Modern techniques, equipment and materials make it possible to create a unique dressing table with your own hands. Following simple instructions, even people without experience can make a beautiful piece of furniture with minimal costs in a few days. Making a table with your own hands, the master can make furniture of the required size and functionality, color and shape, using materials that are safe for health and choosing a mirror that is convenient in shape.
A table of complex design with drawers, mirrors, cabinets, tabletops of unusual shapes, shelves and other elements is more difficult to make than a simple neat table on four legs (the mirror is attached to the wall).
You can create a drawing and calculate the dimensions yourself or use ready-made diagrams from the Internet.
A dressing table on legs is complemented by drawers underneath the tabletop, a shelving unit on the side, built-in and side drawers, folding mirrors, etc. Each additional element complicates the design and its manufacture.
When considering how to make a dressing table with your own hands, one of the mandatory conditions for obtaining a beautiful and functional product should be separately highlighted - the creation of competent design documentation (a drawing indicating the exact dimensions down to millimeters, a list of necessary materials, fittings). Changes to the model should be made at the design stage.
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Materials and tools for work
The ease of making a dressing table depends on the materials that will be used in production. For example, products made of natural wood require a certain level of skill, but even a beginner can handle MDF, plywood or laminated chipboard (many suppliers offer cutting of the material to size).
To make a dressing table of almost any model, you will need the following tools and materials.
- Materials for the production of individual parts (chipboard, plywood at least 16 mm thick, MDF, laminated chipboard, wood).
Materials for making the table: chipboard, fiberboard, MDF - Fasteners for the structure (confirmats, Eurobolts, self-tapping screws, metal furniture corners, adhesive strip for edge finishing, roller guides for drawers, plastic plugs).
Fasteners for assembling the structure - Fittings (handles, canopies, hinges, decorative elements for finishing shelves).
Accessories and fasteners for assembling a dressing table - Tools (jigsaw, drill, screwdriver, screwdrivers with different tips, Allen keys, tape measure, marking ruler, square, building level, drills, sandpaper).
- Finishing materials are selected individually (varnish, paint, stain, ready-made plastic panels).
- Additional elements (mirror, lamps, LED cords).
Elements for decorating a dressing table are selected individually depending on the style of the piece of furniture. Any decorative elements can be made (patterns from hemp rope, beads, shells, beads, etc.)
Manufacturing process: step-by-step instructions
A dressing table can be made with or without a mirror (the mirror is purchased and decorated separately, and is attached directly to the wall). Beginners are advised to make a model without a mirror. The production of a dressing table with your own hands must be carried out in the following order:
- creation of a model project (a drawing indicating dimensions, a list of all materials, elements);
Side of the dressing table with dimensions indicated - a pattern of all the elements on paper/cardboard in the full size of the table;
Ready-made parts for assembling a table with your own hands - cutting the material according to the pattern with a jigsaw by hand (you can order a pattern on professional equipment from the seller);
We draw the radius of the panel for the mirror on the mirror itself, giving the necessary tolerance - sanding the ends of all parts;
- double priming of the ends of the parts with Moment glue;
- end edge gluing (gluing with a hot iron);
- holes are drilled at the designated mounting locations on the inner surfaces;
- assembly of the frame (table top, back wall, support posts/table legs are fixed with confirmats);
- sidewalls, support legs and other elements, if necessary, are duplicated with a corner to increase the reliability of the structure and its durability;
We assemble the side-tabletop-sidebar unit - assemble the boxes: drill the front and back parts into the end, and the side elements into the plane (fasten the bottom with small nails);
Assembling drawers for a table - the guide parts are fastened with self-tapping screws to the sides, and the counter part is fastened to the sides;
- fittings are attached to the front side of the drawers (holes are pre-drilled in the designated places);
- finished boxes are installed in guides;
- The product is decorated with your own hands according to your taste.
If the project involves a door, it is necessary to drill a hole to secure the furniture canopy (fastened with screws). To achieve greater reliability and stability of the product, craftsmen recommend additionally gluing each joint with a suitable glue, for example, PVA. To do this, before tightening the fasteners, the ends are coated with glue.
Dressing Table Decoration
The uniqueness of each product created with your own hands consists more than half of the decor. Modern materials and decorative elements allow you to create a dressing table in any style.
The surface can be made monochromatic or multi-colored, stained or painted, varnished or left matte. For example, when painting with regular acrylic paint, the surface takes on the appearance of valuable wood species, and the use of stain reveals the wood structure.
The dressing table can be decorated with any decorative elements (beads, paintings, beads, painting, etc.). You just need to choose the style, the corresponding decorative details and a new unique piece of furniture, made with your own hands, will decorate the woman's boudoir.
Video: Dressing table with oval mirror
A selection of photos of beautiful dressing tables made with your own hands:
