A rural area is a place where you can relax, gain strength. Therefore, it is often equipped with the highest comfort. Many believe that a gazebo should be present on a full-fledged suburban area. In it you can not only enjoy the birdsong and nature with a cup of tea, but also receive guests. Outdoor recreation at the table will be remembered by everyone. Such gatherings will become a tradition of your family. And a wooden table in the gazebo, built with your own hands, will delight all guests with its unique, attractive appearance.
Making a table and benches for a gazebo is not only relaxation and creativity. This is a way to save a significant amount of money. Indeed, today in stores they offer a large assortment of filling for gazebos. But if you wish, you can make a table with your own hands in a gazebo many times better than store options.
To perform such work, you should familiarize yourself with and determine the model of the structure and the peculiarity of its installation. It is necessary to prepare a drawing, which will determine the amount of material for the future product.
Variety of designs
Countertops in the gazebos can be of various shapes. The choice of a suitable model depends only on the preferences of the owner of the site.
The most common countertops include rectangular. The design of such products is very simple. Such models can most often be found in traditional buildings. Such a table is made into a gazebo with their own hands, often from wood. The advantages of a rectangular table include:
- Suitable for any interior.
- Large capacity. Standard models for gazebos suggest the simultaneous placement of 8 people at the table.
- You can decorate with a variety of elements.
- Convenient benches of the same length as the table are placed on both sides.
Round tables are also one of the most popular. They are placed in the center of the gazebo. In combination with such a table, chairs are often used, not benches.
Often in arbors place benches around the entire perimeter of the structure. There is enough space for the entire company in such a structure.
Material selection
Making a table in the gazebo with your own hands, you should pay special attention to the materials. Boards should be new, thick. There should be no traces of fungus and mold on their surface. In addition, the wood must be strong. After all, a soft wood structure will quickly lose its original appearance. After all, mechanical action will affect the surface condition.
Softwoods have an attractive appearance, it is easy to work with them. But during operation, resin will be released on the surface, which can ruin the clothes of people at the table.
The most profitable option is hardwood. From this material, the table and benches for the gazebo with your own hands will turn out to be durable and durable. Experts recommend paying attention to wood from cherries, pears, birch, larch, ash. Remember that over time, the material changes its original shade.
The thickness of the boards of the countertop should be about 3 cm. Such a surface will be durable. Even under heavy loads, the table surface will not bend.
Before starting to make a table, you should prepare the necessary tools: saw, nails or screws, a chisel, screwdriver, level.
Wood processing
You should pick up the necessary paints in advance. The surface of the wood should be treated both before installation and after work. These measures will preserve the rich texture of the material and significantly increase the duration of operation of the finished product. Paints and varnishes protect a surface of a tree from decay and parasites. You can use both varnish and paint. The advantage of using varnish is the safety of an attractive wooden texture.
Wood processing is necessary to ensure the moisture resistance of the surface. Special impregnations will preserve the natural vapor permeability of the natural material. This protection is especially important for outdoor furniture.
Remember: if during installation of the structure you need to adjust parts, then all sawn places should be additionally treated with impregnation.
Manufacturing steps
Careful adherence to the stages of constructing a table in a gazebo made of wood with your own hands avoids mistakes in the performance of work. First of all, you should draw a diagram of the future design. It should indicate the dimensions of the future product and the materials that will be needed for the manufacture.
A drawing of the future table should be based on the dimensions of the gazebo. So you can build a table taking into account the required number of people who will be inside the gazebo.
Design drawing
When making a table drawing in a wooden arbor with your own hands, you should take into account the shape of the countertop and the size of the benches. Their width should be at least 40 cm. The edge of the table should be at a distance of more than 10 cm from the bench. The height of the table should be about 80 cm.
Drawings of the table in the gazebo, created with your own hands, will help to calculate in advance the required amount of material.
If you decide to build a round table, then remember that such designs are more suitable for large arbors. After all, round-shaped products take up a lot of space.
Legs
Do not know how to make a table in the gazebo with your own hands? The drawing is ready, but what next? At this point, you should think about table supports. Today there are several options for designing the legs. The most common is a table on one leg. Products on 3, 4 and even 8 supports are also particularly popular.
Particularly stable are products on 4 legs. They are easy to manufacture and install, so they are used most often.
For legs it is better to take bars 5x5 cm. Do you want to build a unique table? Then you can get curly balusters.
The first stage of installation
Before you begin to build a table and benches for your gazebo with your own hands, you need to process all the wooden elements with a planer. After the wooden surface should be brought to perfect condition with a grinding machine. In hard to reach places you can use sandpaper.
Thus, all sides of the wood should be treated. They should be even and smooth.
A high-quality countertop is best made from tongue-and-groove boards. Such materials allow you to assemble a shield without gaps.
It is necessary to chamfer the bars to be used as support legs.
Mounting countertops
Stability and durability of the whole product provides the frame. For the frame, it is better to choose boards 30 cm smaller in width and length relative to other parameters. The external frame is made of 4 boards (2 long and 2 short). A short board for the frame is placed on the edge at an angle of 90 degrees. They substitute a leg for it and connect the structure with self-tapping screws. By the same principle, the second support is connected on the other hand.
By the same principle, they fasten the second pair of legs. After that, long boards of the frame can be attached to the blanks. They are attached with metal corners or simply with screws.
To prevent wood splitting, a small hole should be drilled into which a screw is screwed in. Remember, the heads of the screws must be completely recessed in the wood.
Along the entire length of the frame, mark the points for attaching the cross members. Particular attention should be paid to those places where the perpendicular arrangement of the strips in relation to the frame is assumed. Depending on the length of the table, they can be from 4 to 6 pieces.
We lay the boards for the countertops upside down. In three places we place the cross-members. We fix them.
We turn the tabletop over and fix it to the previously prepared frame with legs.
Furniture Finishing
After completion of work, the corners are rounded off or cut off with an electric jigsaw. Chamfers are cut from the edges of the countertops. Check all the screws, tighten them.
Debris is removed from the table, dust is wiped. After the surface is coated with stain or varnish in several layers.
Table transformer
This model implies a more professional approach. When folded, it looks like a narrow table. But a minimum of effort - and you can get a table with benches on which you can seat a large number of people.
A prerequisite for the manufacture of such a wooden table in the gazebo with your own hands is careful calculations. Be sure to consider the location of the support legs in the assembled and unfolded state. Schematically determine the location of bends, fixtures, etc.
Furniture from stumps
Many country house owners make stump tables. This is ideal for round small architectural forms. Such a round table in the gazebo, made with your own hands, implies the use of an oval or round shape of the countertop.
Such a support involves the use of boards 2 cm thick. In this case, the rule should be observed: the larger the countertop, the thicker the board.
Well-dried old stump must be varnished. Thus, you emphasize the texture of natural material. If the stump was cut relatively recently, it should be dried well. To do this, it is better to place the wood in a warm and dry place. You can also leave the stump in a well-ventilated area, taking advantage of the sunny weather. The stump should dry for about two months.
After that, the bark is carefully removed from a dry stump so as not to damage the structure of the wood. Unsightly parts and protruding rhizomes are cut off.
Now the surface of the stump should be aligned horizontally. The construction level will help level the foundation for the future countertop. The surface of the wood is polished.
Boards for countertops are glued or fastened with the help of crossbars. The tabletop is attached to a stump. The surface of the table is varnished or stained.
Conclusion
It is quite simple to build a table in the gazebo yourself. It is necessary to prepare tools and materials, draw up the correct drawing. You should also allocate several hours of free time.
You can show your abilities in construction by starting with light and simple designs. Models in the style of minimalism are very popular. Such items are often used for various needs of a summer residence. After gaining valuable experience, you can move on to complex projects. Custom-made countertops, carved legs, and inserts made of various materials - all this is possible. You can create unique masterpieces in your personal plot with your own hands. And already next weekend you can invite loved ones to your new and cozy gazebo.