How to make a children's wardrobe with your own hands

From how the child's room is equipped, it depends so much in his life and everyday life. It is important that the organization of space in the nursery is aimed at creating the most favorable conditions for the growth, development and comfortable existence of a kid. Usually in his room reigns Kavardak, things and toys are scattered throughout its area, but if you install a functional, a spacious wardrobe, in which there is a place for all children's property, then the problem will be partly solved. And if you produce it with your own hands, you can generally get a lot of advantages.

The advantages of making a baby cabinet with their own hands

There are plenty of advantages, but in this section we will list the main and most important:

• Handbook, both children's and any other furniture, allows you to significantly save on the cost of work, because In this case, you will spend only on the purchase of materials.

• Create furniture for the room of your child, to represent how his things in it will be located, calculate the number of shelves, very pleasant and interesting. Such a wardrobe created by the hands of a loved one, sourcing positive energy and the warmth of his hands, probably loves the child.

• You can make a closet that will approach the size and decor of a particular room.

• It is possible to explore the properties of existing materials and independently make a choice in favor of those or other suitable for you in quality and cost.

Types of baby cabinets

Before making a wardrobe in a nursery, you must first think what it should be to meet your requirements and decide on the model. Consider several basic types of children's cabinets:

• Corner wardrobe in the nursery. Such a model is simultaneously and spacious and saves space, it is very good for small rooms. For such a cabinet, one corner is enough, and everything else can be used under another furniture. Doors can be both folded and sliding, depending on individual preferences.

• Closet. This model is also very roomy and convenient to the fact that the doors are moved to the sides. Thanks to this, the wardrobe can stand in a rather small or narrow room. He, in contrast to the folded fellow, does not require additional space to open the door. It can be located along the wall, and maybe angular. In the children's closet, it is better not to make mirror facades, because The fingerprints will constantly turn on them.

• Cabinet combined with bed. Often this is a whole multifunctional children's corner, which is also very convenient, in case you need to save space. Most often, the bed is located on the second floor, and the steps leading there are simultaneously shelves for things. There are still designs when the bed, the wardrobe, the desktop and the bedside table are one and complement each other.

• Children's wardrobe. This is perhaps the most favorite option for all children. Such a wardrobe can have any design that allows the presence of a smooth and fairly wide door. On its surface, a drawing can be drawn or pasted, on which the heroes of favorite cartoons are banging or just a calm, peaceful landscape.

Solving how to make a children's closet, we must not forget that its design should be convenient, first of all, the child himself. All boxes, shelves and hangers must be available to it. Then he will learn to go faster, he will be able to remove his belongings and toys into place, without waiting for the parents for him. If a child can not reach any branch, you can build a special lowered shelf for him, and after the time he grows up, just to remove it.

In this article, we will look at the version of the personnel creation of a closet for a children's room from an inexpensive material - LDSP thickness of 1.6 cm, having dimensions of 2x1.4x0.4 m.

Preparation for the beginning of work

At this stage, you need to think over all the details, decide on the parameters of the future cabinet:

• first you need to solve at what place the children's closet will stand and it is already repelled when it is determined;

• after that, it is worth calculating all the size of the cabinet: height, width, depth, number of shelves, gap between them, the presence of a mirror, etc. To make it easier to work out and easier to imagine how the product will look like a finished form, it is better to take a sheet of paper and spread all its inner and external design on it;

• you can then think about which color of the closet will be better to combine with the decoration of the children's room. LDSP material is a chipboard, having a decorative coating. This coating can be the most different color and have wood texture, stone, etc. Where you will acquire the material you can extract the catalog and order exactly the color that is suitable for you;

• it is also necessary to think about how you will carry out the cutting parts. The fact is that the laminated chipboard can not be simply taken and cut to undergraduate means. In the location of the cut, the decorative coating will be cleaned, and the product will look untidy. So that this does not happen, you need to act a special tool. If you do not have it, it is easier to order sawing in some carpentry shop.

Tools and materials that will be needed for work.

All materials, fittings and missing tools can be very easily found among the range of modern construction hypermarkets:

• laminated chipboard with a size of 280x207 cm. - 2 pcs;

• Fiberboard size 275x170 cm. - 1 pc;

• special edge for pasting ends;

• 110x55 cm mirror - 1 pc;

• profiles for fastening boxes - 4 pcs;

• door handles - 6 pcs;

• door loops - 10 pcs;

• the crossbar for hangers is 1 m. - 1 pc;

• extended hanger - 1 pc;

• self 5x40 - packaging;

• euro Shurus;

• fasteners for the mirror - 4 pcs;

• scotch;

• drill with a nozzle "Screwdriver";

• a set of crusades of different sizes;

• three drills for metal - 2m, 3 mm, 10 mm;

• forstner drill;

• wooden hacksaw;

• roulette, construction level, square.

Drawing preparation, creation and cutting parts

In order to independently construct a children's closet, the drawing is needed necessarily. In order to create it, it is necessary to draw separately all the components of the structure. But it will be much easier to use it from numerous computer programs that can help in this.

If you decide to use the software, then after creating the drawing it will need to be transferred to the cutting program. Upon completion of this stage, on a cut-off paper-printed scheme, you need to stick all the ends to the pencil, to which the edge will be glued.

As mentioned above, we chose the material to cut carefully, without damaging the edge of the decorative coating, it is extremely difficult, and it is unlikely that you have special devices for this. Therefore, it is better to entrust these professionals in the nearest carpentry workshop that provides relevant services. By the way, to cut the mirror of the desired size also need to contact the masters. There are special organizations engaged in cutting glass.

After all the components of the future cabinet are ready to purchase accessories.

Cabinet assembly sequence

• The first edge of the glue to the ends of the parts that you need to be marked in the drawing. It is necessary to chipboard edges are strewed not cleaved. The edge tape on one side is covered with an adhesive layer which must be applied to the surface and ironed with a hot iron. During operation, it must be remembered that if a sharp bend on the edge of the corner parts, it will break. To avoid this, before the how to bend, it is desirable to slightly warm it in this place. Waiting for cool down, you can remove the excess with a sharp knife. If the face was not very smooth, you can smooth out the lack of a zero sandpaper.

• Component parts to be divided into groups, and to comply with the assembly sequence, based on the design of the scheme with all the necessary dimensions. This scheme will serve you instead of instructions.

• This is followed by making pencil markings all holes for fasteners and hinges.

• After the markup is completed, you can proceed to drowning holes with a drill and a drill of a suitable diameter. All holes must be symmetrical, otherwise the appearance of the cabinet will be spoiled.

• Taking a screwdriver, assemble the case using euroschauses and screws.

• Take the drill and with the help of a special nozzle drill in the holes for the hinge holes. Then screw them with self-draws.

• In the locations of the shelves and boxes, mark the point of the holes of the holes under the fasteners, and during operation, keep the limit attentive care, otherwise, if the holes are not strictly opposite each other, the shelves can be shifted.

• Next, drill all the holes according to the markup and screw the fasteners for the shelves and boxes.

• At the end of the assembly, it is possible to wear decorative plugs on Euro Shurus, if of course you have not forgotten to bring them.

In the process of assembling a childrencase, you need to pay attention to the following points:

• be sure to strictly monitor the perpendicularity of the components of the cabinet;

• when the doors are connected, the loops are primarily attached, and then the doors are leaving for the closet and make marking on its inner wall;

• for greater reliability, the mirror is located besides fasteners to attach to double-sided adhesion.

Counting funds spent on purchasing material and accessories for the cabinet

Of course, it is possible to calculate it now, because the cost of materials changes over time, besides, prices can also be varied in different regions. In addition, if you want to show fantasy and supplement the design by any details or decorative elements, this can also affect the total costs. So, if you have a tool, you do not need to spend on it, the approximate calculation looks like this:

• 2 sheets of LDSP size 280x207 cm. - 3,700 rubles;

• services in sawing - 500 rubles;

• the edge along with application - 2700 rubles (but if you want to save and paste it yourself, as described above, then this amount will be less);

• 1 sheet DVP size275x170 cm. - 220 rubles;

• the crossbar for hangers is 90 rubles;

• handles, loops and other fittings - 500 rubles (but it depends on design and quality, for example, the handles we used the simplest and cheap, but you can take carved, beautiful and cost them, of course, above);

• fasteners - 200 rubles;

• mirror with sharp - 450 rubles;

• delivery - 500 rubles (but if you have your own car with a spacious trunk, then you can save on delivery too).

Total turned 8860 rubles. If you buy a closet of about the same dignity, it will cost at least twice as expensive.

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