Interestingly, do-it-yourself cabinet- not so easy cheap option furniture. This is a stylish addition to the interior of the room. Almost anyone can create a cabinet. But the original is already more difficult to make.
Let's focus on the most popular types and the easiest to create products.
In terms of design and construction, do-it-yourself cabinets can be different.Here are a dozen consistently popular from the "bedside table" category.
- Simple, like a small table, with obvious wood textures, here you can even use ordinary nails on the background light wood natural in texture and it will look amazing.
If you have worked with wood before, you can make this unique and simple cabinet.
- Wooden pedestal made of thick timber, which has been cut and retained as a surface graceful coils of rings of old wood. All this complements durable metal corner dark color, which serves as a mount for the beam.
lovely wooden cabinets, which can be appreciated if placed in a room.
- Light wood bedside table with open shelves will always be relevant and emphasize the cleanliness in the interior.
It is worth approaching the design of bedside tables and tables with a special feeling.
- Simple bedside tables with marvelous ornaments are open products, which the master flattered with special decorative elements.
Various ornaments and shapes are used to create such interesting bedside tables.
- Openwork bedside tables made of metal look so charming that the metal ceases to be something bulky, on the contrary, it gives the product lightness and subtlety.
Interesting and custom design pedestals with metal legs decorate the interior of the room.
- Cabinet with doors and open shelf at the same time ordinary and boring with the help of paints and fabrics turns into a retro version, this one will definitely not be thrown away.
Interesting and bright cabinets are decorated in various styles will create an unforgettable and calm atmosphere in the room.
- Drawers in antique style also look great indoors.
An interesting light pedestal is created in an incredible antique style with your own hands.
- There was a “gray horse”, but it became a black and white stylish bedside table.
Bright and unforgettable cabinet in black and white will be a great addition to the interior of the room.
- You can take the time to take the old wood boxes to the trash, because after careful processing of this valuable old wood, you can safely put them in a special configuration in place of the bedside table.
Antique wooden crates have formed such a pretty nightstand that will brighten up any room.
- A brick block bedside table will be in perfect harmony with everything that you put on it. Juicy green flowers in pots on such a bedside table look especially elegant and modern.
Beautiful and non-standard pedestal is made of brick blocks.
You can list for a long time, but all the abundance of bedside tables, depending on the production technology, is divided into only three types:
With floor options it's all clear ordinary products which are easy to move and require legs or wheels for stability. But the suspended one is practically a new variety. These products are attached to the ceiling with convenient way(it can be a rope or a special strong decorative chain). Wall options it is also easy to make cabinets with your own hands.
It is necessary to make a structure and fix it in the right place right in the wall using long screws.
You can find an affordable master class on how to make a bedside table from drawers. Try to create things yourself and at no extra cost.
Necessary materials
In order to make the simplest version of the bedside table, which would “fit” into any room, the following materials will come in handy:
- Several boxes (three small ones are enough);
- Means for wood processing (any available paints and varnishes);
- Flexible sanding block;
- Various elements for decoration;
- self-tapping screws;
- Screwdriver;
- Material for the top panel of the nightstand.
Materials for making bedside tables with your own hands.
Work process
Making a bedside table from drawers is easy and simple if you follow these simple steps:
Treatment
In order to be able to use old boxes as pedestals, it is necessary to improve the spoiled pieces of wood of each product.
Using a flexible sanding pad, you need to make a smooth and flat surface each side.
Then the surface after rubbing should be cleaned of excess sawdust and dust. Only after that, cover the tree with a stain, if you plan to use varnish as a decoration. Or cover with a special base for paint for long-term storage of wood.
After you can paint in desired color.
Fastening elements
You can connect the boxes to each other using special screws. It is also more reliable to attach a beam on the back side. We also fasten the beam with self-tapping screws.
We buy corners and fasteners in a furniture fittings store.
Top of the product
Any strong material can serve as a cover for an exclusive nightstand. We fix it with self-tapping screws. You can decorate the finished product at this stage with any decorative elements. Rhinestones, various beads, special adhesive elements can act as a decor. Popular in decoration lace fabric, with its help you can easily create cabinets in retro style.
You can easily make such a bedside table with your own hands.
Final step: wall mounting
Now the moment has come when it will be possible to try it on indoors new furniture. We simply fix the finished product with long self-tapping screws, and you can call the hostess, who will decorate the cabinet with stylish gizmos and indoor flowers.
Pay Special attention on the quality of each fastener.
If you have chosen a fairly massive material for the top of the product, then you should pay special attention to decent reinforcement. Since there will be nothing holding the cabinet down, it will be hung on the wall. The type of design is easy to change, just make legs for this furniture and it will already turn from a wall product into a floor product.
Try yourself as a master and do it without mistakes.
Today, do-it-yourself products are valued, and how much more you can think of!
VIDEO: Bedside tables in the interior.
Bedside table is a diverse concept. It can be a bedside container for newspapers and a tea mug or a huge TV stand with built-in speakers and an electronic rotary system to attract the viewer's attention. Such a simple concept - and an infinite number of options. A do-it-yourself bedside table is made quite simply, but it is important to decide on necessary design. My friend needed a cabinet for the kitchen with one top drawer. Please.
The appearance of the manufactured bedside table
For the manufacture of nightstands are needed
Here I give a list of tools that it would be better to keep in constant readiness for everyone, along with a fishing rod, a favorite gun and chess:
- Drill driver. The battery will be optimal if there is also a puncher on the farm.
- Set of drills. AT this case- on wood.
- Bit set. If you want to assemble furniture with your own hands, the set should include a bit, which is a hexagon for confirmations.
- Cutter for hinges 35 mm in diameter.
- Iron.
- Roulette.
- Pencil.
- Carpentry tool called "right angle", with a measuring ruler.
- Sandpaper, dry cloth.
I’ll immediately note about the iron and other objects that are not clear from the first time. Since you will be forced to order sawing on the side (sheet Chipboard size 1830x2440 mm - this is the smallest), it makes sense to save on edge gluing. Now on sale is a melamine edge 0.5 mm thick in the color of the material, which is easy to glue yourself. Since it is with an adhesive base, it is enough to attach it to the required end beautiful side up and iron with a hot iron. With a dry rag, we press the still hot edge to achieve a good grip. Excess edges are removed with a blunt knife and the edges are processed with sandpaper.
Bedside table detailing
A do-it-yourself cabinet may differ in content, functionality and appearance. It largely depends on the amount you are willing to spend on fittings. Here I am writing the details of the simplest and cheapest pedestal. Drawer without skids, facades - laminated chipboard.
- 772x500 - 2 pcs., cabinet sidewalls.
- 368x500 - 2 pcs., bottom and shelf.
- 368x100 - 3 pieces, plinth and two upper strips.
- 480x110 - 2 pcs., drawer sides.
- 334x110 - 2 pcs., box front and rear walls.
- 150x395 - drawer front.
- 515x395 - cabinet door.
All dimensions are for chipboard 16 mm thick.
We take a special, kitchen countertop, 28 mm thick. Its size is 525x400 mm.
Fiberboard for the back wall of the cabinet and the bottom of the drawer:
- 670x395 mm - rear wall.
- 475x365 mm - the bottom of the box.
I have already written how to glue the edge, now it's time to prepare the parts for assembly. The main fasteners for us are confirmations, under which it is necessary to drill holes. We drill into the plane with a diameter of 8 mm, into the end of the parts - with a diameter of 5 mm. The figure shows which parts are drilled into the end, and which into the plane - simply based on general design pedestals.
Bedside table assembly scheme
List of required fittings
A do-it-yourself nightstand is also our calling card in front of everyone who doubted our abilities, therefore, even in an inexpensive version, fasteners should be taken as seriously as possible. We buy in the furniture fittings store:
- Confirmations 5x70 - 22 pieces. It is enough to fasten the clamping bars and the plinth by one confirmation on each side.
- Self-tapping screws 4x30 - packaging. They will come in handy for other jobs around the house, but specifically here they are needed in order to screw the countertop to the upper slats, and the drawer front to the front wall of the drawer box. All of this comes from within.
- Self-tapping screws 4x16 - packaging. These are fasteners for hinges and hardboard (DVP). You should buy with a secret hat, and also deepen it into the bottom of the box - so as not to scratch the shelf.
- Furniture hinges - 2 pcs. Since the milling cutter is 35 mm in diameter, we also buy the corresponding loops.
- Furniture handles - 2 pcs. On the front of the drawer, it is better to additionally buy screws for handles, 35 mm long.
Scheme of assembling the drawer of our curbstone
Making a bedside table
It is better to coordinate the manufacture of bedside tables of such a model with friends or acquaintances - simply because two and a half pieces can be made from a chipboard sheet. The assembly is so simple that you can start selling "extra" cabinets. To fully satisfy potential customers and your own, screw furniture legs, the so-called “hooves”, onto the sidewalls from below. They will help to put the cabinet on uneven floor. Adjustable feet this type can also be found in specialized stores selling furniture fittings.
Finished nightstand
How to make a nightstand with your own hands in general terms we have already understood - it remains to take into account two very important technical points.
- Selection for loops. One constant to remember: The distance from the front edge to the center of the hinge hole is always 22 mm. Naturally, for loops with a landing size of 35 mm. Above and below the door, it is usually marked at the level of 60-80 mm - this is not critical, if not design features. Then you can simply attach the facade with screwed hinges to the sidewall on desired height and fasten to the body.
- Right angles. When assembling a drawer or cabinet box, always check the geometric correctness of the resulting parallelepiped. Otherwise, the product will turn out to be lopsided and with badly opening facades.
That's all, good luck with your work.
Bedside table in the bedroom or a cabinet next to the armchair in the living room is an essential attribute of the interior of many apartments. Of course, now you can buy any cabinet in stores, but will it be unique? We bring to your attention 10 unusual ideas how to make an original bedside table with your own hands from different objects and materials.
1. Bedside table with your own hands from the drawers
Place a wooden box from vegetables, fruits or a postal parcel on legs or wheels. Attach a shelf inside the box. The drawer can be placed both horizontally and vertically, as well as making a high cabinet of two or more drawers.
The box can be decorated, for example, with cut branches. How to make such a nightstand with your own hands, read.
2. DIY nightstand with rope shelves
From ordinary wooden box or a box, as well as ropes, you can make a bedside table with a flexible design. You can customize the shelves and different rope holders yourself, depending on the items and things that will be stored in the cabinet. To do this, you need to drill rows of holes in the side walls of the cabinet and even on top. Pull a strong natural or synthetic rope through the holes and make different shelves and compartments for things.
3. Bedside table with your own hands from books
Unusual and original project bedside tables in the bedroom or living room. Pull stacks of books with belts, ties or tie with thick ribbons. At the same time, place wooden modules, square or rectangular boxes between the stacks. It may even be dense carton boxes from shoes or small household appliances. Old books, vintage leather belts and wooden elements will give the bedside table a unique charm and style.
4. Nightstand from the chest
The chest has long been the main piece of furniture in huts and huts. Now ancient or modern chests are a rare phenomenon in the interior. However, if you are the owner of an old grandmother's chest, then you can make a vintage nightstand out of it with your own hands. The capacious space under the lid of the chest will allow you to store many things, including bed linen or toys in the children's room. In addition, designers offer exclusive options pedestals in the form of expensive leather chests. These ideas can be taken as a basis and inspiration. The transformation of a chest into a bedside table consists only in the decor of the chest itself. It can be both updated and aged, left in natural form or colorize.
5. Bedside tables from suitcases
Unlike antique chests, finding old suitcases is much easier. A do-it-yourself bedside table from a vintage suitcase will decorate the interior of the room, and also provide an additional closed storage space. You can even hang a small combination lock on the bedside table from a suitcase and store intimate things there. To make a cabinet, you can either stack several suitcases on top of each other, or put one suitcase on legs, for example, on a stool or table.
6. Do-it-yourself cabinet from a barrel
A do-it-yourself bedside table from a barrel will look very unusual in the bedroom or living room. Round wooden barrel- ready-made cabinet. The main condition is that the barrel must be clean and free of foreign odors, such as wine. You can also cut a door in a barrel, put it on hinges, and attach a shelf inside. Another option - from one barrel you can make two bedside tables with your own hands, simply sawing the barrel into two even parts.
As a cabinet, it can be useful and metal barrel especially if it's old.
7. Bedside table with your own hands from a chair
Very often, a chair acts as a bedside table. We offer to improve it by turning it into a real bedside table with a drawer. For this, it is advisable to choose wooden chair without upholstery. Buy in store special fittings for drawers and the box itself according to the size of the chair. Attach the entire system under the seat. Also, under the box, you can nail another shelf from a square chipboard sheet.
8. Nightstand made of mirror and stool
If you have a stool as a bedside table, we suggest improving and decorating it. In the same way as in the case of a chair, you can attach drawer or a shelf between the legs of a stool, and a mirror in a frame can be used as a tabletop.
9. Bedside table from a ladder
A small ladder - stepladder or ladder for cabinets - perfect solution for the bedside table. Additionally, you do not need to do anything, if you wish, paint or age the stairs.
10. DIY hanging bedside table
A bedside table, or rather, a bedside table, can soar in the air! How to make such an unusual project for the bedroom - read.
This is a must-have design element for any bedroom. You can put a lamp on it, as well as this place for a lot of necessary things: books, cups of drink, remote control, etc. You can buy such a piece of bedroom interior in any furniture store. However, it is much more pleasant to make a bedside table with your own hands. Moreover, making a bedside table with your own hands in accordance with the drawings is a matter that does not require special skill and skill. And the design of such a bedside table, created by oneself, can be anything, for example, like this.
Making a bedside table
Our nightstand will consist of a tabletop, two side and back walls and two drawers with handles. The dimensions of the table top are 60x40 cm. The height of the bedside table is 55 cm. To make a bedside table, we need wooden blanks for the table top, sidewalls and drawer fronts, 6 pieces of furniture plastic corners. The drawers themselves and the bottom shelf will be made of chipboard, and the back wall of the nightstand will be made of fiberboard.
- We cut all the blanks for the future bedside table, which we need to make with our own hands, in accordance with the intended dimensions. Then we paint all the details, except for the drawers, with Alpina dark brown matte paint.
- We collect the frame of the nightstand. We fasten two furniture corner to the inner upper part of the sides and two to the bottom.
- We attach the tabletop to the upper corners, and the inner lower shelf to the lower corners.
- We install and fix the guides for the nightstand. Our guides less depth bedside tables by 5 cm. They must be attached to the bottom of the drawers.
- We attach the handles to the drawers. If the color of the handles does not match overall design bedside tables, they can be painted in the desired color and varnished. To attach the handles, we drill holes in the facades of the drawers. Make sure that these holes are located strictly in the center. After the holes are drilled, it is necessary to paint the facades of the drawers and only then screw the handles.
- We collect boxes. To do this, we drill holes with a thin drill and fasten the walls of the boxes with self-tapping screws.
A do-it-yourself nightstand is often made, but this concept is very diverse. This piece of furniture can be a product that will stand by the bed, another possible variant- this is a place for a tea mug and newspapers in the living room. However, making this design yourself is quite simple. To do this, you must first prepare certain tools and materials, as well as familiarize yourself with the process technology. Only in this way will you be able to successfully complete the work, and the product will please the eyes of the household and will be easy to use. The only thing that you may not have to do yourself is cutting the material.
Preparatory work
If you will make a bedside table with your own hands, then you need to prepare the following tools: drill driver, bit set, cutter, tape measure, iron, pencil, sandpaper, carpentry tool, set of drills. The optimal solution will use cordless screwdriver, which is true if the farm also has a puncher. Drills should be selected according to the tree, but as for the set of bits, it should have a hexagon for confirmations. Be sure to prepare a right angle with a measuring ruler. A dry rag should also be on hand. For the reason that sawing chipboard will be carried out in the workshop, you must rely on yourself or with outside help you will have to transport sheets whose dimensions are 1830x2448 mm. These dimensions are the smallest. That is why experts recommend saving on edge gluing.
Today, its melamine variety is sold, the thickness of which is 0.5 mm. Because this element has adhesive base, installing it will be quite simple. To do this, attach it to the desired end and iron it with a heated iron. A dry rag will help reinforce the hot edge more firmly to achieve maximum grip. Excess should be disposed of with dull knife by polishing the edges with sandpaper.
Detailing
When a bedside table is made with your own hands, it is important to familiarize yourself with the details. However internal filling may differ. Everything will depend on what you want. appearance and functionality, as well as the budget that you plan to spend on fittings. The details of the simplest and cheapest piece of furniture will be described below, but the skids and facades will be made of chipboard. As for the side parts, they will need two pieces. In the first case, the size of the element will be 772x500 mm, while the bottom and shelf should have dimensions equal to 368x502 m. There should be two upper bars, but only one base, the dimensions of these components are 368x100 mm. It is important not to forget about the side parts of the box, there should be two of these elements, and their dimensions are 480x110. It will not be possible to create a structure without back and front walls, there should also be two of them, and the dimensions are 334x110 mm. The facade is limited to 150x395 mm, and the cabinet door has dimensions equal to 515x395 mm. The above dimensions are for chipboard with a thickness of 16 mm. The worktop must be kitchen and its thickness is 28 mm, while the length and width are 525x400 mm. When making a nightstand with your own hands, it is important to know not only how to stick the edge, but also how to prepare the parts for assembly.
Preparation of consumables
A confirmation can act as a fastener, for which it will be necessary to drill holes. Their diameter should be 8 mm, while when the holes are located in the end, the diameter must be reduced to 5 mm.
Hardware preparation
Even if you are planning to buy inexpensive option fasteners, then this should be taken seriously. Confirmations must be purchased in the amount of 22 pieces, their dimensions are 5x70 mm. The plinth and tie bars will be installed on one confirmation, each of which should be located on one side. Self-tapping screws must be purchased in the amount of one package, dimensions - 4x30 mm. They will be needed later for other chores around the house, but in the case of a cabinet, they are used to screw the countertop to the slats. As for the facade, the self-tapping screw in this case is installed to the front wall of the box. In this case, the fasteners must be located inside so that it is not visible. You will also need self-tapping screws with dimensions of 4x16 mm, they must also be purchased in the amount of 1 package. With their help, you will strengthen the hardboard and hinges, it is important to purchase fasteners with a hidden hat. Find suitable furniture hinges in the amount of 2 pieces. The cutter has a diameter of 35 mm, the hinges must therefore be suitable. Optionally, you should purchase decorative furniture handles that are installed on the facade. Additionally, you can get screws for handles, the length of which is 35 mm.
Cabinet making process
When creating a bedside table with your own hands, the photo of which is presented in the article, you can use one chipboard sheet, it will make 2.5 products. The assembly is very simple, in addition to the sidewalls from the bottom, you can screw them which are simply called "hooves". They help to establish a curbstone on an uneven floor. If it is made by you, then you can purchase adjustable legs, which can be found in a furniture fittings store. First, the master makes a selection for the loops. It should be remembered that the step from the edge of the facade to the central part of the hole should be 22 mm. for loops, landing dimensions which are 35 mm, markings should be made on the top and bottom of the door. This is usually done at the level of 80 mm, but this parameter cannot be called critical. The next step will be the installation of a facade with twisted hinges, then everything is strengthened to the body. When making a do-it-yourself TV stand, you can use the same dimensions, as they are great, while it is important to remember that when assembling the box and drawer, you need to check the geometry of the resulting parallelepiped. Otherwise, the product will turn out to be lopsided, and the facades will be impossible to open or close.
Making a bedside table or cabinet for shoes
In order to make the design for a bed or for shoes more stable, you can make it in the form of a trapezoid, while the product is assembled on dowels. One of the side ends of the bottom needs to be cut down, this applies to covers and sticks. In this case, an angle of 10° should be used. An electric saw and guides are perfect for this. At the next stage, on the cut ends, you need to select the grooves for the keys, while placing a flat board under the cutter. The latter, including the workpiece and workbench, should be compressed with a clamp. Before you start assembling the cabinet, all fittings should be temporarily fixed, this will allow you to determine its exact location.
The sequence of work
When a nightstand is made for the left side wall, you first need to attach the top cover using dowels. At the next stage, the right side panel is strengthened, and the structure must be in a supine position. As soon as the glue grabs, it can be fixed to the body back wall. The surface must be sanded, before painting the edges are varnished. After the cabinet is turned upside down, you can screw the rollers to the corners, each of them must be fixed with two washers and nuts. When it is made with your own hands, you can be guided by the same technology, while on the door you have to mark places for 50 mm from the lower and upper ends. As for the side edge, 22 mm must be retreated from it. To install the hinges, you need to drill holes at the intersections of the lines. From top cover the master retreats about 3 mm, this will further ensure easy closing and opening of the door.
Final works
If you are thinking about how to make a bedside table with your own hands, then in the next step you need to assemble grooves in the bottom of the three sides for this. The ends of the back and front walls are sawn off at an angle of 10 °. It is important to remember that the sides of the box must be butted to each other. Roll-out mechanisms should be installed at the same stage, it is best to use roller guides, as they are easy to install and durable in operation.
