DIY garden furniture: how to make, features

Unremarkable plots of land are turned into beautiful places only after long and hard work. At the same time, decorating a garden plays no less a role than planning it and planting plants. Independent creation of furniture for a public garden is accompanied by some difficulties due to the large size of the structures, but at the same time it is an interesting and educational process. The style of the site is usually coordinated with the appearance of the house, primarily with the facade. Those who do not know how to assemble the necessary structures or design them will have to seek the help of experts. New knowledge is gained from designers, experienced gardeners and owners of large plots. In any case, it would not hurt to develop a garden or nature theme on the site. The most experienced ones equip the square with beds for their pets, play areas for children and large furniture for relaxation. Assembling garden furniture with your own hands will require care and complete dedication.

Peculiarities

Garden furniture usually belongs to one of 3 types, which include portable, permanent and folding. The first category includes chairs and tables, some versions of swings. If something happens, there is a place for them under the terrace cover, in the garage, basement or inside the house. Permanent furniture can only be dismantled. The folding type is the most difficult to implement, but the resulting structure can be reduced in size if necessary, sometimes several times. Living up to its name, it is made by movable joints. Folding furniture can be either permanent or portable. If possible, it is better to assemble structures for the garden indoors with a workbench and a large table for work. Then the accessories will be protected from moisture, and the storage of waste materials will be convenient, and there will be better opportunities for recycling.

Let's sum it up

Metal furniture has remained popular for several centuries. Wherever technological progress moves, metal is still used. Why is that?

It is beautiful. The furniture fits well into the landscape of any garden and can be used as park furniture. Metal, at first glance, seems like such a “heavy” and “clumsy” material, but forging masters show the opposite with examples of their work. And when it is not one element of the interior, but several, made in the same style and assembled into one composition, it becomes a real decoration of the summer cottage.

You can do this yourself. Of course, if you are not a blacksmith, then you are unlikely to be able to make an elegant thing, but a practical one - easily and much cheaper than a store-bought one.

This will last a long time. With careful care, metal will last for many years. It can be used to make furniture filled with artistic meaning and beauty. And over time, it can become a family heirloom and be passed on from generation to generation.

Author: S. Rozanova

Garden furniture style

Rustic is the first on the list of justified options. The main milestones of the style were wood, rounded lines, relief and slight negligence. Proponents of perfectionism will more like crafts in a somewhat similar loft style. The rustic style will help in arranging a natural environment for spending free time in peace and quiet. Furniture in the English style is made with classic “notes”, balanced proportions and lines. The combination with small unevenness in the landscape will be organic. The Japanese trend in design involves the observance of straight lines and, in fact, Japanese motifs, designs and patterns. Decorative plants will complement the street ensemble. The garden in the spirit of French classicism is furnished with sophisticated products. At the same time, symmetry should be maintained in the arrangement of furniture.

Other relevant styles in this context:

• eco-style;
• Oriental;
• Mediterranean.

What to make from

Everyone can find more or less suitable materials. Wood, metal, plastic and unnecessary old things contained in the basement or garage are, one way or another, stored for future use, but sometimes these materials are forgotten about. The first step is to carefully inspect all storage facilities. There will definitely be blanks for several original homemade products there. Old fabrics are useful in creating screens, curtains, and seat upholstery. Sheets, boards, beams, sections and solid wood are sold in most hardware stores, although sometimes you have to order blanks, and sometimes it makes sense to make them yourself. The required metal structure is more difficult to find. Metal products stored on site, as well as their parts, only occasionally suit the shape, quantity and aesthetics of the coating. Additional materials and fasteners are selected in advance, almost simultaneously with the main workpieces.

Metal

The best solutions for DIY production:

• bronze;
• aluminum;
• brass;
• steel;
• stainless steel;
• copper;
• cast iron;
• iron.

A long service life coupled with the anti-corrosion properties of modern products is what makes the material suitable for manual assembly and, accordingly, additional savings. Metal tables and chairs fit perfectly into the green background of bushes and trees. It is better to assemble your own products from aluminum - it is not for nothing that it is considered the best. Seats are often made of plastic or wood, but the qualities of aluminum are also suitable for creating a comfortable seat. The legs can be made from heating pipes. For fastening you will need welding or bolts. Pipes are bent using a car disk. To prevent the workpiece from cracking, sand is poured into the cavity and sealed with small blocks. For countertops, QSB sheet and treated boards are suitable. The seats are often made of foam rubber, covered with vinyl leather or dermantine.

Tree

The popularity of wood is guaranteed by its natural beauty and environmental friendliness. Wooden products remain among the most prestigious. For garden furniture, slats, bars and boards are usually chosen, that is, materials that are easiest to work with. It is not recommended to use coniferous wood in open spaces, as it damages clothing with the resin it produces. The raw materials can still be simply deresined. Logs make massive benches. Working with the material is not easy, but with pre-processing it is possible to assemble mobile structures, sometimes without a single fastening element. Coffee tables, armchairs and sofas can be assembled or finished using sections of tree stumps. Some take the idea further and drive the stumps themselves into the ground, treating them appropriately to ensure a tight connection. Solid wood, driftwood and firewood will make interesting designer furniture; you just need to add some imagination.

From unnecessary things

Old, unused items will make the task of organizing your garden even easier. Thanks to thoughtful presentation, shabby and broken furniture will become the hallmark of the yard. The beds will be used as low fences, and the cabinets will be used as doors or gates. A broken piano will play the role of a secret bar, and the cabinet will serve as a tiered flower bed. Old shelves are turned into stands for flowerpots. A skilled craftsman will assemble a whole set of medium-sized furniture from tires: tables, chairs, sofas. The tires are converted into comfortable poufs, having previously been covered with rope and installed on the legs. There is definitely room in the yard for an additional table made from an old door. And if desired, you can install a trellis from the door leaf on the site. If there is a sufficient amount of raw materials, a gazebo, a country shower, and houses for animals can appear at the dacha.

Required materials and tools

In order to harmoniously fit garden furniture into the surrounding design, it is recommended to give preference to wood. Unique products are made from branches, twigs, logs and trunks. However, not only this material is suitable for self-production. When choosing the basics, you can show your imagination by trying to create unusual solutions for the site. When selecting raw materials for work, consider not only the overall style, but also practicality.

It is worth highlighting several popular materials for decorating a personal plot with furniture of your own production:

1. Concrete blocks - you can use them to make a reliable table, which can later be easily covered with patterned tiles;
2. Flexible tree branches are used to make attractive chairs, rocking chairs and tables. It is convenient to relax on them in the summer heat under a canopy;
3. Metal bases – metal will provide high strength, which cannot be said about wood. It is difficult to work with such raw materials; it must be connected using bolts and anchors. Pipes made of steel or duralumin are used for work;
4. Useful materials - home-made furniture can be easily made from leftover raw materials after renovation, as well as unnecessary things, at no extra cost. This includes pallets, tires, and wooden cable spools.

The choice of material will depend on the preferences of the owners: if you want to create original furniture, you should give preference to non-standard solutions. If strength is the main indicator, choose metal. The tools that will definitely come in handy are a jigsaw, a drill, a screwdriver, a tape measure, a simple pencil, a hammer, drills, and screwdrivers. To work with wood you need a plane, a chisel, and an ax. To work with metal, you will need a grinder with cutting discs. When all the necessary tools and materials have been selected, you can begin to create masterpieces.

Tools

Materials

Materials

DIY garden furniture made from pallets

List of convenient options for assembly without the help of specialists:

1. Dinner table.
2. Coffee table.
3. Armchair.
4. Sofa.
5. Bench.
6. Chaise longue.
7. Swing.
8. Bar counter.

The structure of the pallet is ideal for the installation of rectangular structures. Painting will hide the wear of the material and emphasize its shape. Medium-sized products are mobile, and the increased number of fasteners provides them with an adequate service life. Chairs and tables are moved to a convenient place on the site at the first need. Pallets must not be used without first being cleaned. They are also polished and treated with various compounds. Pallets are assembled into work tables, flower stands, and pet houses. The site is equipped to suit any needs. Sometimes entire sets are assembled from pallets, starting with ottomans, coffee tables and ending with benches and long sofas. All you need is time, material and desire - and an obstacle course or an interesting play area will be assembled from old boxes.

How to handle pallets

Pre-treatment is mandatory and ends with the application of a protective layer. Pallet preparation includes 5 stages. First of all, it is cleaned of dirt - using detergent, water and washcloths. There is no point in treating new pallets this way; simply wiping them with a damp cloth is enough. Then the boards are sanded to remove roughness and splinters. In this case, processing open areas will be enough. A small pallet should be processed manually with sandpaper. Special attachments for drills and grinders are also suitable. It is advisable to choose a well-ventilated area for work. After this, the wood is given water-repellent properties, for example, by applying a primer. For use in the garden, the oil solution will not be enough. The best solution is acrylic primer. If desired, the pallets can be painted, and preliminary priming will make this process easier and save paint. The treatment is completed with varnishing.

Coffee and dining table

To create a coffee table you will need the following tools:

• clamps;
• electric drill;
• metal mounting strips;
• connecting bolts;
• Grinder.

The coffee table is made from just 1 Euro-size pallet. Euro pallets do not take long to process, because removing irregularities from the corners and ends is enough. The tabletop is usually a sheet of plywood, which is attached to the pallet, after cutting off the excess. The fragment is screwed to the top of the box with four bolts. After installing the planks, you will also need glue. The structure is fixed with clamps, and then proceed to similar processing of the lower surface of the pallet. Pallets are used to make nice-looking dining tables. In addition to the tools for the coffee table, you will need a long pallet (more than 1.5 meters), wood sealant, 2-8 cm screws, ready-made metal supports, etc. First, the long pallet is sanded and treated with sealant. The size of the boards for the tabletop is adjusted to the dimensions of the pallet. The boards are glued to the pallet and secured with clamps until the glue dries. Then confirmations are used. Metal plates are installed at the bottom corners, and legs are placed on them.

Chaise lounge

First, visually form the back of the lounger. We place one pallet on top at an angle, and then remove several boards from the top pallet. We reduce the width of the lower pallet to a value equal to double the thickness of the end. We take into account that the opposite side ends of the upper structure do not always have the same thickness. We carefully remove the boards of the upper pallet that need to be dismantled, because they can be useful for modifying the design of the finished chaise lounge. Next, we place the backrest on the legs, and connect the seat and backrest with a few more fastenings. We choose movable fasteners to adjust the backrest, but a regular, awkward chaise lounge looks good. The finished product will need to be carefully processed and painted. As an alternative, you can make a different pattern for the back, and form the base for it as a continuation of the lower tier.

Stylish armchairs, sofas and benches

Benches are made in the following way: a standard pallet is divided into two unequal parts. A fragment with four boards will serve as a seat, and an element with three will serve as a backrest. The parts are fastened with screws or self-tapping screws, single or double fastening. Reinforcement of fasteners is carried out using bars. From the remaining boards, 4 legs are obtained, ideally wide and low. They are connected not only with hardware, but also with corners. At the end, the back is decorated: it is given a rounded shape, sometimes painted. The chairs are made in a similar way, but assembly can be done by stacking pallets on top of each other and highlighting a small backrest. U-shaped, corner and straight sofas are also assembled from pallets. For this purpose, pallets are combined into a line of the desired shape, in two vertical tiers. After this, the question about the legs will remain open. You don't have to do them. At the end, the backrest is attached, choosing the optimal height based on the parameters of the pillows.

To fasten pallets together, a hybrid of a nail and a self-tapping screw is sometimes used.

Garden swing

It is better to make supports and fastenings for a mini-attraction in the form of the letter “A”. In this case, operating the swing will be easy and the risk of injury will be reduced. The structure itself is made portable or stationary. A large tree is usually chosen as a place for a rocking chair. In the absence of such opportunities, you will have to be content with a stationary swing. For the second option, you will need a frame with an angled connection. Before installing the structure, prepare a place for installing the crossbar. The soil is compacted, after which the stationary posts are immersed to a depth of half a meter. Concrete and gravel are added to the pit. Assembly of the backrest and seat usually begins from this point. They use 2 pallets, and to create the back, one of them gets rid of everything except the bottom. Fixation of 2 elements is carried out at a slight tilt back. Sometimes the part “under” the seat is assembled from several pallets. Then load-bearing beams are installed underneath them.

Bar counter in the garden

For those who prefer to spend long periods of time outdoors, a garden bar will come in handy. Material consumption will directly depend on the scale of the project. The side base of a C-shaped counter is made from at least four connected pallets placed vertically. A linear structure is assembled from 2-3 or more. The foundation itself is constructed from approximately the same number of pallets. It is made with a depression, and the soil is strengthened with gravel. The tabletop is assembled from wide and thick elements, not from pallets. The boards are nailed to the top tier of pallets or to vertically standing boxes on the side base. The height of the bar counter must be selected taking into account the standard length of the pallet - 1.2 m. For ease of use and ergonomics of the product, it fits perfectly. You will need chairs for the counter. It is better to collect them not from pallets, but from waste boards for the tabletop. For this reason, when making the latter, you should think about the cutting points in advance.

Progress

Before creating metal structures with your own hands, you need to carry out careful preparation. Only after adapting the drawing and acquiring the necessary materials and tools can you begin assembly:

1. The pipes are marked and then cut according to the diagram. The simplest designs are assembled from one long, 4 short elements and 4 legs.
2. The table frame is created using welding or bolts; all corners of the structure must be straight. After this, spacers are installed.
3. The seams are cleaned and covered with a layer of anti-corrosion compound.
4. A tabletop made of boards or tile materials is installed on the finished frame. The surface is carefully treated with a grinding machine.
5. The tabletop is fixed with screws. To do this, holes are first drilled in the metal frame.

In the same way, you can make chairs with your own hands. If the metal structure will be placed indoors, special rubber attachments are placed on the tips of the legs to protect the floor covering from scratches.

The easiest way to install a tabletop involves using wood glue, but fixing it with bolts and self-tapping screws is the most reliable.

Make markings and cut the profile pipe in accordance with the diagram

Weld the table frame

Clean the seams and coat the structure with an anti-corrosion compound

Sand the surface of the tabletop with a sander

Place the tabletop on the frame and secure with screws

By analogy, chairs can be made from a profile pipe

Special rubber nozzles for the legs will protect the flooring from scratches

Furniture made from treated boards

Working with prepared materials takes less effort, and, therefore, you can work longer and more carefully on the final result. An example of a processed material is planed boards. To assemble garden furniture, choose dry solid lumber of the highest or first grade. Then the boards will not warp or move. For a garden near an expensive house, furniture is assembled from radially cut boards with minimal texture. Conventional garden options are made from fragments of tangential or semi-radial cuts. To emphasize the natural beauty of wood, radial cut boards with distinct concentric rings are used. They are additionally varnished or waxed, but almost never painted. The material makes beautiful tables with attached chairs, armchairs, partitions, shelves and stools, as well as gazebos and sandboxes.

Materials used for the manufacture of country furniture

Simple and clear drawings of garden furniture with your own hands will help you independently implement any project, having previously selected the necessary design.

For the manufacture of furniture of various shapes and configurations, for specific purposes, all kinds of available materials are used, with their specific processing method.

Benches and tables made of stumps and logs

The log elements are connected with dowels: into through holes made with a 20-25 mm Lewis drill. The cups in the logs are not full-sized. For benches, trunks without resin pockets and a minimum number of knots are selected, and resin particles are also removed from the surface. It is better to refuse coniferous species in principle, especially if there are no special wishes for them. The adjacent halves of the table are chamfered, and then they are firmly attached, again with wooden dowels. Stumps are used in different ways to create furniture. Firstly, on the territory itself, after the trees are cut down, stumps remain, which at any moment “will become” a chair or its likeness. But benches and tables are assembled from driftwood and stump cuts. The tops of the stumps are decorated with mosaics. Wide ones are cut so that there is both a seat and a back. A croaker is placed on top of the stumps - the bench becomes suitable for use.

The main features of the loft style

It is easy to determine that a person is looking at a room decorated in this style. It is enough to pay attention to some signs.

1. The room should have a lot of free space, and there are usually minimal partitions in it. In general, only the toilet and bathroom can be separated in the apartment. That is why the loft style is often used in studio apartments, where even the sleeping area is located in a common area.

   About the characteristic features of the style

2. The windows should be large and preferably from floor to ceiling . This is the main source of light in the room. Moreover, curtains are used extremely rarely.
3. The presence of various beams in the ceiling area is welcome , the ventilation does not need to be closed, and iron fittings add charm, but do not in any way spoil the appearance of the room.
4. You usually cannot see wallpaper or other decorative material on the walls of a loft-style room.. Brickwork or concrete is often imitated or left completely as is. Also, plywood, metal, etc. can be used for finishing. It’s funny, but to achieve the desired effect, sometimes you sometimes have to purchase quite expensive materials.

   Typical loft style interior

5. Option for the floor - concrete, board or marble . No complex designs or anything pretentious or extravagant.

And the main highlight of the loft is the furniture. It may be somewhat unsightly in appearance, made of simple materials, and does not have any decorations or monograms. Its charm lies in its simplicity and functionality. At the time when the loft was born, everyone had no time for luxury.

Loft bedroom

To make loft furniture, you can use simple boards, iron pipes and some modern materials. It is best if they have a somewhat aged look.

On a note! Those elements that are considered defects in most other styles are welcome in the loft. These could be rust stains, some roughness of the wood, or simplicity of design.

Loft style kitchen

Although, despite the apparent simplicity, to decorate a room in a loft style you need to have a certain taste. In general, with a successful combination of circumstances, a loft can harmoniously combine the incongruous. For example, a brightly colored modern sofa and an antique chest of drawers. So this style can be very, very different.

There are several loft style trends

Table. Loft style directions.

Direction	Characteristic
Bohemian	This option is chosen by artists and poets, in a word, creators of beauty. Moreover, they can use the style not only at home, but also when organizing their own personal exhibition or show. Here the walls and ceilings are left almost without decoration, but other interior items or decorations are selected with a special sense of beauty. The walls may be decorated with paintings, there may be musical instruments, some sculptures, etc. in the room.
Glamor	This is a rather delicate loft, in which the same iron beams and beautiful chandeliers or sofas in the Baroque style can be perfectly combined. Here, much attention will be paid to lighting and directly to chandeliers and shades. The colors used for decoration will be gentle and pleasant (for example, it could be lilac).
Industrial	This is the most popular loft option, as it is the simplest and does not require anything special from the designer. It is enough to create the appearance of a moderately lived-in space. Furniture made by yourself is ideal for this type of loft. Even if it is a little unsuccessful, it will look no worse in almost industrial conditions than furniture from a store. Here any decorations are unnecessary.

Bedroom in loft style

How to care for wooden garden furniture

Wood actively responds to weather shocks, as well as to sudden changes in environmental conditions. After frequent rains combined with high temperatures, mold appears. The scorching sun causes color fading, wooden furniture to dry out, and cracks to form. It will not be difficult to periodically treat all wooden surfaces. Caring for different types of wood is almost the same, but the compositions are used only for a specific option. In any case, the furniture is first washed of dirt; sometimes it is immediately wiped with vinegar to “drive out” the pests. When everything is dry, a special oil is applied to the tree - different for each species. The procedure is not required if the furniture is coated with paint. Sometimes a plaque forms on the surface of the wood - wet wiping followed by the use of fine-grained sandpaper will solve the problem. Additionally, means are used to create a protective film.

Furniture made of metal and wood

In everyday life, you often see a combination of a wooden table top and metal legs. There is no point in changing anything in this combination. In the case of shops, sometimes they act differently. In design options with an abundance of technological forms, metal often “turns out” higher. The thickness of the seat is then kept to a minimum so that it does not warm up excessively in the sun. It wouldn’t hurt to decorate furniture that is interesting in terms of geometry. For example, internal lighting. Excellent combinations of wood and metal are found in the designs of gazebos, recreation areas, and terraces. Combinations can be diluted with stone, glass, plastic, epoxy resin. It wouldn’t hurt to fill a table with a metal mesh as a support under the tabletop with stones. In the garden, you should allocate an area for storing accessories such as shelving, and it is better to do it using metal and wood.

Model selection

The design and dimensions of tables made from profile pipes can be varied. Metal harmoniously combines with other materials: wood, glass, plastic, stone and others. The most popular designs today are the following:

1. Table-desk with a compartment for storing books. It has a slightly inclined tabletop, which allows the student to sit in the correct position. The height of the working surface must correspond to the height of the child. So, for a first-grader with a height of 130 cm, the optimal parameters will be 50 cm.
2. Table with a massive table top. Such models look quite brutal. The most popular are the standard rectangular options. Dimensions 120 x 70 cm will not take up much space and will accommodate 4 people.
3. Lightweight design for the garden. The optimal tabletop size is 80 x 120 cm. Smaller tables will be less functional, larger tables will be too bulky.
4. Workbench table. A working version that is used in workshops and garages. A suitable tabletop length is 220 cm, width 75 cm, height 85–90 cm.
5. Table transformer. In this case, metal elements are used to create folding parts. The folding version can have a variety of dimensions: 150 x 90, 200 x 110, 320 x 110, 90 x 90, 120 x 120 cm.
6. Small coffee table. The parameters depend on the shape of the tabletop. Standard dimensions are 80 x 80 cm, the height of the legs can be any.
7. Bipedal. Such structures are placed against the wall, which serves as additional support. The optimal height is 87–90 cm; the size of the tabletop depends on the number of people. There should be at least 60 cm per seated person.
8. In the form of a bar counter. The standard length parameters are 120 cm, width - 55 cm, height - 105 cm. These dimensions allow the models to fit organically into almost any room.

The design and dimensions of tables made of metal profiles must correspond to the style of the room or garden plot, as well as the purpose. A wide range of models allows you to choose the right model to solve various problems.

Table-desk

With a massive table top

For the dacha

Workbench Transformer

Magazine

Bipedal

Bar

Barrel furniture

Washbasins are installed in the garden or lawn. Sometimes the material is a metal barrel, and the option looks better with a dark color and matte texture. Tables with compact tabletops and chairs with the same small seats are made using the same principle. The “cherry on the cake” will be multi-colored metal barrels with cut-out holes for seats and backs from the resulting fragments. Moreover, the products will fit perfectly into a closed environment. Wooden barrels are used much more often. Parts for large and small furniture are cut out of them. Wine barrels become part of chairs, sofas, tables. Planters for large plants, a portable cooler, or an ice bin are also great options for the warmer months. Even such an unremarkable device as a garbage can is also sometimes made from a wooden barrel.

Other good options for using barrels:

• sports equipment;
• container for hot food;
• tank for summer shower.

From cable reels

Coils of wire find a place in interesting design objects. Original chairs with round sides, reminiscent of a rocking chair, are assembled from rounded boards. Coils are sometimes trimmed to give the shape a custom look. Stands and small tables are sometimes attached to the boards. The very shape of the spools “hints” at the possibility of being used as a tabletop and at the same time as a table base. A set of garden furniture can be assembled entirely from spools, with a minimum number of cut parts. Then there won’t be many options for decoration, but any metal products that are mounted on a wooden surface will become decorations. A minimum of effort will be required to assemble the pouf. All you need to do is sand, polish and paint the drum, then cut out the fabric and prepare the filling. Furniture is finished using furniture staplers.

Options for drawings and diagrams

Garden table design option

A table in a summer cottage is an indispensable attribute. There are a huge number of table options, differing in size, shape and materials from which they are constructed. You can look at the design of the table in open sources or come up with it yourself. It all depends on your preferences and needs. You can make a compact table just for yourself, or you can build a large table for a cheerful company. An excellent option is a folding table, which does not take up much space in everyday life, and in the event of a holiday, you can always unfold it and seat guests at it.

A chaise lounge at the dacha is a great place to relax. To create it, you don’t need a lot of effort or expensive materials. A piece of durable fabric and a few beams are enough.

Option drawing of a chaise lounge

From tires/tires

Garden furniture is made from tires in several ways. In one embodiment, the tires are connected without changing their shape. The second approach involves obtaining strips from blanks. Well, the last method is to cut the tires into different parts. An ordinary table is assembled from just 2 tires superimposed on each other and a tabletop made of wood or glass. One tire with a disk is enough to make a swing. If you assemble a partition with hangers and chains, then the tires on them will act as flowerpots. Original chairs are made from tires. One technique involves using a cut ring to form the back and armrests. In this case, the supporting legs and the back part of the backrest are formed from rigid half rings. The legs are placed on metal supports. The seat is made either from a round wooden board or from a plexus of rubber flaps.

Tires should be coated with a special fire retardant compound!

Manufacturing process: step-by-step instructions

The simplest garden furniture - a rectangular table and chairs - can be made in a few hours. Before starting work, you need to make a diagram of the models with detailed dimensions. Prepare materials:

• wooden blocks;
• 2-3 wooden boards for the tabletop;
• short panels for seats and backs of chairs (the latter can be replaced with flat crossbars made from bars).

Some people seek to move away from the standard design in a country setting.

Stages of table assembly:

1. Sand the boards intended for the tabletop with sandpaper or a sander.
2. Connect the legs and the tabletop using corners or self-tapping screws (bolts). You can make holes and “attach” the top, using universal glue to reinforce the fasteners.
3. Carry out the final finishing - decorating the table, if required by the project.

Even materials that have lost their function as useful items can be used.

Chair assembly steps:

1. Cut the beams that will serve as supports to the desired size.
2. Attach the backrest to the structure. Two supports will be its continuation (the longest bars). Pre-make the top crossbar and the intermediate one.
3. Secure the seat.
4. Clean surfaces from uneven surfaces and burrs.

Instead of chairs, you can make two benches. For seats and supports, boards half as thick are chosen. If possible, use cast iron for the supports or backrest.

Made from PVC pipes

PVC pipes are a good option for high chairs. First of all, the elements themselves are studied in order to create an accurate installation drawing along with the mounting option. Individual pipes are prepared and, if necessary, cut. The frame is assembled using glue and fittings, and if necessary, soldering. Then prepare the seat: a thick fabric option is suitable - for example, for a folding version. You will need to check the strength of the seat with the frame. Painting of pipes is carried out before final assembly. In most cases, it is better to leave the original color, especially since the external imperfections of furniture in an open space can be presented as an original solution. A product made of polyvinyl chloride is sometimes decorated with decorative self-adhesive film. Painting and curly slots will add originality. In addition to chairs, it wouldn't hurt to try your hand at creating a swing. Then there will be even more options for decor.