2023 Author: Philip Bishop | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-24 22:24
- What material to make
- Recommendations for DIY kitchen furniture
- How to restore old furniture
The rhythm of modern life requires that a home is not only beautiful, but also functional. The designer washing machine did the washing, the dishwasher washes well, the coffee maker quickly brewed delicious coffee, and so on. Everyone knows that everything beautiful and multifunctional costs a lot of money. This also applies to the modernly furnished kitchen. Modern and high-quality kitchen sets will not be cheap. And although for many the concept of "not cheap" has different limits, for an average family with average incomes it will not be affordable. Recently, it is very important to make kitchen furniture with your own hands according to schemes developed by your own ideas or found in other sources.
What material to make
In order for the kitchen to be durable and serve for a long time, it is necessary to choose the right material from which it will consist. The base or frame of any furniture piece of the interior consists of chipboard. It is better to look for this material of European production, its density is several times higher than the product of domestic manufacturers, it contains more paraffin and glue. The standard width of the chipboard slab is 16 millimeters, there are thickened copies - up to 18 millimeters.
Also, when making kitchen furniture with your own hands, you can use MDF, but it will need to be painted. The material itself is slightly more expensive than chipboard and significantly surpasses it in terms of strength and flexibility. Decorative interior items can be made from this material, it is very convenient when molding. The density of MDF in some cases even surpasses natural wood, which is why it is considered the most frequently used analogue.
If the owner is a supporter of everything natural and healthy, then you can make kitchen furniture yourself from natural wood. But, it is worth remembering that it is very sensitive to frequent changes in temperature and humidity. It will be necessary to cover all workpieces with special impregnations, including antiseptics. This material can be replaced by a novelty in the world of building materials - multiplex. It does not deform and is less susceptible to moisture.
Tabletops can be made of chipboard, MDF, natural wood. But it is worth remembering that most of the load goes to it, therefore kitchen manufacturers advise making them from natural or artificial stone. The first one is quite expensive and very difficult. The second one is much easier and easier to process.
Recommendations for DIY kitchen furniture
The first thing you need to start assembling kitchen furniture with your own hands is measuring the room and the place where the future kitchen will be located. In specialized stores you can find everything you need for assembly, but you should be prepared for the fact that some parts cannot be made on your own, you will need the help of specialists in cutting to the specified dimensions.
For the manufacture of furniture you will need:
- hinges for furniture;
- confirms;
- self-tapping screws;
- dowels;
- electric drill;
- jigsaw;
- screwdriver;
- drill;
- pencil;
- roulette.
First of all, lockers are collected. To do this, you need to drill holes for the metal tie. When the main body is ready, you need to install the back wall. It is better if it is made of laminated fiberboard. Check the correct assembly, the geometry of the product and mount the legs.
The table top is installed last on the lower cabinets. Fixed with self-tapping screws. But, the sink hole in the countertop must be prepared in advance. To do this, you need to put the countertop on a flat surface, on top - the sink, bottom up, and carefully circle it with a pencil. Depart from the resulting line 1.5-2 centimeters and carefully cut a hole. To prevent water from getting under the sink, all internal seams must be carefully treated with silicone sealant.
Before proceeding with the installation of facades, you need to fix the hinges. 80 millimeters should recede from the upper edge, and the center of the hole should be 20-25 millimeters from the edge of the facade.
How to restore old furniture
Many will agree that do-it-yourself kitchen furniture restoration is a whole art. In addition to the financial side of the issue, there is also an aesthetic one. Not everyone will bother with old stuff, step by step restoring geometry, color, general style.
- To bring any furniture in order, you must have the following skills: competent and accurate disassembly;
- cleaning and rinsing the product;
- fight against defects of the varnish surface;
- work with wood defects;
- repair and strengthening of fasteners;
- plywood;
- staining and priming of wood;
- painting, decorating the appearance of the product, aging, varnishing with a high protection factor, polishing.
The most difficult thing is to restore the table, to be more precise, its legs. You will need to remove the old plywood, restore the shape of the legs with liquid wood.
There are some subtleties of work:
- It is better to wash furniture with standard detergents. When polishing, you can also use car polishes;
- If the care products contain ethyl alcohol, kerosene or ammonia, then it is better to check its effect on the training surface;
- The most popular material for cleaning wood is considered to be green walnut peel;
- You can protect wood from pests and rotting by covering the entire surface with tannin;
- If an interior item needs to be painted, it is better to take oil or acrylic enamels;
- If you need a fabric constriction, then jacquard, velor, courtesan are preferable.
If you have defects, then the article on how to remove chipped furniture will help you fix it.
