How to assemble a chest of drawers

The chest of drawers in the house is a practical and multifunctional interior item. Currently, thanks to the availability of various materials in the sale of various materials, furniture can not only be purchased, but also made independently. This will make it possible to save money, because the furniture made by yourself will cost several times cheaper than purchased in the store. And also in this way it is possible to design products that are fully consistent with your preferences and the general interior of the room.

Design features

A chest of drawers is a piece of furniture that can be put in any room of the dwelling. The predecessor of the chest of drawers was an ordinary chest, but he had some inconvenience of operation. This caused the transformation of the chest, the formation of some new elements in it, as a result of which such a piece of furniture as a chest of drawers appeared. It was a small cabinet with two doors and drawers. Over time, the structure was improving and chests of drawers or mirror mirror began to appear. Today it is a universal spacious piece of furniture used to store a wide variety of items.

It looks organically both when furniture of the living room, and a nursery, bedroom or hallway. At the same time, the chest of drawers is a functional place for storing things where you can conveniently place perfumes, books, shoes care products, cosmetics, clothes and other necessary things. This design will ensure order wherever you put it.

Materials for the manufacture of chests of drawers are diverse:

• tree;
• MDF;
• Chipboard;
• different metals;
• stone;
• glass.

Project development and drawing

1. The design of the future item of the interior should be started with determining the place in which it will be placed.
2. It is necessary to measure the size of the required space, and in addition, take into account the placement of sockets, switch, skirting boards. The chest of drawers must be placed so that these items do not interfere with its functioning.
3. After that, the size of the chest of drawers itself should be determined. The optimal dimensions of the structure are 800 mm in height and 800-1200 mm in width.
4. At the design stage, you should choose materials. In this case, you need to consider the following points:

• the product made of natural wood will have significant weight;
• when using the materials of chipboard and MDF, the chest of drawers will be significantly easier. In addition, the manufacture of furniture from these materials will cost much cheaper.

5. The assembly of the chest of drawers will be carried out according to the drawing scheme. You can perform the drawing using a ruler and pencil, or you can do this through special programs in electronic form. These are programs as AutoCAD and KOMPAS 3D. The electronic drawing makes it possible to determine the size of each individual element. The drawing should be shown the front fragment, the side and upper part of the chest of drawers.
6. At the next stage of assembling the chest of drawers, according to the instructions, you need to determine the size of the necessary parts and make them a list. In this case, it should be borne in mind that when determining the size of the boxes of the boxes, it is necessary to provide gaps for indentation between them.

For example, if, in accordance with the drawing, the size of the facade of the future chest of drawers is 1100 mm x 167 mm, the gap of 3 mm should be left in height. In addition, we must remember that the edge will add thick.

After drawing up the dressing scheme and the list of all the necessary elements, in accordance with this we carry out the preparation of parts. You can seek help to a company that specializes in the cut of chipboard and the manufacture of facades from MDF. Such services are offered by all enterprises selling wood -steering plates.

If there are skills in working with a circular saw, the parts can be made independently. In addition to the saw, a special disk is also required for this, which is necessary to cut the edge of the plates of two planes.

Installation of the chest of drawers

In the presence of all parts, you can start assembling them in a finished product.

For work, you need to prepare:

• screws;
• screwdriver or screwdriver;
• nails with a large hat.

The process of assembling a chest of drawers occurs in the following sequence:

1. First of all, we collect the case of the product. Using nails, attach the back wall.
2. If it is not possible to build a wall from one piece of material, it is possible to use two elements connected by polymer docking parts.
3. Furniture self -tapping screws are used to attach parts. In the edge of one fragment, in the place that is equally removed from two edges, you need to drill a dull hole that has 4 mm in diameter.
4. Then we take the part that we will attach and make in it a through hole with a size of 7 mm in diameter.
5. The screws placed in the material on the front side of the structural elements should be closed using plastic linings.
6. Then we fasten the upper cover with the help of steel corners, for the accession of which the screws on wood are used.
7. The case is assembled on this, you need to proceed to the assembly of the boxes.

Assembly of boxes

As a rule, the installation of boxes is a more time -consuming process than the assembly of the case. The box is the following elements:

• bottom;
• facade;
• side walls.

Since the design has several such components at once, before collecting a chest of drawers, it is important not to get confused in the constituent elements and numbered them. Then perform the following actions:

1. To install the bottom, it is necessary to make cuts in the lower part of the walls, the depth of which will be 10 mm, and the width will be equal to the thickness of the bottom.
2. To fasten the facial fragment, paired screws with an eccentric will be needed. As a rule, there are rotary nuts with a slot on the side wall with such self -tapping screws.
3. To combine parts into one of them, we install a screw and perform fixing the nut by turning the nut.
4. The lower fragment of the screw will be installed in the panel from the inside. And the upper part having a head is inserted into a rotated nut.
5. In order for the movement of the boxes to be light, it is necessary to install roller strips from the inside of the walls of the box. Finding such details will not be difficult at any outlet that sells furniture fittings.
6. For fastening on the bar, you need to apply glue, and then install them on the bottom of the boxes.
7. After the glue dries, the boxes should be installed in the frame of the product.
8. At the final stage of the assembly process, we set the handles. To do this, we attach them with screws from the inside of the drawers.
9. At the end of the assembly, you need to check whether the boxes interfere with the use of each other.
10. With insufficiently smooth work, the bar must be fledgled by means of sandpaper or rubbish.

Original chest of drawers from old suitcases

The manufacture of such a chest of drawers begins with the performance of the frame. Its size is determined by the number of suitcases that are supposed to be used. The material for the frame can be plastic, boards, metal, chipboard or plywood. The finish can be performed using varnish or paint, the color scheme of which approaches the interior of the room. Features of the design of such a chest of drawers are as follows:

1. To ensure a light extension of the suitcases that perform the function of the boxes, you need to install the oven straps inside the frame.
2. It is recommended to cover them with varnish - this will make the extension process even easier.
3. For the functioning of one box, two strips will be required. Before installation, you need to remove the covers from the suitcases. Their bottom should be strengthened using plywood, which must be pre -cut according to the sizes of the walls and bottom of the suitcases.
4. You can make such a chest of drawers even more spectacular by designing it using the decoupage technique.
5. You can also glue the product with a cloth or self -adhesive film.

Chest of drawers in the interior

In the bedroom, the chest of drawers, as a rule, is used to store clothes and bedding. Therefore, it is advisable for this room to prepare a large chest of drawers. For a children's room, structures with tables for swaddling are used. You can also choose a chest of drawers with various fabulous subjects into the child’s room. This piece of furniture will be useful in the kitchen or in the dining room. It is quite convenient to store dishes in it, as well as use it as a buffet.

In the bathroom, this furniture element is well suited for storing bath accessories. And if you choose it in accordance with the color scheme of plumbing, this will help create an exquisite interior. However, it is necessary to take into account the fact that for this room you should make a chest of drawers made of moisture -resistant materials, for example, from MDF or color plastic. In the chest of drawers, you can store not only clothes, bedding or dishes, but also jewelry. A small chest of drawers with the presence of a mirror is suitable for this purpose.

Conclusion

The chest of drawers is a spacious, practical and universal element of furniture. He will find his application in a room of any purpose. A simple design consisting of available materials allows you to assemble it yourself. The assembly process involves several stages. However, before collecting a chest of drawers, you need to familiarize yourself with the instructions in order to construct a functional and aesthetic piece of furniture.

Instructions on how to assemble a chest of drawers on the video can be seen below: