Designing your home starts differently for everyone. Let's skip the early stages of finishing work and imagine the kitchen of an apartment or house without furniture. Many people have experienced this stage in their lives. At this time, any information on the arrangement is very well absorbed. Of the two options - "buy" or "do it yourself" - we decisively choose the latter. What should be done immediately, and what later, and what materials and tools will become helpers? This article will give answers to these and other similar questions.
The Benefits of DIY Furniture Making
In order to make furniture with your own hands, it is not necessary to be an experienced carpenter or carpenter. It is enough to have a good desire, time and, of course, tools. When making DIY kitchen furniture:
- get exclusive quality custom pieces;
- save money;
- earn invaluable experience;
- getting with nothingthe incomparable pleasure of handmade.
A custom-made kitchen fits perfectly with custom dimensions and intricate curves that can't be avoided otherwise.
As for wasted time, you shouldn't feel sorry for it. All efforts will eventually pay off. It's like a long-term investment in your future.
First steps
In order to start any business, you need to prepare. The more important the process, the more thorough the preparation must be. In our case, do the following:
- determine the type and composition of furniture for the kitchen;
- choose material and accessories according to the plan;
- prepare the necessary tools, buy the missing ones if necessary.
In principle, the implementation of these points will lead to full readiness to start. It’s worth approaching the process, having thought everything through well. Some little things left unattended can take a lot of time later.
Kitchen from a furniture board with your own hands: designing
The first thing you need in any business is a plan or a blueprint. Kitchen furniture is no exception. At this stage, they determine the number of tables, cabinets, bedside tables, wall corners and shelves. Each element of the kitchen interior is detailed. It is necessary to present the geometric dimensions on the diagrams in terms of length, height and depth. You should also calculate the number of shelves and various accessories. These are all kinds of handles, loops,drawer fasteners, magnetic fasteners as needed.
It's worth considering whether your kitchen will have a built-in sink, stove or hob, oven or even a washing machine. Here, a decision is made about the facades, which are quite difficult to make the first time with high quality and beauty. In many cases, they are easier to buy. You should also think about glass doors and shelves. If the plan requires it, they must be purchased.
According to the results of the design, materials are purchased and furniture boards are cut. In the case of competent preparation, it remains only to collect everything prepared and purchased.
Furniture board, materials
Let's focus on wood as the main material. Today, the best samples of wood are supplied as furniture panels. What it is? From the name you can guess that we are talking about a wooden product in the form of a shield. This is the shield, most often glued together from several parts to certain standard sizes.
Material can be used:
- oak;
- birch;
- pine;
- larch;
- aspen;
- beech;
- spruce;
- cedar.
Kitchen from a furniture board, made by hand, the more convenient that there are a large number of sizes. The shield width ranges from 200 mm to 600 mm in 100 mm increments. Occasionally there are 250-mm options. The length is selected from the range: 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 2000, 2400 and 2700 mm. Therefore, the furniture board has dimensions from 200x600 mm to600x2700 mm. You can also make it yourself.
Do-it-yourself furniture board
You can also make a shield from an array with your own hands. Since there are basically only two options: glued and assembled, you need either certain tools or high-quality glue, or better, both. In any case, it is important to pay special attention to the choice of material. First of all, it should be homogeneous in composition, with a minimum of knots, well dried and without deformation. Ideally, such material can be obtained from a dried log by sawing at an angle of 45 degrees.
From the tools you will need:
- planer;
- saw, and ideally a planer;
- grinder with different grit sandpaper;
- level;
- gluing tool.
Furniture board, the dimensions of which are small, at home will turn out better. First, bars of the same size are cut on the machine. Then, on a flat surface, the bars are laid out so that a beautiful pattern is obtained. After that, the ends of the bars are carefully smeared with wood glue (PVA). The entire structure for gluing is clamped with wedges. It is important that the bars are also pressed from above, at least with transverse bars. This is necessary to prevent deformation during drying.
Gluing the furniture board is the most important step. After it, it remains only to grind the resulting version, first with a coarse-grained sandpaper, and then with a fine one. That's the whole technology. The furniture board is ready for its intended use.
Features of a kitchen made from furniture boards
Kitchen from a furniture board, made by hand, will not only save material resources and improve manual production skills. In addition, there are a number of reasons to use this material:
1. Aesthetic look. Products look almost the same as from solid wood. However, they are more attractively priced. For example, the most expensive grade of pine furniture board of class A-A can be purchased for 1200 rubles, and class A-B - for only 750 rubles. per square meter.
2. Practicality and durability. Products from a furniture board have a long service life. At the same time, defects such as warpage, deformation and cracks are practically absent.
3. High environmental friendliness. For the manufacture of material from non-natural components, only simple PVA glue is used. It is not released into the environment and is not harmful. And since the basis of the furniture board is pure wood, items made from it also regulate the humidity in the room where they are installed.
4. Large range of sizes. This makes it easy to design and manufacture furniture of any size and shape.
Required tools
So, there is a plan and the right material has been chosen. It remains to prepare the tools. Most often they are already at hand. This, of course:
- wood saw, jigsaw;
- planer;
-grinder (grinder);
- electric drill;
- chisel;
- screwdriver or screwdriver;
- furniture stapler.
There are many variations, but this is the easiest and most convenient list to start with. Everyone can remove or add something at will, depending on the planned kitchen. It is mandatory to use a tool, and especially an electric one, taking into account safety regulations.
Kitchen Furniture Making Instructions
Having de alt with the selection of materials and tools, you can proceed to the specific manufacture of furniture. Each kit you like usually consists of such simple elements as:
- wardrobe;
- table;
- cabinet;
- chair or stool;
- shelves.
At the same time, a cabinet made of furniture board can be both wall-mounted and floor-standing. For the first option, it is very often combined with a cutting table, which, in turn, harmoniously fits into the overall composition. The simplest item on the list is the shelves. They are rarely used alone in modern kitchens. Usually, if there are wall cabinets, there is no need for a simple shelf. At the same time, there are uncomfortable niches or small corners where the shelf looks great.
You can start a set with items such as kitchen stools. They will help reveal the talents of the carpenter and furniture assembler. After the hands get used to the tool, you should go to the dining table. Consider the sequence of actionsin detail.
Kitchen table
Furniture board table is a very practical product for the kitchen. A simple rectangular version is easy to make from a solid shield. For the maximum standard size, this is 2700 by 600 mm. In the case of a smaller table top, we simply cut off extra millimeters from the furniture board with a router.
If you want to make a round table, you should take two shields according to the size of the radius of the planned product. A half is cut out of each. After that, with the help of transverse bars, the halves are fixed in one piece. It is best to glue the joint with PVA, dry it, and then polish the front surface with a grinder. If you want, you can make an option with moving the halves apart and lengthening the tabletop due to the rectangular insert. Its length is determined by the diameter of the circle of the table, and its width is such as how much the product needs to be lengthened.
The rectangular version of the tabletop can also be made with rounded corners for beauty and convenience. Then reinforce from below with stiffening ribs in the form of bars.
When the tabletop takes on a finished look, the fastening elements of the legs are screwed to it with a screwdriver. If necessary, holes are drilled for them in advance. And then the legs themselves complete the look of the kitchen table. At the end, the product is finally sanded and covered with several layers of varnish. After drying, the furniture can be admired and used.
Kitchen cabinet
A wardrobe, like other hand-made furniture, at first may seem like a complex product, but every timeit gets easier and faster. The drawing of any cabinet is a parallelepiped. The frontal plane is a facade and is often simply bought because of the difficulty in making decorative elements at home. The rear plane is made of fiberboard to facilitate the construction. The 4 remaining planes, perpendicular to the front and back, are made from a furniture board.
Total for cabinet assembly you will need:
- furniture board;
- Fiberboard;
- material for shelves (wood, plywood, glass);
- handles, hinges, euro screws, self-tapping screws and shelf mounts;
- varnish.
A do-it-yourself kitchen cabinet will look like this in the sequence of actions:
- side, top and bottom walls, as well as shelves, if they are made of the same material in plan;
- with the help of clamps (for convenience), the individual parts are rigidly joined, and then mounting holes for euro screws are drilled in them;
- walls of the cabinet are tightened with screws, and the back of fiberboard or plywood is fastened with staples or nailed with small nails;
- with the help of hinges, the facade is attached to the cabinet, and then handles are attached to it;
- shelves being installed;
- the product is varnished, and this can be done both on the assembled cabinet and on separate parts (depending on convenience).
Kitchen hangings
Kitchen set can have a different number of hanging elements. This isis determined by ease of use and competent filling of living space. For example, a corner wall cabinet will both ergonomically close the corner and perform the main function of storing numerous kitchen utensils.
The main difference between hinged elements is their attachment to the walls. In this case, you should correctly calculate the weight of cabinets or shelves along with the contents and fasteners. Most often, the hinge is made for special loops that are attached to the upper corners of the rear walls of cabinets.
It is worth noting that if for floor cabinets the lower part of the lower shelf was not visible, then for a hinged one, on the contrary, it turns out to be in the most prominent place. This should be taken into account when finishing.
Corners and furniture in the kitchen
Corner furniture for the kitchen is often as necessary as a table and a wall cabinet. It can be a corner sofa, a wardrobe or a simple hanging shelf. The main difference between corner objects is the ability to smooth out uneven walls. a kitchen corner with shelves can be without a back wall, and the front will have an angle with a side wall that is different from a straight one.
All this affects the appearance and labor costs. Visually neater corner pieces require more care in assembly and design.
Instead of a conclusion
As practice shows, a kitchen made of furniture panels, created by oneself, is a financially profitable business and brings both pleasant moments and practical skills in working with tools. Products have a highindividuality and exclusive design to suit a particular kitchen.
As for tips and instructions for assembling furniture, in most cases a schematic drawing with dimensions is sufficient. Further, having found out the principles of fastening and assembling the constituent parts, everything is assembled without much difficulty. Having designed and assembled a stool, it is clear how the table is assembled. And after you assemble the simplest cabinet, you can take on the design of any cabinets. Accuracy and attentiveness are the key to successful assembly work.
Sometimes, instead of separate cabinets, it is easier to assemble a one-piece structure along one of the walls of the kitchen. It can accommodate an oven, a sink, and even a washing machine. There are truly no boundaries for creativity. It is enough just to want and start doing. Everything else will follow.
