Furniture from pallets with their hands: step by step instructions with photos

Pallets - simple, inexpensive, natural material. With their help, you can create dozens of different useful things for private cottages, apartments, garage.

Of pallets is obtained with comfortable furniture, original scenery, multifunctional system for storing accessories. The main advantage of the pallet - their environmental friendliness.

Such material can be used even for children's rooms, without fear of harm to the kid. Author's furniture from pallets will be a real decoration of the living room. In this article we will look at how to make furniture from pallets by hand.

Top 5 benefits of creating your own hands

Longitudinally pallets often used to melt the fire. Few people know that this stuff is easy to alter the original, useful thing. Home furniture wooden pallets sold in stores, but you can make it, and with his own hands. Advantages of Self-evident products.

• ease of operation. Trays easy to handle. It does not require expensive tools and materials.
• The possibility to produce items according to individual measurements. This is especially true for small apartments, the original design. Master himself can decide on the size, taking into account individual characteristics of the premises.
• Savings. Designer furniture from pallets is expensive, despite the low cost of raw materials. With self operation costs will be minimal.
• Originality. Manufacture of furniture - a creative process, where you can exercise your imagination. Going to work responsibly, will create unique pieces. They undoubtedly will decorate the interior.
• Small-time costs. Following the recommendations, instructions, you can make a product just for one day.

Design, construction, shape - defines the key points

The popularity of furniture from pallets is growing constantly. This is not surprising. She is practical, cheap, easy, stylish, comfortable. Such products are easy to "fit" in landscape design, interior design houses, flats, cottages. Natural wood is completely safe, easy handling, versatile in combination. Before the production of objects is to determine some of the key moments.

Most important - choose the type of product. You can make a table, sofa, table top, chair, bed. For a start is better to choose the easiest option - a table, a bed, a sofa. These items are easy to do, using step by step instructions.

The second important point - to determine the size. It is better to make a graphic plan. It Draw the shape, size, type of product. As an example can be found in various internet. Select the store, open the description of the products from the catalog, drag measurements on the plan.

The third point - the construction design. Here you can express their imagination. For finishing wooden object used pillows, textiles, beads, glass, metal. Variations in the use of these materials are diverse.

Materials, tools for working with pallets

In order to make the original furniture from pallets, should be reserved to certain materials, tools.

• Wooden pallets, their cost is a cheap, when compared with the price of the finished product (pallet is better to take a little longer than necessary);
• hammer, nails, sandpaper;
• putty (if necessary), varnish, paint;
• solution for protecting wood against rot;
• saw, jigsaw;
• glue;
• drill;
• Additional details: handles, wheels, etc .;
• decorative elements.

sofa steps

The original bed of the pallets would be the best decoration of the living room, veranda, waiting room. For the manufacture of such a subject needs a little: pallets, sandpaper, nails, a hammer, a few planks. Draw sofa scheme of pallets is not necessary - everything is easy here. The process works, consider steps.

1. We put two pallets to the ground - one on the other. Aligned structure. Two anchoring nails of the pallet together. Below this design should be the substantially rigid substrate.
   

   divan base may be of two or three trays, depending on the desired height

2. Making the side. Cut into two pallets marginalia. Attach side trays to the ground. For fastening nails instead of screws may be used. For them drill drill holes.
   

   Cut the pallet by our standards

   

   Drill holes for the screws with a drill

3. Making the back. This process is identical to the previous one. We measure out the desired part is cut off, attach to the structure with nails, screws.
4. Measure Seats, back for sewing bags. When the bed of pallets has gained final shape, shoot measurements sew pillows. It is better to make removable cushions.
   

   Making the measurements for sewing soft elements

   bubbled than sheathing products. In this case, they can be removed or always wash on the rain.

5. Of the boards can be cut out of the seating, backrest. Then the product will be more convenient. Fasten them with nails.
6. Grinding. All surfaces of the finished product is polished machine or hand - sand paper. Grinding should be given plenty of time - the surface should be ideal.
   

   Grind board pallets sandpaper or sander

7. Autopsy solution from rotting. Wood need to further protect it from rotting. This is particularly important for items that will be used in the streets, high humidity. The solution for the protection is not expensive. They need to carefully handle the product, adhering to the manufacturer's recommendations.

Table. Instructions step by step

As can be seen from the sofa to make trays with their own hands is quite simple, even easier - to build a table. Shape options, table size very much. The choice will depend on the individual needs of the master, his taste preferences. In this section we will look at the process of making the table with a transparent top.

Beautiful table - the original decoration of any room design. It can be put in the dining room, living room, bedroom. Wood stunningly combined with glass, so the appearance of the product will always be relevant, topical. To create a table, we will need two pallets, eight struts, eight boards (for legs, frame).

First, we prepare two pallets - we clean, grind, covered with a protective solution.

For the drying of the solution may take some time. After drying trays can reveal varnish (if desired). After the preparatory work can be assembled frame. To fasten the legs bars. In addition, the legs are strengthening props. Next, the glass plank. The most important thing - the glass should hold fast. For fixing use specialized glue. Glue the glass to the frame point - in different places.

This is only an example of possible constructions. With the above-mentioned materials can do so many different configurations. Instead countertops do not have to use glass. Replace it can usually board. However, it must be thoroughly sanded, reveal high-quality varnish. table frame can be painted with paint.

Make a chair

Instead of a sofa table can make a few chairs. Chair of the pallets at first glance seem unpresentable. However, it is only a matter of decoration. If the object to decorate the soft pillows, duvet cover - get a stylish, convenient thing. To work on the chair, you can use the most common tools: nails, screws, hammer, sandpaper, others. The process itself will present stages.

1. Cut in half pallets. Of the two halves will form the seat backrest. From another pallet form the armrests.
   

   Cut the pallets along the boards, which is located in the middle

2. We clean the elements. We are using the usual sandpaper wood. Machining is also nice. However, specially purchased for this grinder is not necessary. Careful hand sanding will allow to achieve excellent results.
3. design assembly. Sides, back, better additionally bolted to the ground with bolts. Mounting should be as reliable. Bolt holes do drill. Bond elements chair glue is not necessary. It is not as robust as bolts. over time, the adhesive may lose its quality. Then the seat will fall apart right under the man.
   

   Putting structure rest to be tilted

   

   We connect with the back seat and armrests

4. The final processing. After assembly, the chair is ready for use. However, it is better to be further processed with varnish or paint. Varnish should be chosen for the products that will be on the street. Protective lacquer will prevent the chair from the harmful effects of the environment. If the chair will decorate home interior, it can be painted. For this purpose, choose a non-toxic, high-quality paint. In addition to the chair can be stitched cover, soft seat.
   

   Coated with a primer and painted by our chair, we add soft seat

Bed of pallets

As shown, the pallet can be manufactured from any design. Bed - not the exception. The bed of the trays can be stylish, comfortable, practical. It is suitable for use in the country, in a private house, in an apartment with a modern interior. With the help of this material can create a bed of almost any shape, size, height. You can make bumpers, beautiful back. bed design depends entirely on the imagination of the master.

In this section we will look at the production process of a simple type bed - without drawers, legs, lights.

Operating procedure

1. Prepare supplies, tools. Require fasteners, angles, screws, drill, hacksaw, four tray, carpet, mattress, bars 6x4. The most important thing to buy a good mattress. Save it impossible. High quality mattress provide the right back position, will allow the body to rest for the night.
2. Calculation of the bed area. It will depend entirely on the size of the mattress.
3. frame assembly. The frame is assembled from harvested logs. It should be formed of crossbars and frames. Size pallet adjusted based on the received frame.
   

   Frame square bed of wooden pallets

4. Grinding. All wooden elements must be thoroughly sanded. We use sandpaper to wood.
   

   Treat pallets sandpaper

5. Putting structure. First fastening frame. We are doing it with screws. Then lay the trays. They also carefully fastened to the frame.
6. Carpet padding. design middle spread excipient. Sheathe themselves pallets carpet.
   

   Carpeting fastened to the pallet with screws or staples, and in the middle bed spread sealant layer

7. We set the mattress.

This model is very simple bed. It can be upgraded, to supplement, to decorate.

The final stage - decoration

In our time, to the furniture products are put forward higher requirements. The items must be not only a multi-functional, practical, but also attractive in appearance. By themselves, the pallet is not very interesting. In its original form to use them in a modern interior is not always appropriate. Small decor will never be superfluous. Consider options for decoration of furniture from such material.

• Lac. It can be transparent, colored. If the task to preserve the structure of wood, suitable toning (clear) nail. It will give attractive gloss finish. Colored lacquer will allow to achieve the desired shade of the tree, depending on other interior items.
• Paint. Paint timber can only acrylic paints. Wood water based paints are not suitable. Color acrylic paints can pick up using the palette. Paint furniture can be one or more colors. Some people prefer to put on the product pattern, ornament. For smooth application of ornament used prearranged pattern.
  

  Paints for wood

• Pillows. The best decoration of the sofa, chair cushions will. Multi-colored, pleasant to the touch pads will make the furniture more comfortable. Pillows is best to book with a natural filler.
• Covers. For wood products may need covers. They will make armchairs, chairs, sofas, much more convenient. cover color should be combined with the coloring of other pieces of furniture in the room.

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