Cottage is the place where many people love to spend their vacation and weekends. As a rule, no one is constantly living in the country and therefore the issue of temporary housing is always relevant. The warm spring sun has not yet been hardened, even being tens of kilometers from a beloved site, you can start preparatory work and think over in advance how to make furniture for the veranda.
The veranda is the place in the country where you can relax and sit in silence, hide from the annoying sun or a suddenly reciprocating summer rain. The veranda is open and closed. Depending on this, the furniture for this part of the structure must be thought out in advance. What is important for a dacket? Of course, saving. There is no need to buy expensive wicker furniture for the veranda - with all the tasks you can cope on your own. We offer to familiarize yourself with the options for creating furniture for the veranda with their own hands.
What can be furniture for the veranda?
Before you delve into the process and select the necessary materials, let's get acquainted with the types of furniture for the cottage.
Furniture for a cottage house with a veranda can be foldable or stationary. The first option is suitable if you have an open veranda. This furniture can be taken out on the street with the onset of the season, but the stationary furniture is more intended for permanent operation. Tables and chairs are not necessary to put into the room, especially if the veranda is on your cottage of the closed type.
When people enjoy the cottages not so often, come on weekends, stay for several days during the holiday period, then the best option is to make folding furniture for the summer veranda. It can be a folding table and chairs, as well as a collapsible couch or bed. Sleeping place can not be used for destination (night sleep), but in the daytime you can lie on the veranda to relax and enjoy the beauty of nature.
Stationary furniture - optional option. If there is a desire and opportunities, you can build furniture for the veranda of wood with your own hands. Such furniture will last long years.
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Wooden furniture for the veranda
The tree is popular and, perhaps, one of the demanded materials for the manufacture of country furniture. From wooden boards you can build a bench, make chairs with backs or stools, as well as the table. This set of furniture must be necessarily in each veranda. It doesn't matter, you have an open room or closed, wooden furniture is always practical, stylish and very convenient. Of course, it will have to tinker with the permutation of furniture, in the event that you rarely visit the country, and your veranda is not glazed. Atmospheric precipitation, temperature drops, dust and dirt can reduce the operation of furniture for the veranda of wood. Therefore, on the autumn-winter season you have to transfer chairs and a table, as well as other items made of wood in a closed room.
In order to make furniture independently for the veranda, it is necessary to purchase the main material - boards or solid logs. The tree should be dry and processed. Choose solid rocks. By the way, if there is a forest near your summer cottage, boldly go to search for natural material to create furniture. Small hemps, swirls, chumbachk and whole logs are suitable. In addition, it is also necessary to purchase additional materials: it can be plywood or pressed boards (chipboard or dvp).
It is interesting to look at the veranda of any type of incomplete "sweeping" logs. At first glance it seems that the table and chairs were borrowed from the old good cartoon about Masha and the three bears. The same table and high chairs from the unprocessed tree can really make himself. But to create such beauty, you have to work well. It is necessary to stock up not only necessary materials, but also to consider the options for fastening parts between themselves (wooden planks, metal connections, nails and self-tapping screws). Plus it is necessary that all the tools on wood and protective equipment should be at hand. This concerns the veil and primer on wood. You can, of course, just paint the finished wooden paint furniture, but it is best to emphasize the natural beauty of the tree and cover the products with a transparent varnish. Such processing will increase the service life of furniture for the cottage.
If you have a choice of materials to create dacha furniture, give preference to such breeds of wood, like linden, oak, nut, larch. Berezu can also be used, but the wood of this tree is mild and the life of such furniture will be less than chairs and tables made of beech, nut, maple or pine. By the way, if you create a massive masterpiece, which is difficult to move for the winter to a closed room, then it is worth considering the option of acquiring a temperature resistant and freezes of wood - teak.
We make furniture for the veranda do it yourself
The dining table and several chairs are only a minimum of furniture for the veranda. A cozy sofa, a few chairs or soft topchan - such furniture can also be made independently.
An interesting version of furniture for the open veranda is the use of wooden pallets. Some dackets are so fascinated by the process of assembling the country furniture, which even made furniture not only for the veranda, both for recreation in the garden.
Pallets and pallets are building waste that is not a place in the landfill. From wooden pallets, you can make many furniture for giving: it can be shelves, shelves, coffee tables, dining table, chairs and chairs, as well as stools, racks for books and flowers and even vacation sofas! Easy to use pallets from wood and versatility, here is the main advantage of this "throwing" material.
How to independently make garden furniture for the veranda:
- For the manufacture of the coffee table, we will need only 2 pallet, 4 legs on wheels (sold in furniture stores), screws and nails.
- It is necessary to combine 2 pallets with a fastener. By the way, it is allowed to use metal corners to connect 2 pallets among themselves.
- Now you need to flip the product and fasten from 4 sides by the corners of the legs with wheels. This can not be done, but so the finished product will look harmonious. And the floor will remain integer, you can easily move such a table from one place to another.
- The legs are screwed. Next, proceed to the construction of the table top. It is desirable that the top of the table is not only beautiful, but also high-quality, as well as durable and durable. Therefore, we will also need a board. It needs to be cut into the same segments, and then nail nails to the base of the table.
- It turns out a robust table top. Now we cover the tree first by the veil to protect furniture from moisture and bug-bugs, and then we apply several layers of colorless varnish. For eco-style adherents, such furniture is a wonderful option. Cheap, fast and beautiful.
- If you want your veranda to be unusual, you can paint the coffee table.
See what beauty we got:
And here is another couple of interesting ideas to create furniture for the veranda:
In the first case, you need to use wide pallets and pay more attention to the surface processing. The second option is more interesting: as a countertop we use durable glass.
Place for recreation: bed, sofa or topchak can also be easily made from pallets. It is necessary to connect several pallets among them to achieve the optimal height of the product, and then think over finishing options. If you need a back, then we simply use several more pallets. Collect the tree at your discretion, picking up the colors into the tone of the veranda. Soft part (seat and back) can be built from the old sofa, pillows and mattresses. Do not be lazy and sew removable covers. Then there will be no problems with the cleaning of new furniture for the veranda: the covers are easy to remove and wash.
See how many interesting ideas can be implemented in reality:
If you want the furniture made by your own hands, it lasts as long as possible, do not be lazy and treat the tree. The surface must be smooth, without bitch and dents. First you need to carefully inspect each pallet. If you notice dirty sections, you need to clean these places if there is damage or dents, it is desirable to smooth this place. Take advantage of the fine-grained sandpaper and putting on a tree. After the putty is completely dry, you can cover the wood with a primer for wooden surfaces and wait a few hours. After processing, we proceed to staining the surface or applying varnish.
Remember that it is best to first chain an action plan, think over everything to the smallest details. Since the drawing is not necessary to do to create furniture, just draw on the leaf, how your idea will look in the finished form. Calculate the number of pallets, measure the height and width. For example, a small sofa for recreation can be built from pallet. For the back, you need to prepare 2 pallets, and the same amount will go to the side parts, it will take 2 pallet to be made for the seating.
What if there is nothing suitable in the country to do soft seats? No need to be upset, go to the store, where the furniture for the cottage and the garden is sold, there you will find many options. Several soft pillows and ready-made inserts for chairs with a high back - just what we need. By the way, such a holiday sofa can be collected in just a couple of hours. If the furniture is tired of the season - disassemble, and with the onset of the new dacha season, we make comfortable chairs from the same pallets, a dining table, a bedside table and everything that can come in handy on the veranda to relax.
Rattan veranda furniture
Rattan is a durable and hardy material from which you can weigh the furniture for the cottage. Rattan is not afraid of moisture, so this furniture can be left even on an unlocked veranda.
Of course, independently weighing furniture for the veranda can only be patient and tune in to painstaking work. First you have to go looking for a suitable material. Instead of rattan (sold in stores), you can collect rods in the forest and prepare raw materials for weaving.
Rules for the workpiece of raw materials:
- we collect a rod for weaving furniture before the first kidneys will appear on the trees;
- crop the branch is needed correctly: angle 40 o;
- cut without fear, we will not do a tree, after some time new twigs will grow in the same place;
- willow is good, soft material for work. Collection of raw materials - only in the autumn period. If this is not taken into account, then in the finished product, the rods can germinate;
- i tested twigs test on flexibility: bar should not break;
- choose branches with a thin core. Just they are suitable for small binding. But with a dense middle sprigs, leave for the construction of a solid base of furniture;
- early spring or late autumn (before the onset of frosts) is the time for collecting raw materials. Branches need to be cleaned, dried and stored in a dry place;
- cherry, whale or hazel - the best material for weaving dacha furniture;
- if you want to make furniture with twisted, you will have to tinker with rods. They need to be put into spacious hot water container, milking for an hour, take a break and continue the routing process for another 2 hours;
- if you want to darken, then boil raw materials at least 4 hours;
- attention: twigs before cooking cleaning from the bark. Let's leave this work for later, after cooking you need to immediately remove the bark.
Furniture weaving options for the veranda are a lot. The frameless method is the most affordable and fast. As a support and base, you need to prepare strong rods or sticks. The frame method is more reliable, but costly. You will have to purchase steel rods or come up with another base.
Pluses and minuses of wicker furniture enough. On the one hand, it is beautiful, the furniture is practically weightless, you can quickly make a permutation on the veranda or take a couple of chairs in the garden. Easy operation is also in the first place - you don't need to care for such natural furniture, just wipe with a wet cloth to avoid drying. The disadvantages are also not small: first of all, such furniture can not be left for a long time on the street or an open veranda. The tree is afraid of moisture, the product can be deformed. Dry air and heat also negatively affect the service life of furniture. You will have to ensure that there are straight sun rays on the table and chairs.
If you purchase a rattan (workpiece for the creation of garden furniture), you can save time for the preparation of materials. Natural and artificial rattans are sold in the store.
What you need to prepare for work:
- materials and tools (acute knife, pliers, ruler with marker, stapler);
- well, if you make a frame in advance of metal, plastic or wood;
- it is necessary to attach a rod of the desired length to the base and attach them to the brackets with a stapler. Understanding immediately cut off;
- rotan ribbon can be mastered by the basis of anything: chess, openwork or simple weaving;
- for reliability, tapes can be sampled in places of fastening with glue;
- on this, everything will only be covered with finished lacquer furniture and wait for complete drying.
Advantages in the furniture for the rotan veranda is more: it is ease of work, resistance to moisture. Such furniture is not afraid of heat and direct sunlight, will not lose the form, even if it rains. Garden furniture made of environmentally friendly material is manufactured, the cost of the product is low, care for such furniture easily, the service life is more than that of the wicker furniture from the vine.
There are some subtleties that you also need to know. When weaving, it is necessary to carefully fasten the edges, because if weaving is damaged, then the whole design may dismiss. If you first work with this material, then practice and immediately cast a simple weaving technique. You can make a small basket, and then proceed to more complex tasks.