Making furniture from plastic bottles with your own hands

The modern world is characterized by creativity and the presence of many original ideas. Items that most often become garbage are used to create objects. For example, furniture made of plastic bottles is an interesting idea that requires creative thinking.

The benefits of creating a product with your own hands

Summer cottages are a place for the embodiment of ideas. Creating something with your own hands is interesting, and things turn out unique. Making furniture from plastic bottles is not as difficult as it seems. But the process itself has a number of advantages that are worth noting:

• The embodiment of a unique idea;
• Spending free time doing something interesting;
• Creating a useful item;
• Saving money.

Purchasing interior items involves additional financial costs, but not everyone wants to spend a lot on a summer cottage. Therefore, creating furniture from plastic elements is an excellent option for saving the family budget. In addition, it will be resistant to moisture and external weather conditions.

Requirements and materials

Before making furniture from plastic bottles with your own hands, you need to decide on its design and construction. There are many options, if desired, you can create the following unique things:

• bed;
• sofa;
• pouf;
• table;
• chair.

Each item has its own design features, and the design is selected according to your own taste. Creating furniture from plastic bottles begins with preparing the required materials and tools. You will need:

• plastic bottles, each design will require a certain amount;
• thick cardboard is enough;
• foam rubber to create a soft seat;
• finishing materials (this could be the fabric from which the upholstery is formed);
• scissors and tape.

In some cases, additional tools may be required, this fact depends on the type of product being manufactured.

Instructions for implementation

Let's take a closer look at how to make common types of furniture from plastic bottles.

Pouf

1. take the bottle and make a cut in its wide part;
2. we insert another part into it with the neck;
3. repeat steps 1 and 2 until the desired height of the product is obtained;
4. we wrap the resulting structure tightly with tape;
5. we make a sufficient number of such blanks of the same height and fasten them together with adhesive tape;
6. result: round design;
7. we cover it with foam rubber to ensure softness;
8. We upholster the product and get a full-fledged pouf.

You can decorate the product in different ways, the main thing is to choose the right style of the pouf.

Shelf

This version of the product is suitable for beginners. The shelf is suitable for a room, a summer house and a location on the site. It does not take up much space and is suitable for storing small items. To make the product, you need to follow these steps:

1. we select the size and shape of the structure;
2. we cut the material in the neck area;
3. cover the resulting parts with acrylic paint (you can take several colors);
4. we fasten the parts together with tape;
5. We fix them to the wall with screws.

You can add an additional element - plywood, to which you can attach the parts, this will add reliability to the structure.

Sofa

A sofa made from plastic bottles will look original on a garden plot. To make it, you need to follow the steps provided in the instructions:

1. purchase two-liter elements in quantities of 500 pieces;
2. you need to buy wide tape;
3. make a reliable foundation;
4. The top of each bottle is removed and it should be inserted into the lower part with the neck down;
5. Another bottle is installed into this structure, which is covered with a cut-off bottom;
6. We connect two elements with tape; the product must be wrapped securely;
7. the resulting modules serve to form the structure itself;
8. First the seat is assembled, then the support part, and lastly the armrests;
9. We fix all the elements with tape.

You will need quite a lot of adhesive tape - this should be taken into account when preparing the tools. The sofa can be decorated as desired.

Stool

Even a beginner can make such a piece of furniture. To do this, you will need to complete several steps:

• preparation of 10 two-liter parts filled with sand or water to ensure the reliability of the structure;
• tightly rewinding them with wide tape;
• production of individual sections (used as legs) and their fixation;
• installation of a seat cut from a plywood sheet, it is nailed or screwed to the bottle caps.

It is necessary to use a large amount of adhesive tape to increase the reliability of the stool.

Decorating

Furniture made from plastic bottles with your own hands can be decorated according to your own discretion.

There are several common options:

• use of foam rubber, synthetic padding, to ensure the softness of the product;
• use of upholstery or a ready-made cover;
• pasting decorative elements onto a product.

Proper decoration will give the furniture an original look that will arouse admiration among those around you.

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