DIY garden furniture, a practical guide to manufacturing

A summer cottage is the place where a person comes to rest. To create a cozy atmosphere, it must be equipped with the most practical and functional items. The necessary garden furniture with your own hands is an option for a budget, but original execution of objects. Even if there are no skills in the work, there will always be drawings allowing you to make a product for beginners.

Necessary materials and tools

The main rule of buying material for garden furniture is its practicality. During rain, poor-quality wood without a protective coating will quickly become worthless. The use of improvised means, the remains of raw materials is considered optimal. Below you can see a photo of garden furniture with your own hands. Items made look non-standard.

For the manufacture of products, you can use the following materials:

Old tires;
Metal pipes;
Sheet metal;
Logs;
Timber;
Wooden blockhouse.

Durable and waterproof fabrics, for example, raincoat fabric, polyester, nylon, tyvek, are used as upholstery material. It is convenient to use such textiles on pillows for a garden sofa, seats on chairs and stools.

Of the most necessary tools, a hammer, pliers, a carpentry jigsaw, a hacksaw, a screwdriver will definitely come in handy. Also need a drill, tape measure, pencil, square. For working with wood materials, carpentry glue, as well as self-tapping screws, nuts and screws, are suitable.

If you have to make garden furniture from metal with your own hands, you will need a grinder with appropriate cutting discs. From paints and varnishes it is better to use those compounds that are designed to work with raw materials. For example, acrylic varnish and paints are suitable for wood. For metal, those means are necessary, on the packaging of which there is an appropriate mark.

Making garden furniture for a summer residence with your own hands, you can show imagination and make original items. For example, a pedestal from euro pallets will look advantageous in the backyard. It is appropriate to use for storage of accessories. From the same raw materials, you can make a sofa by laying a cozy blanket on the surface and laying out large pillows.

Garden furniture is designed not only to provide a comfortable pastime in the country, but to harmoniously complement the style of the yard. Choosing what to do with your own hands, pay attention to the overall design of the site.

Instruments

Materials

Step-by-step instruction

Initially, it is necessary to determine the material and piece of furniture that will be manufactured. You can make furniture with your own hands from improvised materials if the site has recently been renovated. Not only the pallets mentioned above are suitable for this, but also large barrels, wooden reels from the power cable and even wheels from the bicycle.

Below you will find instructions on how to make such pieces of furniture:

Chairs;
Bench;
Table;
Deck chair;
Swing.

For each species, different materials will be used. It is better to find drawings and designs of finished products in advance, following the proposed master classes to create your own garden masterpiece.

Chair

It is good to have folding furniture at the cottage, so it will be appropriate to independently make a folding chair out of wood.

Before you make garden furniture made of wood, it is important to choose the right breed. Pine, linden, larch, birch or spruce are best treated.

For a garden chair you will need:

2 hind legs 47.5x4cm;
3 parts for front legs 83.7 cm long and 4 cm wide;
3 slats connecting the seat and back 40.3x7 cm;
2 sidewalls the same size as the previous trims;
6 seat strips 38x7 cm.

All details are made of boards or slats, 2-25 cm thick. Drawings and schemes of a folding garden chair can be seen below. The work begins with the manufacture of the seat, for this 6 parts are fastened into one with the help of side plates and screws. After that, the front part of the legs is made, which is connected to the seat. For the back, stuff 2 parts.

The rear legs are screwed with a mechanism to the seat. It allows the chair to fold. Such garden furniture is usually made with a tilted back, the angle is from 15 to 35 degrees. This figure varies depending on where in the seat the front leg structure will be bolted. On the seat for softness, you can sew flat pillows - they will be tied to a chair and become stationary.

DIY furniture for the garden should be multifunctional, which is why it is proposed to make a folding product. It has several advantages: it does not take up much space in the house, it can be used both on the site and indoors.

We lay out all the elements

We measure the elements of the back and connect them

We collect the side parts

We attach the base for the seat to the back

Making the right size legs

All items are ready.

Putting the sides and back

Mount the seat

Bench

To make a product from a profile pipe with your own hands will not be difficult for owners involved in welding. A bench in the garden is one of the indispensable items that allow you to retire to nature with a cup of tea. One bench will be knocked out of the ensemble, therefore it is recommended to make a duet - a bench with a table with a solid structure.

For work on the production of the block, 40x25x2 mm pipes with a total length of 3.7 m will be required. A 25x25x2 mm pipe of 5.7 m length will also be needed. The seats and tabletop will consist of a beam, so 11 boards 25x80 mm in size with a length of 124 cm will be required. fasteners will need screws for metal 4x40 in the amount of 50 pieces. Additionally, 2 axles and 2 stops made on a lathe are needed.

The algorithm for making a bench complete with a table from a profile pipe with your own hands looks like this:

The required number of parts is cut from a 40x25 mm metal pipe, 2 table brackets are made, which will serve as the back for the bench;
The frame of the table and bench is welded from another pipe. All ends are welded with steel caps;
Holes for joints and support elements are made in the pipes;
Next, a spacer is attached, after which a folding leg is made from a pipe 25x25 mm;
At the processing stage, all welds are cleaned, and the surface is coated with an anti-corrosion compound. This is necessary so that the metal furniture does not rust and oxidize on the street;
Next, the seat and countertop are made. The board is cut, sanded and treated with impregnation;
Parts are attached to the frame, at the ends of the pipes make extenders for stability.

On such a block from the bench-table, you can also put pillows, if you make steel armrests. Sitting on the bench, it will be nice to relax with your family in the evening.

Cut out the seat of the right size

Paint the coating

Cut the legs

Checking the correct size

Fasten the legs to the seat

The bench is ready

Table

Furniture made of logs stands out among other items. It has a pleasant aroma, and the appearance sends on a fabulous journey, where the characters lived in log houses. Making a garden table from a log with your own hands will not be difficult. To do this, you will need power tools for working on wood.

Initially, it is necessary to plan the logs so that they do not have burrs, but are smooth. For this, a planer is used. The final processing of the log involves the use of fine-grained sandpaper. This is done manually or using a grinding machine.

To make the appearance of the log table beautiful and the object functional, it is important not to make the material already 4 cm wide. Logs are cut at an angle of 45 degrees, and the corners of the table are cleaned with a file.

The legs of the logs should be collected in decreasing order to the center - so they will be stable. A hole is drilled through them through which the fittings are threaded. The holes in the log are drilled at an angle of 90 degrees. The table assembly looks like this:

Reinforcement is inserted into the lower log, and then the next logs are planted;
For reliability, you can use carpentry glue;
Protruding rods of the reinforcement are cut off;
The design of garden furniture made of logs with your own hands can be disassembled - now all the details must be removed and the holes glued;
Again, you need to insert the fittings, plant the logs - now they are firmly attached to the rods.

The tabletop can be made of chipboard in the color of the base material. It is screwed to the base and serves not only as a surface, but also as an additional connecting part for the legs. Log furniture is an original and practical addition to garden design.

Create the right countertop

We process the coating

Paint the countertop

We plan the legs and paint them

We fix the legs to the countertop

Deck chair

Making garden furniture with your own hands sometimes takes a lot of time, but the result is worth it. The main occupation in the suburban area is rest and harvesting. After working days to soak up the sun will help fabric chaise longue. This is the simplest design of such a product, involving the use of wooden parts and fabrics.

A video on how to easily craft this item can be found below. For work, you will need bolts and nuts for furniture, round slats of 60 and 50 cm - each of 2 pieces. Also needed are slats of rectangular section 60 cm long, glue on wood, a piece of fabric 200x50 cm, sandpaper. The chaise lounge for a garden easily develops and is transferred to another place, it compactly stores in the house. For a textile base, it is better to choose a dense fabric that can withstand heavy weight. The operation algorithm is as follows:

Cut the slats of the desired length, sand them with fine-grained sandpaper;
From the beginning of the structure, drill holes at a distance of 40 and 70 cm and process them with a file;
To be able to adjust the backrest, it is necessary to make 3-4 notches on the rails at a distance of 7 cm;
Stepping back from the end of the rails, drill holes to secure the seat;
After you make the seat from the fabric, you need to sew it on the rounded rails.

Such garden furniture for a summer residence will help to relax during the day, because a chaise lounge can be used as a bed. Put pillows under your head and legs, enjoy nature. To prevent damage to the product from bad weather conditions - store it in the house.

We lay out the elements and pass the wire

We carry out the same process with the seat

Cut the pieces of wire and fix them with brackets

Swing

Fun entertainment for children in the country - a swing. They can be made from improvised means, such as tires. It will take no more than 1 hour to work, and the materials will not affect the family budget. To make children's furniture from tires with your own hands you will need:

Wide car tire;
A strong rope is a rope: a steel chain can be used instead;
4 cargo bolts with eyes;
S bolt hooks.

For home use, the swing must be properly strengthened so that the child is not injured during rest. The tire should be washed with water and cleaned of dirt and oil products. For fastening on four sides, 4 bolts must be used. In the rubber, make a hole with a knife and insert the bolts, securing them with washers. Attach hooks to them.

To make stylish children's furniture from tires with your own hands, you can use the chain, after painting it from a spray can. The chain is put on hooks, which are clamped with pliers. The swing must be hung on an iron horizontal strut or a thick branch of a strong tree.

To get rid of the unpleasant smell of rubber, it will be enough to paint the swing. For decor, you can put soft pillows inside. Such a product looks no worse than wrought iron garden furniture used in areas in the appropriate style.

Do-it-yourself home decoration from all kinds of materials - a chance to stand out and equip your site with taste and comfort. Approaching production with creativity, you can be sure that such a masterpiece will exist in a single copy.