How to build a chest of drawers

chest in the house - this is a practical and versatile piece of furniture.Currently, due to the presence of various commercially available materials, furniture can not only purchase ready-made, but also to produce on their own.This will significantly save money, because the hand made furniture will cost several times cheaper than store-bought.And thus it is possible to design products that fully meet your preferences and the overall interior room.

Featuresdesign

Chest - a piece of furniture that can be placed in any room of the home.The predecessor of the chest was an ordinary chest, but he had some discomfort operation.This has resulted in the transformation of the chest, education in it some new elements, resulting in a piece of furniture appeared as a dresser.It was a small size cabinet with two doors and drawers.With time going on improving the design and began to appear dresser or chest of drawers, secretaries.Today it is a spacious versatile piece of furniture used for storing a wide variety of subjects.

He naturally looks like when setting the living room, and a children's room, bedroom or hallway.This commode is a functional storage space, where you can comfortably put perfume, books, tools for care of footwear, cosmetics, clothing and other necessities.This design will provide the order, where would you put it not.

Materials for various drawers:

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

Project development and drawing

1. future interior design object should begin by defining the point at which it is placed.
2. necessary to measure the dimensions of the space required, and in addition, consider the placement of sockets, switches, skirting boards.Chest should be placed so that these items do not interfere with its operation.
3. This is followed to determine the size of the chest.Optimal design dimensions - a height of 800 mm and 800-1200 mm in width.
4. At the design stage, select the materials.Thus it is necessary to take into account such things:

• product made from natural wood, will have a considerable weight;
• using materials chipboard and MDF dresser turn significantly easier.Moreover, the production of furniture of these materials much cheaper.

1. chest assembly will be done by drawing the diagram.Make a drawing, you can with the help of a ruler and a pencil, and you can do it by means of special programs in the electronic form.It is programs such as AutoCAD and Compass 3D.Electronic drawing makes it possible to determine the size of each individual element.The drawing must show the front piece of the lateral and upper chest.
2. The next step is the assembly of the chest under the instruction necessary to determine the size of the necessary details and make a list of them.It should be borne in mind that determining the size of the boxes facade is necessary to provide clearance for padding between them.

For example, if in accordance with the drawing size of the future facade of the chest is equal to 1100 mm x 167 mm, it is necessary to leave a gap of 3 mm in height.In addition, it should be remembered, and that the edge will add thickness.

Once the assembly scheme of the chest, and a list of all the necessary elements in accordance with this prepares the details.You can seek help from a company that specializes in the manufacture of sawing chipboard and MDF facades.Such services are offered by all the companies that implement the chipboard.

If you have skills in working with a circular saw, parts can be produced independently.This will require in addition to the saw also a special drive, which is required for cutting edge plates of two planes.

Enclosure chest

If you have all the details you are ready to assemble them into a finished product.

to work you need to prepare:

• screws;
• screwdriver or screwdriver;
• nails with the big hat.

chest assembly process takes place in the following sequence:

1. First collect the enclosure.By means of nails attach the rear wall.
2. If there is no possibility to build a wall from a single piece of material, the variant of the use of two elements connected by connecting parts of polymer.
3. For fastening parts together applies Furniture screw.The edge of one fragment in the location which is equidistant from the two edges, it is necessary to drill a blind hole having a diameter of 4 mm.
4. Then take a piece that will connect and make it through a hole the size of 7 mm in diameter.
5. screws placed in the material from the front of the design elements must be closed with plastic linings.
6. Then fasten the top cover with steel corners, which are used for attachment screws for wood.
7. This body is assembled, it is necessary to move the assembly of boxes.

boxes Assembly

As a rule, the installation of boxes - more labor intensive than the assembly body.The box consists of the following elements:

• bottom;
• facade;
• sidewalls.

Since the design has several components such as the front of the drawer to collect important not to get lost in the constituent elements and number them.Then make such actions:

1. To install bottom must make cuts in the bottom wall, the depth of which is 10 mm and the width is equal to the thickness of the bottom.
2. To fix the fragment will need facial paired with eccentric screws.Typically, complete with screws such rotary nuts are slotted on the lateral wall.
3. to connect components to one of them set screw and lock nut by turning perform.
4. Lower screw fragment will be installed inside the panel.A top portion having a head inserted into the rotatable nut.
5. to the movement of boxes was easy, it is necessary on the inside walls of the box to establish the roller bar.Find these items will not be difficult at any retail outlet that implements furniture accessories.
6. for mounting straps need to apply glue, and then install them on the bottom of the boxes.
7. After drying glue boxes should be set to the product frame.
8. The final stage of the assembly process, set the knob.For this fasten them with screws to the inner sides of the drawers.
9. At the end of the assembly need to check whether the boxes do not interfere with the use of each other.
10. When enough smooth the strips need to erode by sanding or planing.

original dresser from old suitcases

Making this chest begins with a performance of the frame.Its size is determined by the amount of luggage to be used.The material for the frame can be plastic, board, metal, chipboard or plywood.Trim is made possible by means of lacquer or paint colors that match the interior room.Features of the construction of the chest following:

1. to allow easy extension of suitcases, which perform the function boxes, inside the framework you need to install the strap-walkers.
2. recommended to cover them with varnish - it will make the nomination process even easier.
3. For functioning one drawer need two strips.Before installing the need to remove the lid from the luggage.Their bottoms should be strengthened by means of plywood, which must be pre-cut to the size of the walls and the bottom of the suitcase.
4. can make a chest of drawers even more spectacular by filling it with the help of technology "decoupage".
5. can also paste over the product with a cloth or a self-adhesive film.

Chest in the interior premises

The bedroom dresser, usually used for storing clothes and linen.Therefore, for this room it is advisable to prepare a large dresser.For a child's room design with tables used for changing.Also in the child's room, you can choose a chest of drawers with a variety of fairy tales.This piece of furniture will be useful in the kitchen or in the dining room.It is convenient enough to store dishes, as well as use it as a buffet.

In the bathroom this piece of furniture is well suited for storing bath accessories.And if you pick it up in accordance with the colors of plumbing, it will help create a refined interior.However, we must consider the fact that this space should be made of water-resistant chest of materials such as MDF or colored plastic.The chest can store not only clothes, linens or dishes, and jewelry.For this purpose, for a small chest of drawers with the presence of a mirror.

Conclusion

chest is roomy, practical and versatile furniture item.It will find its application in the premises for any purpose.A simple design, consisting of available materials, allows you to build it yourself.The assembly process involves several steps.But before you collect dresser should be familiar with the instructions to construct a functional and an aesthetic piece of furniture.

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