Things that are made manually, and not in production, are valued much higher. This applies to all: clothes, decorations, furniture. By the way, in recent times, people are increasingly trying to adopt their home personally. If earlier it was a different smallest, today the people are not away from the girlfriend to assemble the wall-slide into the living room or a children's sofa with their own hands.
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Of course, to buy furniture and faster, and easier, but sometimes you want to create something big and useful with your own hands, especially if we are talking about your own child who wants the parents only the best.
Advantage of children's sofas
This earlier, as such children's furniture did not exist, and today there are beautiful children's sofas in the trend. And not wise, after all, except for a bright appearance and original design, such furniture reliably has a comfortable design. In addition, thanks to a variety of colors and dimensions, children's sofas can fit perfectly into any, even the smallest room, as well as emphasize the most exquisite or unusual furniture. Now, very many firms produce a line of children's sofas, so the range will be quite pleasant to surprise you.
Although these sofas are called "children's", they can give odds to any "adult" competitor, since, thanks to a thoughtful mechanism, even the smallest sofa easily turns into a decent bed. Moreover, it is worth noting that it is often from the baby "it turns out" a full-fledged double place. That is why the acquisition of the sofa is a profitable purchase, as not only a baby, but also a teenager can sleep here. But when the sofa is in folded form, especially if it is a children's sofa in the form of a toy, it turns into a compact playground for games.
If for some reason the range that furniture stores is offered today, you do not suit you, or does not suit how much a children's sofa costs, then you can try to make a sleeping place for your child yourself. Moreover, you will certainly be an original and beautiful model that exists in a single copy. If this option is interested, and you still doubt, throw away all the alarms, as it is not difficult to make a children's sofa.
Choosing a children's sofa
1. The sofa transformer is an excellent solution for a small room: during the day - this is a chair or a small sofa, and in the evening, after decomposing it, the sofa turns into a large and comfortable bed.
2. There are several options for folding design: "Book", "Eurobook", "Dolphin".
3. For the children's room, it is best to use the "book" and "Eurobnik" - such sofas are simple, durable and completely not spoil the flooring.
4. Good children's sofas and with a roll-out mechanism, they are suitable for two children.
5. If the room is too small, and the children are three-four, then you can use a bunk sofa bed - such a design saves a place, and thanks to large sleeping places on the "first" and "second" floors, it will fit here without any special problems up to four guys .
6. Corner sofas fit perfectly into any interior and allow you to rationally use the room space.
7. Sofa-Takhta is most often a wide construction that comes with a box for linen.
8. "Sofa-Baby", "Sofa Mini", "Sofa Kid" - it is rather an impractical acquisition, as they are easy and comfortable, but the kids grow rapidly and the furniture will need to be replaced. Although children's mini-sofas, whose photos can be seen below, are pretty cute and original.
9. Frameless sofas - can be viewed as a good option as a bed, if you do not bother, that most often such furniture is very low - almost on the floor.
Sofa with their own hands
Make furniture not in production, and at home is not so difficult, as it seems at first glance. For example, to create a sofa for a child, you need to buy chipboard, bars, mechanisms that will help lay design, upholstery and filler. Do not forget that the baby sofa fabric should be bright and attractive to the child.
Requirements for construction
1. Before starting construction, you need to thoroughly examine the drawing of the children's sofa - it will greatly facilitate the task.
2. Choosing materials, remember that the better than they will be, the longer the sofa will last. Moreover, the smaller the child, the greater the likelihood that the kid will jump on the sofa, so it should be strong and reliable.
3. Children's sofa should be easily distributed and collected, moreover, its mechanism must be safe.
4. If you have decided to make a sofa yourself, then you can decide - you need mailboxes for linen or not.
5. Do not make a very small sofa - remember that children grow very quickly.
Production of a simple sofa
Design on paper, as your sofa should look: what should be the tilt of the back, what is the height of the legs, which dimensions, pillows thickness, etc. Consider that there will be a big load on the legs, which means they should be very stable. Do not forget about the back - it must withstand a decent weight, since the child will surely try to jump on a new sofa.
Mark the main elements:
1. The basis.
2. Legs.
3. Back and seat.
4. Armrests (optional).
The foundation
You decided to make a sofa of 150 cm in size by 80 cm. The sofa frame can be made of a cross section of 3x4 centimeters. Details are fastened with screws and metal corners. How tools will come in handy:
1. Saw.
2. LINE.
3. Pencil.
4. Corolnic.
5. Cross screwdriver.
For a frame, you can take any size of the materials - you can use not only rails, but also boards or timber. It depends on what load will be on the future product. Only a properly designed sofa will not upset you with unexpectedness in the form of a deflection or deformation of the base.
Two racks (timber) twist so that you have a rectangle.
Legs
The legs can be integrated into the frame or make them a decorative element - then the support will be the perimeter of the base. If the legs are the element of the base, they must be as integrated as much as possible in the frame. For our sofa, as legs use oak balusters - as for the manufacture of wooden stairs.
The legs are attached near each angle of the foundation of the future sofa.
Sheaving
The sofa frame is trimmed with elements from chipboard - bottom, sides. Subsequently, the building material can be painted or toned in the color that sympathizes you. Can be considered.
Seat and back
To make soft elements of the children's sofa, you will need materials and tools:
1. Sinypron (or batting).
2. Upholstery fabric.
3. Porolon (2 cm thickness and 10 cm).
4. Plywood shields (12 mm thickness, dimensions 150x50 cm).
5. Glue (this is for the foam rubber).
6. Scissors.
7. Stationery knife.
8. Pistol for brackets and brackets themselves.
9. Special buttons for the sofa.
Plywood sheets are the basis for the future seat and for the back. It is necessary to glue the foam on the plywood at first 10 cm of density, and then the foam rubber is a density of 2 cm. In general, the soft part of the sofa should be much larger than the plywood part - it should perform at least one centimeter from each edge. In this case, painting the seating and the back will not be too rigid. Leave the foam rubber, let him dry well.
Upholstery
After the porolon dry, it needs to be covered with the Vatin, and on top of the whole design - upholstery cloth. These manipulations are carried out using a hard pistol. You need to start with the middle, but diverges into two sides to fix the batting first, then the upholstery fabric.
Collection of sofa
Now the simplest thing is to attach the seat to the base, as well as the sofa back to the base. Made with metal corners and screws.
You can make armrests - the principle of manufacture is the same. And you can sew pillows instead of armrests.
By the way, the seat under the seat will be enough to store the necessary things there.
Case for sofa
To decorate just created creation, you can sew a sofa case separately. To do this, you will need:
1. Fabric.
2. Tapes.
3. Pins.
4. Scissors.
5. Pencil.
6. Sewing machine.
Measure the children's sofa, divide it into the section. You must have a minimum of two (if without armrests) parts. Transfer the measurements on paper, take the allowance of seven centimeters and cut the items.
The resulting pieces of fabric secure pins, sweep the threads. Sample the received covers on the sofa, then, if everything is in order, step the seams on the typewriter. Once upon a time of the covers, remove where you need and apply.
Send the edges, make a twisted seam. Jump covers on the sofa.
Tips finally
1. In order for the children's sofa to not look like a spacing, choose the bright colors of the upholstery fabric or the cover for the sofa.
2. If you make a sofa for a girl, you can decorate it with ruffles and ruffles.
3. The sofa for the boy can be performed in the colors of the beloved superhero.
4. Any child will be delighted with a sofa, which is made in the form of toys (cars, house, boats, etc.) or animals.
5. The back of the sofa can be made in the form of heroes of fairy tales and cartoons.
