How and why to make a kitchen corner with your own hands?

A kitchen corner is an attractive element of the kitchen interior, allowing you to save space and gather in a small kitchen with the whole large family. Mankind has been using kitchen corners since the era of postmodernism. Despite the large assortment of kitchen furniture in modern stores, it is not always possible to find the right one. But this is not a problem for a person with basic carpentry skills. A do-it-yourself kitchen corner is an opportunity to have furniture that is ideal in style and functionality, without large financial investments.

Benefits of using and creating with your own hands

Kitchen corners are popular due to several of their properties:

1. Compactness. They allow you to save space, which is the main advantage for a small kitchen that combines a kitchen and a dining room.
2. Functionality. A corner sofa for the kitchen can contain drawers for storing things, food or dishes, vegetables.
3. Comfort. A large family or company can sit at the table.
4. A large selection of options. There are many different designs. You can choose and assemble a corner with your own hands that suits the size, style, and finishing material.
5. Cheapness. A kitchen corner made by yourself will always cost less than one bought in a store.

We decide on the design and construction

The kitchen corner includes a short and a long sofa and a connecting corner between them. Those who do not know how to make a kitchen corner with their own hands should take into account several tips:

1. You need to start by determining the location for the corner, its size, and think through the design and color scheme.

   

2. For inspiration, it is worth looking at photos in magazines or on websites specializing in design and furniture.

   

3. The design can be as simple as possible: a frame, seats and backs on it. Storage drawers will increase the functionality of the new furniture. They can be made retractable or with an opening lid. Corner kitchen sofas with a sleeping place can be used for temporary rest, allowing guests to stay overnight. Their manufacture requires additional investments, more professional skills, the purchase of special fittings and a mechanism that allows you to fold and unfold the sofa.

   

4. Corners can be right-handed or left-handed. This is important to consider.

   

   

5. For upholstery, it is better to use leatherette, synthetic materials. They are easy to clean, stronger and more durable than fabrics.

   

6. If the product is intended to be soft, like a filler, it is most practical to use polyurethane plates or foam rubber.

   

7. The corner should be made according to the drawings. You can sketch them yourself or find drawings and diagrams for a do-it-yourself wooden kitchen corner in specialized publications or on the Internet. The found diagrams will still have to be modified to suit your conditions: change the dimensions. A compiled drawing simplifies the work, allows you to calculate materials more accurately, saves time.

   

8. After this, a list of all corner elements and materials that need to be purchased is made.

   

9. All missing tools, devices, fittings, and materials should be purchased in advance before starting work.

Necessary materials

To make a corner sofa for the kitchen you will need:

• laminated, sanded chipboard, plywood;
• fasteners: dowels, screws;
• loops;
• glue;
• nichrome thread;
• edge for decorating ends, heel pads;
• furniture corners;
• polyurethane plates, if a soft corner is planned;
• upholstery;
• wood primer, paint, varnish;

Necessary tools

In the process of making furniture you will need:

• electric jigsaw;
• furniture stapler;
• knife;
• drill, screwdriver;
• hammer;
• roulette;

Manufacturing process: step-by-step instructions

For a long sofa, the following parts are cut out:

• the bottom, it can be made of plywood;
• bars for the frame;
• two sidewalls made of chipboard;
• two side pieces for the long sides of the box (can be made of plywood);
• back;
• seat.

The sofa is assembled in the following order.

1. Cover the ends of the side panels with edging and the bottom with heel pads.
2. Using a screwdriver and screws, make a frame, then a box.
3. The back is assembled and attached to the sides using dowels. The fastening can be reinforced with metal corners.

To make a short sofa, all the steps must be repeated. The only differences are in the sizes of the parts.

The long and short sofas are joined into a single structure using a corner connecting element. Using dowels and metal corners, the seat is connected to the back, then attached to the sides.

At the final stage, upholstery is done, if it is planned:

1. The filler parts are cut out of polyurethane sheets. The size of the filler is slightly larger than the size of the element for which it is intended. Soft filling is prepared for sofa seats and backs. It is attached using glue or double-sided tape.
2. The upholstery parts are made in a similar way, but their size must allow the material to be wrapped and secured with a stapler.

If soft upholstery is not provided, then the wood is treated with primer and varnish. To change the color, you can use paint or tint.

Decorating a finished corner is an element of kitchen design

The decoration is done in accordance with the kitchen interior and the owners' preferences. Therefore, there can be many options. Here are some:

1. Natural wood looks great in the interior of any room. This option is worth choosing if the rest of the furniture is made of the same material. It is safe, environmentally friendly, always looks decent, brings warmth and comfort. Natural wood is covered with tinting, varnishes.
2. If you have conceived a sofa without upholstery, you can paint it in the color of the kitchen furniture or, on the contrary, support the interior decor element with color. A combination of two harmonious colors will look impressive.
3. For finishing the kitchen corner sofa, upholstery made of imitation leather, dense fabrics is used. Such a corner can be with a filler, soft, or without it, then the seats will be hard. A large assortment of such materials in the retail network allows you to choose the right color.
4. Decorating kitchen sofas with plastic and similar modern materials is relevant. They are easy to clean, do not lose their original appearance for a long time, and there is a large selection of colors and shades on sale. But this material will not suit every interior style.

Kitchen corner sofas will not go out of fashion for a long time, because they are comfortable, functional, save space, create coziness. The kitchen is the most multifunctional room. For most, the kitchen is the place where all family members are united at one table. It is understandable to want to make this time more pleasant, and the place more attractive. A new piece of furniture makes the atmosphere warm and cozy in combination with the right lighting. An additional lamp at an adjustable height or a sconce will be an effective decorative element.

Video: DIY Soft Kitchen Corner

A selection of photos of kitchen corners made by yourself