Would you like your home to be more authentic? Can’t find furniture that fits in that small space? For both cases there is only one solution: make your own furniture. You will get them to fit like a glove to your decoration, you just have to see these examples of DIY furniture to check.
On many occasions, due to lack of time or practice, we do not dare to make our own furniture. However, thanks to them you will not only get create a home unlike any other, but you can also make better use of space. To convince you, you only have to see the following DIY furniture.
Murphy Desk
A folding desk or Murphyas it is called in Anglo-Saxon countries, will solve your space problems.
In this particular case, he wanted to take advantage of the gap under the window. A table could have been placed, period, but being so close to the wardrobe, it made opening it uncomfortable. For this reason, I decided to build this desk that has the following features:
- When closed it looks like a painting.
- The legs form the frame that surrounds the decoupage decoration.
- Once unfolded, the interior can also be used as a shelf.
You can see how I did it at this link.
Floor lamp
A floor lamp It is not a piece of furniture per se, but it will help us to complement our decoration in a personalized way. Its main advantage is that it illuminates any place without having a support point.
For example, in the case of the folding desk, it is possible to illuminate the table area when it is open. But in the event that the desk is closed, the lamp can be placed in any other place that does not bother.
In this link you will find all the instructions and steps to do it.
ladder shelf
Shelves are essential when it comes to placing books, objects, etc. Their main problem is that they are usually quite bulky if you want them to have a large storage capacity. With a ladder bookcase you will be able to lighten its volume, both physically and visually. Among its advantages I would highlight:
- The different depths of its shelves allow a better optimization of space. For example, books can be placed on shallower shelves and filing cabinets on wider ones.
- It can be moved and moved easily. Being like a ladder, once it is empty you only have to lift it up and place it wherever you want.
- It is more decorative than traditional shelves or bookcases.
In this link you will find the plans and the step by step to make a ladder shelf like the one in the following image. I also recommend that you visit this guide on how to finish wood.
design chair
Without a doubt, the main advantage of making your own chairs is that you will obtain considerable savings. You must bear in mind that for a living room or kitchen, 2 to 6 chairs are usually needed. Adding the cost of all of them, the outlay can easily exceed several hundred euros. If you are also looking for an original or designer chair, the cost can increase even more.
If you dare to build a designer chair but you don’t know how to do it, follow the step by step that you will find in this link.
Create a different home with DIY furniture
All of these DIY pieces of furniture fit perfectly into a small space I had in the guest room. Now a small desk area has been enabled to work with the natural light provided by the window.
Also, it can be used as a reading corner next to the bookcase. In any case, a totally personalized space has been created, different from the others and unique.
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