Countryside area - a place where you can relax, gain strength. Therefore, it is often equipped with the highest comfort. Many believe that a gazebo should be present on a full-fledged suburban area. Here you can not only enjoy the singing of birds and nature with a cup of tea, but also receive guests. Outdoor recreation at the table will be remembered by everyone. Such gatherings will become a tradition of your family. A wooden table in the gazebo, built with your own hands, will delight all guests with its unique, attractive appearance.
Making a table and benches for a gazebo is not only relaxation and creativity. This is a way to save a significant amount of money. Indeed, today in stores they offer a large assortment of filling for arbors. But if you wish, you can build a table in the gazebo with your own hands many times better than store options.
To perform such work, you should familiarize yourself with and decide on the design model and the features of its installation. It is necessary to prepare a drawing, which will determine the amount of material for the future product.
Variety of designs
Tabletops in gazebos can be of various shapes. The choice of a suitable model depends only on the preferences of the site owner.
The most common countertops include rectangular. The design of these products is very simple. Such models are most often found in traditional buildings. They make such a table in the gazebo with their own hands, often from wood. The advantages of a rectangular table include:
- Suitable for any interior.
- Large capacity. Standard models for gazebos involve the simultaneous placement of 8 people at the table.
- Can be decorated with various elements.
- Comfortable benches of the same length as the table are placed on both sides.
One of the popular ones can also include round tables. They are placed in the center of the gazebo. In combination with such a table, not benches are often used, but chairs.
Often benches are placed in gazebos around the entire perimeter of the structure. In such a structure, there is enough space for the whole company.
Material selection
When making a table in the gazebo with your own hands, you should pay special attention to the materials. The boards must be new, thick. On their surface there should be no traces of fungus and mold. In addition, wood must be durable. After all, the design of soft wood will quickly lose its original appearance. After all, the mechanical impact will affect the state of the surface.
Conifers haveattractive appearance, easy to work with. But during operation, resin will be released on the surface, which can ruin the clothes of people at the table.
The most profitable option is hardwood. From this material, a table and benches for a gazebo with your own hands will turn out to be durable and strong. Experts recommend paying attention to wood from cherry, pear, birch, larch, ash. Please note that over time, the material changes its original hue.
The thickness of the boards of the countertop should be about 3 cm. Such a surface will be durable. Even under heavy loads, the table surface will not flex.
Before you start making a table, you should prepare the necessary tools: a saw, nails or screws, a chisel, a screwdriver, a level.
Wood processing
In advance, you should choose the necessary paints and varnishes. Treat the surface of the tree should be both before installation and after the work. These measures will preserve the rich texture of the material and significantly increase the life of the finished product. Paints and varnishes protect the surface of the tree from decay and parasites. You can use both varnish and paint. The advantage of using lacquer is the preservation of an attractive wooden texture.
Wood processing is necessary to ensure the moisture resistance of the surface. Special impregnations will preserve the natural vapor permeability of the natural material. This protection is especiallyimportant for outdoor furniture.
Remember: if during the installation of the structure you need to adjust the parts, then all sawn places should be additionally treated with impregnation.
Production steps
Careful observance of the stages of building a table in a wooden gazebo with your own hands allows you to avoid mistakes in the work. First of all, you should draw a diagram of the future design. It should indicate the dimensions of the future product and the materials that will be needed for manufacturing.
Draw up a drawing of the future table should be based on the dimensions of the gazebo. So you can build a table taking into account the required number of people who will be inside the gazebo.
Design drawing
When drawing up a drawing of a table in a wooden gazebo with your own hands, you should take into account the shape of the tabletop and the size of the benches. Their width must be at least 40 cm. The edge of the table must be at a distance of more than 10 cm from the bench. The height of the table should be about 80cm.
Drawings of a table in the gazebo, created with your own hands, will help you calculate the required amount of material in advance.
If you decide to build a round table, then remember that such designs are more suitable for large gazebos. After all, round-shaped products take up a lot of space.
Legs
Don't know how to make a table in the gazebo with your own hands?The drawing is ready, but what's next? At this stage, you should think about the table supports. Today there are several options for the design of the legs. The most common is a table on one leg. Also, products on 3, 4 and even 8 supports are especially popular.
Products with 4 legs are especially stable. They are easy to make and install, which is why they are the most commonly used.
For legs it is better to take 5x5 cm bars. Do you want to build a unique table? Then you can purchase curly balusters.
First installation stage
Before you start building a table and a bench for a gazebo with your own hands, you need to process all the wooden elements with a planer. After the wooden surface should be brought to perfect condition with a grinder. In hard-to-reach places, you can use sandpaper.
Thus, all sides of the wood should be processed. They should be even and smooth.
A high-quality countertop is best made from tongue-and-groove boards. Such materials allow you to assemble the shield without gaps.
Bevels must be chamfered from the bars that will be used as support legs.
Installing countertops
Stability and strength of the entire product is provided by the frame. For the frame, it is better to choose boards 30 cm smaller in width and length relative to other parameters. The outer frame is made of 4 boards (2 long and 2 short). A short board for the frame is placed on the edge at an angle of 90 degrees. A leg is substituted for it and connectedself-tapping construction. By the same principle, connect the second support on the other side.
The second pair of legs is fastened in the same way. After that, long frame boards can be attached to the blanks. They are attached with metal corners or simply with self-tapping screws.
To prevent splitting of wood, a small hole should be drilled, into which a screw is subsequently screwed. Remember, the heads of the screws must be completely recessed into the wood.
Along the entire length of the frame, mark the points for attaching the crossbars. Particular attention should be paid to those places where the planks are supposed to be perpendicular to the frame. Depending on the length of the table, there can be from 4 to 6 pieces.
Lay the boards for the countertop with the outer side down. In three places we place the crossbars. Fixing them.
Turn the table top over and fix it to the previously prepared frame with legs.
Furniture finishing
After completing the work with an electric jigsaw, round off or cut corners. Chamfers are cut from the edges of the countertops. Check all screws, tighten them.
Trash is removed from the table, dust is wiped off. After the surface is covered with stain or varnish in several layers.
Transformer table
This model implies a more professional approach. When folded, it looks like a narrow table. But a minimum of effort - and you can get a table with benches on which you can seat a large number of people.
Required conditionmaking such a wooden table in the gazebo with your own hands - careful calculations. Be sure to consider the location of the support legs in the assembled and unfolded state. Schematically determine the places of folds, fasteners, etc.
Stump furniture
Many owners of country houses make tables from a stump. This is ideal for round small architectural forms. Such a round table in the gazebo, made by hand, involves the use of an oval or round table top.
Such a support involves the use of boards 2 cm thick. In this case, you should follow the rule: the larger the countertop, the thicker the board.
A well-dried old stump must be varnished. Thus, you emphasize the texture of natural material. If the stump was cut relatively recently, it should be well dried. To do this, wood is best placed in a warm and dry place. You can also leave the stump in a well-ventilated area, taking advantage of the sunny weather. The stump should dry for about two months.
After a dry stump, the bark is carefully removed so as not to damage the wood structure. Unsightly parts and protruding rhizomes are cut down.
Now the surface of the stump should be aligned horizontally. The building level will help level the base for the future countertop. The surface of the wood is sanded.
Boards for countertops are glued or fastened with crossbars. The tabletop is attached to the stump. The surface of the table is varnished orwood stain.
Conclusion
To independently build a table in the gazebo is quite simple. It is necessary to prepare tools and materials, draw up the correct drawing. You should also allocate a few hours of free time.
You can show your abilities in construction by starting with light and simple structures. Models in the style of minimalism are very popular. Such items are often used for various needs of the country economy. After gaining valuable experience, you can move on to complex projects. Countertops of non-standard shape, carved legs, inserts from various materials - all this is possible. You can create unique masterpieces in your backyard with your own hands. And next weekend you can invite your loved ones to your new and cozy gazebo.
