Those who are familiar with arranging their home “from scratch” know that this is a very expensive pleasure, starting from interior decoration, ending with the purchase of furniture. And even such a seemingly insignificant trifle as a chair can cost a pretty penny. One well-made, but completely ordinary chair costs a lot of money, but you need at least three of them. What to do when guests come to celebrate a housewarming? The experience of building chairs with your own hands will help you not only save money family budget, but will allow you to create your own original designs that will match the character of the interior and your preferences. In this article we will tell you in detail how to make a chair from wood.
Almost any wood is suitable for making a chair, but it is best to start with the cheapest, for example, pine. Later, when you have mastered the basic skills of handling turning tools, you can “swing” at oak, teak, cherry or other elite species. When choosing lumber for a future chair, you should take into account the pliability of the wood, its color, durability and other characteristics. Thus, oak is very hard, and over time its color becomes darker, and the darker the oak product, the more noble and beautiful it is considered. Stain is a special substance for treating wood that has coloring properties. It does not cover the texture, but makes the surface a tone darker, allowing you to create the effect of an expensive rock. Thus, you can make the same cherry or merbau from pine in a couple of hours. To make a chair you will need ordinary turning tools:
A little about finishing chair. If you want to preserve the beautiful texture of the wood, coat it with clear (or tinted) varnish. If you plan to use the chair outdoors, such as in the garden or on open veranda, it is better to cover it with alkyd varnish PF-170 or Yacht varnish - these products will protect the wood from fading under the sun and humidity. For “home” chairs, use a special furniture varnish. Nitro varnishes dry quickly, but they emit a pungent odor, so it is better to work with them on a balcony or in a well-ventilated area.
Wooden stoolFor those new to the world of DIY furniture, it's best to start with something simpler, like a stool. This is an elementary design, the manufacture of which will give an idea of the basic subtleties of working with wood. If you decide to make a chair from pine, be prepared for the fact that you will have to tinker with sanding, especially if you don’t have a sander. As an alternative, you can use beech - it is quite inexpensive, has a beautiful texture and is easy to work with.
Materials for the stoolFor a stool you will need to make 4 bars with square section 40 mm, 8 bars 40x20 mm for crossbars and a square seat with a side of 350 mm. Can be used for seat furniture board or thick plywood. Of course, you can knock it down from boards, but a solid surface looks more aesthetically pleasing. We propose to make a classic stool designed for an adult of average height. The height of the legs will be 42 cm, and they will be held together by crossbars 21 cm long. Before sawing off the excess part, carefully check the evenness of the intended line and compliance with the dimensions. Contrary to the well-known proverb, this should not be done seven times, but at least a couple. Sanding the stoolWhen the blanks are sawn, the silhouette of the future stool begins to emerge, but it is still very early to assemble it. First, you need to carefully sand all parts of the structure so as not to plant a splinter in the future. If the surface is very rough, use #4 sandpaper. When you have more or less smoothed out the knots and the surface becomes rough, wipe it with a damp cloth - the water will lift the small short fibers, after which they can be removed with No. 2 sandpaper.
You need to “raise” the wood fibers until the surface becomes perfectly smooth, each time reducing the number of sandpaper. In this regard, an electric grinder is very helpful. Assembling the stoolFinally, you can start assembling the stool. How to do this is intuitively clear, but there are still some subtleties here.
How to assemble a stool with your own hands:  Helpful advice: Before painting, make holes for future fasteners and do not screw the screws into them completely. Once you have painted the piece, you can tie a thread to this screw and hang the leg or crossbar in the air. Otherwise you will have to wait until it dries top part, then turn the element over and paint it from below, and this is fraught with the above-mentioned spots and stains. If you feel the urge to create or want to involve children in creating original interior for a family “nest”, the chair can be painted before varnishing. Use acrylic paints or regular gouache for this. The decoupage technique is also very popular, which will allow you to create a beautiful drawing even without artistic abilities.
Chair with backIf you have successfully completed the manufacture of a stool, we suggest making a “full-fledged” wooden chair with your own hands. For such a product, you can already choose more solid wood - oak or walnut, for example. In addition to lumber, you will need screws, wood glue, the tools described above and a cutter. If it is not possible to work on a machine, use a set of chisels and a hammer. For tinting you can use the same stain.
Below is a table describing the number and sizes of parts needed to make a chair with a backrest. At first glance, it seems that there are too many of them (especially when compared with a stool), but such a chair will turn out to be very comfortable and will serve for many decades.
To make the task easier for you, we have prepared a visual plan for subsequent assembly with numbered parts. In the future, to create your own exclusive furniture, you will have to make a drawing of a wooden chair yourself.
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Making chairs from wood is a very interesting and creative process, which over time can develop into a useful hobby. Having learned how to make basic designs, you can diversify the process by adding your own details, using wood carving tools and combining various materials. Do wooden furniture Anyone can do it, but you can start with an ordinary kitchen stool! Wooden chairs: photoWhat do you imagine when you hear the phrase “wooden chair”? An ordinary stool or a bulky, roughly processed structure? We have prepared a photo selection of original wooden chairs that will significantly expand your understanding of this piece of furniture.
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If you want to spend time comfortably, then you can’t do without comfortable chairs. Manufacturers offer various options for such furniture to suit every taste, but in order to save money, many decide to make everything themselves. In this article, we invite you to consider several options for how to make a chair.
To make a chair you may need the following types lumber:
Most often, several materials are used simultaneously. Why are there logs on this list? If you have the appropriate equipment, you can make boards and other blanks yourself. There are also original ideas on how to make a chair from a log. You can see some of these ideas in the photo section at the end of the article.
As for the choice of lumber, it should not have knots, cracks or fungal diseases.
Be careful when choosing wood, as it is often stained for a better look.
In general, lumber must meet the following parameters:
When purchasing, do not take all materials back to back. Be sure to take a little extra.
Having familiarized ourselves with the intricacies of choosing wood, let's see how you can make your own wooden chair with backrest. The manufacturing principle is similar to assembling a stool. Only in this case the back is still made. In addition to lumber, you will need the following materials and tools:
Now you can look at the list of names of parts for creating a chair, as well as an explanatory drawing:
Although there are quite a lot of parts, in general it will be possible to assemble a high-quality and durable wooden chair.
The work process consists of the following steps:
Once again, it is worth recalling that every detail should be carefully sanded. There should be no sharp corners and all sorts of irregularities. The assembled chair is covered with stain and varnish (up to three layers). In this case, each layer of varnish is applied after the previous one has completely dried.
Finally, the seat is covered with soft leather, leatherette or other suitable material.
To avoid damaging the floors, it is recommended to attach rubber or felt pads to the back of the legs.
Now let's see how to make a folding chair out of wood. It will require the following set of materials:
In all of the above cases, timber is used 30x30 mm, and boards 20 mm thick. To assemble a chair from these components, follow the instructions:
This is how easy it is to make a folding chair. You can see other details and subtleties of assembly in the presented videos.
So we looked at various options exciting process making a chair from wood. Be sure that you will be quite capable of assembling such a product. If you have other ideas, then write comments on this article. If you want to know about original solutions, then the photo gallery presents several ideas.
Some of the chairs offered in the photo gallery are accompanied by diagrams and drawings, which will help you understand how to make the chosen chair yourself:
Whatever product you make from natural wood, and even with your own hands, a creative approach is definitely needed. Any tree is a living material that can be easily processed. If such products are properly looked after and cared for, they will last a very long time. One of the main advantages of wooden objects is their ability to fit into almost any interior, bringing warmth and coziness, comfortable and familiar. If you are a creative person and want to make a chair with your own hands, here you will learn about it in more detail.
Making furniture yourself is not that difficult. The main thing is to understand what exactly you need and for what purposes. Surely you would like the furniture to be not only beautiful, but also very durable and safe. To do this, it is better to protect yourself and purchase quality materials. No matter what, even natural high-quality wood will cost less than buying ready product from him. The most suitable tree species are beech, oak or pine. They are very durable and reliable. To make a frame, purchase timber with a cross-section of 40*40 and/or 40*60 mm. To make lintels and a backrest - you will need boards up to 1.5 cm thick. Well, if you want to make a chair with a backrest and a soft seat, purchase a sheet of plywood.
Among the tools that will be useful to you for creating furniture yourself, you should prepare: a saw, electric jigsaw, chisel, hammer, screwdriver, mallet, sandpaper, stapler, triangle, meter, clamps. It will not be superfluous to use wood glue and, if necessary, paint. Choose fasteners in the form of stainless steel screws. If you plan to upholster the seat, prepare staples for the stapler.
For those who decided to make such a masterpiece for the first time, we recommend trying it from a stool. Because, in fact, a chair is not the easiest thing to learn to make furniture on.
Therefore, in practice, it is better to first learn how to make a stool, and only then move towards other products. In general, a stool is the simplest version of a chair, without a back. The seat in it can also be with or without upholstery.
Be sure to look at the photos that clearly show the process of making a wooden chair. And, of course, follow the instructions. So.
Beams with a cross-section of 40*40, length 44 cm - take 4 pieces. such. To prepare wood from burrs, use sandpaper: first coarser grain, then fine.
Next, take drawers, 4 pcs. – the seat of your chair will rest on them, and they will also be jumpers. The parameters of the drawers are 2*5*28, cm. You will also need 4 drawers, which you use to fasten the product, their dimensions are: 3*2*28, cm.
It would be great if you could find a solid wide board. But if this is not possible, you should stick to the tongue-and-groove connection. If you wish, the seat can be rounded.
You make tenons on the edges of each drawer and leg, and grooves on the legs themselves. The tenons and grooves are 2 cm long. In turn, the grooves should be made from the floor, at a height of 27 cm.
All parts except the seat need to be put together to make sure that everything is straight and not skewed. If you did everything correctly, you can lubricate the grooves and tenons with wood glue and firmly connect all the products to each other.
It is not difficult to screw the seat to the resulting structure. To do this, a self-tapping screw must be screwed into each leg; it’s good if you recess its heads into the wood a little. The fastening points can be disguised using special wood putty, or plastic plugs, matching the color of the product.
If you have chosen good wood, it has a good structure, shade... Take paint or just varnish, open your product and use it for your health!
This type of furniture is simply irreplaceable in many life situations. Especially if the house is small, and it is difficult to place large furniture in it, and you need to seat guests for the holidays... And if you are planning to go on a picnic, you will definitely need such a chair!
In order to make an ordinary folding chair, you will need:
For a more aesthetic appearance of the product, round the edges of the parts.
The legs need to be connected in pairs, crosswise. It is better to do this at the top of the legs. This will allow you to make a stable chair model. Sink the nuts and bolt heads a little into the wood.
Connect the crossbars and the upper parts of the legs with bolts. Next, on each half, attach one leg and a seat block (1 narrow and 1 wide). When the product is assembled, you will see that each wide bar is followed by 2 narrow ones. At the same time, the distance between the narrow and wide beams is 1.5-2 cm. All that remains is to open it with varnish or paint and voila!
It may be that you will like this creative activity, and you will become a manufacturer of designer furniture. But in fact, there can be a lot of options for what to make from wood! The same rocking chairs, various options for children's furniture and much more!
Handmade furniture is always very practical and unusual. You can adapt it to your own needs as efficiently as possible, and at the same time pleasantly surprise guests, friends and relatives with an original product, and simply accommodate them with comfort and convenience. So you can’t do without beautiful and comfortable chairs in almost any interior, be it an apartment or a country house.
Moreover, making them yourself is not so difficult, but rather even pleasant and interesting, since this process allows you to fully reveal your design abilities.
The first thing to think about when designing your homemade seating is the material. The right ideas may come spontaneously - for example, old and no longer used wooden bed in the countryside can serve as a good base for several new chairs at once. Indeed, wood is perhaps the most practical and convenient option to create seats. You can use oak, pine, and many other species. Which one to choose is a matter of taste and skill. So, oak or beech are difficult to process, but products made from them are textured, hard and reliable.
A homemade solid wood chair will look great on... country dacha, and in many urban interiors, especially antique-style ones. Moreover, it is one of the most simple options. It is easier to make a chair from wood than from plywood, chipboard or laminated chipboard. It can also be made from clapboard.
In the production of a wooden chair, boards, logs, beams and other items can be useful. Wicker chairs are usually made from wicker. Other popular materials include lining, profile pipes, and cardboard. Furniture can also be made from polypropylene or profile pipes. The use of pallets and even tires is allowed.
More complex options include glass and metal. To create a forged product, you will need certain skills, as well as the presence of welding equipment and, accordingly, a protective face mask. Forged seats are very strong and reliable, but when working on them, maximum concentration, clarity and high level professionalism, since the slightest inaccuracy in the calculations will make the chair “lame” or uncomfortable, and it will be difficult to correct such an oversight.
Glass chair - also interesting option, however, this is even more filigree work. Such products look advantageous in modern and modern interiors.
You can combine materials. For example, the seat is made of metal, plywood or chipboard, the legs are made of bars, the back is made of boards. Within certain limits different textures of surfaces can be compensated for at the stage of varnishing and decorating. The main thing is not to fall into excessive eclecticism.
However, it is better not to limit your imagination. When making a seat, you can use almost any available means. Craftsmen make beautiful models from stumps, old logs, almost anything!
The main thing is that it is comfortable and sits softly. Do not forget that to organize the latter property, special bedding and softening materials are often used, which can even “level” the surface.
Self-organized seating area can be used in various interiors. Most often, such chairs are made for the garden, country house, since they fit perfectly into the stylistic specifics of these premises.
In addition, any inaccuracies in work or shortcomings of materials here often turn into advantages, as they emphasize naturalness and naturalness. Therefore, old boards, logs, and unnecessary equipment are suitable as a base. Why not, for example, disassemble an old and shaky stepladder or ladder and make several chairs for a country table out of it.
However, the seat can be made for any other room - the main thing is to find a reasonable and feasible idea and select the appropriate materials for it:
Let's add that you can attach wheels to any kitchen chair. In the dining area, especially if you live with children, it is very convenient.
Hand-made chairs can be used not only for sitting, but also for sleeping and relaxing. A rocking chair, a chaise longue, a hammock – these are all quite realistic projects.
There are several main types homemade chairs. For example, a chair with a backrest can be folding, stationary, etc. Let's consider the main design features:
Furniture with a backrest is no longer so easy to make. Firstly, you will need significantly more parts for the frame, and secondly, it is important to find a balance between the stability of the base and the ability to put pressure on the back so as not to tip over or fall to the side. The backrest can be reclining.
Please note that the base must also be foldable; therefore, it cannot be fixed rigidly.
There are also more interesting products, which, however, require higher professional skills for their manufacture. Thus, transforming seats can change their design during operation: height, backrest bend and other elements, and in some cases even adapt to the anatomical features of the figure. Such “growing” and sometimes even collapsible models are well suited for children and teenagers.
There is also a large number of variations. Design experiments here are practically not limited by anything other than the ultimate convenience and reliability of the product.
To make a wooden model you will need a classic working arsenal with an emphasis on carpentry. Nails, screws, bolts, self-tapping screws, screwdrivers, hammers, wood glue, grinding tools, a vice, as well as a milling cutter and chisel, a workbench and a jigsaw.
When working with manual router It is better to use protective gloves and a mask. If the chair is made of metal and glass, you will need appropriate cutters. You will also need measuring instruments: rulers, patterns, protractors and others.
It is important to prepare all tools in advance. It is better not to skimp on them, since they will allow you to create many chairs in the future, and will also be needed if you need to fix something in the finished model. High-quality equipment will also ensure maximum safety during work. Also stock up on basic medicines - iodine or brilliant green in case of cuts, cotton wool and bandages.
Equally important is the preparation of materials. When working on wooden product it is important to choose boards, beams, chipboard or chipboard required sizes. For a functional chair with armrests, you need to assemble up to 20 components: legs, back parts, side slats, ceilings, the seat itself. It is better to always take material with a reserve - let there be a surplus, rather than not have enough of something.
Before you start, prepare your project. It is best to make an accurate drawing indicating all dimensions. Their choice is purely individual, but there are still some standards.
The height of the chair from the bottom surface of the leg to the seat can be varied from 40 to 60 cm. Another 20 cm should be allocated to the distance to the armrests. The sum of these numbers will determine the length of the beam for the legs. The width and length of the base are also variable. The average dimensions are 40*40 or 50*50 cm. The height of the backrest is another 40-50 cm. Moreover, it is better to calculate it from the seat, and not from the armrests.
It is reasonable to place the overlap itself for the back a little higher, leaving up to 15 cm “empty” - the body usually does not rest on this area anyway.
The model of the indicated sizes is suitable for both leisure and work. If the material does not allow, you can make furniture of smaller dimensions. In the case of a stool, the main thing is to decide on its height.
Another classic version- a chair with legs 45 cm high and a back 60 cm. Bar or high objects, on the contrary, can reach a height of 90-100 cm with relatively small seat dimensions, say 30*30 cm.
When working on a rocking chair, you will need a pattern. Since the project will use curves and arcuate lines, you need to accurately calculate their radius and angles of inclination.
Calculations must be as accurate as possible, and not tailored to the available material. Strategies in the spirit of: “the bar, of course, is long, although its length is still a little short, so I will indicate this in the project and then compensate” are doomed to failure. But while some options and subsequent modifications are still possible with wood, corrections with glass and metal are much more difficult.
Sometimes it will be impossible to redo something. So it’s better to immediately make a reliable drawing.
Making a chair is not a very labor-intensive process, but it requires concentration and precision. A simple small wooden product will require the preparation of blocks and furniture boards. The base and back do not have to be monolithic. So, the seat can be made from 3-5 boards: the distances between them should be small - then these voids can be compensated for by soft bedding. The situation is similar with the back. Each of the boards should be sanded.
Bent parts of products (for rocking chairs) should be selected more carefully than ordinary ones. When purchasing them, carefully read the instructions, which indicate the angles of inclination and other characteristics.
From others technological features Let us highlight the aspect of evenness and strength. If there are doubts about the practicality of the product, it is better to first develop a layout, and only then start working on the details.
So, all the materials have been collected, the tools are at hand, it’s time to get to work. For example, we will make a seat from wood. There are several basic techniques, but we will give only some advice, especially since the creation of a specific product is a creative process, and it cannot be “driven” into strict standards.
At the first stage of work, it is better to cut out the legs. Let's consider this using the example of a chair, where the legs also form the frame of the back. In this case, their length can vary up to a meter, but it is better for the chair to be higher. Take the bars with a reserve, since it is unlikely that you will be able to lengthen them or remake them later. In terms of thickness, 40 mm will be sufficient. We will make the front legs smaller - they will only go up to the seat.
We polish the made bars and try them on for each other. Sanding is especially important if the product is designed for children. Their skin is delicate, and even the slightest irregularities and lint can cause very unpleasant sensations.
Then you should determine the attachment points and make the spikes. After measuring, it is necessary to form grooves that will allow the product to be connected into a monolithic structure.
Now let's check the model for consistency of the parts, first without gluing. If everything is in order, you can fasten the bars that form the back. In our case, we will select five small boards and make the central one a little wider than the others.
A beautiful solution there will be a use of a figured board. It is more convenient, however, to make the back from a single solid material, but it depends on what you have on hand.
The next stage is the manufacture of side inserts and arched lintels. Everything must be strictly adjusted in size. After connecting and gluing, you can strengthen the structure with additional screws. Pre-check it for evenness so that you don’t have to redo anything. Please also pay attention to ensure that there are no unpleasant overlaps of some elements of the product on others: even minor flaws can lead to rapid wear and tear in the future.
The design can be improved with the help of additional strips. For example, install a crossbar to accommodate the legs below. It is optimal to do this at a height of 10-20 cm from the floor. You can also add armrests to the seat, redesign them, raise or lower them, change the angles.
And a few more tips on making. Use a miter saw when cutting the bars; for working on the back, a jigsaw will be useful. Particular attention should be paid to the connection of the rear leg to the seat. The third corner of this triangle is the back. It is the strength of the connection of these nodal points that determines the reliability, strength and quality of the product. To ensure that the workpieces are held more firmly during processing, do not hesitate to use a vice when grinding and sawing out certain parts.
If you wish make a folding chair, additional wooden slats and a metal rod, for which you will have to drill separate holes. It will be fixed in the recesses of the legs. It is reasonable to prepare several provisions. Remember that at least the back and front legs of such a chair should move.
When working on a rocking chair, you can use a ready-made chair. It will be necessary to add special moving runners and armrests to it.
If the steps described above make you unsure own strength and anxiety, start you can accumulate plumbing experience from a simple stool. It’s the easiest way to make it, and in the future you can turn the stool into a full-fledged chair.
You will need 4 bars. The lengths of the bars are up to 450 mm. The cross-section is 4*4 cm. It will be necessary to make 8 jumpers. The material must first be sanded. The seat itself can be made either from solid material or from separate boards, but they need to be well fastened. The first option for a simple stool is preferable.
We make grooves in the bars at a height of 25-30 cm from the floor. Their depth is up to 2 cm. Thus, the legs will be fastened to each other with a “rectangle” of overlap, as if twice – approximately in the middle and at the seat. We check for evenness and fasten all the parts. The simplest stool is ready.
To learn how to make a wooden chair with your own hands, watch the following step-by-step video.
Let's clarify a few more aspects related to the assembly. As a rule, this is the final stage, but here, too, without knowledge of the matter, significant mistakes can be made.
The fundamental point is to maintain a right angle when connecting parts. If you are not visually sure of this, ask another person to look or use measuring instruments. It is better to fasten the product with screws.
But successful assembly does not mean that the furniture is ready. It still needs to be finished for final commissioning. Don't be afraid to do it yourself. There are a lot of options here.
First of all, check the material for unevenness and absence of roughness. Only after this can the surface be varnished and painted. Often, products made from rough wood have to be varnished twice, since after the first procedure, nicks appear. Instead of varnish, you can use other substances - water-based acrylic impregnations, which not only more clearly emphasize the texture of the material, but also often more effectively protect the surface from high humidity and other negative environmental influences for the product.
Next, you can paint the chair, put a soft mat on it - both on the back and on the seat. Relevant and at the peak of fashion now is the carriage tie - an upholstery-decoration that looks like buttons sunk into the fabric. It is soft, aesthetic and beautiful. More often carriage tie can be seen on the backs of chairs. It gives them both rigor and visual richness. However, such a finish is not suitable for all interiors. In loft, hi-tech, minimalism, it is better to limit yourself to less textured solutions.
To make a beautiful chair, the best way to complete it is by decorating it. Technologies and design techniques will allow you to “tailor” the product to any, even very sophisticated taste.
Before choosing the appropriate technology, please note that many jobs are best done outside the home so as not to spoil or stain surrounding furniture, as well as to avoid harm to your own health. The varnish can smell very strongly, and for many this is an extremely unpleasant factor, sometimes causing allergic reactions. Thus, it is better to decorate a chair in a barn or country house, in rooms with good ventilation, or use varnishes on water basics. However, the smell of paint still cannot be avoided.
For decoration you can use the following techniques:
This can be done using a regular wood carving knife.
This style is suitable for classic interiors, antique formats. With a monumental approach, carving will make the furniture more solid, and if, on the contrary, you need to “unload” the interior, neat and thin carving will add lightness and airiness to the chair and the room as a whole.
The ornament on the chair can be anything - floral and sea compositions look great. Colors range from bright green to black. Good idea– Decoupe only half of the seat. If you place two such interior items on the table (with different sides), decorated in the same color, you can achieve very advantageous color combinations.
And finally - a few unusual ideas on making chairs with your own hands.
If you have old tree stumps at your dacha, you can transform them into chairs. It will be enough to attach seats and backrests to them. When moving uprooted stumps, strengthen their base; the best option is to use logs or boards arranged crosswise.
No less practical idea– manufacturing of a step stool. It will somewhat resemble a tall bar stool, but at the same time have additional and rich functionality. It is enough to make two steps and fix the seat instead of the third. Its width should be approximately twice that of the steps. In terms of manufacturing technology, such a shelf is close to a regular stool, only high.
In the presence of polypropylene pipes you can assemble a chair from them. For the seat you will need about 10 tubes, for the back 3-4 are enough. The legs should be made of thicker tubes to ensure stability of the product.
Another idea is a chair based on an old log. You will have to level its surface and attach a backrest, making it closer in format to a folding one. One of the disadvantages of this model is the difficulty in controlling the height. Such a chair is unlikely to be suitable for prolonged sitting, but it may be very popular with young children - it will become an indispensable toy for them.
Another look at design – maximum minimalism. The chair can be made in the form of an unfinished rectangle - the lower border where it touches the floor will remain open. To make it, you will only need three rectangular boards: two of them will become legs, one will become a seat. This design is very reliable in operation.
And the last example is a country seat with an uneven model back. The boards for its manufacture will have different lengths and will differ slightly in texture and color. It's important to find the right one color combination – alternate and combine light (white, beige) and dark (gray, brown, black) shades. The seat will become, as it were, part or the beginning of the backrest. Armrests with this design can be made quite high. If the chair turns out to be wide, you will need to “secure” it with a third central row of legs.
Experience shows craftsmen and professional designers, when making a transforming chair, you should first of all start from your imagination and not be afraid to be creative. Seats can be made from almost any available materials. The main thing is to make them as convenient, comfortable and reliable as possible.
Every year everything large quantity people prefer to make their own household supplies. Indeed, often this option is distinguished not only by its efficiency, but also by its unique design.
Experts encourage this trend in every possible way, which is why a huge number of different catalogs are produced, which contain not only examples of design, but also diagrams and drawings.
The most popular product that people prefer to build themselves is a regular chair.
In this article we will look in more detail at how to make a chair from simple materials. Please note that you do not need any special skills or abilities.
Before proceeding directly to the work, we invite you to familiarize yourself in more detail with existing species described products. Indeed, in addition to household chairs, there are other varieties that differ in design.
It is worth noting that most of them are presented folding furniture, because thanks to it you can use free space more rationally and economically.
Its cost is not too different from the price of ordinary chairs. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that modern buyers give preference to such furniture products.
The most popular of them are rightfully considered folding chairs, which can have not only a classic and antique design, but also a more modern one. However, it is worth mentioning that it is quite difficult to design this product yourself.
If you make a mistake with the backrest angle or do not get the shoes of the rear edge of the seat to slide in longitudinal positions, the product will be flimsy.
But if you decide to make such a chair yourself, we strongly recommend that you use a model with a double seat support. Because this will allow you to distribute the load evenly throughout the product, thus making it more stable.
In second place in popularity are canvas chairs. Unlike folding ones, they are more rigid. Therefore, they are completely inappropriate to use for long periods of sitting.
Most the best option will be the use of canvas picnic chairs. Of course you can use plywood. However, its thickness when folded will only increase.
The only way to make the design “softer” is to complicate it by adding a canvas seat. The complexity of the product is fully compensated by comfort and convenience.
Sometimes those who like to design furniture with their own hands take on the task of creating children's chairs. Often they are a regular wooden chair, but slightly modified. Sometimes it is even turned into a ladder chair.
It is worth noting that the number of modifications directly depends on the skill of the person who creates the product. After all, for children, what is primarily important is not the design and number of modifications, but the strength and reliability of the product.
Everyone knows that sometimes children can break something that seemed strong enough, but in reality turned out to be quite flimsy. Therefore, when creating products for children, Special attention paid to fasteners and material.
Any person who intends to make a chair on their own needs to have a good understanding of tongue-and-groove joinery joints. Very rarely do woodworkers use open joints or through tenon joints. The only exceptions are those cases when it is necessary for aesthetic reasons.
Connections with bolts, screws, or nails are practically not used. Of course, all this was once relevant and widely used in workshops. However, progress has done its job. Now carpenters use only blind tongue-and-groove joints, which are invisible from the outside.
Their assembly is carried out using gluing. Pay attention to the photo of the DIY chair, which is presented below. No assembly elements are visible on it and this has a beneficial effect on its presentable appearance. appearance.
Sometimes the method of wedging the spikes is used. Its use is advisable, since no one is designing models with removable legs.
This method belongs to the category of more labor-intensive and takes a lot of time to complete. However, the product ultimately turns out to be strong and durable. This is achieved due to the fact that all the parts with which the connections were created dry out together.
If you have ever made ordinary stools, then you know that the most suitable material for them is coniferous wood or larch. But in the case of chairs, this option is completely unacceptable.
Coniferous wood is not able to withstand the loads that a chair is subjected to because it is straight-grained. And this causes a layer bevel to occur.
It is permissible to use only plywood from coniferous species wood as a base for the seat.
For chairs made by yourself from wood, the most suitable species are: oak, beech, rowan, elm and walnut. The listed wood species are characterized by high strength and density, so they can easily cope with loads.
You can choose any material from the above, based on your financial situation. Since oak and beech are among the most expensive materials, you can successfully use rowan or beech. They are not inferior in durability and strength to other types of wood.
And also if you want to save a little more, we recommend that you purchase not sawn wood, but solid wood. It will cost much less, and you can cut it yourself using circular saw or Bulgarians.
The preparatory work, which is mandatory, is also not particularly difficult. Therefore, think in advance where it will be convenient for you to hold them. This could be a storage room, a garage, or a room in the house.
You will need to purchase a water-polymer emulsion or any other harmless biocinide in advance. With their help you will process and impregnate the wood. This procedure will improve the quality of the material. The procedure should be carried out in a dry room.
Often those who engage in self-production chairs, problems arise with choosing a suitable backrest for the product. They come in 3 types: solid-hard, with built-in rigidity and soft.
If you want to make a simple chair back with your own hands, then the most suitable option it will become solid and rigid. It is a curved bar, which is cut in the same way as curved drawers. It must be collected using spikes.
Do not use screws under any circumstances, as they look quite rough and can ruin the appearance of the product.
For design soft backrest you will need: a straight bar and an intermediate support. Plywood with a thickness of 4 or 6 mm should be used as its base. The backrests can be covered with foam rubber or felt.
If you plan to use foam rubber as sheathing, do not use one that is too thick. IN in this case A thickness of 7 mm will be sufficient for you. Your soft padding should not reach the edges, so you need to leave about 20mm indentation from them. Some craftsmen even use decorative cladding.
However, experts are confident that it can be successfully replaced with covers. After all, handmade chair covers look quite neat and beautiful. In addition, sewing them will be much easier than doing the decorative trim yourself.
