Plywood refers to materials that are easy and pleasant to work with. Its application is very wide, and it is suitable for the production of almost any home decoration item. Making plywood furniture with your own hands will find good use at home. Thanks to hand-made performance with plywood, a wide variety of design solutions can be realized. And due to its environmental friendliness, a beautiful bedroom or children's furniture is obtained from this material. Indeed, plywood has a natural origin, is made of pine and birch. With such furniture, maintaining the family budget is also important, since the cost of plywood is relatively low, and there is no need to pay for the work of the masters in cutting material and assembling furniture. After listing the advantages of plywood, we turn to a description of its practical application with specific examples.
Making home furniture from plywood
If you already have a definite decision to make your own creation of the interior, then in addition to choosing the right plywood and delivering it to your home, you need to take care of the tool and complete the drawing before starting work. It is preferable to take a finished drawing, so as not to err in the calculations. In the event of an error, all efforts will be spent in vain, and some of the material will be hopelessly corrupted. A correctly drawn drawing, on the contrary, will help not to buy too much.
Instruments
For the construction of furniture from plywood, special equipment is not required. Will be needed:
- ruler;
- roulette;
- square;
- knife, jigsaw or circular saw;
- drill;
- sandpaper;
- nails, screws, bolts;
- screwdriver or screwdriver.
The main nuances in the performance of work
In order to prevent a waste of time, effort and damage to the material, some basic rules should be stipulated before working with this material:
- Plywood up to 1.5 mm thick is cut with a knife. If the thickness reaches 6 mm, then a jigsaw is used. If more than 6 mm - a circular saw.
- Plywood is cut only parallel to the fibers, otherwise it may crack. This can be prevented with the help of incisions made with a knife parallel to the cut line.
- To fasten plywood with nails, screws, screws or bolts, pre-drill holes for them so that a crack does not appear at the fastening point. It is even better to use washers under the caps.
- To bend the material, the sheet is pre-wetted and fixed for 12 hours.
- To glue the plywood, you need to prepare the surface by sanding them with sandpaper. After uniform application of the glue, plywood is firmly pressed until the glue completely dries. The fibers of the sheets to be glued must be parallel. If moisture is possible, the adhesive should be moisture resistant.
- In the case of delamination of plywood sheets, paper is used as a liner for gluing.
Plywood bed
Perhaps, one of the most popular types of furniture is a bed, so we will consider the use of plywood on just such an example. In the manufacture of home furniture from plywood, a wide variety of fantasies and design variations are possible. In this case, consider the option of a regular double bed.
You can perform the simplest design by taking a sheet of plywood 18 mm thick and 3 m by 1.5 m in size. It is recommended to purchase plywood with a laminated coating, which is more practical, and plywood furniture will look beautiful. Immediately you need to cut off 2 m and leave for the bottom. The remaining 1.5 m will be used for backrest at the head of the bed. Cut points must be sanded.
If plywood does not have a lamination, then the front part of the head should be covered with stain and varnish, in several layers. Be sure to let it dry completely before installation.
Now it is the turn to assemble the frame. To do this, take 2 beams 2 m long and 2 beams of 1.5 m each. The structure is knocked down at the corners minus the width of each beam on the sides. After all, the width of the bed should be 1.5 m, but 2 longitudinal beams with their own width will be attached to the sides of the transverse bars with a length of 1.5 m, which will increase the width of the frame.
Also, as shown in the photo below, do-it-yourself plywood furniture can be assembled in different designs. It is possible to manufacture a larger and more complex frame for a wide double bed.
When the frame is ready, the prepared bottom is attached to it - at the corners of the structure and in the middle of the longitudinal bars with bolts. Next, install the legs from the remnants of the timber.
The assembled bed is primed with a special primer based on acrylic. Further, the entire structure or its elements are covered with paint. You can completely open the bed with varnish or other paintwork.
The last step will be facing the head of the bed, if you are not satisfied with its appearance or want to put foam on it. Upholstery fabric is selected taking into account the interior of the room and is attached with a stapler.
Children's plywood furniture
Often children need furniture, taking into account their growth or personal wishes, which can not always be obtained in the store. For a growing child, a children's table with a chair always remains relevant. It is not difficult to make it.
The table will have a U-shape. Two identical side parts are transferred from the drawing to plywood and cut out. Do the same with the surface of the table. In the far part above and below the child’s seat, two tightening bars should be provided for the strength of the structure. They are fixed using self-tapping screws screwed into the upper and lower parts of both ends of the strips. Top on the ends of the side parts lies a countertop and is fastened with 4 screws. The stool is also made in any form, based on the growth of the child. The legs of the chair can repeat the design of the table. Using central perpendicular slots from side to center, they are inserted crosswise into each other. On the upper part, it remains to attach the seat, process the cut-off places and paint to taste.
Kitchen furniture
Plywood furniture for the kitchen is excellent. True, for its manufacture will have to acquire a large amount of material and spend a lot of effort, but the greater the savings.
Custom solutions
Plywood is precisely the material with which it is very simple to work to perform various custom designs. You can attach anything you like in your home, based on the interior and goals. For example, the execution of the kitchen table with chairs shown in the photo will be quite simple.
Or a similar stand will look great in a modern house.
And the table shown in the photo below is original, practical and easy to manufacture.
Whatever you want to bring to life, designer furniture made of plywood is able to perform any task and achieve a perfect atmosphere.
Plywood bench
Belongs to the simplest designs. First, a rack frame is made according to the principle of the English letter "h" from two or three parts, depending on the length of the bench. Also, these parts can be cut from whole plywood. All of them are connected in corners by slats, forming the frame of the bench. After plywood, a seat with a back is cut out and attached to the frame. Naturally, all plywood furniture should be processed, including the place of cut.
Hardware
The selection of fittings is usually given little attention. Often it becomes a way to save. After all, you can always put a loop or handle on the door smaller and cheaper. And in vain, because not only the reliable operation of all mechanisms and parts of furniture depends on the hardware, but also the duration of their operation. As elsewhere, hardware is by no means a secondary issue in the manufacture of furniture from plywood. It is known that the devil is in the details! Therefore, it is worth disassembling in general terms what you should pay attention to when choosing it:
- You should buy accessories from a manufacturer who has a spotless reputation. It is never cheap.
- You can save only on design. For example, if a hinge manufacturer is defined, which is the leader in the manufacture of accessories in the world market, you can safely choose its not the most expensive products. The principles of operation of the accessories of this manufacturer will still remain similar, the design will be different. Because of it, the difference in price can increase fivefold.
- Although the hardware is often invisible, it can also be clearly visible. Sometimes she is able to completely get out of the interior. Do not break the overall design for the sake of economy.
- If children or “dynamic” people will use the furniture, then it is worth worrying in advance about all kinds of closers and spring loops in order to mitigate the consequences of vigorous operation. Accordingly, you can do without these bonuses if you operate the furniture carefully and accurately.
As you can see, do-it-yourself plywood furniture at home can be made quite easily, it is durable and practical. Not only that, it will best fit into the home interior.