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How to make a chair with your own hands from wood: drawings and dimensions, plus assembly instructions and explanations for working with lumber

For a comfortable stay in the country you need a comfortable chair. However, the same furniture is needed in the apartment. A good chair is easy to buy, however, it will cost a lot, but you can save money and assemble it yourself from wood. In this article you will find simple instructions for making a wooden chair, and in addition, you will learn the rules for working with lumber.

Wood as the main material

Decided to make a chair and do not know what materials to use for this? The best material is wood, namely, boards, timber, furniture panels and other solid wood lumber. There are several reasons for assembling wood furniture and among them:

Ease of wood processing. Working with wood is easier than with other materials from which it is customary to make furniture. Again, for woodworking, the tools found in most home workshops will suffice;
Affordable price. Boards, timber and other lumber are still inexpensive, considering how many of them will be needed to make one chair. Moreover, lumber can not be bought new, because there are used pallets;
Great looking wooden furniture. The texture of the wood is distinguished by a beautiful pattern of fibers, which, of course, will decorate the chair you have assembled, provided that you cover it with a transparent varnish;
Durability. Solid wood furniture is superior in terms of reliability to furniture assembled from plywood or chipboard. With proper maintenance, a chair made of wood will last at least ten years.

What type of wood do you prefer? To assemble furniture, I recommend lumber from hardwood: aspen, linden, birch and fruit trees. Coniferous wood is knotty and resinous, which will complicate the cutting of materials and the finishing of the finished product.

Model selection

Now that you know what materials to make a chair from, it remains to decide on a suitable model. I offer a brief overview of popular options.

Ordinary chairs with armrests- in fact, these are chairs, but more massive and more comfortable
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Armchair for giving

Illustrations	Furniture options for arranging a summer residence
	from pallets. This is the best option in terms of ease of assembly and low cost of materials. Again, with a competent approach to the assembly process, the finished products will look modern and stylish.
	Shell. Despite the complexity of the design, this chair looks great and provides the greatest comfort in comparison with other models. The only drawback of this option is the need to bend a lot of wooden parts.
	From the bay from the electric cable. A cable bay with an edged board back is furniture that is not only cheap, but also quickly manufactured. Making such a chair will be even easier than from pallets. In addition, from the bay, thanks to its rounded sidewalls, you can make a rocking chair.

A set of standard self-taught furniture maker questions

Before proceeding with the manufacture of the chair, I will comment on the questions that are most often asked by self-taught furniture makers.

What to cut? For longitudinal cutting we use a circular saw, for transverse and curved cuts we use an electric jigsaw or a hacksaw.

How to fasten wooden parts? In the design of the chairs there are heavily and lightly loaded connections. For heavily loaded connections, we use bolts with washers and nuts. For lightly loaded connections, we use wooden dowels or furniture confirmations.

Paint or varnish? The choice of coatings depends on the quality of the lumber. If the wood has no visible defects, it can be stained with a stain and covered with a clear varnish. If there are pigment spots on the surface or it was necessary to eliminate defects with putty, it is preferable to cover the part with primer and a continuous layer of paint.

How to reduce paint consumption? Have you noticed that when finishing the chair, paints and varnishes are absorbed into the surface and unpainted places remain? The problem is that lumber has a porous structure and in order to reduce its absorbency, it will be necessary to first apply a primer or drying oil.

Why do cracks appear? Often, novice craftsmen, having made furniture from wood, eventually discover the appearance of cracks. The reason for the cracking of lumber is uneven shrinkage. The solution to the problem is the use of initially dry wood.

Preparation for work

At the preparatory stage, we select a suitable drawing, prepare materials and prepare a tool.

As materials, I suggest using not new purchased boards, but wooden pallets. One dacha chair will take one and a half pallets. Considering that used pallets are sold for about 300 rubles, the price of assembled furniture will be low.

Now let's select a drawing. The diagram shows dimensions oriented to the structure of a person of average height. If this is necessary, the dimensions can be revised upwards or downwards.

This drawing shows several projections of the chair, namely the top, front and side views. It also shows the location of the fastening hardware, which provide a reliable connection.

The process of making a chair with your own hands: step by step instructions

I offer step by step assembly instructions. To make it easier to repeat the steps listed, the instruction is framed in the form of a photo report. The steps are listed in the order in which they must be completed.

The armchair is a good place for both work and leisure. Before you make a chair with your own hands, you need to familiarize yourself with its models, since there are a large number of chairs. For some models of chairs, willow or rattan is needed, as when presented in other materials, they lose their charm. This piece of furniture can also be made of metal - forged rocking chairs look like jewelry in the interior.

Chair drawing.

DIY chair - wooden chair

Solid wood furniture is a symbol of solidity and reliability, even if it is a lattice model. It does not take much time to make a chair from a bar, and it can serve for many years without needing restoration. For manufacturing you will need:

medium thickness timber;
plywood;
wood glue;
primer;
stain;
furniture dowel;
self-tapping screws;
sandpaper 3 types;
Bulgarian;
screwdriver;
hand drill;
plane;
clamps;
sponge or foam rubber;
brushes;
pencil or marker;
square;
dye.

Chair making tools.

The thickness of the beam does not matter much, but when buying, you need to pay attention to a single section, which simplifies work and shows the quality of the workpieces.

Ideally, all blanks should be of the same thickness and with good linearity.

If one of the parts is twisted, this will greatly affect the integrity of the product, it may warp or crack during operation.

How to make a chair - manufacturing process

The beam is sawn into the required number of transverse slats and bearing additional seat crossbars. Good and fast work allows the presence of a circular saw. The edges of the resulting bars are marked, and through holes are drilled at the same distance. The distance from these future fasteners to the edge of the bar must be at least 25 mm, otherwise the chair, made by hand, will not be strong enough. A drill stand will help you accurately maintain all the parameters for a variety of holes, on which you can set parameters such as the perpendicular of the holes, their dimensions and distance.

Before making a chair, one more safety concern is required - to process the ends and surface of the slats in order to prevent the appearance of splinters during operation.

In this case, all existing ribs are rounded with a grinder or planer. When the longitudinal slats are ready, the remnants of the beam are divided with a circular saw into squares, which will be used to separate the slats from each other in the structure.

Scheme of assembly of a garden chair.

Holes are also drilled in them, coinciding with those already on the finished bars, they need to be sanded and the ribs smoothed. Each master will determine the number of long bars and squares for himself, starting from the size of the chair and the thickness of the bar.

Dowel fasteners are inserted into the holes, a few drops of glue are added, after which each bar on both sides is connected to a pair of cubes. The blanks are aligned along the edges by attaching a rail, then left to dry, tightened with clamps. After drying, the wood is treated with stain. A rope can be threaded through the holes in the parts and the painted parts can be hung to dry. In the same way, varnishing occurs.

To make a chair with your own hands, the back and seat for the chair are cut out of plywood. They are twisted together using a pair of screws on the right and left. Additional strength can be given by dowels if holes are drilled under them and glued before use. All parts are painted in the desired color and varnished after drying. It remains only to make the final assembly of the body with the help of bushings and screw the seat. This unusually shaped bright and catchy armchair complements the interior well.

Do-it-yourself garden easy chair

Not everyone likes plastic chairs, which are currently used everywhere for decoration in the country house or in the garden of the recreation area. Garden light chairs made of wood look more appropriate on the site, and their manufacture does not take much time. Before you make a chair, you need to consider that its design should be light and comfortable, it is best to prefer a folding chair. This will allow you to quickly move the furniture under the roof in case of rain, because even a well-treated tree should not be exposed to moisture.

Scheme of connecting the legs of the chair.

Wood, in order to make a chair, you need to choose from hardwoods such as beech, walnut or oak. Pine, cedar, larch or aspen are also little susceptible to decay, but at the same time, pine is not resistant to mechanical stress, large dents remain on the surface. Boards should be chosen well dried or dried under a canopy before starting work. Materials and tools will need the following:

Circular Saw;
milling cutter;
hacksaw;
plane;
screwdriver;
drill;
clamps;
grinder;
roulette;
square;
pencil;
sandpaper;
screws or screws;
wood glue;
drying oil or furniture varnish;
stain.

Preparing and assembling parts

A garden chair will require two rear and two front legs, with the rear legs being longer. You need to cut out 2 supports for the armrests, a backrest and a jumper. For the rear pair of legs, armrests, backrest and seat, boards matched in color and texture are glued together until the desired width is obtained. To qualitatively glue the tree, grooves for the dowels are chosen at the ends. Paired parts can be sawn out at the same time by pulling two boards with clamps.

Rocking chair drawing.

Details are then adjusted to size using a milling cutter or planer. When cutting the back, the glue line, if present, should be placed in the middle of the part. The upper edge is rounded, and after that you can start assembling the garden chair, adjusting other elements as needed.

The rear legs are attached to the backrest with screws reinforced with glue. To ensure that the workpieces do not crack during assembly, the holes for the fasteners can be drilled in advance. The strength of the assembled seat will depend on the correct location of the boards on it. They should lie in the direction from one leg to another. The front legs are also screwed onto screws or self-tapping screws reinforced with glue.

Reliability and stability of the chair is given by a proleg - a jumper located between the front legs. Fasten it similarly to everything else, using glue and screws. Then the armrests and the support for them passing behind the back of the chair are attached.

The heads of all screws used for fastening should be sunk flush with the surface, and then closed with special plugs. The wood of the finished chair is impregnated with hot drying oil or stain, dried, varnished in several layers. You can opt for a special furniture varnish, but parquet or yacht varieties have the strongest coating.

Design for rocking chair

This chair can be used both in the garden and at home. By expanding the seat, it is possible to make not an armchair, but a whole bench on which several people can fit. For manufacturing you will need:

Chair seat assembly diagram.

electric jigsaw;
grinder;
drills for wood of different diameters;
screwdriver;
square;
roulette;
pencil;
plywood;
self-tapping screws;
confirmations;
slats.

If the rocking chair is made by hand from start to finish, it is better to use high-quality materials so as not to spoil the work.

Making a rocking chair

The sides of the chair with a rounded bottom are cut out according to the developed pattern in the first place. They should be completely identical, and there should be no protruding corners on their lower part. Then a beam for the seat and back is cut, the number and length of which must be calculated separately for each model. The surface of each bar is sanded and polished, the corners are smoothed. If you plan to use the chair on the street, the ends of the boards should be given special attention. They are varnished at least 3 times, since it is there that the wood is especially loose and needs protection from atmospheric influences. To protect street and garden furniture from destruction, the ends are impregnated several times with hot drying oil, and the fibers are flattened with a hammer.

The sidewalls are pulled together to the desired size by several drawers, drilling through the sidewalls. Then holes are drilled in the ends for fastening the bars. The bars themselves are also drilled in advance to avoid cracks during operation. It is more convenient to fasten the bars not between the sidewalls, but on top, somewhat going beyond the contour. In such a rocking chair there is more space, and it looks neater. Each screw should then be covered with an antiseptic and a plug placed on top. After that, the product is finished with waterproof types of varnishes, with drying of each layer for at least 12 hours. At least 3 layers are put, smeared with a thick layer, trying not to leave gaps. Only after this, the rocking chair can be considered finished.

Every day, on the way to work, we dream of the long-awaited holidays, weekends, to go to our favorite summer cottage, enjoy spending time with family and friends, merge with nature.

A wooden chair in the country is an excellent interior element that allows you to comfortably spend your holidays, drink tea on the terrace.

Today, a cozy, well-equipped cottage should not be an unattainable luxury that requires fabulous expenses. Schemes, drawings, technologies, Internet resources offer hundreds of ideas for creating garden furniture.

We suggest you create a chair with your own hands for your home or garden.

Throughout life, we are surrounded by furniture. Furniture production technology evolves and improves. Garden furniture, design, author's- it is everywhere, we are surrounded by furniture! Natural is the desire to purchase a high-quality, practical, stylish little thing for a summer residence, at an affordable price.

Any owner can assemble a chair with his own hands for a summer cottage or a private house.

Innovative furniture stores, designer garden furniture stores provide a range of services, sell stylish wooden chairs, for children and adults, with and without armrests, but not every average family can afford this kind of pleasure.

Your favorite area will change significantly if it is decorated with a luxurious, reliable armchair made by yourself.

It is not necessary to resort to colossal costs to purchase a fashionable country piece of furniture. A product created by oneself will provide comfort, harmoniously "fit" into the design of your favorite garden. A flight of fancy, a list of necessary tools - everything you need to make your dream come true in everyday life!

Wooden furniture has been and remains a classic that accompanies us everywhere.

In order for hand-made furniture to serve you for a long time, the design must meet certain parameters.

This chair is ideal for relaxing in the country and looks great on the garden plot.

Transportability	As a rule, wooden chairs are used for outdoor recreation, in the open air. In the event of a sudden change in weather conditions, it is convenient to move the chair under a canopy if it is transportable.
Selection of quality raw materials	One of the important conditions in the manufacture of chairs on their own, plays the role of hardwood. Despite the high pricing policy, the result of the design due to high-quality material will be excellent. These species include: aspen, oak, pine, cedar.
Maximum weather protection	A long stay of the chair in direct sunlight, heavy rain, leads to a deterioration in the external condition. Preparation for the protection of the finished chair begins at the earliest stages of design. High-quality, dry lumber is the key to success. If you bought initially low-quality raw materials, dry the boards in the process. Sand, soak the blanks with an antiseptic agent, apply hot drying oil. At the final stage, after complete drying of the finished product, it must be opened with varnish. The material to get started is ready.

Making a garden chair is not difficult, there are no complex connections and details.

A set of standard self-taught furniture maker questions

How to make a wooden chair with your own hands? Is it possible to build a garden chair with armrests on your own? How to make a child seat and where to find the right drawings and diagrams? A number of such questions will surely flash through the mind of a novice home master. There are various models of wooden chairs for suburban areas: folding and standard metal structures, wooden rocking chairs, comfortable chairs for two, children and adults with durable armrests and a comfortable seat.

Such furniture can be operated without worrying about scratches and annual painting.

Not always, each of the above structures contributes to a good rest. Consider the manufacturing process of a simple model- wooden garden chair.

Preparation for work

The main component in the preparatory stage is the presence of a list of tools and materials that should be in the arsenal of the master.

Necessary materials:

Required tools:

P silt (disk);
R ubanok;
Manual frezer;
H wood burner;
Screwdriver;
D rel;
From a tube;
L frost, tape measure, pencil.

Tools for work.

A preliminary calculation of the measurements of the components of a wooden chair made of cedar is as follows. Dimensions are in millimeters.

Legs 4 pcs. (rear 2 pcs, front 2 pcs)

Two front legs - 20x254x787;
Two rear legs 20x76x533.

The back of the chair is 20x279x914.
armrest for chair:

ABOUT it's time - 2 pcs., (20x127x406);
Z rear support - 1 pc., (20x76x610).

Jumper - 1 pc., (20x51x589).
Insert strips - 2 pcs., (12x20x254).

Parts that make up a garden chair.

The process of making a chair with your own hands: step by step instructions

Creating Basic Parts

As a rule, work begins with a preliminary stage- preparation of the main elements. The presence of a drawing with detailed tips will facilitate the further process of making a wooden chair with your own hands.

The scheme of creating a garden chair with your own hands.

The most complex, time-consuming process is the manufacture of the side supports of the seat. It is necessary to make a full-size side support template on cardboard.

Drawing of the side support of a garden chair.

1) We draw the first side of the part, raising the segment on the left, then the next two at the appropriate angle.

2) We mark the perpendicular segment, heading to point A.

3) We mark point C, draw a cutout under the transverse screed.

4) We extend the lower side with a line, marking an angle of 75 degrees, with top C.

5) We outline the arc, measuring the angle at point D. The radius of the arc is 116 mm. We connect the points with a line segment.

6) Using a square grid, we draw roundings between points A and B.

7) The resulting template is placed on a wooden board. We trace the details along the contour, we are preparing for cutting.

For cutting straight sections, you need to use a saw, for cutting curly sections, a jigsaw is perfect.

Detail drawings of a garden chair.

IMPORTANT! In order for the cedar board to chip less, the cutting blade of the tool must be carried out in the direction of the fibers!

After transferring the finished drawing to the board, we will mark a similar one, according to the first scheme, using the already cut part.

If there is no ready-made pattern of armrests available - it does not matter! The circumference is not important.

1) It is necessary to make wedge-shaped supports for the armrests using a saw, beveling 6 degrees of the upper edges.

For the convenience of connecting parts, use a clamp.

2) Carefully screw the supports to the front legs. For fastening we use glue and screws.

3) We cut out the armrests, the rear support.

4) Using sandpaper, we clean the ends of the finished part.

5) Cut off the ends of the support.

6) We press the back support part to the back.

7) We mill the edges of the surfaces.

Attaching the armrests to the wedge-shaped support.

IMPORTANT! Glue plays an important role in the manufacture of a garden chair with your own hands. Heat-resistant glue for wood, unlike the common and commonly used PVA glue, will not lose its properties under the influence of high temperatures, moisture, does not dry out and will not crumble. For this reason, to create a wooden product, we recommend using heat-resistant glue.

Assembly of parts

Before assembly, it is necessary to carefully cover each of the parts with a triple layer of antiseptic to preserve the internal surfaces. After processing the material, you can proceed to the next steps.

We align the finished parts, having previously outlined the drilling points.

We cut out the details exactly along the marked contour.
We make holes for the bolts andneatly fasten the details.

Please note that the strength of the seat will depend on the location of the boards.
We install the back leg perpendicular to the bevel of the support (like the first one, we assemble the second side of the frame), withwe connect the side parts of the wooden chair with the lower cross member of the backrest and the first seat bar.

The ends of the slats and the opposite ends of the legs must match, which will indicate the correct position of the back.
Installing supports. We fix the supports with clamps.
In this case, the joint will turn out to be dense, which is what we need.
We fix the upper backrest guide with screws, trying to align it with the lower cross member. We draw a line on all the transverse boards, as well as on the bar of the back of the chair, then we drill a pilot hole, holding the bar.
After we fix the top with slats and evenly fix all the slats in turn.
We draw a radius of curvature, cutting the strips according to the markup.
Having chosen the correct width of the final rail, we put it in place of the seat.
We carefully grind the edges, the upper surfaces of the backrest, seats. We close the screws with wooden plugs and grind. Using hot drying oil or oil impregnation, we process the finished wooden chair.

Drying and varnishing of the product is the final stage of production.

Making wooden furniture for the garden with your own hands

Decor is one of the important components. With the help of unnecessary things, pillows, bright patches, vine branches and hard work, you can achieve phenomenal results.

As you can see, making a garden wooden chair with armrests with your own hands is not at all difficult.

Fantasy, imagination, a positive charge, basic knowledge, diagrams and drawings - this is the whole list of necessary components for creating a wooden chair with your own hands. Desire and a little work - that's the key to success!

A handmade wooden chair will last for many years.

Retaining its original appearance, such a chair will perfectly "fit" into the natural atmosphere and allow you to enjoy a comfortable stay.

An armchair is one of the most comfortable, cozy, and therefore popular interior items. All chairs are usually divided into 2 categories: with or without a frame. The finished product is often expensive. But for home masters, nothing is impossible. A do-it-yourself chair is a completely solvable issue. In the article, we will consider detailed master classes on the manufacture of soft products, as well as an original wooden product for a summer residence.

Upholstery types

Upholstery for upholstered furniture is one of the important points. The presentable appearance of the product largely depends on it. Before you make a chair, decide on the type of upholstery fabric. Here are the most popular options:

Velours. Noble fleecy fabric, reminiscent of short fur.
Chenille. A fleecy, durable fabric made from a blend of natural and synthetic fibres. Does not roll down, keeps a beautiful look for a long time.
Flock. Outwardly, matter resembles velor, but even more practical. Flock is easily cleaned of dirt, so it is recommended to use it for upholstered furniture in a nursery.
Jacquard. Durable dense patterned fabric, which is distinguished by increased durability. The disadvantage is that due to careless handling, puffs may appear.
Artificial suede. High-strength material, which is great for making your own chair. Embossed faux suede looks especially beautiful.
Tapestry. Solid expensive fabric made of natural fibers, with visible weaving. Threads of different shades form a pattern.

A set of necessary materials

When it comes to frame construction, the easiest option for a frame is plywood cut according to a template. The best option is birch plywood. Of the consumables - screws and nails.

You will also need a set of carpentry tools:

Metal ruler, compasses, protractor - for marking.
Vise: manual and desktop.
File.
Hacksaw.
Hand scissors.
Hammer.
Adjustable wrench set.
Soldering iron.
Pliers.
Drill.
Kerner.
Chisel.
Punch.

Important! If you want to make a fashionable and non-standard bean bag chair with your own hands, then the set of necessary equipment will be significantly reduced. All you need is a sewing machine and stuffing material.

Work planning

The beginning of any business is drawing up a clear plan of action. Consider the design of future furniture. It is more difficult and expensive to make frame chairs, but they look more respectable than those of frameless structures.

Success in the manufacture of a bean bag chair depends on how accurately and correctly the patterns are drawn up. This is not so much furniture production as the art of tailoring. Do not forget to calculate the budget of the event.

Important! Not bad if you have an old, but quite decent and durable chair. In this case, much is simplified, since you can restore it and get an interesting vintage thing.

Classic soft product

Such a thing as a do-it-yourself easy chair requires a long preparatory stage. From the materials you will need:

Plywood 20 mm thick.
Sandpaper.
Electric drill.
Sets of screws and thin nails.
Electric jigsaw.
Metal bands.
Foam rubber.
Glue for joinery.
Painter's tape.
Line, roulette.
Stain, glossy black dye.
Pencil.

Now you can get to work:

Download the drawing of the chair you like, calculate the consumption of materials.
Make cardboard templates to scale, transfer the outlines to plywood, then cut out the details with a jigsaw.
Clean and sand the surface of the wooden parts. Pay special attention to the end areas, soaking them well with drying oil.
Paint or stain the sides. Reinforce the end parts of the sidewalls with metal rims. Fasten the rims with screws.
The next step is the wrapping of the product. Start fitting from the back of the back, using artificial leather. Next, proceed to tightening the rest of the parts of the product. Secure the fabric with wallpaper nails.

Important! It is advisable to treat the attachment points with carpentry glue. The chair will be more solid.

Bag chair

This product is also known as the pear chair. To make it you will need:

Coarse calico or satin fabric - 3.0 m.
Fabric for the manufacture of the outer cover - 3.5 m.
Zipper - 1.0 m.
Filler.
Pieces of contrasting fabric for decoration.

The procedure for the manufacture of this chair model is as follows:

Download the bean bag chair patterns that you like the most.
Make cardboard patterns to scale.
Transfer the contours of the chair to the fabric. You will need to sew the inner and outer covers separately. As a result, you will get 2 bottoms (top and bottom) and 6 cloth wedges.
Sew the wedges together. In the resulting bag, leave a small area unsewn. Sew the top and bottom bottom. After you have finished sewing the top cover, sew the inner cover in the same order.
Cut out the decorative appliqué pieces and sew onto the outside.
Insert the "zipper" into one of the wedges. In case of contamination, you can remove the outer part and wash.
Fill the inner bag with synthetic filling about ⅔. Now it remains to put the inner bag in the outer one. Zip up.

The armchair is ready! As you can see, there is nothing particularly complicated here.

How to make an easy chair with your own hands for a children's room?

Making a frameless easy chair for a nursery is no more difficult than a regular bean bag chair. The difference is only in color.

Important! It is better to choose a fabric that is bright, attuning to positive and cheerfulness. Shades should not be too “flashy” and annoying.

Here is one of the options for upholstered furniture in the child's room:

The frame chair can be made in the form of a semicircular sandwich. For the back wall, hardboard is used, for the front - plywood.
Carefully glue the furniture foam rubber onto the base, on top of which the upholstery will lie.

Important! The best upholstery options are flock or eco-leather. Even if a young artist paints the upholstery with felt-tip pens or paints, you can remove the traces completely.

The maximum height of the baby seat must not exceed 600 mm.

Wooden chair for giving

Here is another interesting option: a do-it-yourself wooden chair. Wood is a practical, beautiful and durable material, which, moreover, is perfectly processed. In addition, wood in the self-production of home or country furniture has the following advantages:

The availability of a variety of lumber, their relatively low cost.
Naturalness, ecological cleanliness.
Nice smell of wood. Coniferous wood smells especially pleasant.
Unique wood grain.

Important! It should be taken into account that the conditions in which country furniture is, if not extreme, then close to them. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the processing of parts with an antiseptic. In this case, the furniture will serve you much longer.

Pine, spruce, ash, oak, larch or beech are best suited for home furniture production. Details that are not heavily loaded can be made from linden or alder.

So, we make a garden chair with our own hands. Choose simpler drawings to start with. When choosing a design, be guided by two “golden rules”:

Choose the design that is completely clear to you. Mentally work through the entire procedure. Prepare in advance the tools that are convenient for you.
Consider the place of use of furniture and the design of the room in which this very furniture is to be entered. For example, the best option for giving is a folding product or an antique rocking chair.

Manufacturing procedure

Consider a simple model, which consists of the following components:

Sidewalls - 2 pcs.
Tsargi - 3 pcs.
Cross rails - 35 pcs.

It is these 35 rails that will form the surface of the seat.

The most difficult part of the work is cutting out the side parts:

First, make a pattern on cardboard, and only then, making sure that the steps are correct, transfer the outline to the material. The best option for making sidewalls is plywood with a thickness of 3 cm. Use an electric jigsaw to cut out parts.
Sand the ends of the sidewalls. Using a manual router or grinder, chamfer.
Now cut out 3 drawers from plywood. The length of each is 120 cm, the width is 10 cm. Sand these parts, no need to chamfer.
From a 50x25 mm bar, cut 35 segments, each of which is 120 cm long. Next, as usual, is sanding and chamfering. For fastening, prepare 12 confirmations 5x120 mm and self-tapping screws for wood 4x45 mm (40 pieces).
Mark the places for fastening the tsarg. There are 3 of them in total: in the foot, head and in the middle of the outer arcs of the sidewalls. Drill through 8mm holes for the sides.
Pull off the side parts of the product with three sides. For holes in the end parts of the drawer, use a 5 mm drill.
Now fix the pre-prepared segments of the bars to the seat using self-tapping screws.
The final stage is to cover the zenoks and cracks with putty on wood. After that, sand the product, prime the surfaces and paint with varnish or acrylic paint.

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As you can see, making a chair with your own hands is quite realistic. There is nothing particularly difficult in the independent manufacture of chairs of various types. Good luck to you!

In this article, we will consider the topic of making classic furniture for almost all apartments and houses - a do-it-yourself chair. This solid wood chair with armrests will not be bulky and the best use of such a product is in dining rooms. According to these instructions, it will be possible to make it at home.

The production of the chair will take place in several stages. All of them will be presented below and you can easily make it in a few evenings if you have tools and materials, because all the schemes will be presented below. There will be no ready-made drawings in this article, since everything is done from improvised means: from boards, plywood bars, which are available.

frame

Let's call this stage - the frame of the chair.

Of course, almost the entire skeleton will be covered with foam rubber, cloth. Only part of the legs will remain visible.

The back legs are the most important parts of the wood chair because you have to make them at some angle.

Without thinking for a long time, for the manufacture of the back of the chair structure, we took the usual dining chair, which was available, although it was without a seat. But he was well suited for the role of a template. You can take some old grandmother's chair.

Markup was made on the board 50x150.

Be sure to mark the level of the seat of the chair, make it the same as for the chair. In this case, it was approximately 410 mm from the floor.

To cut the legs of a homemade fireplace chair, use a jigsaw.

Then we used the finished part as a template to make three more legs, because we make two chairs at once with our own hands from improvised materials.

The front legs will be straight and square - 55 × 55 mm. To obtain such a section, you can glue the boards together, and then saw them to the required size. We glued 2 pairs of 2 boards 120 wide and 30 mm thick.

There is no glue between boards 2 and 3

Note. A chair that has a solid structure is called a frame chair.

While the front legs are drying, we finished assembling the back frame - we made the upper part, in which the upper part has a slight rounding. Then they made the rear crossbar of the seat support.

We assembled all parts of the back using self-tapping screws 60 mm long. Before tightening the self-tapping screws, it is necessary to apply carpenter's glue to all connections, drill mounting holes.

Mounting holes are also called - auxiliary or guides. They must be drilled so that the self-tapping screw does not go to the side when screwing and so that the workpiece does not crack. The diameter of this hole is approximately equal to ⅔ of the diameter of the self-tapping screw.

We continue to make our wooden chair with our own hands. The blanks for the front legs stuck together and dried. We cut them to the required size 55 × 55 mm.

Lay them on the backrest structure and check the length of the legs and whether they lie on the same surface so that the chair does not wobble when in use. If the lengths are different, then align them.

The ends of the front legs need to be narrowed. To do this, make small bevels on all four sides.

Make side rails 400 mm long and fasten them as shown in the figure below. For better fixation, it is advisable to use screwing screws at an angle, having previously made auxiliary holes.

Install the front seat support bar. It is the same length as the back bar.

To make the English armchair with ears strong, we prepared four parts, the ends of which were cut at an angle of 45 degrees. We applied glue and fixed them with self-tapping screws in the corners of the frame.

Then they sawed off a piece of plywood to fit the size of the seat. Plywood thickness 18 mm. We fixed them with self-tapping screws, having previously applied glue.

If you want to make the seat softer, then you need to use furniture textile tapes instead of plywood. We will use such tapes in the manufacture of the back.

The chair must be with armrests, otherwise it will be a chair. Consider the stages of their manufacture.
The A-pillar and armrest bar should be set at right angles. Determine the height of the armrest yourself, it will be equal to 200-300 mm. The cross section of the bars is square - 50 × 50 mm.

Secure them with self-tapping screws, screwing them in at an angle.

A classic chair should be with “ears”. To make them, prepare a board and a bar of the same thickness for each side. Examine all the photos of the “ear” making process. Connect the blanks with self-tapping screws, then draw a rounding and cut along the lines. Fasten the finished assembly to the back and armrest.

For the right side, use the left “ear” as a template

You may think that making a chair with your own hands is not such an easy task, but I want to assure you that the hardest part is left behind.

Before proceeding with the upholstery, we will strengthen the frame a little - add crossbars to the back and armrests, as shown in the photo.

Add a plank to level the surface of the armrest, round it and sand it.

Upholstery

Now you can start the upholstery process.

Cut foam rubber 50 mm thick to the size of the seat, glue it to the surface of the plywood.

Fasten the horizontal textile straps to the back of the chair with a construction stapler, and then the vertical ones.

Take 10 mm foam rubber, cut off a piece from it, which will be 40-50 mm larger than the seat area.

Now cover the top with furniture cloth. Then, using a furniture stapler, fasten the cover, synthetic winterizer and foam rubber to the chair seat structure on all four sides.

We fix foam rubber 25 mm thick on the sidewalls and armrests of the chair. To bypass roundings, make several cuts as shown in the photos below.

Then remove all unnecessary.

We continue to consider the topic of how to make a fireplace chair with your own hands. The furniture fabric at the back must be fixed, as shown in the photo.

At the front of the seat, we made a slit so that the fabric can be folded over and secured.
An overview photograph of the intermediate stage of manufacturing the chair without drawings.

Then we covered the sidewall and armrests with padding polyester. To fix the synthetic winterizer, it is better to use aerosol glue so that the bonding occurs over the entire surface.

We wrap the almost finished chair with armrests with a cloth.

And on the front, at the junction of the armrest with the seat, we bend at an angle.

See how the skin is fastened from the inner invisible part, the excess is cut off.

Most likely you have already noticed that the sidewall itself is not sheathed. Because for this we will use a separate piece of fabric, it is easier to fit all the bends and roundings - we do all this at home.

And here is the view from the outside and what will remain in the invisible part.

Finally we got to the back. We use the same foam rubber (25 mm thick), synthetic winterizer and go through all the steps that were made with the armrests, sidewalls.

We close everything neatly with a cloth.

Video on how to make a do-it-yourself chester chair with leather coating

Before sheathing the back, remove all unnecessary, cut the fabric, threads. Nothing should be left protruding beyond the frame.

To give volume and a complete look, we need the back of the wooden chair to be beautiful and even, for this we will fix the straps and the lining fabric on top of them, as shown in the photo.

In the manufacture, we do not use a drawing of a chair with exact dimensions, we do everything on the spot. But if you will make 2 or more products and you want them all to be the same, then based on the first chair, take all the necessary measurements and transfer them to paper.

Fasten the synthetic winterizer and then the fabric on it.