It is enough to look around in your home, and you will most likely find broken furniture or decide that it is time to change something. It’s not necessary to go shopping in search of a modern sofa - you can create an original, unique, comfortable and high-quality masterpiece from old furniture. Even if you do not have any experience in repairing furniture, then you can not worry - there are a lot of video tutorials and books that will help you. Upholstered furniture, made with your own hands , will undoubtedly surprise your guests if they find out that you made it yourself. If you do not want, you can not make furniture from scratch, but repair the old one, for example, change its shape. Thus, you can significantly improve comfort and emphasize your personality. But you must understand that this will not always happen. The reason for this may be a framework that will limit your capabilities. So, home-made furniture may not turn out the way you wanted.
Where to start?
It should be noted that if you do not have experience with furniture, then you will not be able to immediately create something unbelievable and unique. To get started, take on the simplest options and develop. It can be of various designs sofas, armchairs, ordinary chairs, mattresses, kitchen corners, sofas and chairs. Naturally, you will have to work and take time, but after that you will enjoy your creation for many more years. Before you begin to work, you will still need to stock up on a specific set of tools, upholstery fabric, accessories and supplies. All this can be found at home or purchased in a store. Well, if you want to change the design of the sofa at all, then you should look for drawings of upholstered furniture.
Simple option
If you decide to do something with your own hands, then you should not save on materials. Otherwise, such furniture may not last as long as I would like, and it will not look very good. First of all, you need to choose durable and high-quality foam rubber and fabric. The project itself should be as original and unique as possible, but if you liked something from the store, you can try to create something similar or exactly the same. Pay particular attention to the choice of foam rubber - it should not be very hard or very soft. For example, you want to make a sofa that will be laid out in a bed when the seats are moved all the way forward along the special guide bars, and the back is easily rotated 90 °, and then laid horizontally. Remember that sewing upholstered furniture can be done using a special machine that you will definitely need.
How to create the first sofa
To do this, you will need the following:
- For the base - boards with a thickness of 5 cm and a width of 15 cm. Using self-tapping screws, a base of 190x65 cm is assembled. Remember that do-it-yourself soft furniture cannot be made without a frame.
- Fiberboard is used for the bottom. Sections of the sheet are mounted on both sides by rails, and legs are mounted on this design.
- To make the back soft enough, you should buy polyurethane foam wrapped in holofiber. With the help of this material and fabric, you can create this or that form of the back, which in the assembled state is located vertically, with the soft side to the top.
- The folding mechanism is the last step. In fact, these are simple loops that connect the base and back with self-tapping screws. It will be good if, in addition, you make side walls of chipboard or build a wooden box.
A considerable role in this matter is played by your imagination. Choosing an upholstery and creating a sofa design, you can create something unique and unique. And when guests come to you and ask which store you bought it from, you can proudly answer that this is home-made furniture, and you made it personally. You can be sure that the surprise of your guests will have no limits, and your home will be incredibly grateful to you.
Action plan
Before starting work, make a small plan in which try to calculate everything that you may need and find a diagram of future furniture. Your plan will include several steps:
- List of parts, materials, components and accessories.
- 1st stage - preparatory work.
- 2nd stage - the manufacture of armrests.
- 3rd stage - assembly of the frame (left and right parts).
- Upholstery (when it comes to upholstered furniture). Fabrics for upholstered furniture should be durable and durable.
Quality and savings
Such furniture has a lot of advantages. First of all, it should be noted that you can save pretty well. Creating such a sofa can cost you about 3-5 times cheaper than buying the exact same one in a store. But remember that you need to save wisely, without losing quality. Do not forget that the furniture is upholstered, created by your own hands, it can be even better than the factory one, because you will independently control this issue. You will be completely sure that you use dry timber, high-quality foam rubber and the like. So, your sofa will be exactly the way you wanted, created for the sizes and needs that interest you. Over time, if necessary, you will be able to hauling without any problems and save again. It is worth noting that such an upholstered furniture can be made by every person who has a small set of tools, and who has a minimum level of training.
Conclusion
If you want soft furniture, made by yourself, to be more professional, then you will need to acquire the following required tool: a jointing machine (although it is possible without it, but not desirable), a stapler (the best option is air, but electric can be used or manual), electric drill, jigsaw, sewing machine and sawmill. But if you do not have the relevant experience, then it is worth listening to the advice of specialists - start with the overhaul of broken and old furniture. Thus, you can study in detail its structure and understand how and what was done. You do not have to deal only with your sofas, you can go to relatives or friends, and not only to please them, but also gain relevant experience. Well, then you can even make money on it both with repairs and with the creation of your furniture.