For a summer house, a bathhouse or a kitchen, people often buyfurniture in the store. But you can make it yourself and spend much less than buying items in specialized stores. How to do it? What materials and tools are needed for this? In order to answer these questions, you must first decide on the version of such a sofa.
A sofa made with your own hands wins over a purchased one not only in price, but also in design. It can have different configurations, which depends on where it is planned to be installed:
- Simple design in the form of a single unit;
- angular variant of two small parts;
- multi-element sofa, the main details of which allow you to assemble several types of similar furniture.
You can make the first two options yourself: they are simple and require a minimum of materials.
The process of making a sofa with your own hands
Sofa project.First, you need to select a drawing of the future item from the relevant literature. Then tie the sofa to the place where it is going to be installed. To do this, measure the length and width of the allotted corner, and if the dimensions on the drawing are slightly different, then adjust them and draw a sketch with the required dimensions on a sheet of Whatman paper. Now you need to collect the necessary materials. For these purposes, you can use timber, the trimmings of which often remain during the construction of various utility rooms at the dacha. If they are not available, then the necessary material is bought at the construction market. How to do it yourself? To do this, you need to purchase:
- foam rubber - it is sold in furniture stores;
- for making covers and pillows - zipper;
- for the surface of the object, a tapestry-type material is purchased;
- in the construction market, they acquire a grid and a corner made of metal.
After this, the assembly work begins.base (frame). A beam is used for it. Its dimensions can be 700 x 2100 mm. Small wood scraps will go to the legs - you will need four of them. This is done in this way:
Assembly diagram of the sofa frame.
- According to the dimensions from the sketch, the frame parts are cut out of the timber with a hand saw - two long slats (they should be equal to the length of the future sofa) and 2 short ones (in width);
- for legs and handles use a less thick material - you need 4 legs and two handles;
- knock down the frame with nails or use long screws;
- then the other elements (legs and handles) are attached to it;
- crossbars are cut from the boards - you will need several of them, the main thing is that they fit inside the frame;
- they are connected to the base with the help of metal corners and screws, and a shell is installed on the frame, which is fixed to the base by staples;
- now the pieces for the back are cut from the squares: two - along the length of the sofa and two - along the height of the future headboard;
- collect it with screws or welding;
- for the back you need a sheet of plywood or chipboard, which is strengthened with screws or screws.
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Making upholstery on the sofa with your own hands
The coating creation technology includes the following components:
Scheme for making a soft seat for a sofa.
- from the bought foam rubber cut two mattresses, the sizes of which should be equal to the dimensions of the sofa;
- their skin is made with material, the two clasps obtained are connected by a snake;
- from the same tapestry ribbons are made, with the help ofwhich the mattress is secured to the base, these connecting elements contain Velcro, and one end of them is nailed to the frame, and the other to opposite points;
- then from the foam rubber in the same way 3 pillows are made and covered with covers with snakes;
- they are strengthened on the back with tapestry tapestry.
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Making a sofa from ready-made boards
If a person has no experience working with woodor metal, you can try the method below for making this household item from a material that is usually thrown away. These are old doors. Their sashes can make a great sofa. Along with them, you will need the following parts:
Foam rubber will be needed for upholstery of the sofa and pillows.
- foam rubber - you need to buy it in the store;
- covering fabric (tapestry);
- remnants of a wooden beam or hemp;
- metal braces, which are purchased in the construction market.
The base of this design option and the back2 doors from an old wooden door that has served its time serve as a base. Its surface must be durable, otherwise the idea will not work. The door is cleaned of dirt, and the old paint is scraped off. Then the surface of the future base and back is carefully sanded with sandpaper. If there are cracks or depressions on it, they must be sealed with a primer paste for wood. The door doors are sanded again and then covered with several layers of paint. The color of the coating is selected to match the design of the room where the sofa is supposed to be installed. If possible, veneer and glue are bought at a construction market or in a specialized store and the surfaces are finished using a heated iron. In this case, the finished structure will look more presentable.
Assembly diagram of a sofa made of panels:1 - side; 2 - additional pillow; 3 - back cushion; 4 - pull-out mattress; 5 - support beam; 6 - stool-stand; 7 - base frame. One of the door leaves is installed on stumps or remnants of a beam using construction nails. and the second part is attached with metal staples at the desired angle - the base is ready. Now you need to make a mattress. It is cut to the size of the resulting frame and covered with material (tapestry). If it is not possible to buy new fabric, you can get by with calico or matting, and cover it with material of the desired color on top. The next step is making foam pillows, which was described above. The finished mattress is placed on the base, and pillows are placed on the back. All this is reinforced with tapes and nails. Such a sofa can be installed in the country or in the bathhouse. It will fit well into the interior of a kitchen in a country house or a veranda in a summer cottage. Return to contents</a>
Make a corner sofa
If a person makes such a designfor the first time, then you need to choose the simplest option. They tie it to the room and draw a sketch with all the dimensions. For simplicity, you can refuse tenon joints and the use of expensive materials in the process of creating the structure. It is best to use screws to connect individual parts. All wooden parts must be sanded before assembly. First, using a jigsaw, cut out all the parts of the structure from chipboard. Start assembly from the left side of the corner sofa:
- Armrests are assembled from individual parts, they are connected with screws;
- the frame of the left part is made of bars with a section of 5 x 6 cm and reinforced with cross bars;
- on the base is fastened a sheet of chipboard (thickness 14-18 mm), and then to the frame of the backrest must be attached with screws plywood.
Assembling the right part of the structure:
Assembly diagram of a corner sofa.
- The bottom of it should be made in the form of a box, whose base is assembled from the beams, and then it is lined with plywood;
- cut out the side racks and attach to the main structure;
- if you plan to install a sofa in the middle of the room, then the back should be covered with sheets of particle board;
- Drill holes and use screws with furniture caps to install the microlift.
The next stage of work is productionfoam mattresses. Their thickness should be equal to 10 cm. The sheets of material should be glued to the base. They begin to upholster the structure. For all surfaces, it is necessary to make patterns from cardboard, according to which the fabric will be cut. This is done with the wrong side up. An allowance of 10-12 mm should be left for the seams. If the material crumbles, then they are made even larger. For recesses in the upholstery, holes are made in the slabs of the structure. There, loops from a synthetic cord are installed, and they are sewn to the main upholstery. The fabric is stapled to the foam rubber. After covering the item with fabric, it is ready for use. Such a corner sofa can be placed in the kitchen or living room. If less expensive upholstery fabric is used, it can be installed in a summer house or a country house. How to make a corner sofa even easier? Just put two small sofas made using the technology described above next to each other at an angle of 90 degrees. Return to the table of contents</a>
Tools and materials that will be needed in the manufacture of construction
Basic tools for making a sofa.
The main thing when making different things yourselftypes of sofas - this is the creation of a reliable base (frame). Therefore, any hard material that can be easily processed at home is used for the frame of the structure. Everything depends on the imagination and financial capabilities of the person who decided to make such a product on his own. To achieve a positive result, it is necessary to consider possible options and choose the most suitable sofa for a particular room, and when making it, adhere to the manufacturing technology and all the specified recommendations.
