Unique dressing table do it yourself
Modern techniques, equipment and materials make it possible to create a unique dressing table with their own hands. Following simple instructions, even people without experience will be able to make a beautiful piece of furniture with minimal cost in a few days. Making a table with his own hands, the master can make furniture of the required size and functionality, color and shape, using materials that are safe for health and choosing a mirror that is convenient in shape.
A table of complex design with drawers, mirrors, side tables, table tops of unusual shapes, shelves and other elements is harder to make than a simple neat table on four legs (the mirror is attached to the wall).
You can create a drawing, calculate the dimensions yourself or use ready-made schemes from the Internet.
The dressing table on the legs is completed with drawers at the bottom of the table top, a device for the bookcase on the side, built-in and side drawers, folding mirrors, etc. Each additional element complicates the design and its manufacture.
Considering how to make a dressing table with your own hands, you should separately highlight one of the prerequisites for obtaining a beautiful and functional product - creating competent design documentation (drawing with exact dimensions up to millimeters, a list of necessary materials, accessories). Make changes to the model should be at the design stage.
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Materials and tools for work
The ease of execution of the dressing table depends on the materials that will be used in production. For example, products made of natural wood require a certain level of skill, and even a beginner can cope with MDF, plywood or laminated chipboard (many suppliers offer cutting of material in size).
For the manufacture of dressing table of almost any model will need the following tools and materials.
- Materials for the manufacture of individual parts (chipboard, plywood not less than 16 mm thick, MDF, chipboard, wood).
- Fasteners for construction (confirmatories, eurobolts, screws, furniture corners made of metal, adhesive strip for trimming, roller guides for drawers, plastic plugs).
- Accessories (handles, awnings, hinges, decorative elements for finishing shelves).
- Tools (jigsaw, drill, screwdriver, screwdrivers with various pins, hexagons, tape measure, ruler, angle bracket, construction level, drills, emery paper).
- Materials for finishing, are selected individually (varnish, paint, wood stain, finished plastic panels).
- Additional elements (mirror, lamps, LED cords).
Elements for decorating the dressing table are selected individually depending on the style of the piece of furniture. You can make any decorative elements (patterns of hemp rope, beads, seashells, beads, etc.)
Manufacturing process: step by step instructions
The dressing table with your own hands can be made with and without a mirror (the mirror is bought and decorated separately, fixed directly on the wall). Beginners are recommended to make a model without a mirror. Production of the dressing table with their own hands must be performed in the following order:
- creating a model project (drawing with dimensions, list of all materials, elements);
- pattern patterns of all elements on paper / cardboard in the full size of the table;
- cutting the material on the pattern with a jigsaw with your own hands (you can order a pattern on the professional equipment from the seller);
- sandpaper stripping of the ends of all parts;
- double priming of the ends with “Moment” glue on the end sides of the parts;
- pasting the edge edge (gluing with a hot iron);
- in the designated areas of attachment on the inner surfaces drill holes;
- frame assembly (table top, back wall, support legs / table legs are fixed by confirmatories);
- sidewalls, supporting legs and other elements, if necessary, are duplicated by a corner to increase the reliability of the structure and its durability;
- they assemble the drawers: the front and back parts are drilled into the end, the side elements are flat (the bottom is fixed with small nails);
- guides fasten with screws on the sidewalls, mate - to the sidewalls;
- on the front side of the drawers fix the fittings (pre-drilled holes in the designated places);
- ready boxes set in the guides;
- the product is decorated with their own hands to taste.
If the project involves the presence of a door, you need to drill a hole to secure the furniture shed (fastened with screws). In order to achieve greater reliability and stability of the product, the master recommends that each compound be additionally glued with a suitable adhesive, for example, PVA. To do this, before tightening the fasteners, the ends are coated with glue.
Dressing table dressing
The uniqueness of each product, created with his own hands, more than half consists of decor. Modern materials and decorative elements allow you to create a dressing table in any style.
The surface can be made monochromatic or multicolored, coated with a stain or painted with paint, varnished or left matte. For example, when dyed with ordinary acrylic paint, surfaces take on the appearance of valuable tree species, and the use of wood stain reveals a tree structure.
The dressing table can be decorated with any decorating elements (beads, paintings, beads, painting, etc.).You just need to choose the style, the corresponding details of the decor and a new unique piece of furniture, made with your own hands, will decorate the women's boudoir.
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