What can be done from the rest of the parquet?

If after the repair you have left the parquet board, then this article is for you. Today we will tell you what can be done from the remains of a parquet for a house and a garden. Unfortunately, no matter how precise the exact number of parquet boards for rooms, there will still be surplus. Do not rush to throw them away, but hide them in a secluded place, after all, even if everything was done qualitatively, in time, one of the details of the parquet can crack or deteriorate under the influence of caustic substance, here comes a couple of dice on the "black" day. And we, in turn, offer you several ideas that will help to use free boards for creative design of the home.

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Parquet furniture with own hands - ideas of

A good way to use parquet is to make furniture yourself. To do this, you will need a minimum of tools and materials.

Here are just a few ideas that can be made from the remains of a parquet:

• Sew a laminate of old cabinet furniture - give it a new life.
• Narrow lockers for small items are very simply assembled from a parquet. Oak differs excellent resistance to changes in temperature and humidity, so you can use the lockers on the balcony and loggia. Below we will tell you how to make such furniture.
• Trays for armchairs and sofas. The tray can be placed on the wide armrests of the sofa and armchairs in order to put a cup of coffee, a glass of juice, a book, folding consoles and mobile phones. You can use the tray for a bath. And it is not necessary that the board is made of oak, as it can always be painted under the color of furniture, and then covered with parquet varnish.
• Shop in the shower.
• Boxes for seedlings. This is the simplest application of laminate residues. The only advice: on the inside, protect the boards with oilcloth, since the laminate does not withstand the long-term exposure to moisture.
• Ceiling.

Important! It is not so important that you decide to make the rest of the parquet, take note of such useful tips:

• For fastening boards use water resistant and wood-friendly glue. Use a good grade polyurethane compound for this purpose.
• After gluing the parts, additionally grease the seams.
• After drying, the wooden boards are ground and covered with waterproof varnish.

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How to make a locker from a parquet?

For the manufacture of furniture you will need:

• About 8 squares of a parquet board. The front of the cabinet is laid out with dies.
• Sanded beam( several meters) for the frame. From it are made crossbeams and racks.
• Wooden lining for shelves.
• Plywood or 5 mm fiberboard for doors.
• Plastic molding for framing.

Important! Furniture can be made all over the width of the balcony. The height of the cabinet can be 1 m or higher, it all depends on the amount of material and your wishes.

The procedure to make a locker from the rest of the parquet is as follows:

1. Make a frame of furniture from the bar. Each shelf requires four bars: two longitudinal bars and two cross bars.
2. Shelves collected from a wooden lining.
3. Prepare the doors for the cabinet.
4. On the basis of the furniture, make a marking for the indents in the width of the frame.
5. Place the dies on the glue and coat the furniture base.
6. Each door is framed with plastic molding.

Important! The full-sized and capacious wardrobe so constructed will decorate the loggia, close all the defects of the balcony slopes and will be pleasing to the eye for a long time.

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What can be done from the remains of a parquet: crafts

We suggest you to decorate your house and the country house with the remains of a parquet, making small crafts. Here are just a few ideas:

• If you have a manual electric saw, you can slightly reduce the thickness of the parquet and assemble the stand under the hotter.
• Another option - small boxes-cup holders.
• Tray.
• Boxes for flowers.
• Mill for decorating an interior or country plot.
• Birdhouses. An excellent shelter for birds will come from the parquet. Dice glue the PVA into the boards of the correct size, then fix the screws in several places. If even the glue dries up, then thanks to the screws, the house does not fall apart.

Original tray from a parquet board

A convenient tray can be made by hand. If you have a chair or sofa have a wide armrest, then the idea is for you.

For work you will need:

• Parquet board.
• Wooden slats.
• Sheet of particleboard or MDF.
• Building adhesive PVA.
• Workbench.
• Tools for working with wood.

Procedure:

1. Determine the tray size by measuring the armrest or bathtub width.
2. Glue the dies together.
3. Trim the edges of the parquet.
4. Cover the sides with wooden slats.

The tray is ready! Now you can install it on the armrest of upholstered furniture or use it in the bathroom. On the tray you can put a cup of coffee and enjoy life.

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What can be done from the parquet: crafts for decoration of the site

No less useful application of wood, if you need to think what can be done from the remains of the parquet - is the fencing of flower beds and the decoration of various areas of the garden area. Here are just some of the ideas:

• From any residual laminate, even varnished, you can make an original fence-fencing for beds and flower beds. It looks neat and stylish. Planks can be put in the form of sharp-angled arrows or palisade. The basis of the design can serve as ordinary bars, to which the parquets are attached. A bar can be leaned against metal pins or wooden stakes, driving them into the ground for 15-20 cm
• You can use dies for making tracks between beds. The main advantage is that the grass under the boards will not grow, which means that it is not necessary to weed it.
• Garden paths can also be laid out from the old parquet or its remains. From the plates you can lay out various drawings, geometric shapes.

Technology for creating garden paths

Decorating garden paths can be easily done using the rest of the parquet. Proceed as follows:

1. First align the old track cover.
2. Install boards on both sides which will act as a box.
3. In the box, pour the concrete mass with a layer thickness of 5-6 cm.
4. In the hardening concrete, press in the parquet according to the selected pattern.
5. Concrete will solidify and fix in its mass of wooden plaques.

As you can see, there are a lot of ways to apply the remains of any building material, the main thing is the creativity and the desire to fulfill the intended one.