DIY chairs - creative and practical

Tired of looking for suitable furniture for your home or cottage? Is the family budget exhausted by repairs? Or maybe you just like to make interior items with your own hands, coming up with an original design and saving on materials? In any case, this selection of 50 creative ideas for creating do-it-yourself chairs for you. Tall and short, massive and graceful, with backs and in the form of stools, for a city apartment or a summer cottage - in our collection of original ideas, everyone will find inspiration.

Do-it-yourself home furnishings bring a special atmosphere to any environment. But it’s nice not only to create something original on their own, but also to save money at the same time, and maybe to give new life to objects or materials that have already reached their end of life. Designers offer us options for the manufacture of chairs and stools literally from any means at hand. But only you know what material is available personally for you, what it will be easier to handle, and what chair design is suitable for your interior or landscaping in a country house or in a country house.

Old skateboards that no one needs can be an excellent material for making the seat and back of a chair, which is quite capable of becoming a roomy chair. The material of the boards is strong enough - the chair will last a long time subject to quality assembly.

It’s not worth throwing out old buckets, just refresh the coating with new paint and screw the legs to the vessel.

What about garden furniture from garden parts? A little imagination, effort and free time - exclusive pieces of furniture for your country or homestead are ready.

If the seat pad has worn out from time to time or the padding has slipped, use old belts to create an exclusive design.

Or maybe vice versa - you have a car seat in good condition and to create a comfortable chair, or rather, even a chair, you only need to build a solid frame?

It is difficult to overestimate wood as a material for the manufacture of furniture and interior items, especially in our country. For everyone who has already tried his hand in the manufacture of wooden furniture or is just taking the first steps in this difficult but incredibly interesting business, we offer the following interesting options. They can be the starting point for creating your individual design. The advantage of manufacturing wooden furniture items is not only that you can find a fairly pliable species of wood and realize your design dreams, but also that the finished product will fit into almost any interior. Wood is in perfect harmony with metal, and with glass, mirrors and glossy surfaces.

 

Not only as part of the modern interior, but also as garden furniture, wood products are very popular. It is only important to protect the wood surface from moisture - paint or varnish, impregnate with an antiseptic, increase not only the life of the furniture, but also increase personal comfort and safety.

Convenient, practical, stable and at the same time mobile - stools that can be assembled like a paper constructor. They fit perfectly into the modern style of decoration.

Wood products are not so much color and texture as shape. Indeed, many types of wood are quite malleable, they can be given a completely original shape. But in the pursuit of originality, do not forget all the same about the main purpose of your future masterpiece - the possibility of a comfortable location for relaxing, eating or working.

In some cases, there is no need to make a chair, which is called from scratch, it is enough to restore the old piece of furniture, give it the look that will most harmoniously fit into the interior of the room.

Some interesting ideas for reading enthusiasts. A chair or chair and a storage system for books - two in one. Convenient, practical, original.

What about a portable folding chair, which, if unnecessary, can simply be attached to a wall or even hung on it? Of course, such a mobile piece of furniture has weight restrictions, but for a person of average build, such a design would be more than appropriate.

The combination of materials with different technical characteristics within the framework of the manufacture of one piece of furniture makes it possible to improve its properties of strength, wear resistance and durability. You can combine wood, metal, plastic, leather, various types of rubber.

Most often, in the manufacture of handmade chairs, wood and metal are combined. Such an alliance helps to obtain the most durable and durable structures. At the same time, parts of the future chair can be made by you or be parts of other interior items that you no longer need.

It is logical to combine wood with soft materials that increase the level of comfort of the chair, turning it almost into a chair. And it's not just about pillows for seats or backs, but also quite exotic options - rubber, weaving from threads, animal skin or its imitation, artificial materials.

Chairs with a metal frame are strong and stable, durable and able to take high loads. But there are drawbacks to such furniture - the seat is too cold (if it is also made of metal). Use linings made of foam rubber, synthetic winterizer and other synthetic materials that can be machine washed. Or at least use removable fabric covers for backs and seats.