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Some modern interior items are expensive, but not very high quality. This leads to the fact that many people are thinking about making furniture with their own hands at home, for which different materials can be used, with environmentally friendly wood being considered the most preferable. If you independently implement unique ideas, you can count on the formation of truly original and unique designs that will fit well into the interior.
Window frame coffee table
Many people are now ordering the replacement of an old window with a plastic one. During the dismantling process, a lot of waste remains, including frames, which can last another ten years.
They are easy to turn into original tables.
- Take one of the window sashes that does not have a window, that is, with solid glass.
- Pull out the glass. Unscrew the fittings - hinges, handles, latches. Rub the surface with sandpaper.
- Attach the table legs to the frame.
Legs can be bought at a hardware store or taken from an old cabinet. - All that remains is to cover the frame with plywood or secure it with durable plexiglass.
The original furniture is ready.
Wall shelves
Having purchased fastenings and boards, you can build shelves. They can be quite unusual.
For example, you can arrange them in the shape of a tree with branches or a complex geometric figure.
To make furniture with your own hands, plexiglass or plastic is suitable.
They will go well with LED lighting.
An original idea is to arrange closed shelves in the shape of a ladder.
Then the inner area will become a storage for books, and the shelves themselves will be a house and a place for entertainment for the cat.
Is it possible to make furniture with your own hands?
Stylish and creative DIY furniture is not just for cabinet makers.
You can make furniture from wood, which at first glance seems unsuitable.
To implement many unusual ideas, you do not need large financial investments, special skills, or even a professional tool. In many cases, you can even get by with improvised materials.
You can get creative ideas from design magazines and design your own furniture.
Decoupage
Ordinary wooden furniture looks quite boring. The decoupage technique is suitable for interior decoration.
You will need primer, varnish, glue and wipes.
Everything you need is sold in any art or specialty store.
This way you can decorate cabinet doors and bedside tables.
For decoration, you can use not only decoupage napkins, but also wallpaper, posters, and newspaper clippings.
Cardboard in the interior
After purchasing equipment, cardboard boxes remain. Many people have several of these boxes stored on their mezzanines.
A good idea is to stack them on top of each other and fasten them with a furniture stapler. You will get a rack.
To create your own furniture and interior items, use durable corrugated cardboard, just make sure in advance that it can withstand the weight of books and other things.
The material is also suitable for creating beds.
If you correctly fold several layers of old cardboard like an accordion and connect them, you will get a durable sleeping place that will support the weight of a person.
The bed will most likely require special cardboard, and you will have to buy it separately.
If you are interested in this idea, it is better to start making furniture of modest sizes.
Benefits of homemade furniture
Homemade interior items have the following advantages:
- Budget - finished products will cost much less than furniture purchased in a store. The costs of its production are equal to the costs of materials and time spent. In some cases, you will need the necessary tools to create furniture;
- Durability, reliability - in the case of independent production of chairs, tables, sofas, its owner will know exactly what the product consists of and how reliable it is. When using high-quality elements, interior items will be strong and last a long time;
- Originality - homemade models are distinguished by their unusualness; they are made in one copy. There is an opportunity to turn numerous ideas into reality. Thus, you can decorate the room with exclusive products that will become the highlight of the room and attract the attention of guests.
If you have no experience, it is recommended to use simple ideas for creating furniture first. Afterwards, you can begin to implement more complex solutions.
Wicker items
You can relax in a hanging bed with a canopy. A non-standard idea is to weave a hanging bed yourself.
A wicker hammock will look unusual.
The canopy can also be made wicker or you can hang regular tulle.
This way, you will also create a separate relaxation area.
It is not necessary to weave small interior items and accessories. Designers have learned to create wicker furniture with foam rubber, including sofas.
White, weightless foam cushions remain a permanent addition to the magnificent sofa frame.
Make a similar creation using video tutorials or step-by-step instructions.
Benches made from stumps
Wooden furniture is found everywhere, but untreated wood is not usually used.
A table made from a wide stump and a glass top looks very original.
A set made from an old log or log looks interesting. The easiest way is to place the tree stump on the floor and use it instead of a stool.
It looks much more interesting with metal legs or wheels.
Another idea is to attach a backrest for convenience.
There is no need to paint or treat the wood, as it should be associated with the forest and nature.
To create an original solution for the interior, simple materials and imagination are enough.
A very original and stylish solution for old car tires.
You can make furniture from intricately shaped wood taken from your site, car tires and other things that at first glance seem unusable.
Ideas for new furniture from old items
For those who know how and love to make something with their own hands, a real scope of ideas opens up, because furniture can be made from unusual materials and objects that lie at home as unnecessary things:
- a tabletop from an old grand piano (piano) can become part of a new table, and when turned upside down, placed on the floor, it will turn into an original shelving unit;
- it’s not difficult to make a closet with your own hands from scrap materials: leftover plastic pipes for the frame and thick fabric (for example, from curtains) to sew the walls together;
- unnecessary computer disks can become a screen; just attach them to a metal frame;
- the remains of old brick should be used to implement different ideas: as legs for a coffee table, as walls for a stationary shelving unit, to imitate a fireplace;
- make shelves, hanging cabinets, chests of drawers, bedside tables with your own hands from large speakers;
- transform large trays into tabletops or into a flower stand, which will become the highlight of the interior;
- transform the tabletop and legs from an old dining table with your own hands into a compact coffee table or bookcase, shoe rack;
- a wine barrel can be used for bold ideas: it can become the base of a table, or, sawn in half and upholstered with foam rubber and tapestry - two poufs;
- old interior doors (especially the same ones) will come in handy to make a kitchen set with your own hands from scrap materials.
These are not all the ideas on how to make furniture from scrap materials.
It is impossible to imagine a house without furniture, because it is an element of the interior and a functional object.
For some interior styles, a homemade item is simply a must.
