Making a desk with your own hands: the manufacturing process
Today the market offers the broadest selection of furniture of various designs, various models and purpose. Manufacturers take into account the financial capabilities of customers, so you can find products made of various materials in furniture stores. And in the exhibition pavilions - to see products with a variety of design and structural features: from the cheapest and simple to exclusive models, made of expensive wood and decorated with original accessories.
But households can consider as special chic the pieces of furniture made by hands of the house master. Experts say that learning to do it yourself is not so difficult: the main criterion here is desire.
Content
- 1 The advantages of creating your own hands
- 2 We are determined with the design and construction
- 3 Necessary materials
- 4 Required Tools
- 5 Manufacturing process: step by step instructions
- 6 The final stage is decorating
- 7 VIDEO: Do-it-yourself writing desk
- 8 50 photo ideas how to make a desk with your own hands
The advantages of creating your own hands
Of course, besides the desire to do something yourself, some skills in handling the tool are also needed. And if you master them, you can feel the significant advantages of making any pieces of furniture with your own hands. For their formation it is recommended to start with the manufacture of simple products, which include the table, for example, written. Moreover, its design can be elementary, without a drawer or drawers. If an experienced home master takes on the job, he can make exclusive furniture. The advantages of independent work on its manufacture include:
- significant savings in the family budget;
- the ability to choose the material of the future table to your liking;
- develop a user-friendly design;
- consider the layout of the apartment and its interior.
In addition, the home master can realize his creative energy, but do it slowly, taking into account existing skills and the availability of free time.
We are determined with the design and construction
Before you start making a desk with your own hands, you need to decide on the design of the future product and its design.
The design must be chosen taking into account skills, abilities and capabilities. If the skill is still small, you should not take on a complex scheme - working on it will require not only a lot of time, but can also become a source of frustration, since problems will inevitably arise that the beginning home master will hardly be able to immediately solve and work may stop.
So that it brings joy, and the result was the subject of admiration of the whole family, first you need to choose the simplest table design - without a lot of additional elements. This may be an elementary classic table, consisting of a table top, two sidewalls and a back wall, made without excesses and frills. The first experience will take a long time; Both failures and unforeseen problems are possible. Therefore, having undertaken to do the writing desk with your own hands, the equipment with its drawers and add-ons is worth giving up. But if the mastery of the house owner is beyond doubt, you can allow fantasies to unfold, and there may be:
- writing desk for schoolchild with drawers on one or both sides;
- table with drawers and bedside table;
- dvukhtumbovaya design;
- with "add-ons" from shelves, drawers, racks;
- compact corner;
- with a niche in the space under the tabletop and others.
Do not refuse to choose the original design in the style of the XIX century, providing the table with bent graceful legs, or design in the form of a bureau or "desk". The more boldly the home artist will be experimenting with, the more original will be the interior of the cabinet or working corner.
Necessary materials
In parallel with the design and design, you need to choose the material for making the table to your liking, ranging from traditional wood to the glass top. Of course, the right of choice remains for the master, but in order for the product to be durable and functional, you should not abandon traditional materials that have proven their strength and reliability.
Type of material | Features |
Natural wood | Environmentally friendly, prestigious and expensive material. It features a huge palette of shades and originality of wood pattern. Specialists for making the table recommend pine, alder, oak, as well as birch and beech. Additional strength gives the opening of the product with varnish.
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Chipboard | Despite the cheap base, which includes fine wood chips and chips, has the strength. Facing with decorative veneer makes it aesthetically appealing.
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MDF considered new generation chipboard | They successfully combined the best technical properties of chipboard and environmental friendliness of wood.
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Required Tools
When the design features are identified and the material is selected, you need to prepare the tools, without which it is impossible to do in work. A sufficiently large number of various tools are included in the “required minimum” used by experienced craftsmen. But for those who are just trying themselves in the manufacture of furniture, you can limit the minimum set, which will include:
- screwdriver or screwdriver;
- hammer;
- drill and drills of different sizes;
- furniture bolts and screws;
- PVA wood glue;
- building level or solid ruler;
- Roulette, pencil, gon.
If it is planned to manufacture more complex models, milling and grinding machines and clamps will be needed, and the whole set will be replenished with other tools and accessories.
Manufacturing process: step by step instructions
If the home master only tries his hand at making furniture, it is best to take laminated chipboard as the material for its manufacture. At the same time, it will not be superfluous to know that in some construction workers they can not only sell material, but also cut it to a specified size, which will greatly facilitate the work.
The basis of the assembly should be an elementary drawing that can be easily performed even by one who has never been friends with drawing. On it you need to depict the tabletop with an indication of the selected sizes, sidewall (there will be two of them) and a crossbar.
It is better to assemble the table with the help of furniture screws, which are easy to use and ensure the strength of the product. The procedure for assembling a desk is as follows:
- First, a drill should be drilled small holes on the ends of the walls and legs of the table;
- then drill with a larger diameter drill bit so that a small groove is formed into which the screw is inserted;
- the side of the table is connected to the inner wall; at the same time, it is necessary to connect carefully and carefully so that the upper ends are located on the same level, otherwise the table will be skewed;
- the second side wall is fixed in the same way.
The table top is attached in the same way. A novice master should remember that its size should be such that the edges protrude beyond the “borders” of the sidewalls: it is not only beautiful, but also convenient, because the protrusions formed allow you to conveniently place the table in any part of the room. To make the table look more aesthetic, screw placement points can be covered with decorative plugs. The simplest desk is ready, and even if its design does not include drawers, pedestals, superstructures, but it is made with love. If you work slowly, the furniture "first pancake" will not be lumpy.
The final stage is decorating
This part of making a desk for different masters may look different, depending on the aesthetic tastes, the interior of the room where it will be installed, as well as the “addressee”: the table for the preschooler and the student will differ in design. Dressing may include:
- coating wooden products with varnish of various shades;
- installation of a tabletop made of a material of a different texture or contrasting color range;
- painting, monophonic or multi-colored;
- decorating self-adhesive film of various colors and ornaments;
or wallpaper;
the use of decoupage napkins and other ways of decoration.
If the master or the household can draw beautifully, the table can be decorated with bright drawings.
A table cover, which was made for a baby, can be decorated with multi-colored stripes of fabric or ribbons, firmly fixed on the cover, and then varnished. Or pasted pictures with your favorite cartoon characters.
A writing desk is a rather strict product, so decoration for some may be quite limited. But this does not mean that it is impossible to make the table elegant and attractive. In addition, nothing prevents to create a working corner and decorate the space near the table, as well as to draw a cover with interesting things. And here can connect the female half of the family.
On the tabletop you can install the original organizer, made by your own hands, decorate it with a homemade glass for pens and pencils. On the shelves fixed above the table, you can place boxes with stationery and toys, homemade products, and decorate the wall with drawings, a bright calendar, photos.
If the design of the table does not provide cabinets or drawers, you can put plastic boxes in the space under the lid, which can be removed at any time.
VIDEO: Do-it-yourself writing desk