Do-it-yourself kitchen set - basic rules

Many with great enthusiasm look at furniture stores for options for expensive kitchen sets.

do-it-yourself kitchen
Often people only dream of them. Of course, you can accumulate the necessary sum or purchase furniture on credit. But there is another way - to make a kitchen set with your own hands. Yes, you will need to spend some time on this and you can’t do without fuss, but in the end you will get a low price and the uniqueness of the execution of kitchen furniture.

The first stage is the creation of the project. Proper and proper arrangement of furniture in the room will allow you to get the maximum convenience and functionality of the kitchen. When creating a project, it is necessary to take into account the future location of the hood, stove, refrigerator, microwave (oven), sink, etc. You should pay attention to the corner kitchen set, which makes it possible to use the area of ​​the room. You can create a kitchen project yourself, for example, find the option you like on the Internet with ready-made drawings. You can also contact the design salon, where the size of your room will competently create a project, select the style and color scheme.

corner kitchen
The next step is to create a drawing of the kitchen. Despite a wide variety of styles, the headset has a common structure, which consists of simple components. These are the buildings and facades that give it an appearance. Creating a kitchen set with your own hands, first of all, it is necessary to calculate the number and size of cases. If your kitchen is small, then it would be more appropriate to place furniture along the wall. Creating a drawing, it is necessary to be guided by standard sizes, such as the height of the case (lower) - 850 mm, the height of the base - 100 mm. The height of the upper bodies can be different, but according to the standard it is 720 and 960 mm. The worktop has a standard width of 600 mm and the depth of the wall cabinets is 300 mm.

It should be noted that the depth of the lower cabinets should be less than the width of the countertop. This is done in order to be able to create a visor in front of the body (50 mm), and at the back you need space for pipelines (100 mm). Facades have dimensions in increments of 100 mm, which start at 300 mm. The width of the body and the upper and lower can reach up to 800 mm. The main thing is to remember that when creating a kitchen set angular, all calculations are carried out from the corner.

corner kitchen
After the drawing is ready, it is necessary to write out all the dimensions of the structural parts, and after a thorough check, you can order them at the factory. While the manufacture of parts will take place, you should buy accessories in the furniture store, often it is also sold at the material cutting plant.

After receiving all the details, it remains to assemble the kitchen set with your own hands. As a rule, assembly starts from the bottom module. If you have a corner kitchen project, then you need to start with a corner pedestal. After assembling all the modules and exposing them at the same level, they are fastened together by self-tapping screws, and only then can the tabletop be installed, which is also fastened with self-tapping screws. Installation of the upper cabinets is carried out using special wall mounts. And the last moment is the installation of accessories and the placement of household appliances.

We can say that the kitchen is done with your own hands!


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