How to make an ottoman with your own hands

2024 Author: Aaron Duncan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 03:30

Making something with your own hands is not only extremely interesting, but also very useful. In addition, it is quite profitable. Indeed, with the right approach, it will be possible to create an original and even unique thing from improvised materials. Or even those that are unnecessary and lying around at home, suitable only for a trash can. For example, in this article we will find out how to make a great do-it-yourself ottoman.

Moreover, the presented instructions will appeal to both men and women. Very often, the fair sex is faced with a serious problem. They want the new piece of furniture to be individual, built according to their own plan, project. But the girl or woman herself is not able to make furniture for obvious reasons. However, this design option is incredibly easy to implement. Yes, and the materials for it will be required quite unexpected, but the most affordable.

Where to start?

To make an original ottoman with your own hands, you will have to work a little onpreparatory stage. To do this, you need to temporarily switch to the use of the same carbonated or mineral water. It is quite possible that a smart reader has already guessed why this is necessary. If not, we will explain.

The easiest and most affordable way to make an ottoman involves using ordinary plastic bottles. But in order for the design to turn out even and not squint to one side, it is important to collect the main materials of the same size. It is for this reason that every time you go to the store for soda, you should give preference to one particular brand and bottle size.

Let's explain that excellent and very comfortable ottomans can be made from different bottles. Best of all, of course, two-liter vessels are suitable. But also some craftsmen manage to ennoble “five-liter bottles” and even cooler bottles. It all depends on what size and width you want to make an ottoman with your own hands.

What materials are needed?

So, if such a condition did not bother our reader and he nevertheless decided to design an original ottoman for his home, garden or cottage on his own, he needs to prepare the following materials:

• plastic bottles - 15-25 pieces (depending on the desired size of the ottoman and the vessels used);
• transparent wide adhesive tape - adhesive tape;
• two pieces of thick cardboard, their width should be equal to the diameter of the desired ottoman;
• cotton wool, foam rubber, a small blanket or pillow to sit on the received piece of furniture wascomfortable and convenient;
• PVA glue or "Moment";
• simple pencil;
• compass;
• ruler;
• scissors;
• needle with sewing thread;
• desired fabric - it is necessary for covering a do-it-yourself ottoman.

Step one: forming the frame

So, having prepared all the necessary materials and having decided on the design of the future unusual piece of furniture, you can proceed directly to the realization of the idea. To do this, first of all, we take bottles. From them it is necessary to construct the frame of our ottoman. For this you need:

1. To begin with, we take the prepared bottles and line them up in a circle, forming (if possible) the correct geometric figure. Then we fill the middle with the remaining vessels. If necessary, we correct, correct the bottles so that each of them fits snugly against the adjacent ones.
2. The result is a "plastic guard" that, when viewed from above, resembles a hexagon, like a cell in a honeycomb.
3. Suppose our reader took thirty-seven identical vessels to make an ottoman from bottles with his own hands. Each one and a half liters in volume. Then it turns out that each of the six sides of the resulting figure will consist of four bottles. That is, in the first row, starting from the top, there are four vessels, then - five, then - six, in the middle line - seven, after which they again decrease - in the fifth row - six pieces, in the sixth - five, in the seventh - four.

Stage two: strengthening

Having finished with the construction of the frame - the correct hexagon, we proceed to the next step of the instruction on how to make an ottoman with your own hands. For its implementation, we need to "arm" with adhesive tape. After all, it is he who will help us securely fix our product. Getting Started:

1. Holding our construction, carefully (so as not to fall apart and start work again) wrap it with adhesive tape for the first time.
2. If suddenly it doesn't work out, then we ask for help from a friend, another family member. You can even bring in a pet, as long as it makes sense.
3. If there is no one around or the reader wants to surprise the household, we fasten the vessels with four pieces of adhesive tape or first we tighten it with a rope, a rag, a belt from a bathrobe, and only then we connect it with adhesive tape.
4. We fasten our design very carefully. To do this, you have to go around it several times. You may need to spend the entire roll of tape. Or two or three if you plan to make a large product.
5. When everything is ready, move on to the next step of making a do-it-yourself ottoman from plastic bottles.

Step three: cardboard base

Now we get to the cardboard. On it we need to draw a circle, which will subsequently serve as the bottom and seat of our future ottoman. To do this, we should perform the following manipulations:

1. We take the first sheet of the prepared cardboard and put on it the constructed oneinstructions (provided in previous paragraphs) design.
2. Now, using a simple pencil, outline it. As a result, we get, most likely, a slightly crooked circle.
3. Set aside the frame for the ottoman. And we take a compass in our hands. With this tool we will be able to correct the circle. You need to make it the correct, clear form. And then a do-it-yourself ottoman made of plastic bottles will turn out to be even, as if from a store, and will not fall sideways.
4. We determine the middle in the resulting circle by eye. We put the sharp end of the compass in it, and then stretch it. Important! The pencil, which will draw the details for our ottoman, should be located a couple of centimeters further than the outline outlined earlier.
5. When all the necessary actions are completed, carefully, so as not to knock down the line, draw an even circle.
6. Now we take scissors in our hands and cut out the resulting circle. Then we outline it on the second sheet of cardboard. And we also cut it out. If the cardboard is too thick and it is inconvenient for the reader to cut it with scissors, you can purchase a stationery knife in advance from the store. However, it must be handled with extreme care!
7. Put the resulting details aside for now. And we ourselves proceed to the next item.

Step four: cotton frame

To make a do-it-yourself ottoman made of plastic bottles in appearance as close as possible to the store version, and to sit on it was very convenient, comfortable andgently, it is important to build a wadded (or other chosen by the reader) frame around. For example, an old unnecessary blanket and a small pillow are quite suitable for its implementation. The first material should be wrapped around the side of the ottoman, and the second should be laid as a seat.

If a piece of foam rubber is used, you must:

1. Measure the height of the side of our ottoman with a ruler.
2. Then mark the resulting value on the fabric.
3. Then measure the circumference, that is, a distance equal to the girth of our plastic bottle frame.
4. Also transfer it to the fabric.
5. Cut off a piece of foam rubber needed to wrap our ottoman with it.
6. If desired, you can cut another one. Then the finished ottoman will become even more voluminous and softer.

Step Five: Seat

The master class "Do-it-yourself ottoman" proves to us that all the details, and the frame of the product itself, are not at all difficult to make. Therefore, the performance of sitting will also be very simple. And our reader will be able to verify this further:

1. We pick up the cardboard circle made earlier and the compass.
2. Find a hole in the very center of the drawn circle, put a sharp end into it and measure the radius - the distance to the edge of the circle.
3. Now on a flat surface we spread a piece of foam rubber and on it we outline the contour of our seat.
4. Cut out. If you want to get a very soft seat, you need to prepare some foam circles.

Step six: assembly

Well, that's pretty much it! Thanks to the observance of the instructions presented in this article, which describes the implementation of the ottoman with your own hands step by step, the inside of our product is almost ready. Now all that's left is assembly and trim.

So, to assemble our original piece of furniture, you need:

1. Take a plastic bottle frame and place it on a flat surface.
2. After that, use glue to attach two cardboard parts to it. One - to the bottoms of the bottles, and the other - to the necks.
3. Leave to dry well for a few hours.

Step seven: sheathing

At this time, we pick up a needle and thread and prepared foam parts:

1. If our reader is to make the sidewall and the seat multi-layered, the first step is to sew their circles and strips together, overcasting neatly along the edge.
2. Already then fasten together. To do this, we “hug” the bottle frame with foam rubber tape. Sew the vertical edge.
3. Next, put a soft circle (or several, fastened together) on the upper surface of the future ottoman and sew it to the side part.
4. You can, of course, immediately sew the sidewall and seat, and only then put everything on the frame. However, it will be quite difficult for a beginner to do this. After all, only an experienced master ottoman with his own hands will perform easily and almost effortlessly.

Stage eight: ottoman decor

So, until the completion of our original piece of furniture, there was a final touch. And he probablymost interesting and creative. After all, everything here depends solely on the imagination, tastes and preferences of the reader. Therefore, you can decorate the ottoman at your own discretion. However, it is important to make the right pattern. But we will certainly help with this:

1. Take a compass and measure the radius of our circle with it.
2. Then draw two identical circles on the prepared fabric. This must be done from the wrong side.
3. Then, using the already familiar technology, we make a sketch of the side part.
4. Next, cut out the details. Important! Not along the contour, but stepping back a couple of centimeters behind it. This is necessary so that the cover does not turn out to be small after stitching.
5. Now sew the first circle to the strip. We put it on a pouffe. If necessary, we straighten and correct the shortcomings.
6. When the result is satisfactory, turn the product upside down and sew the second circle. This is necessary so that the piece of furniture looks complete and the cover does not peel off during use.

This is just a general instruction on how to decorate an ottoman from plastic bottles step by step with your own hands. If desired, the product can be made more pretentious, decorated with braid, ruffles and other accessories. If the reader plans to use an ottoman in a garden gazebo, it would be wiser for him to replace the fabric with leather or ordinary oilcloth.

What else can you do with plastic bottles?

One way or another, but in our house there are constantly various plastic vessels. But we throw them away without even thinking about the fact that you can just turn on your imagination and build somethingunusual, new, creative. But in fact it is so simple! And the master class described in this article, we hope, convinced our reader of this. Therefore, he will not get rid of the necessary material in vain, but will figure out how to make something of that kind out of it.

Knowing the principle of how to make an ottoman with your own hands, using a lot of plastic bottles, you can create a bench, a table and even a whole bed, but in this case you will need to collect much more vessels. But we still buy them, so the preparatory stage will not drag on for a long time!