Enough to look around in your home, and you,most likely, you will find broken furniture or decide that it is time to change something. It is not necessary to go shopping in search of a modern sofa - from old furniture you can create an original, unique, comfortable and high-quality masterpiece. Even if you do not have any experience in the repair of furniture, you can not worry - there are a lot of video tutorials and books that will help you. The furniture is soft, made by hand, undoubtedly, will surprise your guests if they find out that you have made it yourself. If you do not want, you can not make the furniture from scratch, and repair the old one, for example, change the shape of it. Thus, you can significantly improve comfort and emphasize your individuality. But you need to understand that this is not always the case. The reason for this may be a frame that will limit your options. So, homemade furniture may not turn out the way you wanted.
It should be noted that if you have no experiencework with furniture, you can not immediately create something incredible and unique. To get started, grasp the most simple options and develop. These can be various designs of sofas, chair-beds, ordinary chairs, mattresses, kitchen corners, sofas and chairs. Naturally, you will have to work and take some time, but after that you will enjoy your creation for many more years. Before you start work, you still need to stock up on a certain set of tools, upholstery fabric, accessories and consumables. All this can be found at home or purchased at the store. Well, if you want to change the design of the sofa at all, then you should look for drawings of upholstered furniture.
If you decide to do something with your own hands,then you should not save on materials. Otherwise, such furniture may not last as long as desired, and it will not look very much. First of all, you need to choose a durable and high-quality foam rubber and fabric. The project itself should be as original and unique as possible, but if you liked something from the store, you can try to create something similar or exactly the same. Pay particular attention to the selection of foam rubber - it should not be very hard or very soft. For example, you want to make a sofa that will fold into a bed when the seats move all the way forward along special guide bars, and the back can be easily rotated 90 ° and then laid horizontally. Remember that tailoring upholstered furniture can be done with a special machine, which you will definitely come in handy.
To do this you need the following:
Your fantasy plays a significant role in this issue.Choosing upholstery and creating a design of the sofa, you can create something unique and unique. And when guests come to you and ask which store you bought it in, you can proudly reply that it is home-made furniture, and you made it personally. You can be sure, the surprise of your guests will have no limits, and your home will be incredibly grateful to you.
Before you start work, make a small plan, in which try to calculate everything that you may need, and find the scheme of the future furniture. Your plan will include several steps:
The advantages of such furniture are many.First of all it should be noted that you can save quite well. Creating such a sofa can cost you about 3-5 times cheaper than buying exactly the same in the store. But remember that you need to save wisely, without loss of quality. Do not forget that the furniture is upholstered, made with your own hands, maybe even better than the factory one, because you will independently control this issue. You will be completely sure that you are using dry timber, high-quality foam rubber and the like. So, your sofa will be exactly as you wanted, created for the sizes and needs that interest you. Over time, if necessary, you can already make a constriction without problems and save again. It should be noted that such upholstered furniture will be able to make every person who has a small set of tools and who has a minimum level of training behind them.
If you want the furniture to be soft, your ownmade by hands, was more professional, then you will need to acquire the following essential tools: a jointing machine (although it is possible without it, but undesirable), a stapler (the best option is an air gun, but an electric or manual one can be used), an electric drill, an electric jigsaw, a sewing machine and power-saw bench. But if you do not have the relevant experience, then you should heed the advice of experts - start with a major overhaul of broken and old furniture. Thus, you will be able to study in detail its structure and understand how and what was done. You do not have to deal only with your sofas, you can go to relatives or friends, and not only to please them, but also to gain relevant experience. Well, and then you can even make money on it both with repairs and the creation of your furniture.