Making a bedside table do-it-yourself

The cost of modern furniture is considered significant, and situations often arise when it is not possible to find the optimal design for a certain interior style. Therefore, many people prefer when they make a bedside table with their own hands, because this process is considered quite simple, and for this you can choose any materials. Most often, natural wood is chosen for the cabinet, but with a limited budget, you can use chipboard or MDF, as well as plywood.

Tools and materials

Initially, you should determine what the bedside table will be made of. In the process of choosing the material intended to create this design, one should take into account the size of the room, the ease of working with different materials, the available funds and the wishes of the bedroom owners themselves.

Before immediate work, many issues are solved, which will allow you to get a design for the bed, which has the necessary parameters:

• curbstones can be equipped with drawers or open, and models with a pull-out table, attachments or other original options that have unusual and specific shapes are considered to be in demand;
• it is decided what sizes the products will have, for which suitable drawings and diagrams are made, and the presence of free space next to the bed is taken into account;
• it is determined from what materials the cabinet will be made, and the most optimal is the choice of a wooden cabinet with high quality, long service life and attractive appearance.

Ideas regarding the shape and size of the structure can be independently invented.

After solving important issues, the purchase of materials and preparation of tools begins. The most optimal is the creation of a bedside table made of wood, since such a design has many advantages over similar products.

Make such a bedside table after preparing the necessary elements:

• drill equipped with various nozzles;
• electric drill designed for working with wood;
• a set of screwdrivers with different sizes;
• electric mill for working with wood;
• marking tools, represented by measuring equipment, pencil, rulers, paper and electric angle, designed for competent gluing of the edges on the parts;
• the material itself to create the structure, and if you need to save money, chipboard boards are selected, and if you need to get an environmentally friendly, durable and beautiful bedside table, then you get wood boards with the right thickness and other suitable parameters.

Instruments

Most often, when you need to make bedside tables with your own hands, chipboard is selected. When choosing this material, some rules are taken into account:

• for the facade, cover, bottom and side walls, a material is selected whose thickness is not less than 1.5 cm, but for the back wall it is allowed to choose plates of small thickness;
• sheets are produced in different sizes, so before buying you should decide on the dimensions of all the details of the future bedside table;
• during the purchase you need to make sure that there are no damages on the plates, and they must also have optimal humidity.

When using a standard chipboard, you can get a design from improvised tools, so you do not need to spend a lot of money on the purchase of specific equipment.

MaterialsWood parts require pre-treatment

Parts preparation

Before you make a cabinet, its main details are prepared. This model is suitable for a bed made of wood. To do this, use pre-prepared drawings. The process itself is divided into stages:

• large-size paper is used to draw drawings of future parts;
• patterns are cut out;
• they are attached to the chipboard plates;
• parts are cut, and much attention is paid to this process, since the evenness and quality of the final structure depend on it;
• then they make a reliable edge on the parts, for which you can use plastic elements that increase the strength and durability of the entire structure.

The main details of this design include two sidewalls, the bottom and up, the rear wall and facade, as well as the elements represented by nail files or drawers, tables or other products that are planned in advance in the process of forming the drawing.

Before assembly, be sure to study the drawing prepared in advance.

Assembly

Bedside tables can have different sizes and shapes, but in any case it is necessary to ensure high quality connections.For reliable connections, it is allowed to use confirmants or furniture corners, guaranteeing the formation of a strong and durable construction.

In order for the assembly of the nightstand to be competent, some aspects of this work are taken into account:

• in advance for the fasteners, the necessary holes are made in the parts with the appropriate tools, and it is important to make sure that there are no through holes that spoil the appearance of the cabinet;
• during operation, attention is always paid to controlling the correctness of the corners, since they must be perfectly straight and even, otherwise the entire bedside table can easily skew, and obstacles will also be created in the process of opening the doors;
• hinges are attached to the door to the walls, after which it will be enough to attach the door to the right place to perform high-quality fastening.

Thus, during the assembly process, the correctness of previously made parts is additionally checked, since various distortions or other problems will be immediately clearly visible. Photos of the assembly are presented below.

Assembly begins on the inside of the cabinetBoards join togetherFinished side sectionsCabinet frameMaterials for the boxBottom of drawer

Guides are nailed

Ready cabinet with drawer

Hardware Installation

A do-it-yourself cabinet will be convenient and pleasant to use if it is equipped with special fittings. It includes handles and hinges, and there may also be other elements depending on the shape and design of the bedside table.For the bedroom, you need to choose such accessories that will fit well into the existing interior. Additionally, it should be convenient to use so that property owners enjoy using the contents of this furniture.

Dressing

Ideas for decorating this piece of furniture are numerous. For this, it is allowed to use various finishing materials, but methods are considered the most popular:

• the use of various self-adhesive films;
• wallpapering, which can be paper, non-woven or vinyl;
• staining with different types of paints, and this method is considered optimal for natural wood structures;
• gluing various rhinestones or other decorative elements acting as decoration of furniture;
• fitting with different types of fabric or skin, and it can be natural or artificial.

Before using any type of finishing material, it is necessary to use degreasing compounds, and it is also recommended to treat the product with antiseptics. Photos of the finished results are located below, and each owner of residential real estate independently decides which decoration method is best for the curbstone. This takes into account the style in which the bedroom is made.

Thus, the process of creating a bedside table is considered simple, therefore, each person can independently carry out this procedure. The result will be furniture that has a beautiful appearance, and is also characterized by high reliability and resistance to various factors.

Video

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