What to give for a holiday to a woman who has everything? Of course, the atmosphere of the holiday. And you need to start from the very beginning. We give only what we have made especially for her. What woman does not want to start her holiday with a fragrant cup of coffee in bed? And only the closest people know the lady's preferences - vintage luxury or expensive simplicity. A tray is a simple detail that can emphasize your attitude towards the woman you love.
What is a tray?
Of course, in the store you can easily buy any tray - expensive and not very expensive, for everyday use or special occasions. But making a tray with your own hands will be much more interesting. First, let's figure out what it is.
This is a kind of surface on which you can put several items and move them to another place. Trays must have sides. There are also products without them, but practicalityit does not add to them. It is undesirable to serve a tray without sides in bed, since the unstable surface of the bed can contribute to spilling liquid on the linen, and this, you see, will upset any hostess. So, a tray is not just a board with handles, but always with sides.
Tray from a photo frame
How to make a tray with your own hands? There are several ways. The simplest ones suggest taking almost ready-made trays. For example, you can buy a cutting board without a handle. The board can be wooden, plastic, plywood. The main thing is that it does not bend under a small weight and that it can be worked with.
Choose a photo frame according to the size of the board. You should not save on glass, as you can hide any decor under it, for example, a photo that will remind you of a pleasant day for a long time.
The frame should be screwed to the board with self-tapping screws or nailed. If the material does not lend itself to this method of fastening, it can be glued. To make it easier to take a tray, we attach furniture retractable handles on both sides. Beforehand, everything can be painted in the desired color or decorated in any way.
Old cabinet doors
Many craftsmen suggest not throwing away cabinet doors, but using them to create a tray with your own hands. To do this, take the door, which has sides. We disconnect from it all hinged fittings. We clean the existing irregularities, eliminate the flaws. If required, we overwrite the places where the loops were screwed with putty.
Notleave flaws in the hope that when decorating they will be covered. It is better to eliminate them and then do not sculpt the decor where the hole or chip is. Decorative elements are best placed where the sense of beauty suggests. We decorate to taste. Next, screw on the handles. The tray is ready.
Old picture frame
If the house has an old frame in which there was a mirror or photos were stored, you can also use it as a beautiful side for a tray. Cut the bottom out of plywood according to the size of the frame, decorate the resulting plane with a piece of fabric. The bottom can also be painted or decoupaged using patterned paper napkins.
If there is glass along with the frame, you can use it as an additional decoration. It is possible that the picture kept in the frame could be used to decorate the tray. You can screw the handles to the frame from the side so as not to disturb the pattern.
The frame itself can be upgraded with golden paint. A good solution would be to use varnish or use a burner to enhance the beauty of the drawing.
Boards in action
If you want to make a tray with your own hands and get something original, you need to take a board and a rail. It's good to polish both. Cut the board with a saw or electric jigsaw into identical pieces. At the edges, connect them with a rail, nailing it to the end parts of the boards. Can be washed or varnished, painted in any color or decorated to the taste of the future owner of the tray.
To make a wooden tray with your own hands, specialno skills needed. Next, we fasten the finished furniture handles or make them from thick ropes, having previously drilled holes in the right places. If you make the rope handles longer, then the tray can be used as a hanging shelf, and the length of the handles can be adjusted from below using special clips.
Plywood beauty
You can make a plywood tray with your own hands. It has long been known that plywood is a very malleable material. If you have skill, imagination and a minimal set of woodworking tools, you can make an amazingly beautiful tray with a unique design.
Of course, it will not be easy to call it practical, but as a decoration for the kitchen, any housewife will definitely like it. The main thing is patience and desire. You can think over the design yourself, or you can just peep on the Internet and make something that has already been invented by a real master.
Trays with legs
Some tray models have legs. It is not difficult to make a tray with legs with your own hands. Currently, you can purchase ready-made legs, which will only have to be attached to a homemade tray.
If you want to think it over yourself, then in building materials stores you can find a large number of tubes that are suitable for a do-it-yourself table. In addition to the tubes themselves, there are all kinds of connectors that can act as decor. If you have the skill, attaching them to the tray will be easy. If there is no skill, you can just watch a video in which the masters share their best practices.
Decorate trays
Making a tray is half the battle. It needs to be decorated. Several ways to decorate trays:
The easiest is to varnish. If the tray is made of wood, its texture itself will become the most pleasant decoration. You can purchase a tinted varnish that will give liveliness to the picture.
If the tree in the decor is not of interest, you can do decoupage on the tray. Always original, fashionable and attractive. Plus, it's pretty easy to do. Choose the pictures you like, stick them to your liking, varnish them - the unique tray is ready.
You can paint the tray using stencils.
Mosaic will also be a worthy solution. Only for the realization of this idea skills are needed. If a lot of small coins have accumulated in the house, they can also be used to decorate the tray.
The main thing is to remember for whom the tray is being prepared and what are the tastes of the one to whom it will be presented.
