How and why to make a kitchen corner with your own hands?

Beautiful kitchen corner "Etude" with a berth

The kitchen corner is an attractive element of the kitchen interior, allowing you to save space and get together in a small-sized kitchen for the whole big family. Mankind has used kitchen corners since the postmodern era. Despite the large range of kitchen furniture in modern stores, it is not always possible to find the right one. But this is not a problem for a person with elementary carpentry skills. A kitchen corner with your own hands is an opportunity to have furniture that is ideally suited for style decision and functionality, without large financial investments.

Soft kitchen corner from kozhzama with drawers for storage

The advantages of using and creating your own hands

Soft kitchen corner of unusual shape

Kitchen corners are popular due to several of their properties:

1. Compactness. They allow you to save space, which is the main advantage for the kitchen of a small area that combines kitchen and dining room.
2. Functionality. Corner sofa for the kitchen may contain boxes for placing things, food stock or dishes, vegetables.
3. Comfort. A large family or company can sit at the table.
4. Large selection of options. There are many different designs. You can choose and assemble with your own hands a corner that is suitable in size, style, and finishing material.
5. Cheapness A kitchen corner made by yourself will always be cheaper than a store bought.

Handmade wooden kitchen corner

We determine the design and construction

Yellow kitchen corner with irregularly shaped table

The kitchen corner includes short and long sofas and a connecting corner between them. Those who do not know how to make a kitchen corner with their own hands, should take into account a few tips:

1. It is necessary to begin with determining the place for a corner, its size, think over the design, the color scheme.
   

   Drawing with the description of parts and their connections

2. For inspiration you should look at photos in magazines or on sites that specialize in design and furniture.
   

   Soft and comfortable brown corner with custom sizes

3. The design can be as simple as possible: the frame, on it the seats and backs. Increase the functionality of new furniture storage boxes. They can be made retractable or with an opening lid. They can be used for a temporary rest, they allow you to leave guests overnight corner kitchen sofas with a sleeping place. Their production requires additional investments, more professional skills, the acquisition of special fittings and a mechanism that allows you to fold and fold the sofa.
   

   Beautiful kitchen corner of wood

4. Corners are right and left. This is important to consider.
   

   Right-sided soft corner for the kitchen, made by hand

   

   Left-sided kitchen corner in the kitchen interior

5. For covering it is better to use leatherette, synthetic materials. They are easy to wash, stronger and more durable than fabrics.
   

   Cornering material for the kitchen

6. If the product is intended to be soft, as a filler, it is more practical to use polyurethane plates or foam rubber.
   

   Foam for soft kitchen corner

7. Making the corner should be performed according to the drawings. You can sketch them yourself or find the drawings and schemes for a kitchen corner made of wood with your own hands in specialized publications or on the Internet. The found schemes will still have to be refined to fit your conditions: resize. Compiled drawing simplifies the work, allows more accurate calculation of materials, saves time.
   

   Drawing of a corner with dimensions - side view

8. After that make a list of all the elements of the area, the materials that should be purchased.
   

   Details for the frame of the future corner

9. All missing tools, fixtures, fittings, materials should be purchased in advance before starting work.

Necessary materials

Materials for the manufacture of kitchen furniture

For the manufacture of a corner sofa in the kitchen will need:

• laminated, polished chipboard, plywood;
• fasteners: shkanty, screws;
• hinges;
• glue;
• nichrome thread;
• edge for decorating the ends, thrust bearings;
• furniture corners;
• polyurethane plates, if a soft corner is planned;
• upholstery;
• wood primer, paint, varnish;

Required Tools

Tools for assembling a kitchen corner do it yourself

In the process of making furniture will need:

• electric jigsaw;
• furniture stapler;
• knife;
• drill, screwdriver;
• hammer;
• roulette;

Manufacturing process: step by step instructions

Soft kitchen corner with a shelf in the corner

For a long sofa, cut out the following details:

• bottom, it can be made of plywood;
• frame bars;
• two sides of chipboard;
• two side parts for the long sides of the box (can be made of plywood);
• back;
• seat

Build most of the soft corner for the kitchen

The assembly of the sofa is carried out in the following order.

1. The ends of the sidewalls should be closed with a hem, and the bottom - with thrust bearings.
2. Using a screwdriver and screws, make the frame, then the box.
3. Gather back, attached to the sides with dowels. The mount can be reinforced with metal corners.

To make a short sofa, all actions must be repeated. Differences only in the size of parts.

Assembling a smaller part of the kitchen soft corner

A long and short sofa is combined into a single structure with the help of an angular connecting element. With the help of dowels, metal corners connect the seat with the back, then fasten to the sides.

Ready painted frame of the future corner

At the final stage, upholstery is performed, if it is planned:

1. Cut out filler from polyurethane plates. The size of the filler is slightly larger than the size of the element for which it is intended. Soft filling is harvested for the seats of the sofas and the backrest. Fix with glue or double-sided tape.
2. Similarly, make upholstery parts, but their size should allow to wrap the material and secure it with a stapler.

Corner with upholstery and pillows in the interior of the kitchen

If a soft upholstery is not provided, the wood is treated with a primer and varnish. To change the color, you can use paint or tint.

Beautiful kitchen corner made of natural wood do it yourself

Decorating the finished corner - an element of kitchen design

Decor for a kitchen corner in the form of pillows with removable covers

Dressing is performed in accordance with the interior of the kitchen and the preferences of the owners. Therefore, there may be many options. Here are some:

1. Looks great in the interior of any room natural wood. On this option it is worth stopping if the rest of the furniture is made of the same material. It is safe, environmentally friendly, always looks decent, carries warmth and comfort. Natural wood cover tinted varnishes.
2. If you have conceived a sofa without upholstery, you can paint it in the color of kitchen furniture or, on the contrary, maintain the color of the interior decor element.The combination of two harmonious colors will look impressive.
3. For finishing of a kitchen corner sofa use upholstery from a leather substitute, dense fabrics. Such a corner can be filled, soft, or without it, then the seats will be hard. Choose a suitable color allows a wide range of similar materials in the distribution network.
4. The actual decoration of kitchen sofas with plastic and similar modern materials. They are easy to wash, do not lose their original appearance for a long time, there is a large selection of colors and shades on sale. But this material is not suitable for every style of interior.

Simple corner with soft removable seats do it yourself

Kitchen corner sofas for a long time will not go out of fashion, because they are comfortable, functional, save space, create comfort. The kitchen is the most multifunctional room. For most, the kitchen is the place that unites all family members at the same table. The desire to make this time more enjoyable and the place more attractive can be explained. A new piece of interior makes the atmosphere warm and cozy, combined with the right lighting. An additional lamp at an adjustable height or sconce will be a spectacular element of the decor.

Brown soft corner for kitchen with storage boxes

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