How to make a closet with his hands: drawings, materials, photos

Increasingly, people are trying to replace in their apartments, homes and even offices of the ordinary wardrobes in the closets. But, what is the reason for the popularity of this type of furniture, which he has pros and cons, of which it is made and whether it is possible to do it yourself? Deal with these issues and learn how to make a sliding wardrobe with your hands (figures supplied in the end, will greatly facilitate the task) will help our today's review.

What is the wardrobe and it needs it in the house

Before continuing the analysis of this type of furniture for "bones" turn a little to the story. First closets, if you could call them that, were the screen in the apartments of Napoleon's officers, who had to hide the place storing clothes, shoes and other things from prying eyes. As we know it, closets appeared in America in the 20s of the last century, and since then their popularity is growing.

So, what is a, a wardrobe? In a nutshell, it's a box with shelves, The rear wall, drawers, racks and crossbars for the most important: sliding doors. It is a sliding system for wardrobes, which can save space, make this furniture so popular. Closets can be installed as separate from other furniture, and built into a niche.

The good and the bad wardrobes

In general, as we have already mentioned, each device or the device has its own advantages and disadvantages. There are such and have wardrobes.

The benefits can be safely attributed:

• ergonomics:
• wide range of colors;
• a variety of interior decoration and functional content;
• the possibility of individual planning and lighting;
• the possibility of installation in a niche;
• capacity;
• of inscribed virtually any interior;
• versatility;
• space zoning.

Deficiencies in wardrobes smaller, but still, they are as follows:

• restriction on the extension and width of the door;
• relatively limited access to the cabinet shelves (freestanding structure);
• cost.

What kinds of closets

All closets can be divided into two types: housing or free-standing and built-in (usually in niches). Each of these types has its pros and cons.

hull cabinets

The main advantage of the hull or freestanding cabinets lies in their mobility. They consist of the same basic elements as the conventional wardrobes, Namely, the sidewall, the roof, floor, shelves and doors. In addition, this design allows to save space through the sliding doors.

built structures

Built-closets do not have all of these elements, except for the sliding doors. Instead, sidewalls and bottom cover structural elements used niche whereby a cabinet can not be moved to another location. However, such a construction of the cabinet considered the most ergonomic. Such furniture is used mainly in private homes and large apartments as dressing rooms.

Materials used

Closets already good that can be made from almost any material. In particular, used for the manufacture of such structures:

• natural wood;
• gypsum plasterboard;
• Chipboard and MDF;
• furniture panels;
• plywood;
• glass ofThe mirror is;
• metal profiles for sliding doors.

Wood

Closets made of wood - the most expensive option. Mainly because solid wood Now made sliding doors, and the base and shelves are made of less expensive, but also durable materials. Closets made of wood looks very nice, expensive and presentable. However, the furniture made of other materials is not worse.

gypsum plasterboard

If you hear the phrase "gypsum closets", you know, it's just a niche, in which the walls, top and shelves are made of plasterboard. In fact, this dressing room, where all the "internals" are hidden behind sliding doors.

MDF, chipboard and fiberboard

Cabinets can be a free-standing structure made of fully chipboard, MDF and Fibreboard. They can also be made in the form of a niche with sliding doors of these materials, or mirror, surrounded by special metal profile with the roller mechanism. Can such wardrobes buy furniture stores or make your own hands.

Plywood

Wardrobe, made of plywood, Can be found on most all balconies or dachas. they are usually made in the storerooms, where the appearance does not matter, and has a value of practicality, which provides a system of sliding doors.

furniture panels

Furniture boards can not boast high decorativeness, but the strength and durability of the material with the proper processing, justify its use for the manufacture of furniture, which can be installed in the country, and in the pantry etc.

Placing-in closets in the room

Any furniture in the house has to take its place in the interior, to be practical and not to create obstacles to the free movement around the room. Since the wardrobe is not only performs the function storageBut also serves as a worthy ornament of premises, it must be discharged harmoniously into the overall design. Therefore, we consider the location of the cabinet in a variety of areas and structural features associated with the installation site.

Wardrobe hallway

Wardrobe, designed for installation in hall, Is mainly used for storage of outer clothing, footwear, umbrellas, etc. When you purchase or manufacture of the hall closet compartment with their hands should be provided that there are two compartments for clothes and shoes. Thus, you can share things that are now and those that will be needed soon. In addition in the cabinet-compartments should be a sufficient number of shelves and drawers. They will help in the organization of storage of smaller things that are needed in everyday use - care products for shoes, brush for clothes etc.

As for the doors to closet located in the hall, then at least one of them should be the mirror. Mirror allows visually enlarge the size of the room, and also provides an opportunity to consider themselves when leaving the house.

Related article:

Wardrobe in the hall: photo, design, ideas. In this article we consider in detail the advantages and disadvantages of the design, materials and accessories, the average value, the correct placement of the secrets in the hallway and recommendations for care of furniture.

The arrangement of furniture in the living room

Closet in the living room is mainly used for storage bed linen, Light clothing, instruments, household appliances, articles intended for interior decoration and more. In the closet coupe for the living room should be a section for clothes on hangers, compartment with shelves, drawers and space for shoes. If the cabinet design provides for open sections, then they have the elements of decor, books and appliances (stereos, TV, DVD-player, etc.).

As a rule, the cabinet roof is done serving. This protrusion mounted LED lamps. The door is best done on the principle of symmetry, that is, the number of mirror flaps should equal the number of "deaf". If the closet three doors, then the mirror should be only one.

Children's room

Purpose-compartments in the cabinet Children's or the bedroom almost the same as that of the furniture, standing in the living room. However, there are some peculiarities. A large mirror door is allowed only in the room of a teenager, this is due to security measures. Open sections, depending on the age of the child, are meant for books or toys.

The cabinet-coupe Nursery must exist a wide range of colors, as well as the need to provide sufficient ground or decorative lightingWhich can be interesting to beat (car headlights or lights of a UFO).

Wardrobe for balconies

Sunrooms are closed to the full height on both sides of the outer space, which may extend the entire length of the apartment. Closets placed on gazebo or loggiaIt can be used in different ways depending on the time of year. In winter, it can be storing summer preformAnd in summer used as a workstation or bookcase. If the cabinet will be used for workIt is necessary to provide electrical eyeliner sockets to connect lighting and computer equipment.

How to make built-in closet with his hands, and that it needs to

In order to make furniture to your hands need to do a lot of the necessary operations. For example, you first need to measure the room where the cabinet is installed, choose the material from which the structure will be made, to make calculations and to determine the content. Determined by the material and filling must be almost in the first place, because these factors have a direct impact on the calculations.

We suggest you make a step by step guide on the cabinet with his own hands, and the drawings and description are included.

To carry out all payment transactions are special programs that are not very difficult to handle. Basically they need a professional furniture manufacturers, but in principle it is possible to use an ordinary sheet and the cell (to facilitate the task), ruler, calculator and pencil.

The measurement and calculation of the cabinet room

As we consider the built-in cabinet compartment design, it is necessary to measure the height and depth of the niche, and its width at the top, bottom and middle. If not false or suspended ceilings and at an average room height 2550 mm, the vertical size of the cabinet may be of the order of 2400 ÷ 2500 mm. In principle, the size of the cabinet depends on the niche size.

What material to choose

If the niche is shallow and does not provide device dressing room, then as a material for wardrobes of chipboard can be used (by the way, is the most common option). So, having determined the material you need to figure out what the thickness of the chipboard used in the manufacture of wardrobe. It is best to use the sidewalls and bottom of the material thickness of 20 mm, and 16 mm for interior particle board elements. As the filler material may be used for doors mirror glass or chipboard and MDF boards 10 mm in thickness.

Drawings and dimensions wardrobe

Consider wardrobe recess with a ceiling height of 2550 mm, a width of 2100 mm and a depth of 700 mm. In such case it is better, if the box will have the following dimensions: 2500 × 2000 × 600 mm, respectively. Since the guide for closet have a width of 100 mm, then the net internal depth is 500 mm. The gaps between the walls can hide trim panels, and between the ceiling - with a protruding roof LED lights.

In addition to the straight-line design, can also be done by hand corner cupboard with a sliding door system. Truth in its design has its own nuances.

Cutting material selection and fittings

After the calculation is made of all the details you need to map the cut, which will reduce costs. In order not to bother, you can provide a list of items with their size and number of the firm, where it is planned to buy the material. Most of the companies for the sale of chipboard, MDF, furniture accessories provide the service of cutting and cutting material.

As for furniture fittings, the main share of expenditures falls on the purchase of metal profile, rollers and rails for wardrobe, Basket galstukoderzhateley, shelves for shoes, Bars, etc. You also need to purchase rails and handles for drawers.

filling cabinet

Filling the cabinet depends on the needs and financial capabilities of the owner, as the installation of, for example, pantographs, laundry baskets and shoe holders for neckties, etc., will cost a decent amount. Functionality should be to think we are still at the design stage. The cabinet must necessarily be a section for outerwear, compartment with shelves for light objects and bedding accessories, drawers for small items and underwear, as well as a place for shoes and a mezzanine for rarely used and bulky items.

To accommodate the clothes on hangers can be used both longitudinal and transverse sliding rod. You can also make a shoe fixed sloping shelves or install special movable grate baskets. The same applies to the shelves for clothes. In general, manufacturers annually, if not monthly, offer more and more new and improved device for storing clothes.

All that concerns doors and sliding systems

for wardrobe doors may be very simple (frameless) representing a piece of chipboard required size, equipped with plastic wheels. This is the easiest and cheapest option, which is now almost never used.

There are also more complex and expensive system of sliding doors for wardrobes. They consist of upper and lower metal guide, the framework of steel or aluminum profile, rollers and filler of chipboard, MDF, or mirror glass. Such systems are more reliable, durable and has a fairly presentable. The most popular Komondor system, and Braun.

How to choose the right system for sliding doors will help the video:

wardrobe assembly

Thus, the drawing is, the material ordered, sawn and even taken as necessary accessories, it remains only to collect our built-in wardrobe. Yes, I forgot about the tools. We need the following:

• Roulette, metal ruler and square;
• electric drill and Cordless;
• SCREW;
• screws 3,5 × 16 mm, 3,5 × 25 mm;
• screwdriver;
• konfirmatnoe drill diameter of 5 mm;
• Phillips and hex heads for screwdriver;
• hammer;
• Furniture nails 20 ÷ 25 mm.

Putting box and boxes

The first thing to examine and mark all the items wardrobe. First mark sidewall by placing their rear sides to each other. When the markup be careful and consider all the nuances. For example, the sidewall has a width of 600 mm and 500 mm shelves and during the markup of some "park the" do the same indentation 70 ÷ 80 mm on both sides and a barrel and shelves. The result is a mismatch of the holes and the extra holes. To avoid this, when varying the width of parts necessary to start counting from the trailing edge, i.e. with a width of the barrel - 600 mm and shelves - 500 mm holes should be at 70 and 430 mm.

If there is no experience to build a "living" it is better to drill holes at once.

Boxes best to gather as shown in the figure below. The two sides, in this case, it is better to make a 450 mm long. The height of the sidewalls of the two boxes can be 140 mm, and a box can be made deeper twice. Guides must comply with barrel length or smaller. In order to properly install the guides, you can use a template, which in principle is in the instructions to the product or search the Internet.

Assembling is performed using the SCREW, and the facade is secured on the first double-sided tape and the pots further fixed with screws 3,5 × 25 mm. Once the boxes are collected you need to check the diagonal, to nail the bottom of the DVP and install guide.

When calculating boxes follow the following formula. Assume use of chipboard of 16 mm, and the width of the upper flange 450 mm. Hence we subtract from 450 mm to 24 mm. on the guides and 32 mm on a side wall boxes. As a result, the average length of the sidewall box will be 394 mm. It is very important openings calculations, shelves, etc. take into account the thickness of the material. beginners often make these mistakes, which leads to damage of the material.

Important! Be sure before you fill the boxes on the bottom or rear wall of a cabinet to check the diagonal. If this is not done, the crates may include friction or incomplete, and the door will be skewed and will dock properly with the sidewalls of the cabinet.

If the top or bottom shelves are divided into several sections, but must be on one line, they need to strengthen the principle of the helicopter. In the lower figure with red dots mark the site of attachment of the shelves.

After the box with shelves and drawers assembled and packed with the rear wall, can be lifted and installed in the cabinet planned site. If there are gaps, we can close them trim panels made of the same material as that of the entire structure. Fastening decorative strips carried by the frame structure. Then you can proceed to the manufacture of sliding doors.

A better understanding of all processes in the manufacture of home furnishings will help video "How to build a wardrobe with his hands":

Door coupe with their hands

In order not to make mistakes and do not spoil the expensive profile, you can use a special program to calculate Aristo sliding doors. Before the production of facades need to decide on their content, that is, whether they are glass, mirror, laminated chipboard or a combination thereof.

The calculation can begin to build. First you need to do to mark the holes in the side profiles for mounting. If the content of the glass or mirror, then we put on the silicone gasket and dress him a long piece of profile. Next fasten the upper and lower workpiece, and finally the "dress" the last element of the frame. You can then proceed to the contraction of parts to each other by means of screws, which are included, only it should be done carefully so as not to pinch or not to strip the threads.

Set at the bottom and the cover guide for wardrobe and fix them with screws. You can now install the door. If you show up gapping the façade to the side, then you need to make adjustments, the cabinet door coupe.

Rollers for wardrobe

roller system for sliding cabinet doors coupé plays a very important role. He is the choice of the system and depends on the comfort of operation of facades, as well as the weight they can withstand without compromising performance.

For example, a roller system for frameless doors can withstand a weight of about 15 kg, and more serious and expensive mechanisms able to withstand facades weighing 60 ÷ 100 kg. Certainly better to choose expensive systems from a trusted manufacturer, especially if the doors are made of glass or mirror with sandblasted pattern.

Once the doors are mounted on rollers in the guide, it is necessary to establish the long sides shlagel. In fact, he is a striker and softens the blow facade on the sidewall, and prevents dust from entering the cabinet.

In principle, installation and adjustment of the sliding door and ends the production of wardrobe. Will only wipe marker or pencil, brush away the dust and clean the tool for maintenance of furniture and you can enjoy his handiwork.

In the presented video shows an assembly with their hands wardrobe doors:

Photo Gallery of interesting options wardrobes

We have considered that such a wardrobe, from which it is done. Also we found that it is possible to produce such furniture yourself. However, most people still prefer to turn to specialized companies that make kitchens, living rooms, children's and wardrobes to order. Let's see what people delight manufacturers of furniture.

1 of 6

Stained glass door decorating equipment

Recently we began to use sliding doors decorated with stained-glass windows. The use of stained glass art gives the facades of refinement and originality. However, it should be borne in mind that they are not suitable for every interior design. Nice stained glass window can only perform a true master, respectively, and the cost of such doors is quite high.

1 of 5

Sandblast image on the mirror facades

Simply mirrored door wardrobes look nice, but the application of them drawing using sandblasting technology does fronts more attractive and original. Figure created on previously developed stencil. Also the pattern may be deposited on the glass surface.

Sandblasting can be processed by itself stencilPasted on a smooth surface, in this case, the background remains clean and intact. Also exists the opposite treatment option. There is a third method, when the processing is performed on the back side of the mirror.

Decorative stickers PVC film

The easiest option for decorating the facades of wardrobes is the use of vinyl stickers film. The film can be easily pasted and replaced by a new one if necessary. Vinyl films produced with different patterns and different shapes. Such an inlay afford any.

What to consider when choosing a wardrobe

Before you buy or order a wardrobe must take into account several important points from which future will depend on the durability of the product, the use of comfort and aesthetic pleasure in the subject furniture.

So:

1. Materials and accessories. It is clear that they must be of high quality, durable and have all the quality and safety standards. It is best of course if they are from known trusted manufacturers because the furniture is not the subject goods that are bought on 1 ÷ 3 years.
2. The shape and dimensions. When buying a cabinet compartment of course it is best to know the dimensions of the place where it is to be installed on them respectively to navigate. It is also necessary to take into account the shape of the cabinet. If it will be just a wall or in a niche, you should choose a rectilinear design, but if you intend to install it in the angle, it acquires an angular model, and in the presence of a large room, you can order a combined model - angle + straight.
3. Content or functionality. Here of course much depends on the needs and wallet. I hardly need the presence of the pantograph, mesh laundry baskets or galstukoderzhateley in a small closet. It is enough longitudinal rods for clothes, shelves for clothes and drawers for small items.
4. Quality systems for sliding doors. Since sliding facades in the closet-coupe make up almost the lion's share of the cost, it is natural to their quality should be taken seriously. The quality and reliability of sliding systems depends on the comfort of their use. Immediately it should be said that the most simple system, so-called "Polish" is not a very good option - "takes off" after a year of use.

Where you can buy or order the wardrobes and how much fun it is

Wardrobe can be purchased in a store or in a specialized furniture company. Immediately it should say that the price closet bespoke significantly different from the finished product. But that still affects the cost in addition to the individual?

Price cabinet consists of:

• design type;
• dimensions;
• material;
• number of branches;
• functionality or internal filling;
• type of sliding system;
• filling door;
• presence of side consoles and open shelves;
• a built-in and external lighting.

Model	brief characteristics	The average cost, rubles.
	Dimensions (W × D × B) mm. 2000×600×2500 Guides "Aristo" Material - chipboard, LDVP	33 600
	Dimensions (W × D × B) mm. 1600×600×2500 Guides «Versal» Material - chipboard, LDVP Doors - glass with photo printing	25 900
	Dimensions (W × D × B) mm. 1600×600×2500 Guides "Aristo" Material - chipboard, LDVP	22 600
	Dimensions (W × D × B) mm. 1300×580×2400 Guides "Alliance" Material - chipboard, LDVP	12 650
	Dimensions (W × D × B) mm. 1300×580×2400 Guides «Aristo» Material - chipboard, LDVP Doors - Mirror with sandblasted pattern	21 000

cabinet price also depends on the manufacturer. The model that the manufacturer should have known, for example, 50 000 ÷ 70 000 rubles. manufacturers have copies available for purchase at half the price.

Related article:

Modern wardrobes. Design, photo, optimal arrangement of shelves - all of this is of great importance in selecting an appropriate model. What to look for when buying storage systems and what determines its price - in this material.

closing speech

From the article, we learned how to make a wardrobe to save at the same time good money and get the pleasure of seeing the results of their labor. Self-made cabinet will meet all the needs of its owner, who account all their needs during manufacturing. If you have your own designs, questions or advice on this subject, write, and we discuss together. We hope that the article has been helpful and you podcherpnuli from it something new for yourself for you.