As you know, the theater begins with a hanger. In principle, the apartment also begins with it. The difference is that here you need to hang the clothes of the whole family, as well as have bedside tables in which you can put shoes. Therefore, with good reason it can be argued that the apartment begins with a hallway. This do-it-yourself room should be aesthetic and comfortable. Let's see how you can make it yourself.
Selection of furniture
There are a great many options for creating a hallway with your own hands. It must have a hanger. If the room is very small, then you can place a shelf for hats, a mirror and cabinets for shoes. In the case of its large size, there may be a wardrobe, cabinet, chest of drawers. The larger the area of the room in question, the more interior items it will accommodate.
For a small hallway in which a closet can be placed, its “compartment” option is better suited, since you don’t have to open the doors to the sides, which takesextra space. If the room is very small, then you can make built-in items in which shelves and hangers are placed.
In most cases, the hallway with their own hands includes a mirror. As a rule, it is large enough so that a person can see his reflection in full growth. It also allows you to visualize space by expanding it. The mirror can be framed, hung on the wall, or hung on cabinet doors.
Any room like this should have a cabinet for shoes. Hanger bars should also be present in the closet.
Single-door do-it-yourself cabinet
You can start the production of a wardrobe in the hallway with your own hands from this piece of furniture. What needs to be done for this? Here is a sample list of actions:
- markup on the shields and cut out the sidewalls, the bottom, the front bar, fixed under it, the shelves in the hallway with their own hands;
- holes are made in each blank for fixing furniture dowels;
- a door is cut out of the same material that was used to make the cabinet, holes are made under the hinges;
- lubricate the dowels and cuts under them with glue, after which they are fixed and the assembly of the frame fixed with self-tapping screws begins, after which the door is mounted in the place that it should occupy;
- make skids from plywood, mounting them in the place where the bottom of the drawer will be;
- start crafting the latter - make the bottom of plywood, prepare the side and back walls from the boards, screw to the bottom with self-tapping screws into pre-madeplywood holes;
- finally make the front of this item;
- cut out the lid of the nightstand, attaching it with furniture edges.
To make the bedside table close to the wall, it is better to make small cutouts on the side walls to the height of the plinth.
Two-leaf pedestal - the difference in manufacturing from single-leaf
The main difference is that here the owner, when calculating options for how to make a hallway, thought that the bedside table should have two compartments. One of them - without internal shelves and occupies about 25% of the volume of this piece of furniture with the required height. The rest is occupied by the second compartment, which can be divided into two or three parts using shelves.
Hanger wall
This piece of furniture is made from boards. They are located on the surface with a small distance between them. From above they are fastened with a rail, fixed at the height of nailing the hooks. A do-it-yourself hanger in the hallway usually implies a shelf for hats, which must be cut out and stiffeners placed on both sides. The finished wall is leaned against the wall and it is noted how the boards need to be cut so that the wall is on the same level with the cabinet, which will be made later.
Do-it-yourself pencil case
Two rear walls, bottom, cover and front plate are cut out of the furniture board.
After preparation, they begin to assemble the pencil case:
- assemble frame -cut holes for dowels, coat them with glue, mount them, fasten the frame with self-tapping screws;
- two sashes are cut out, in each of which holes are made for 3 loops;
- depending on how many shelves are provided in the closet in the hallway with their own hands, make fasteners at the appropriate levels;
- they cut out and place the shelves in the pencil case, after which the sashes are mounted.
Wardrobe for a small hallway
At the bottom of such a piece of furniture, legs are attached, having a height of 55 mm, fixed with 4x16 self-tapping screws.
The material for making such a piece of hallway furniture with your own hands can be the following:
- melamine edge, having an adhesive base with a thickness of 0.6 mm;
- laminated 18mm chipboard;
- hardboard that can be dyed.
A mirror can be attached to a chipboard sheet using a special key. This facade is massive, so it needs at least four hinges. The cabinet is attached to the wall so that it does not collapse when opened.
The following items are made:
- top cover of the nightstand, its sides, door;
- top and bottom design;
- shelves and the back wall of the hanger with your own hands;
- side walls and shelves of the closed part;
- back wall of the entire structure.
The shelf in the closet should be made higher or lower than the one located on the open part.
Ties are made on confirmants, under whichare drilled in the plane and end face of the part.
Hardboard is usually nailed. You can also fix it with screws, but this will take a lot of time. In this case, the design must be strictly rectangular.
Installing the cabinet behind the door
In this case, an inch board is used, plain, pasted over with wallpaper and varnished or painted.
Side racks and shelves are cut out, connected with self-tapping screws. Shelves are attached to the wall with slats or corners. The side stand is installed using side mounts or corners.
The canopy-loop is mounted from the back to the end, a self-tapping screw is screwed into the wall, on which the loop with the sidewall is placed.
Benefits of built-in furniture
With its help, the hallway space is used more rationally. Such furniture can have a special shape, be installed in corners. With its help, the entire height of the room is used - from floor to ceiling. The use of sliding doors in the built-in hallway with your own hands allows you to optimally use the available space.
Next, let's talk about another type of furniture.
Do-it-yourself hallway compartment
In recent years, cabinet furniture has become very popular. To create a wardrobe yourself, you will need the following materials:
- profile for partition;
- dowels and self-tapping screws;
- plasterboard ceiling;
- two drywall guides;
- sliding doors with hung mirrors;
- solid wood for shelves;
- paint;
- wiring;
- spotlights;
- inside sheathing material.
Slats and sliding doors are available from their respective stores.
First, a profile is mounted to the wall, making sure that the box is rectangular. To place spotlights, a ledge is made at the top using a profile, its length is about 20 cm.
Attach the transverse profile. To increase the load capacity of the shelves, it is strengthened using wooden beams. They make the wiring, the finished upper part, the partition and the sides are sheathed with drywall. After that, spotlights are connected to the wiring, fixing them in the holes.
On the floor and the top of the cabinet, guides are installed, fixed with self-tapping screws. Door leafs are inserted into them, adjustable to prevent distortions. The edge can be finished with special materials that give the furniture a designer look.
Banquette making
This piece of furniture is a bench with a soft seat, which can be placed not only in the hallway, but also in the bedroom or living room.
The do-it-yourself bench in the hallway is made of a wooden frame covered with fabric, and a seat with a filler is installed. Before you start creating it, you need to make a project with the appropriate drawings. It can be performed both manually and using special computer programs. The banquette makes the hallway completehands. Drawings are needed to determine the number of bars, fabric, supplies that will be needed to create it.
Products can be made from existing materials or old furniture.
So, a do-it-yourself banquette can be created from a durable coffee table that can withstand human body weight.
The following production order is followed:
- cut out a rectangle of foam rubber that matches the size of the countertop (leave 25 mm along the edges);
- the legs are unscrewed from the coffee table, foam rubber is attached to the base with glue;
- cut out the second lining of thin foam rubber, non-woven or lavsan, which is larger than the filler in size, and glue the parts;
- finishing is done with a fabric having allowances of about 25 mm - it is pulled in all directions and fastened with decorative nails or a construction stapler;
- at the last step, the edges are fixed, the folds are leveled with a screwdriver or an awl;
- wear-resistant fabric is attached to the bottom, which is anti-dust.
A bench in the hallway with your own hands can also be created from a bench with a back. To do this, the latter is disassembled, the upholstery and filler are removed. Details for the back and seat are cut out of foam rubber. The fabric for the lining is laid out on the floor. A wooden seat and filler are placed on it, which are attached to the base with a stapler. The wood frame is stained or painted in two layers. At the final stage, dermantin is inserted into the backsbanquettes and parts are attached to the base. It is nailed on top of the fabric around the perimeter.
Banquettes can be decorated with pillows made by yourself or purchased from appropriate outlets.
In conclusion
To make a hallway with your own hands is quite within the power of almost anyone. Depending on its area, it can be built-in, with sliding or outward-opening doors. The main parts are made by sawing wood, hardboard, plywood or wood-shaving materials. When making a cabinet adjacent to a do-it-yourself hanger in the hallway, you need to take into account the fact that the fastenings of the shelves made in the open and closed parts should not match, so they must be correctly marked. The hallway can be decorated with banquettes. The latter are made from the same materials or those pieces of furniture that are already quite old are used, but can still serve as an interior for the hallway.
