We make a sofa out of cardboard with our own hands. Ways to create paper furniture with your own hands, diagrams and important nuances
We continue the “Handicraft” section and the “” subsection with the article. Where we will talk a little about cardboard furniture in general and look at examples of its production on video in particular. Following in the footsteps of the article “Handicraft and Reuse” - we reuse cardboard.
Cardboard furniture: patterns and videos - the article is intended to show that there is an alternative modern furniture at inflated prices. Thus, we have previously published articles “Inexpensive do-it-yourself shelf” and “Home design using boxes and drawers,” where we talked about how you can save a lot on shelves. Now it's time for cardboard.
Cardboard (French carton, from Italian cartone, from “ card"paper) is the thickest paper, thicker than sugar and wrapping paper. Cardboard is a material consisting primarily of plant fibers, differing from paper in its greater thickness and weight. square meter. Most experts consider paper with a thickness of more than 0.2 mm or any multi-layer paper to be cardboard.
Well, as we all know, paper is made from cellulose. Consequently, cardboard (as well as furniture made of cardboard) is the same wood. Just less dense.
It is precisely in connection with the density of cardboard that the objection often arises: “Furniture made of cardboard is children's furniture... It is impossible to sit on it... It gets wet...” and so on.
Regarding getting wet, this is not even an objection, it’s just a property of cardboard furniture. Just as a polished cabinet should not be scratched with nails, cardboard furniture should not be wet. So “it gets wet” is just an excuse :) Moreover, if the finished furniture is coated with simple furniture varnish, then no amount of water is scary.
Glued cardboard blanks can be processed no worse than wood or chipboard, so you can create furniture of the most bizarre shapes. And if you paint furniture made of cardboard, and inlay it with some kind of decor, and cover it acrylic varnish, no one will ever guess what it is made of.
Now about the strength of cardboard furniture. In fact, cardboard furniture is specially designed so that you can sit on it. For this, a very simple principle is used, which has been used in architecture for a long time: a thin and not very strong partition, placed on its edge, is much stronger than if it were placed on its wide side.
You can verify this yourself: take an A4 sheet, fold it like an accordion and bend it in half along the wide part. It is very easy. And then bend it across the short rib. This is several times more difficult than the first option (depending on how tightly you twisted the accordion).
In the manufacture of cardboard furniture, packaging cardboard is used, which can be found in furniture stores, electrical and household appliance stores, and car garages. The thickness of the cardboard, which is measured in layers, plays an important role. The cardboard layer is the little waves that make it up. As a rule, the more such layers, the stronger the cardboard. Depending on the type of furniture and/or part of the model, one-, two- and three-layer cardboard is used in the manufacture of furniture.
By the way, do you know who was the first to think of making furniture out of cardboard? Theater decorators, and after them, toy manufacturers. Then making such furniture became something of a hobby for creative people. And in the 21st century, cardboard furniture is already seriously considered as an alternative to traditional interior items.
Single-layer cardboard is most often used to fill the inner walls of models with rounded, curved shapes; To fill the inner walls of models with straight lines, it is preferable to use two- or three-layer cardboard. Also, darker-colored cardboard is usually more durable than light-colored cardboard. The front side of the cardboard is smoother, on which you can find inscriptions, the back side is less smooth.
The technology for creating furniture from cardboard is very simple.
So, all you need to do is glue sheets of cardboard or blanks cut from it one pattern at a time together until you get a part of the required thickness. Can be used for gluing parts
- PVA construction adhesive,
- wallpaper glue,
- glue "Moment"
- hot glue gun,
- double sided tape
- wood glue,
- glue for Dragon tiles (more information about this glue and gluing features can be found in the article “Ceiling tiles: how to glue optimally?”).
To cut cardboard, instead of a stationery knife, you can use a jigsaw (the most simple model with blades for cutting metal). Its use saves time and results in clearer shapes, since several layers of cardboard can be cut at a time, having previously secured them with paper tape. Using a jigsaw, do not try to cut out the shape in one go, it is better to bring the line to the corner, move the jigsaw and continue cutting, taking it a little further from the corner. Then trim the remaining corners with a cutting knife.
Important nuance: in the event that you need to bend some part without cutting it, IT’S BETTER NOT to bend it just like that, in real life. It will be much more accurate and easier to bend the cardboard if you use a ruler and a knife to make an incision on the side from which the fold will go.
After gluing, it is advisable to keep multi-layer parts under pressure for several hours, or even better, for 24 hours. Then you won’t have to complain about the lack of strength in finished products.
It is very important to take into account the direction of the “waves” of the cardboard; the strength of the furniture depends on this. Usually, when duplicating the walls of a piece of furniture (consists of two identical parts glued together), the first is “cut out” on cardboard, where the layers (waves) are directed vertically, the second, on the contrary, where the layers are horizontal.
The second way to attach parts to each other is using grooves. IN in this case You don't even need glue. Needed:
- stationery knife for cutting paper (change blades regularly to ensure clean cutting quality)
- metal ruler 50-100 m cm, where the “zero” line is equal to the beginning of the ruler (if the ruler is wooden, then the stationery knife will cut it and bend it)
- pencil, eraser, brushes (for glue, if he uses)
- sandpaper for sanding cuts
- protective tape, paper for gluing the “ribs” and a damp sponge
- parquet varnish to make furniture waterproof
Well, a proven pattern for future furniture. By the way, if you are planning to make furniture from your own pattern (or are simply planning to make cardboard furniture for the first time), then you can first make a mini-layout to check what will fit together. And then move on to the real size.
The most simple furniture made of cardboard is solid furniture where there are no gaps between sheets of cardboard; the sheets are glued to each other. The procedure for making such “monolithic” furniture is very simple:
- Take a piece of cardboard and draw a template of furniture (such as chairs and footstools). The forms can be absolutely any.
- Cut out the templates using a utility knife. You will need about 50 of these pieces for the chair and a little less for the footrest. The number of parts depends on the width of the chair you want.
- Glue the cut out parts together with PVA glue and assemble into blocks of 5 pieces. When ten blocks are ready, start gluing them together. Do the same with the footrest.
- To improve the adhesion of surfaces, press the entire structure with something heavy and leave to dry for a day.
- Once the glue has dried, drape the chair and stand with fabric and secure the fabric with a furniture stapler or tacks.
The big advantage of solid cardboard furniture is that it can be of absolutely any shape. Paper will endure anything :)
The second option is cardboard furniture, which saves a lot of effort and time (because cutting and gluing 50 pieces of cardboard is not a one-day job). This typesetting way. Due to the nuance here, this method is not so easy to apply. So, in this case it is necessary to have a calculated and tested pattern.
As an example, let’s look at the technology for creating a chair from cardboard using this method. Lesson - on video:
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As you can see, everything is simple, easy and relatively fast.
In the next video you can clearly see patterns for cardboard furniture:
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If you noticed, this video uses very thick cardboard. Which can be a challenge to find. But it’s not a problem to glue such cardboard together - the component parts can be glued together, and no one forbade this :)
Now we offer you a more complex model of cardboard furniture: a video on how to make a small corner table for TV:
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You may have noticed that this table did not remain so rough and cardboard in color. He became beautiful and red :) And this means that the last operation was performed on him, which is preferably carried out with furniture made of cardboard.
So, a little more about what can be done with the surface of finished cardboard furniture. There is a lot that can be done. Almost everything that we came across in the “Handicraft” section can be used to decorate finished cardboard furniture.
So, this is decoupage of furniture, and, and, and - whatever your heart desires. However, it is recommended to take one step first - apply primer to cardboard. That is, paint ready product the most ordinary acrylic paint. In this case, the color of the cardboard will not show through the decor layer. So, there are many techniques that allow you to give cardboard furniture the most attractive look.
For example, one more nuance: craftsmen came to the conclusion that before priming the finished product must first be covered with Kraft paper - this is the name of the wrapping material, the raw material for which is long-fiber sulfate cellulose. Kraft paper is traditionally colored light brown, but for making home furniture white is preferable. You can use paper tape to secure the paper and trim the edges of the cardboard.
By the way, if you continue to be concerned about the strength of cardboard furniture, you can use the same patterns to make furniture from fiberboard, chipboard, plastic, and basically anything. True, it will be a little more expensive...
As you have seen, furniture made from cardboard is very simple, and there are tons of videos and patterns for making it.
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DIY cardboard furniture, which is so popular abroad, is still an innovation for Russians and is just beginning to spread in society. Even a beginner can easily make such designs, and unusual furniture will become creative and practical solution in the interior of any apartment.
Advantages of cardboard furniture
Cardboard products have rich functionality and of this material you can make almost any set, and also diversify the arrangement of the nursery. Cardboard is suitable for creating any structure, from a bookshelf to a comfortable sofa or chair. In addition, the following interior items can be created from cardboard:
- shelf for shoes;
- desk or coffee table;
- closet;
- cabinet;
- ottoman;
- dresser;
- bed, etc.
Many people think that furniture made from boxes is fragile and fragile, but if you choose cardboard of the required thickness, follow the instructions and securely fasten it, this design is in no way inferior to standard furniture.
The main advantages of cardboard furniture:
- efficiency– to create new furniture, you can use old boxes or pressed cardboard to order, which will cost several times less than buying new furniture made of wood;
- environmental Safety– being an environmentally friendly material, cardboard can be reused after recycling, and the composition does not contain toxic impurities that are dangerous to the environment;
- ease of movement– cardboard is lightweight, and often products made from it are small-sized or have a collapsible design, which is very convenient when moving and rearranging;
- stylish design– not only non-standard furniture designs are created from cardboard, but it also lends itself to any decorative processing, which allows you to realize your wildest fantasies;
- ease of manufacture– having studied all the intricacies of the assembly process, even a debutant will be able to create durable and reliable furniture.
Ease of manufacture is another advantage of cardboard furniture
Necessary tools and material
In the process of making cardboard furniture main role plays the main raw material (cardboard) and related materials to create the final product. Regardless of the type and purpose of the creation being invented, the list of tools will remain unchanged:
- a stationery or construction knife with a sharpened edge;
- ordinary or paper tape, double-sided;
- scissors;
- roulette;
- ruler;
- pencil and grater;
- sandpaper for sanding cuts;
- PVA glue, Moment, hot melt glue or construction glue (selected depending on the type of cardboard used);
- kraft paper.
In addition to these positions, it is worth thinking about the decor of future furniture. Fabrics, paper, wallpaper, paints for creating unusual designs, etc. are suitable for this.
As for the choice of the main material - cardboard, you need to take into account the strength parameters that will extend the service life. Furniture made from corrugated cardboard should be preferred because old boxes may not be durable. The more sheets there are in such cardboard, the stronger it will be in the future. The number of layers of paper and cardboard varies from 2 to 7.
Preliminary preparation
Preparatory work involves creating a drawing for a specific model. Ready-made drawings can be found on the Internet, and video tutorials on making cardboard furniture will also be useful.
Next, you need to measure the area on which the furniture will be located, and taking this data into account, create a design diagram or make adjustments to finished drawing. If you have experience working in special programs for creating drawings, it’s worth using it. After depicting the drawing in volume and its projection with side, rear, front and top view Every detail should be drawn in detail.
The process of making cardboard furniture includes preparing the raw materials themselves for processing. During transportation, cardboard is exposed to external influences and often becomes dirty. Since the material does not tolerate moisture, it is prohibited to wash it. It would be appropriate to wipe the stained area wet wipe. It is very difficult to get rid of creases and bends received during transportation at home, and they can ruin the appearance of the furniture, so transporting this brittle material need to be done carefully.
Assembly and strengthening of structures
Cardboard furniture is made according to different drawings and from different material, but there is a general algorithm for collecting cardboard products:
- according to the existing diagram, cut out all the parts along the marked contours, you can attach paper patterns to the base, trace and cut out the parts, or continue drawing directly on the cardboard;
- the next step is to process the raw materials: you need to clean the parts using sandpaper; the cut areas where the texture of the corrugated cardboard shows can be sealed with paper or tape.
After processing the parts, you should begin attaching them, which can be done using glue or tape. Good results are achieved using glue gun. The parts can also be assembled using grooves, which are also glued to increase strength. But before gluing, it is recommended to seal all the unevenness on the cardboard cuts with putty. This way, sloppy marks will be hidden under a finish that won’t leave dirty marks.
Elements that are glued together in layers are placed under a press. It can be books and others heavy objects. Depending on the thickness of the cardboard, the layers are left to glue and dry for several hours or a day. The irregularities formed after gluing are sealed with kraft paper. If there are sharp corners, they need to be rounded with paper. When these processes are completed, cardboard furniture is decorated. Several techniques are used for these purposes:
- painting with paints;
- fabric upholstery;
- decoupage;
- pasting with decorative paper, film or wallpaper;
- applying varnish, glitter;
- glazing with various mixtures.
The base of the structure can be strengthened and further secured using stiffening ribs, which play an important role in the manufacture of a table, shoe rack, or bookshelf. The grooves and stiffening ribs are coated with glue, which will allow you not to worry about the durability and strength of furniture made from boxes in the future.
Disadvantages of cardboard furniture
Cardboard is a fairly universal material that has found application in many areas of human activity. This raw material has not bypassed household goods, and cardboard furniture is becoming increasingly popular.
Having many advantages, such designs also have some disadvantages. And although their list is inferior in number to the undoubted advantages, before installing such furniture you need to know about the disadvantages of its operation:
For cardboard furniture you need special care for its long service life
- incompatibility with moisture and dampness;
- Incorrect assembly will lead to breakdown and fragility of the product;
- not all types of cardboard are designed for heavy weight;
- fragile material requires adherence certain rules for care and operation;
- increased risk of damage during transportation.
In order for cardboard furniture to last as long as possible, you will need to follow simple rules for its operation:
Coating cardboard furniture with varnish will extend its service life
- do not leave in a damp room and ensure that the cardboard is not exposed to moisture;
- do not leave it outside;
- varnish for better preservation;
- wipe with a dry cloth or damp cloth;
- do not load with a large mass;
- do not jump on furniture surfaces.
Furniture made from cardboard will become not only original, but also a useful element in the arrangement of a residential or office space. This solution will not only save your budget, but also make your most vivid and daring fantasies come true.
Making furniture from cardboard is a fashionable activity today; it has long been widespread in the West, so on the Internet you can find master classes in photos and videos, “patterns” for furniture, as well as stories on blogs of those who are already realizing their fantasies with might and main, and a lot of wonderful examples for inspiration. And in bookstores there are books that tell in detail about the process.
Cardboard furniture is made using a certain technology, so that it is strong enough to serve for its intended purpose (tables, chairs, chests of drawers, shelves), and not just stand in the corner as proof of your creative usefulness.
Limitless possibilities for creating shapes and decorating the surface - painting, painting, decoupage, volumetric decoupage, covering with fabric and God knows what else - allow you to realize the most fantastic ideas, the embodiment of which you will never see in furniture stores. The technology is not particularly expensive, the materials are inexpensive, and almost anyone can try their hand at this type of applied creativity.
In addition, I think that after acquiring the necessary skills, experience and your own experience, you can try to organize a business producing furniture from cardboard.
You will need the starting material, that is, ordinary packaging cardboard. If you have recently purchased household appliances or furniture and haven’t thrown out the boxes yet, let’s put them to use. If you don’t find anything suitable at home, walk to the nearest store and ask them to give you the packaging container.
Required tools and materials:
1. Brown and brown wrapping paper white(for gluing outside and inside)
2. A stationery knife for cutting cardboard (change blades regularly to ensure clean cutting quality) or scalpel, jigsaw
3. Hot glue gun and glue bars to it be careful when using it, because. hot glue (acts instantly)
4. PVA glue
5. Liquid glue “Moment” (fast-acting), used for applying glue to large surfaces, the cardboard does not get wet and there is no need to use a weight
6. Fast-acting wood glue (5 min.)
7. Universal wallpaper glue
8. Parquet varnish to make furniture waterproof
9. Protective tape, paper for gluing the “ribs” and a damp sponge
10. Tracing paper or craft paper
11. Metal ruler 50 cm, where gradation zero is equal to the beginning of the ruler, metal ruler 80 cm or 1 m (used for cutting)
12. Centimeter
13. Pencil, eraser, brushes (for glue)
14. Sandpaper for processing (grinding) cuts
Types of cardboard
In the manufacture of cardboard furniture, packaging cardboard is used, which can be found in furniture stores, electrical and household appliance stores, and car garages.
The thickness of the cardboard, which is measured in layers, plays an important role. The cardboard layer is the little waves that make it up. As a rule, the more such layers, the stronger the cardboard. Depending on the type of furniture and/or part of the model, one-, two- and three-layer cardboard is used in the manufacture of furniture.
Single-layer cardboard is most often used to fill the inner walls of models with rounded, curved shapes; To fill the inner walls of models with straight lines, it is preferable to use two- or three-layer cardboard. Also, darker-colored cardboard is usually more durable than light-colored cardboard.
The front side of the cardboard is smoother, on which you can find inscriptions, the back side is less smooth.
It is very important to take into account the direction of the “waves” of the cardboard; the strength of the furniture depends on this. Usually, when duplicating the walls of a piece of furniture (consists of two identical parts glued together), the first is “cut out” on cardboard, where the layers (waves) are directed vertically, the second, on the contrary, where the layers are horizontal.
Any cardboard will be useful for making furniture. As a rule, it is measured in layers (these are small waves that can be seen on the cut): the more layers, the stronger the cardboard. You can find one-, two- and three-layer cardboard: single-layer is most often used to fill the inner walls of objects with round, curved shapes; two-layer and three-layer - for filling the inner walls of objects with straight lines. Cardboard has a front (smoother, on which inscriptions are written) side and a back (less smooth).
Kraft paper
Kraft paper Brown Used outside furniture only. It is glued with wallpaper glue to the finished form (furniture). It must be torn, and under no circumstances cut with scissors. This treatment is needed in order to make the surface smoother and prepare it for further pasting with decorative paper.
At first, craft paper is used to cover all the edges and seams of furniture, then the entire area of the furniture.
White Kraft paper is used to cover the entire surface of furniture when subsequent decoration is done in light colors made of thin, transparent paper. If you don’t have white craft, you can use a dark one and then cover it with one layer of white actill paint).
P.S. Some people replace Kraft paper with tracing paper (paper for patterns), it is also thin and cheaper (it also needs to be torn, not cut), and for gluing corners use protective tape (sold in a roll), which is glued with a wet sponge.
Cardboard cutting
To cut cardboard, you can use a jigsaw (the simplest model with blades for cutting metal). Its use saves time and results in clearer shapes, as several layers of cardboard can be cut at a time (front, inner and back walls, having previously secured them with paper tape). Using a jigsaw, do not try to cut out the shape in one go, it is better to bring the line to the corner, move the jigsaw and continue cutting, taking it a little further from the corner. Then trim the remaining corners with a cutting knife.
When using a cutting knife (cutter), to ensure clear lines, you need to use a heavy metal ruler, which is placed on the cutting line and carried out with a knife.
Shape and size of furniture
When you draw your furniture, consider not only the harmony of shapes, but also their balance. It is very important. Furniture with a large protrusion that is not proportional to its base will not be stable. In the case of symmetrical furniture, you can draw only half of the model, the other half of which will only have to be transferred to cardboard. You also shouldn’t forget about the proportions of the depth and width of future furniture, and, of course, about its use.
Furniture consists of at least 3 elements: facade, back wall and one or more internal elements. Internal elements are pieces of cardboard on which notches are placed, into which the transverse parts are then inserted, making up the skeleton of the furniture. Their number depends on the depth of the furniture, as well as on the desired stability of the furniture, depending on its shape, e.g. curved or with different levels depths. For furniture 30 cm deep, one internal element is sufficient.
It is also necessary to think about the future use of your furniture in order to determine its structure: furniture on which an alarm clock or TV is placed is strengthened differently. All this affects the number and location of notches on the internal element of the furniture. Also, when designing furniture, you should always keep in mind 0.6 cm of “clothes” of furniture (pasting with kraft paper and decorative paper), which will be added in the final result over the entire surface of your furniture.
Where to begin?
You shouldn’t immediately take on a complex-shaped cabinet or a chest of drawers with many drawers and shelves; you need to start with something small in order to understand the technology, understand the details and not burn out halfway through. You can use ready-made patterns from books or websites, or you can come up with something of your own. It will be very interesting to try your hand at furniture for the nursery, for example, a small table or shelf, or a stool. If you involve a child in this activity - New furniture will become the most beloved, because it will be made together with mom or dad. In addition, it is light and safe, and when decorating, your child will finally be able to paint a table or chair without fear of ruining the furniture.
To make a small table, you need to cut out two pieces from durable cardboard in the shape of the future table top (a regular rectangle, circle, oval or something else) and cut strips of cardboard with a width equal to the desired thickness of the table top (about 7-10 cm). Then apply hot glue to one of the surfaces and glue strips of cardboard folded like an accordion with the edge to the base. The more strips you stick on, the more durable your table will be.
As a result of this operation, you will get a kind of cellular surface. Cover it with the second piece of the tabletop and glue it. Then cover the sides with strips of cardboard, and to get smooth edges, cover the edges of the base with paper.
Today I’ll take the risk of reviewing a master class from a French site. Unfortunately, the original did not have a verbal accompaniment, so everything was done using my own guesses and knowledge on this issue lying around in my head.So, what will we have ready in the end? This. Enough stylish table, made to look like wood and leather. and not just a table, but a folding table.
1. So, the first photo. We cut out the basic shape for our... um, maybe we should call them legs. Basically, we cut out the shape for the table legs. The photo shows one thick layer, but this is not gluing or thick cardboard, as it might seem at first glance. It's just that the author apparently cut out all 6 supports (3 for one side and 3 for the other) at one time. This is very reasonable, since with this approach the top will be more symmetrical and, hopefully (), will not wobble.
2. Now we assemble each support. We start from the middle, from the middle bar. When making cuts for the grooves, it is best to do them simultaneously on the middle strip for the second support. This should look like this:
3. Now we fill the grooves with mating parts. The width of all inserts should be equal, and the height should correspond to the height of each specific element to which they are attached (well, I think this is quite clear from the photo).
I want to say that exact dimensions table is unknown, I don’t think it’s big, most likely it’s something like coffee table, but the same design can be extrapolated to a more serious item, for example, to make a table for the living room. Why not? So you will have to set the width and height of all parts yourself in accordance with the general scale.To strengthen the joints, we use quick-drying glue - moment or, even better, we use a glue gun for this.
4. Using the same glue gun, glue the side parts of the sheets to the main central part of each support on the sides. As you can see, the table part is already quite stable)). It is not yet visible in this photo (it will be noticeable in the next ones) that when gluing the side support into one whole, the author strengthened the joints by additionally gluing the edges of the “grid” in pieces, so it turned out that constituent elements the side supports seem to consist of a double sheet.
We remember that there should be two of these things.
5. Only in the last photo do we have the outer sides left uncovered. On next photo they are already neatly covered with cardboard plates. The author omitted this procedure in his photo MK, but there is nothing particularly complicated here. We cut out a rectangle from cardboard along the width of the side support, bend it slightly, winding it, for example, on a stick to give it a curved shape, and use a glue gun to attach it to the side parts of the supports. You can try gluing it all in one layer, bending it accordingly. But the author, and this is really more convenient, cut the rectangle into two parts and glued them end-to-end separately. In this photo we already have two supports with sides and the bottom of the table is glued here: lower parts the supports are glued to a thick layer (you can pre-glue two sheets together).
6. Now, based on the glued bottom, we make the following resolution:
Inserts into the grooves in the central part are not needed yet, just cut them out, try them on and put them aside. and cover the grid to the right and left of the central part again with layers of cardboard glued with a glue gun.
7. It’s not visible in the next photo, but there should again be a grid (stiffening ribs) on top of the first layer. they must be very carefully adjusted so that they are almost at the same level with the upper edge of the oval cutout in the side supports, so that the layer placed on top lies tightly on the stiffeners themselves and is glued to this very top edge of the oval cutout. In general, look at the photo:
Yes, and don’t forget about the grooves in the central part. Now you can fill them out.
At the same time as all this, we also finished the inner sides of the table supports. As you can see, I’ll lower it and everything is already covered from the inside.
8. Now the drawers. How to make them, I think, can be seen quite clearly in the photo. It's all about the accuracy of the measurements. The only reminder is that we make the front “lid-wall” from two layers (although it would be possible to strengthen the entire box in a similar way..)
But such partitions not only organize the space inside the box, but also strengthen it.
9. The next stage. Now let's go back to the top. On the surface of the sheets on both sides of the central part we again glue the stiffening ribs, measuring so that they are flush with the common surface of the side supports. At the same time, we cover the side “insides” of the table with sheets.
10. Now what is our tabletop? We also remember that our table is folding.
The tabletop consists of a lower thick sheet (two sheets can be glued together), the perimeter of which is equal to the perimeter of the surface of the table. the top cover sheet is the same. The two sides are sealed tightly with narrow strips. In the end the table looks like this:
But the internal structure is like this:
These elements are taken out from the sides of the table and folded, forming a small addition:
11. Decoration. To be honest, I didn’t really understand what exactly the author did. If anyone thinks of it, write.
I am inclined to believe that the leveling was done with ordinary kraft paper, then the top was painted with paint in several layers and sanded to get rid of the joints (yes, all joints should not be covered with paper tape). The outer lids of the drawers and the table top are finished with leather-like material. This can be found in handicraft stores for book binding) and in the construction and wallpaper departments there should be something similar. There's probably a dark varnish on top.
(however, this is also a tree). However, few people have heard about the possibility of making furniture from cardboard. Yes, this is true, but we, the authors of this blog, are very skeptical about the very idea of making such furniture, because it is fragile and completely short-lived.
BUT she is very interesting, so you can pay attention to her. This is exactly what we will do now.
Sofas and chairs made of cardboard
Let's start with the most important elements– sofas and chairs. Below are unusual models:
This is a flexible sofa that can be “folded out” in any way you like. Its design is simple, accessible for independent production, but the fact is that after a month or two of use, such a sofa will have to be thrown away. This is what it looks like in a different position:
The next cardboard sofa model is more interesting:
Due to the fact that there are soft stylish pillows, it looks good. However, we still don’t like it, even despite the relative visual strength (it seems that the sofa is durable).
Now we definitely saw it. Here is the same chair, but with a person:
By the way, notice in the last photo how wrinkled it is top part this chair. About the same thing happens with its bottom, so such furniture does not last long, unfortunately.
The further it goes, the more unusual it gets: a snake-bench made of cardboard. You can’t install one like this in a house, but the solution can be implemented in an office. There it will look very unusual and delight customers.
We will again remain silent about the practicality of the bench, but will immediately move on to the next element:
What you see in the photo above is a sofa made of micro wood fiber and cardboard. It looks great, is cheap and unusual. Take note of the idea if you like this.
However, from last photo It becomes clear that this is a small chest of drawers for a laptop that can be used in the home. Because it does not imply large loads on the structure, it should live a long time (theoretically).
In this photo we have a chair that, when unfolded, turns into a bench. Very unusual idea worthy of attention. It could be better if the material of construction was not cardboard, but wood!
And again we return to the sofa. Comments on this photo will be superfluous: everything is clear from the picture.
And finally, a cardboard sofa for a cat:
We know how much they love to sharpen their claws, so let them sharpen them on a cheap, useless cardboard sofa, rather than on skin.
Cardboard beds
Below is a photo of such furniture, and some models look just great. Like this one, for example:
A simple mattress is thrown on top and the bed is ready. True, we are not sure that we will be able to sleep until the morning, especially if a person spins a lot in his sleep.
How do you like this cardboard bed, and even with drawers:
If the cabinets in this photo are even more or less capable of performing their functions, then the bed will last you at most a week or two. Well, this material cannot withstand heavy loads, because... This is simple STURDY PAPER.
This is a “hidden” bed behind a shelf, installed against the wall. We would not recommend placing it directly against the wall, because climbing into it is inconvenient in this case, but the idea itself is not bad, if it were not ordinary paper.
How cute is the next photo: a baby crib.
No matter what we say above, we like this model. What's the point of buying cribs that your baby will quickly outgrow? Here a simple cardboard playpen will do, where the child will feel comfortable. We support!
What's next for us? Is this a bed? Most likely, this is an ordinary folding bed that can turn into a stool and table. Everything is visible in the photo. The solution is well suited for some kind of outdoor trip, because... When folded, it takes up very little space.
What if it rains while on vacation outdoors?
Well, and another strange folding bed made of cardboard:
Trite, but very simple and practical. Just right for a child. For adults, double beds made from drawers underneath are suitable:
Somewhere in the beginning we considered a similar design, but there was no mattress and bed linen. It’s all there, the model looks very attractive and not disposable.
As for children, we really like furniture for kids. And here is another photo that brings a smile to your face:
A comfortable crib that can easily accommodate two little brothers (or sisters?).
Cardboard cabinets
We have already explained why we don’t like chairs, beds and sofas made of cardboard. Their structures are fragile, so everything quickly deteriorates. However, all this cannot be said about the cabinets, which are not under load almost all the time, and at most support the weight of books or a flower. Cardboard copes with this, and the cabinets do not deteriorate quickly.
Below are photos of cardboard cabinets and shelves, but without any comments - we’re just tired of it.
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