Modern masters want to see their house notonly cozy and comfortable. An important role now plays the interior. It should be exclusive and unique. Therefore, many craftsmen are trying to make furniture themselves. This allows not only to save money, but also to collect such interior items that will satisfy the individual needs of the household. 
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 accessories, which can be found in stores selling goods for the manufacture and repair of furniture, to develop and implement their own design of cabinets, pedestals and shelves is not difficult. This is possible even for a beginner master. It is only necessary to determine in advance the upcoming work front.
Drawing up a drawing of furniture
Assembly of any furniture should begin withdrawing up a detailed drawing of the future product. On the diagram it is necessary to specify 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 cabinet without errors and annoying flaws. Moreover, the shortcomings committed during the preparatory work can sometimes be difficult to eliminate during installation. 
Drawing 1. Drawing the wall for the living room. If you have some experience in the manufacture of interior items, it is wiser to immediately develop a whole furniture kit, rather than individual modules. This approach will ensure a unified interior design. In addition, you can immediately take into account the size of the furniture and its location in the room. The general drawing will prove to be superfluous even in the event that you are a beginner furniture maker. You can first collect only 1 cabinet for a TV or a bookshelf. And then go back to the same scheme and mount a shelf or cabinet. In any case, the drawing up of the preliminary drawing must begin with the removal of measurements. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the dimensions of the room itself. Usually for the kit in the living room the following dimensions are taken into account:
The dimensions of the boxes depend on the dimensionsother details. For example, the size of the top covers of cabinets and countertops. Usually the lower tier of the kit is made deeper, and the upper one is wider. As an analog, you can take the overall dimensions of the finished furniture module. They are listed in the manufacturers' catalogs. Naturally, you can take into account your own size. But it is necessary to keep the specified proportions. As a result, you should get a single scheme, an example of which is shown in Fig. 1. Further, it is possible to develop a scheme for mounting each individual interior subject to its individual characteristics. Back to contents</a>
The overall design of the living room module
Drawing of the built-in wardrobe in the living room. For self-assembly, it is most convenient to assemble symmetric structures. Moreover, the so-called wall perfectly fits into any living room. Typically, 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 location depends only on your tastes,preferences and characteristics of the room. They can be lined up in 1 line or assembled at an angle. Part of the elements can be located on the floor, and a part - on the wall (hinged boxes). But remember that a modern living room should be comfortable, comfortable and safe. Therefore, do not place furniture so that 1 element is lying on the other. For example, mezzanine boxes on cabinets. Try to fix each individual part. 
Figure 2. Drawing the wall, assembled from several parts, for the living room. The wall, assembled from separate parts, is also convenient because the maximum length of sheets of chipboard or plywood does not reach 3 m. Therefore, the basic modules usually consist of 2 or 3 parts. In this case, it is necessary to calculate the overall design so that the places of docking the 2 modules do not violate the symmetry of the entire module. This defect can be easily eliminated if there is a single façade for neighboring pedestals. Or make 1 element much longer than others. An example of such a layout is shown in Fig. 2. Typically, long pieces of furniture are placed below. They can serve not only as a basic support for the entire structure, but also visually combine the furniture module into a single stylistic solution. Back to contents</a>
Module element construction
Each separate piece of furniture, from which the whole structure is assembled, can be conditionally disassembled into the following details:
- skeleton;
- bottom (horizontal plane);
- cover or countertop;
- sidewalls;
- facade.
The frame is usually the upper and lowerFrame, tied together by longitudinal ribs of stiffness, which are corners of furniture. If the size of the cabinet or cabinet is small, and for the production of them a material with a thickness of 25 mm (chipboard, chipboard or furniture board) is used, then without a frame it can be dispensed with. In this case, the necessary stiffness of the structure will be provided by the walls themselves. Dimensions of each individual piece of furniture in the living room must be calculated taking into account the legs or lower supports (wheels). 
Figure 3. The scheme of the simplest cabinet for a TV. It is necessary to take into account the protruding details of decorative finishing. For example, accessories. In the general drawing, these dimensions are not taken into account. But they are important when you are thinking about the necessary depth of the boxes. After you have considered everything you need, you can start drawing up a detailed drawing of a separate piece of furniture. In Fig. 3 shows an example of the simplest cabinet for TV. If you do not have enough experience in making furniture yourself, then do not undertake complex designs with curved facades and figured countertops. Strict geometric lines can look no worse. The main thing is to choose high-quality material. Back to contents</a>
Choice of material for furniture production
Many details for furniture assembly can now beto buy already in the finished form. These can be, for example, shelves of complex shape made of glass or chipboard. In the profile stores sell ready-made facades and countertops, mirrors and other elements of structures that allow you to mount exclusive interior items. In addition, carpentry workshops offer you to cut out the 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 make it possible to use not only non-standard parts, but also to provide reliable fastening of the elements among themselves. 
Drawing of a coffee table for a drawing room. The fact is that the most durable way of connecting the dimensional parts is a knot of the type of a spike-groove. But for its manufacture you need a milling machine or a manual milling cutter. And also considerable experience of their use. But all the necessary components and parts can be performed by the master for an additional fee. You will only have to collect furniture. Going to the workshop, prepare a drawing with all the necessary dimensions. Ideally, you should have on your hands a diagram of each individual part with the points of fastening marked on it and their dimensions. If you want to order the production of curly elements (covers or countertops), then you need to first make a paper scale in full size. For self-assembly of furniture, now the following materials are usually used:
- Particleboard or MDF - for side walls and skeletons of overall furniture;
- Laminated chipboard - for facades, lids and countertops;
- thin plywood or fiberboard - for the rear walls and the bottom of the boxes.
The thickness of the material depends on the design of the furniture. For the manufacture of furniture in the living room usually use MDF or furniture board (solid wood). But the second option will be much more expensive. Particleboard is considered more reliable and less susceptible to temperature changes and moisture effects. Therefore, such material is often taken in the manufacture of kitchen furniture. Back to contents</a>
Additional materials for assembly
Scheme of a hanging shelf for the living room. For the edges, experts recommend using a laminated edge band (ABS). It can be of different thickness and color, so you can choose the material for an individual design. But it is necessary to take into account its thickness. 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.
Do not forget about the handles for facades and hingedloops. It is more reasonable to purchase a kit. And immediately the quantity that you need. To ensure that the fastening points look neater, you can use stubs, chosen in the color of furniture. After you have everything ready to build, you can proceed with the installation.
