on the body, so the chair must be tidied up before coating. After staining, you need to apply a layer of varnish so that the paint lasts longer.
Easiest way to make your own buggy chair or bean bag chair. It does not require construction tools: only fabric, cutting and sewing skills, as well as filler. This chair is a fabric bag filled with pleasant filler. In such a chair it is convenient to relax, watch TV. Children are very fond of buggies, so you can sew one for the children's room.
And how to sew a bean bag chair can be found in the next video.
Tools
Those who want to do something on their own at home often turn to stores to buy wood milling machines. They are used in large enterprises, and sometimes in home workshops. It is in woodworking that these power tools are most popular.
Woodworkers note that if you choose the horizontal position of the spindle, you can start developing round spikes and grooves.
What are cutters? There are several types of stationary milling machines. Prices for wood milling machines depend on different characteristics.
They are:
- Lungs. Such power tools are used for simple work. Their power is, as a rule, no more than 1 kW. Most often, these devices are used in the activities of the home workshop. They also include a manual milling cutter.
- Medium. This category includes more complex devices, with a power of up to 3 kW.
- Heavy. These are already professional machines that are used in large-scale production. The power of heavy machines is more than 3 kW.
You need to carefully study the catalog of wood milling machines to find power tools of all configurations. The principle of operation of the unit is based on the rotation of the cutter fixed in the spindle. This is the main movement of the apparatus. In this case, the workpiece itself is fixed. Auxiliary movement: the unit makes it perform straight and curvilinear movements.
There are models in which these processes occur simultaneously. The online store allows you to find a car that suits your needs. Choosing the right tool is the key to a successful job. You will also need other tools, such as a screwdriver, in order to fasten furniture elements with screws.
How to do?
There are as many options for how to make any furniture as there are types of it.
Simple
Above, the article has already described the types of simple chairs - stools and models with a back. Sometimes craftsmen decide to make it bent to add smooth lines and grace to the product. This is a good and successful solution, but, as in the case of a rocking chair, you will have to tinker with the curve of the tree. It might not work on the first try.
So, how to bend a board or any bar at home? First you need to steam a piece of wood.
You will need the following equipment to carry out the work:
- Steam chamber. It will contain the workpiece that needs to be bent.
- Heat generator or steam generator. It is important to choose a quality product so that it is safe.
- Thermometer. Using a thermometer, you will need to measure the temperature, it is very important to monitor it.
- Hoses various types or diameters of the tube, with the help of which the generator is connected to the steam chamber.
The steam must come out of the hole under pressure, so it is important to choose the right diameter. It is important to ensure that it is not excessive, otherwise the camera will burst. With insufficient pressure, the effect will not work at all.
At this stage, the thermometer comes into play. With it, you need to make sure that the workpiece warms up to the boiling point, that is, up to 100 degrees Celsius. It is at this temperature that the wood becomes pliable and can be bent as required. You can get absolutely any form that you want.
Before you start bending, you need to make sure that the bends of all parts are correctly correlated. This is especially true for rocking chairs, but you can read about them in the article below.
step chair
In everyday life, a chair-ladder-transformer made of wood or metal is very convenient. Making it yourself for the home is easy if you follow the instructions clearly. The proximity of actions to the instructions in this case is very important, since in the future it is planned to stand on the product to its full height. If it is performed incorrectly, the person using the stepladder may fall and be injured.
Growing
Very convenient and practical model in a family where there is a child. Furniture grows with it. The seat needs to be made of a constant size, and the legs will consist of two parts that are connected in different ways, depending on how high they should be.
The screws that will hold the structure must be screwed tightly, but so that after some time it will be possible to unscrew them again, disassemble the chair and assemble it again with a new size.
Folding
Some home craftsmen decide to make a homemade folding chair. It is not as difficult as it seems, although there are specific features. The main plus is that such furniture does not take up much space in the room. Sometimes it can be used not only as furniture, but also as a decoration, if you hang a beautifully painted chair on the wall.
The design of the chair itself can be quite diverse. Sometimes compact models are made from plywood. But most often you can find models from a combination of different tree species.
Rocking chair
Elderly people spend a lot of time in soft chairs or rocking chairs, although the latter are less and less common in modern apartments, as they take up a lot of space and cause great damage to the flooring.
The manufacture of such a chair requires great skill and experience in working with wood, because to make the most important part that distinguishes it from other chairs, you will need to bend wooden parts. At the heart of the chair are semicircular legs on which the whole structure swings.
To make the simplest model, you only need a jigsaw, a drill and several types of wrenches. With little experience, you can make such a product in just one day.
Decor options
When the furniture is ready, you need to decorate the product to make it even more individual. To do this, you need to decide in what style the room will be decorated, where you plan to put the finished furniture.
Classic style or chalet will require uniformity and clarity of lines. Shabby chic, which is gaining popularity, implies more original options.
- Designers advise to do decoupage. This is such a variant of handmade, in which the surface is covered with a pattern from a special decoupage napkin. This technique can be applied to the legs, back, armrests. And if the furniture does not have a soft seat, then on it. Decoupage requires several tools, they can be purchased at almost any store for lovers of home art.
An important feature of this technique in relation to furniture is that it needs to be carefully polished and varnished so as not to spoil the decor during use.
- Carved legs and back- a popular decor option. Add such an ornament can those who are fluent in a jigsaw and other similar tools. If such decorations are made by hand, then the furniture will become the highlight of the house. The figured leg is a very original and spectacular element. Elegant furniture details are remembered and give the interior a special chic.
- Very simple decorate furniture– to make original and unique capes for chairs. Any beautiful fabric will do for this. You can buy it at the store or use an old blanket.
In addition, some home craftsmen make chairs together with their wives. Men at the same time make the basis of furniture, and women knit or sew a seat. Working together brings families together. You can attract children, then the finished furniture will become even more loved by the family.
- Another idea for those families where women know how and love to knit. Can do gaiters that will be put on the legs of the furniture. This solution will save you from two problems at once: a boring design and marks from the legs of a heavy chair on the floor. A chair with gaiters will not make unpleasant sounds when moved, and there will be no lines from the chair on the floor.
- Finished wooden chair can be dyed. At the same time, paints can be mixed, various patterns can be made using masking tape, painting in layers. There is an original version of staining with blots, but this method will require preparation. You need to apply a layer of base paint on the furniture. First, do not forget about sanding and priming so that the paint lasts as long as possible. Following this, the finished product must be taken out, for example, into the yard or placed in the center of the room, carefully protected from paint. To do this, you can cover the floor and walls with a film or a thick layer of newspapers. Then you need to dip a thick round brush into the paint and start splashing it onto the chair.
You can make blots of several colors or one. It is important to be careful here so that the chair does not look like furniture used in the repair. You should get some kind of smart blots.
- Some choose to decorate the option with carriage tie, others decide to arrange furniture semi-antique. This option is very elegant, but you need to age the furniture wisely. For example, there are special varnishes or other coatings that make it possible to make the finished chair look like it has been used for several decades, and the product can be attributed to antiques.
One of these ways is craquelure. The method gives a very unusual effect, but not everyone likes it. It gives the product a similarity to the chair on which there is an old cracked paint and this effect looks extremely unusual.
First of all, after the primer, a layer of paint is applied, which will be visible through the cracks. Then craquelure and paint are applied, which will be cracked. It instantly cracks and creates a beautiful effect. This effect must also be fixed with varnish when the coating dries, so that the decor lasts as long as possible.
And in general, a chair designed in this way, using exactly white paint as the top layer, will look good in any interior.
Beautiful ideas in the interior
Sometimes furniture needs a solemn decor.
You can make beautiful drapery yourself. This design can be used on a variety of holidays. Color should be selected in accordance with the overall design of the room. The fabric must be beautifully draped and then secured with a wide ribbon.
It is best to take a bow either in a contrasting color or identical to the general drapery of the furniture.
The calculation of the fabric should be as follows: you should carefully measure the height of the chair, add 20-25 centimeters to the resulting number. The finished result should be doubled. This is the length that the piece of fabric should be. As a rule, the resulting length is in the range from one hundred forty to one hundred and fifty centimeters.
A kitchen chair in the kitchen can be decorated with a thin elegant pillow. You can also make it yourself. In order for it not to fall when someone sits down or gets up, thin ribbons can be sewn to the ends of the pillow. With their help, you can tie it to the back or legs. Velcro can be used as an alternative to ribbons.
When the pillow is not needed, you can untie it. If it gets dirty, then it can also be easily washed. It will be especially convenient if you make such a pillow so that the cover is removable.
Making a chair for a student on your own is much more difficult, since such furniture requires special skill. If such furniture is improperly designed, it will harm the child. The backrest should be ergonomic and help maintain posture.
You can arrange a ready-made chair with your child, which will help to get closer and accustom him to work. Whatever the design of the furniture, the child himself, who, in fact, is the owner of the room, and, consequently, the furniture in it, must select it on his own. So, girls may wish to design a chair in a classic or baroque style. Thus, the room will resemble the princess's room.
Boys will certainly want to decorate in the style of steampunk or in accordance with the style of their favorite computer game or comic book. You should not resist such a desire, because then the child may not like his new room and furniture.
Making furniture at home on your own with the whole family is a very labor-intensive, but entertaining business. If all family members are busy with one common work, then this unites them. The chairs created by the wife, husband, children together become a family heirloom. They will tell friends and grandchildren about them.
The process of creating such furniture will be remembered by everyone for a long time, perhaps at family holidays they will remember funny stories that happened during work or ideas that arose during the labor process.
If everyone likes the work, then over time, your favorite hobby can bring some income. Handmade fairs are often held in large cities, where such furniture is rare due to the specifics of production, but this does not mean that it is not in demand on the market. Of course, parting with a chair that the whole family made together will be quite difficult. But it will be replaced by another blank, which can be turned into furniture in the same way - together.
These chairs have a very simple and solid construction. The rear legs and backrests are made from one piece of wood, 25mm thick. It is best to make a template for a chair leg and cut it out with a band saw.
The next task is to make the edges semicircular. Using a milling machine and a suitable cutter, make a semicircle on the legs of the chair.
The back of the chair is a little more difficult to assemble, so in the process of clamping, align immediately, keep evenness.
The front legs and lintels are a little easier to glue and assemble. Pay attention to two small clips at the corners, this is done so that there is full contact when gluing.
The next step is to connect the front and rear parts. Be sure to place the chair on a flat surface during this step. If the chair is slightly uneven, or rather will oscillate, then you can install the clamp diagonally to compensate in the opposite direction.
After everything is glued and the glue is completely dry, remove the excess glue with a chisel. It's best to leave the glue on until it's completely dry so you don't risk spreading it over a wider area by wiping it off.
The next important point is the seating area.
The seat is actually a simple square piece of wood, 42.5cm along the grain, 42cm across the grain, 16mm thick, and cut the back corners.
To install the seat, glue another mount on the apron, in which holes for attaching the seat should be drilled. The holes are also made so that when the humidity changes, it does not crack at the clamping points with self-tapping screws.
