As you know, the theater begins with a hanger. In principle, the apartment also begins with it. The difference is that here it is necessary to hang the clothes of the whole family, as well as have nightstands in which shoes can be placed. Therefore, with good reason, it can be argued that the apartment begins with a hallway. This room, created by your own hands, should be aesthetic and comfortable. Consider how you can do it yourself.
Furniture selection
There are a lot of options for creating a hallway with your own hands. A hanger must be present in it. If the room is very small, then you can place a shelf for hats, a mirror and bedside tables for shoes. In case of its large sizes, there may be a sliding wardrobe, a curbstone, a chest of drawers. The larger the area of the room in question, the more interior items will be placed in it.
For a small hallway in which you can place a cupboard, it is better to use its “compartment” option, since you do not have to open the doors to the sides, which takes up additional space. If the room is very small, then you can make built-in objects in which shelves and hangers are placed.
In most cases, the do-it-yourself entryway includes a mirror. As a rule, it is large enough so that a person can see his reflection in full growth. It also allows you to make a visualization of space, expanding it. The mirror can be framed, on the wall, or hung on the cabinet doors.
Any such room should have a cabinet for shoes. Also in the cabinet must be present rods for a coat hanger.
Do-it-yourself single-door stand
You can start the production of a cabinet in the hallway with your own hands from this piece of furniture. What needs to be done for this? Here is a sample list of actions:
- they make markings on the boards and cut out the sidewalls, the bottom, the front strip fixed under it, the shelves in the hallway with their own hands;
- holes are made in each blank for fixing furniture dowels;
- the door is cut out of the same material that was used to make the cabinet, holes are made for the hinges;
- grease the dowels and cut under them with glue, after which they are fixed and assembly of the frame fixed by screws is started, after which the door is mounted in the place that it should occupy;
- skids are made of plywood, with their installation in the place where the bottom of the drawer will be located;
- proceed to the craft of the latter - make the bottom of plywood, prepare the side and back walls of the boards, screw the screws to the bottom into the holes previously made in plywood;
- in conclusion, make the front of this item;
- they cut out the cover of the nightstand, attaching it with the help of furniture edgings.
To make the bedside table close to the wall, it is better to make small cutouts on the side walls to the height of the plinth.
Double-wing pedestal - a difference in manufacturing from a single-leaf
The main difference is that here the owner, when calculating options for how to make a hallway, decided that the bedside table should have two compartments. One of them is without internal shelves and occupies about 25% of the volume of this unit of furniture with the required height. The remainder is occupied by the second compartment, which can be divided into two or three parts using shelves.
Wall for hangers
This furniture item is made from boards. They are located on the surface with a small distance between them. From above they are fastened with a rail fixed at the height of nailing the hooks. A self-made hanger in the hallway usually implies the presence of a shelf for hats, which must be cut out and stiffeners placed on both sides. The finished wall is leaned against the wall and noted how to cut the boards so that the wall is at the same level with the cabinet, which will be made later.
Do-it-yourself pencil case
Two back walls, a bottom, a cover and a front bar are cut out of a furniture board.
After preparation, they begin to assemble the pencil case:
- collect the frame - cut holes for dowels, coat them with glue, mount, frame fasten with screws;
- two wings are cut out, in each of which holes are made for 3 loops;
- depending on how many shelves are provided in the cabinet in the hallway, do-it-yourself fastenings at appropriate levels;
- they cut out and place the shelves in a pencil case, after which the shutters are mounted.
Cabinet for a small hallway
At the bottom of such a piece of furniture, legs having a height of 55 mm are attached, fixed with 4x16 screws.
The material for the manufacture of such a piece of furniture hallway with your own hands can be the following:
- a melamine edge having an adhesive base with a thickness of 0.6 mm;
- laminated 18 mm chipboard;
- hardboard that can be painted.
You can attach a mirror to the chipboard sheet using a special key. This facade is massive, so it requires four minimum loops. The cabinet is attached to the wall in order to prevent it from falling over when opened.
The following elements are made:
- the top cover of the bedside table, its sidewalls, door;
- top and bottom of the structure;
- do-it-yourself shelves and back wall of the hanger;
- side walls and shelves of the closed part;
- back wall of the whole structure.
The shelf in the cabinet must be made higher or lower compared to the one located on the open part.
Couplers are made on confirmants, under which they are drilled in the plane and end of the part.
The hardboard is usually nailed. You can fasten with self-tapping screws, but it will require a lot of time. In this case, the design should be strictly rectangular.
Cabinet installation behind the door
In this case, an inch board is used, a sheet glued with wallpaper and varnished or painted.
Side racks and shelves connected by self-tapping screws are cut out. Shelves are attached to the wall with slats or corners. The side stand is installed using side mounts or corners.
The canopy-loop is mounted back to the end, a self-tapping screw is screwed into the wall, on which the loop with the sidewall is placed.
Benefits of Built-in Furniture
With its help, the hallway space is used more rationally. Such furniture can have a special shape, installed in the corners. With its help, the entire height of the room is used - from floor to ceiling. The use of sliding doors in the built-in hallway with your own hands allows you to optimally use the available space.
Next, let's talk about another type of furniture.
Do-it-yourself couch
In recent years, cabinet furniture has gained great popularity. To create a sliding wardrobe yourself, you will need the following materials:
- partition profile;
- dowels and screws;
- plasterboard for the ceiling;
- two guides for drywall;
- sliding doors with hinged mirrors;
- solid wood for shelves;
- paint;
- wiring;
- Spotlights;
- lining material inside.
Reiki and sliding doors are purchased at the respective stores.
First, a profile is mounted to the wall, making sure that the box is rectangular. To place spotlights at the top, a protrusion is made using a profile, its length is about 20 cm.
Fasten the transverse profile. To increase the load capacity of the shelves, it is strengthened using wooden bars. They make the wiring of the electrical wires, the finished upper part, the partition and the sidewalls are sheathed with drywall. After that, spotlights are connected to the wiring, fixing them in the holes.
On the floor and the upper part of the cabinet, rails are fixed, fixed by self-tapping screws. Door panels are inserted into them, adjustable to avoid distortions. The edge can be finished with special materials that will give the furniture a designer look.
Banquet making
This piece of furniture is a bench with a soft seat, which can be placed not only in the hallway, but also in the bedroom or living room.
A bench in the hallway is made with your own hands from a wooden frame fitted with fabric, and a seat with a filler is installed. Before you start creating it, you need to make a project with the appropriate drawings. It can be performed both manually and using special computer programs. A bench makes a finished hallway with your own hands. Drawings are needed to determine the number of bars, fabric, supplies that will be needed to create it.
Products can be made from existing materials or old furniture.
So, a do-it-yourself banquette can be created from a durable coffee table that can withstand human body weight.
Adhere to the following order in the manufacture:
- cut a quadrangle of foam rubber, which coincides in size with the countertop (25 mm is left at the edges);
- legs are unscrewed from the coffee table, foam is attached to the base with glue;
- cut out the second lining of thin foam rubber, interlining or lavsan, which is larger than the filler in size, and glue the parts;
- the decoration is carried out with a fabric having allowances of about 25 mm - it is pulled in all directions and fixed with decorative nails or a construction stapler;
- at the last step, fix the edges, align the folds with a screwdriver or awl;
- wear-resistant fabric, which is anti-dust, is attached to the bottom.
A banquet in the hallway with your own hands can be created from a bench with a back. To do this, the latter is disassembled, the upholstery and filler are removed. Parts for the back and seat are cut out of foam. The lining fabric is laid out on the floor. A wooden seat and a filler are placed on it, which are attached to the base with a stapler. The wood frame is treated with stain or painted in two layers. At the final stage, dermantine is inserted into the backs of the banquets and the parts are attached to the base. It is nailed on top of the fabric around the perimeter.
Banquets can be decorated with pillows made by yourself or purchased at appropriate retail outlets.
Finally
To make a hall with your own hands is quite affordable for almost anyone. Depending on how large it is, it can be built-in, with sliding or opening doors. The main parts are made by sawing wood, hardboard, plywood or wood-based materials. When making a cabinet adjacent to a self-made hanger in the hallway, you need to take into account that the fastenings of shelves made in the open and closed parts should not coincide, so they must be correctly planned. The entrance hall can be decorated with banquets. The latter are made of the same materials or those pieces of furniture are used that are already quite old, but can still serve as an interior for the hallway.