Modern owners want to see their home notonly cozy and comfortable. The interior plays an important role now. It should be exclusive and unique. Therefore, many craftsmen strive to make furniture with their own hands. This allows not only to save money, but also to assemble such interior items that will satisfy the individual needs of household members.
The furniture in the living room should be comfortable and stylish.In addition, it should be in harmony with the entire interior of the room. Thanks to the abundance of materials and fittings that can be found in stores selling goods for the manufacture and repair of furniture, it is not at all difficult to develop and implement your own design of cabinets, cabinets and shelves. Even a novice master can do this. It is only necessary to determine the upcoming scope of work in advance.
Drawing up a drawing of furniture
The assembly of any furniture should begin withdrawing up a detailed drawing of the future product. The diagram must indicate not only the overall dimensions, but also the dimensions of each individual part. Only such a drawing will allow you to assemble a cabinet or a stand without mistakes and annoying flaws. Moreover, the shortcomings made during the preparatory work can sometimes be quite difficult to eliminate during installation.
Figure 1. Drawing of a wall for a living room.If you have some experience in making interior items, it is wiser to immediately develop a whole furniture set, rather than individual modules. This approach will ensure a unified interior design. In addition, you will be able to immediately take into account the dimensions of the furniture and its location in the room. A general drawing will not be superfluous even if you are a beginner furniture maker. You can first assemble only 1 TV stand or a bookcase. And then return to a single scheme and mount a rack or cabinet. In any case, the preparation of a preliminary drawing must begin with taking measurements. In this case, it is imperative to take into account the dimensions of the room itself. Usually, the following dimensions are taken into account for a living room set:
The dimensions depend on the depth parameters of the drawersother details. For example, the size of the top covers of cabinets and countertops. Usually the lower tier of the set is made deeper, and the upper one is wider. As an analogue, you can take the overall dimensions of the finished furniture module. They are indicated in the manufacturers' catalogs. Naturally, you can take into account your own dimensions. But you must maintain the specified proportions. As a result, you should get a single scheme, an example of which is shown in Fig. 1. Next, you can develop a scheme for installing each individual piece of furniture, taking into account its individual features. Return to the table of contents</a>
The overall design of the living room module
Drawing of a built-in wardrobe in the living room.When assembling it yourself, it is most convenient to assemble symmetrical structures. Moreover, the so-called wall will fit perfectly into any living room. As a rule, such furniture consists of the following elements:
- linen closet;
- a book rack;
- TV cabinet with shelves for video and audio equipment;
- closed storage sections (with shelves and drawers);
- Open sections (what used to be called a hill).
Their arrangement depends only on your tastes,preferences and characteristics of the room. They can be arranged in one line or assembled at an angle. Some elements can be located on the floor, and some - on the wall (hanging drawers). But remember that a modern living room should be convenient, comfortable and safe. Therefore, you should not arrange furniture so that 1 element lies on top of others. For example, loft drawers on cabinets. Try to secure each individual detail.
Figure 2.Drawing of a wall unit assembled from several parts for a living room. A wall unit assembled from separate parts is also convenient because the maximum length of chipboard or plywood sheets does not reach 3 m. Therefore, basic modules usually consist of 2 or 3 parts. In this case, it is necessary to calculate the overall design so that the joints of 2 modules do not violate the symmetry of the entire module. This drawback can be easily eliminated by providing a single facade for adjacent cabinets. Or by making 1 element much longer than the others. An example of such a layout is shown in Fig. 2. As a rule, long pieces of furniture are placed at the bottom. They can serve not only as a basic support for the entire structure, but also visually unite the furniture module into a single stylistic solution. Return to contents</a>
Module element construction
Each individual piece of furniture, from which the integral structure is assembled, can be conditionally disassembled into the following parts:
- skeleton;
- bottom (horizontal plane);
- cover or countertop;
- sidewalls;
- facade.
The frame usually consists of the upper andlower frames, pulled together by longitudinal stiffening ribs, which are the corners of the furniture. If the size of the cabinet or pedestal is small, and for their manufacture the material used is 25 mm thick (chipboard, laminated chipboard or furniture board), then you can do without a frame. In this case, the walls themselves will provide the necessary rigidity to the structure. The dimensions of each individual piece of furniture in the living room must be calculated taking into account the legs or lower stands (wheels).
Figure 3. Diagram of the simplest TV stand.It is also necessary to take into account protruding decorative trim details. For example, fittings. These dimensions are not taken into account in the general drawing. But they are important when you think through the required depth of the drawers. After you have taken into account everything necessary, you can begin to draw up a detailed drawing of a separate piece of furniture. Fig. 3 shows an example of a simple TV stand. If you lack experience in making furniture with your own hands, then you should not take on complex designs with curved facades and figured tabletops. Strict geometric lines can look no worse. The main thing is to choose high-quality material. Return to contents</a>
Choice of material for furniture production
Many parts for furniture assembly can now bebuy ready-made. These can be, for example, shelves of complex shape, made of glass or laminated chipboard. Specialized stores sell ready-made facades and tabletops, mirrors and other design elements that allow you to mount exclusive interior items. In addition, carpentry workshops offer to cut out blanks of the sizes and shapes you need. Therefore, it is not necessary to have complex woodworking equipment to make furniture yourself. Such a service will allow you to use not only non-standard parts, but also provide for reliable fastening of the elements to each other.
Drawing of a coffee table for the living room.The fact is that the most durable way to connect large parts is considered to be a tenon-groove type joint. But to make it, you need a milling machine or a hand cutter. And also considerable experience in using them. But all the necessary units and parts can be made by a master for an additional fee. All you have to do is assemble the furniture. When going to the workshop, prepare a drawing with all the necessary dimensions. Ideally, you should have a diagram of each individual part with the fastening points and their dimensions marked on it. If you want to order the manufacture of shaped elements (lids or tabletops), then you must first make a paper template in full size. The following materials are now usually used for self-assembly of furniture:
- Chipboard or MDF - for side walls and frames of large-sized furniture;
- Chipboard - for facades, covers and countertops;
- thin plywood or fiberboard - for the back walls and bottoms of the drawers.
The thickness of the material depends on the design of the furniture.MDF or furniture board (solid wood) is usually used to make living room furniture frames. But option 2 will cost much more. Chipboard is considered more reliable and less susceptible to temperature changes and moisture. Therefore, such material is often used to make kitchen furniture. Return to contents</a>
Additional materials for assembly
Scheme of a hanging shelf for the living room.For edge finishing, experts recommend using laminated edge tape (ABS). It comes in different thicknesses and colors, so you can choose a material for your individual design. But you also need to take its thickness into account. If this parameter is less than 2 mm, it is not taken into account when drawing up the drawing. For self-assembly, you will definitely need the following fasteners:
- Confirmates (Eurobolts);
- wooden dowels;
- Mensoloderzhatel (hidden console with a dowel);
- mounting corners (they are used for fixing socles);
- holders for shelves (it is more reasonable to purchase metal);
- minifixes.
Don't forget about handles for facades and hanginghinges. It is wiser to buy them as a set. And at once the quantity that you need. In order for the fastening places to look neater, you can use plugs matched to the color of the furniture. After you have everything ready for assembly, you can start the installation.
