Kitchens and wardrobes are almost the easiest types of furniture to assemble for novice craftsmen (not counting only bedside tables and shelves). In general, furniture for the living room and bedroom usually requires a more serious approach, the use non-standard materials, glass. This article will help beginners understand how to make furniture themselves.

tree in pure form are no longer used in cabinet furniture; solid wood is considered an expensive luxury material.

Now wood is being replaced with a cheaper material - laminated chipboard (abbreviated laminated chipboard). Most often, these boards have a thickness of 16 mm; chipboards with a thickness of 10 and 22 mm can also be found on sale. 10 mm sheets are usually used to fill wardrobe doors, and 22 mm - for bookcases and shelves where high bending strength is required. Also, sometimes the structure is decorated with elements made from 22 mm laminated chipboard.

Almost all furniture parts are made from 16 mm laminated chipboard (except for doors and facades).

Laminated chipboard

Cutting laminated chipboard produced on special machines along guides. Of course, you can saw it off at home using a jigsaw, but then there will be chips and wavy irregularities on the edges. It is almost impossible to saw off chipboard evenly with a jigsaw at home.

Edges

The most vulnerable place of laminated chipboard is when it is cut down. It is easiest for moisture to penetrate through it, so when poor defense soon the ends may swell. Therefore, the ends are closed using edges; there are several types of them.

• • Melamine edge is the cheapest, but of poor quality. You can stick it on at home using an iron.

• • PVC edge 0.4 and 2 mm – best option. It can only be glued on a special machine, so it is done immediately when ordering a cut. To save money, 0.4 mm is glued to the invisible ends, and 2 mm to the external ones, which will experience constant loads and friction.

PVC edge 2 mm

• • ABS edge is similar to PVC, but made from environmentally friendly material.
  • Mortise T-shaped profile - inserted into a groove previously made with a milling cutter. Rarely used.

• • Overhead U-profile - can be easily glued to liquid nails at home. The main disadvantage is that the edges will protrude a few millimeters, so dirt will get stuck under it. On the other hand, this drawback allows you to hide a poor-quality cut.

Facades

Kitchen fronts and furniture doors are usually made of more elegant material. But if you are making a drawer door inside a wardrobe that no one will see, you can use regular 16 mm chipboard with PVC edging 2 mm. But the cabinets in the kitchen should look more presentable.

The facade is a separate furniture element. It is usually made to order. If the dimensions of the facades are non-standard, their production may take several months.

By standard sizes you can easily navigate: usually the facades are made 2 mm smaller than the cabinet itself on each side. Therefore, for a standard 600 mm cabinet, a 596 mm façade is used.

The height of the kitchen cabinet also depends on the facade and ranges from 715 to 725 mm for floor cabinets (without legs) and low wall cabinets, and 915-925 mm for high ones wall cabinets.

Types of facades

Since facades serve mainly a decorative function, the choice is huge; they differ in appearance and material.

• • Facades made of laminated MDF. This is a pressed material, more moisture-resistant and dense compared to chipboard. Most often, the surface is laminated to look like wood. But no matter how strong the film is, over time it can come off at the edges and crack. The main advantage of this material is its low price and fast production.

MDF facades

• • In addition to standard blank facades, there are also options with figured cutouts for stained glass. The glass is attached to the cover on the reverse side.
  • Softforming - such facades are similar to ordinary MDF, but have a characteristic two-color layout with relief on both sides. They can only be used in dry rooms, bedrooms or living rooms.

• • Postforming – even higher quality and durable products. Thin plastic at the edges is wrapped 90° or 180°, thereby eliminating unnecessary seams at the corners. Chipboard or MDF boards are used as the base. Typically, postforming is done in a strict form, without unnecessary pretentious decorative elements.

• • Plastic facades- high quality, but expensive. They consist of a base (chipboard/MDF) lined on both sides with thick plastic. They always have strict design and a flat surface, glossy or matte. The edges of the slab are sometimes protected with ABS edges or aluminum profiles. IN Lately Super glossy acrylic plastic is especially popular.

Plastic facades in aluminum profile

• • Wood and veneer facades - suitable for amateurs natural materials, but they are expensive. In addition, there is a long debate about environmental friendliness: there is an opinion that there is so much varnish and impregnation that there is only one name left for the tree.

• • Painted facades to resemble enamel. They have a significant drawback - the surface is vulnerable to scratches and deformations, and has low chemical resistance. They used to be popular due to their rich color, but with the advent of glossy acrylic plastic, everything changed.

• Aluminum facades with glass are suitable for a high-tech kitchen. They look modern, but are difficult to manufacture and install. Non-standard fittings are used for their fastening.

Back walls and bottoms of drawers

The back wall and bottom of the drawers are most often made of HDF. Smooth side The sheet should face the inside of the cabinet/drawer. The thickness of the sheets is 3-5 mm, the color is selected to match the chipboard.

Some people prefer to mount HDF on furniture stapler, but you can’t do that. Over time, the brackets will become loose and the structure may warp. It’s not worth talking about the bottom of the drawers - a stapler is clearly not suitable for fastening.

Furniture LDVP

Sometimes it is inserted into a groove prepared with a milling cutter, but all dimensions must match down to the millimeter.

Most often, HDF is attached to nails or self-tapping screws. It is better to use self-tapping screws with a press washer, but before screwing them in, you must drill a hole, otherwise the product may crack.

In rare cases, for example, to create a “stiffener” in tall cabinet or in boxes with high loads, fiberboard is replaced with chipboard. These materials can also be combined.

Tabletops

Table top – horizontal working surface, on which you can cook, eat, read, write, etc.

Most office and desks, as well as in cheap dining rooms, the tabletop is made of the same laminated chipboard as the main parts. The thickness is 16 or 22 mm, it is necessary to frame it with a 2 mm PVC edge.

Special countertops are used for the kitchen. They are a sheet of chipboard 28-38 mm thick, which is covered on top with durable plastic using postforming technology. Moisture-resistant countertops have green color on the cut, and ordinary chipboard is gray. Correct kitchen countertop must have a drip tray that will prevent the flowing liquid from getting onto the facades and drawers.

The weak point of such countertops is the cut edge. They are usually covered with a simple melamine edge, so they become unusable within the first year of use. To avoid this, it is recommended to protect the edges with special aluminum profiles ( end strip), and to protect against moisture, pre-coat the cut with silicone sealant.

There are also other types of profiles: corner and connecting strip, which are needed for joining several cabinets with different countertops.

Corner, connecting and end strip for table top

One more element - decorative corner, which closes the gap between the wall and the countertop.

Sometimes used to finish an apron wall panel. Unlike tiles or mosaics, it is more practical due to the absence of seams and is inexpensive compared to glass splashbacks.

The tabletop is attached to the cabinets from below using short self-tapping screws to horizontal spacers so as not to spoil the smooth front surface.

Countertops made from natural or artificial stone are higher quality and more durable than others. A natural stone heavy and requires special care due to high porosity. A fake diamond has no such disadvantages, it can be given any size and shape. Main disadvantage stone countertops– high price, for a small kitchen they cost from 40 thousand rubles. and more.

An alternative option is a countertop made of tiles or porcelain stoneware. You can make it yourself, but the tiles cannot be mounted on regular plywood or chipboard. The base must first be covered with cement-fiber sheets.

Location of parts

A detail is any element of cabinet furniture: lids, tabletops, walls, facades, shelves. Each part can be either nested or invoice. Right choice the type of location is very important.

Let's look at examples of two kitchen cabinets: one of them will stand on legs, and the second will be suspended.

Base cabinet:

As can be seen in the photo, the operating stress in the floor-standing cabinet is directed downwards from the lid and in the first option is naturally transmitted through the parts to the cabinet legs.

In the second, incorrect option, the load is transmitted through the confirmat (furniture screw), and because of this it will be torn out of the part at a fracture.

Wall cabinet:

In the second example, the opposite is true: the load will go to the bottom shelf, and the attachment point will be on top.

If we use the same fastening scheme here as in the floor cabinet (option 1), all 4 bolts will be constantly under the load of being pulled out of the wood. Therefore, it is better if the confirmations experience stress on the fracture (see diagram “correctly”).

Furniture fasteners

Furniture fasteners are hardware ( hardware), which are used to connect parts. Most often, connections are made at right angles.

• • Wooden dowels - inserted in advance drilled holes in both details. They are used for preliminary fixation and increasing the shear load, then the parts are fixed in a more reliable way.

• • Furniture corners - a popular but outdated look furniture fastening. Among the disadvantages: appearance, loosening over time and bulkiness.

Furniture corner

The main disadvantage of this type of fastening is that screwed-in caps remain visible. To hide them, use plastic plugs matching the color of the chipboard.

Furniture fittings

• • Handles - everything is clear here. They are usually attached with screws.
  • Legs – comfortable in rooms where work is done frequently wet cleaning floors, for example in the kitchen. Any wood, especially chipboard, will quickly deteriorate from daily contact with water. In addition, the legs can be used to level furniture on uneven surfaces.
  • A silicone damper is a cheap but very useful part that can reduce the noise of impacts from cabinet doors. It is glued to the top and bottom of the cabinet door or end to soften the impact.

• • Furniture hinges. Round cutouts for them (additives) in the facades can be made in any furniture workshop, unless the manufacturer has made them in advance. The hinges differ in the degree of door opening. Standard hinges have an opening angle of 180° and a closed angle of 90°.
    The hinges have a special mechanism that allows you to adjust the doors in height and seating depth. For glass doors Separate hinges are sold; glass can be clamped into them without drilling a hole.

Furniture hinges

Among the inexpensive manufacturers of accessories, we can recommend the Chinese Boyard, and among the serious global manufacturers, the Austrian Blum.

Drawers and slides

There are many ways to make furniture boxes. The simplest of them is to assemble a perimeter from laminated chipboard. If you want to beautiful facade, it is screwed onto the main frame from the inside (like the table top). The façade can also be secured to eccentrics as the fourth wall of the drawer.

But the main thing is not to assemble the drawer, but to secure it correctly.

Drawer guides are divided into roller or ball guides.

• • Roller guides are usually attached to the bottom of the drawer. He will ride on them on two rollers. A pair of such guides costs about 150 rubles, but it is highly not recommended to use them. The main disadvantage is that they do not allow the drawer to be pulled out completely; a heavy drawer in the more than half-open position may simply fall.
  • Ball guides, or as they are also called, “full extension telescopic guides,” can exactly double the length. They have many balls inside, like bearings, so they provide a smooth ride.

Roller and ball guides for drawers

• In addition, Blum has metaboxes and tandemboxes. These are ready-made side walls of drawers with installed guides. All that remains is to install the facade, back wall and bottom.

Doors for wardrobes

The sliding wardrobe can be separate (with side and back walls), or built into a niche or corner (with one side wall). Internal filling can be anything: regular shelves and mezzanines, drawers and baskets, clothes rails, special hangers for trousers, ties, etc.

Main element wardrobe – sliding doors. You can’t save on them; you need to buy high-quality fittings, otherwise you’ll suffer with falling and jamming doors. In almost any city you can find domestic sliding doors in specialized stores. Aristo systems no problem.

A sliding wardrobe usually has 2-3 doors. They consist of a profiled frame into which they insert decorative elements: mirrors and glass, chipboard, rattan sheets, bamboo, artificial leather (based). Each door can be assembled from a combination of several such materials, which are separated aluminum profile. It is not recommended to make doors more than 1 m in width.

Standard profiles designed for a sheet thickness of 10 mm. But how to insert a 4 mm thick mirror into it? To do this, put a silicone seal on the edge of the mirror. To prevent broken glass from injuring anyone in the event of an impact, you need to order a mirror with a film glued to the reverse side.

The doors move along guides; they are installed at the top and bottom. Lower doors provide forward and backward movement, and the upper ones fix the door relative to the depth of the cabinet.

The bottom rollers are usually made of plastic, have a shock-absorbing spring and a screw for height adjustment. The upper rollers have a rubberized surface.
With the right approach homemade furniture It turns out cheaper and better quality than what is displayed in stores. But besides this, it will be exclusive, precisely suited to the needs of the owners and the characteristics of the room.

Let me congratulate you!

The pleasant expectation regarding the delivery of custom-made products has become a reality. Finally, a kitchen set or a set of upholstered cabinet furniture has been delivered - and soon you will be able to enjoy your desired purchase...

In the meantime, the order of the day is to assemble the delivered kit. We assume that the location of the headset units is determined in advance and does not require rearrangement or adjustment in size. For a kitchen setting, it is assumed that the end edge is already glued, and the fronts have holes for hinges.

For kitchen

Before you begin assembling furniture, you should prepare enough space so that it is convenient to lay out the disassembled furniture. By checking your power tools for proper functionality, you will speed up the work at hand. By spreading film or packaging cardboard on the floor, you will be able to protect the surface from accidental scratching and quickly complete cleaning after the process is completed.

It is proposed to assemble the furniture according to the attached diagram.

1. First, select parts for the lower cabinets. Attached to a horizontal base vertical walls(for this it is better to use Euro-ties), shelf holders are placed inside. In drawers that do not pull out, but slide out smoothly, roller guides are installed.
2. Installation of facades is done by laying half-assembled products on the back wall. It will be more convenient for two people to perform this operation: one person marks the locations for the holes for the screws, and the second person holds the loose cover at this time.
3. The last step will be fixing the handle. The kit includes fasteners, so all that remains is to drill the holes and put the handle in place.
4. All components of the kit are leveled.

For living room, bedroom, nursery, office

Indoor furniture sets, as well as kitchen furniture, are supplied in separate packaging. This is convenient, because the details are different designs will not get confused with each other.

The process is shown using the example of one of the furniture elements. The set consists of cabinets, cabinets, and chests of drawers of different designs. Installing a cupboard is a significant challenge (this job is definitely not for beginners).

If you think that you are able to correctly “read” furniture assembly diagrams and drawings, and are confident in your abilities, then you can proceed to independent work. But remember that this will void the furniture warranty.

a) Having estimated the time that may be needed for assembly, add at least another 30-50% to it. For example, for a kitchen, depending on the degree of technical complexity, it may take from 5 hours to a couple of days. For beginners, it’s better to double or triple this value, because you’ll have to understand every little detail.

b) Are you hoping to borrow the missing tool from your neighbors? And if they don’t have it either or there are no people at home in right time? Contact companies that offer power tool rentals.

c) Assembling furniture with your own hands is a lengthy undertaking. It is better to allocate time on the weekend, from 11 o’clock. Evening manipulations with a drill or screwdriver, which can last for several hours, are unlikely to help improve relations with neighbors.

d) Having unpacked the box with a stationery knife along the adhesive tape, check the list of components and especially fasteners. Partially their absence will negatively affect the speed of work completion.

e) Two extra hands will not be superfluous. Do not hesitate to ask one of your family, friends or neighbors for help.

f) For drawers, the manufacturer makes the required marks on furniture parts. Mounting location moving mechanism It is better to mount it before starting to assemble the frame.

g) The edge side must be in the right place, otherwise you will have to do everything all over again. The situation may repeat itself if you have secured similar parts in the wrong place.

h) Glass and mirrors are placed on products in a safe place for safety purposes. last resort. Assembling luxury furniture requires special knowledge and it is better to use the help of experienced craftsmen.

i) To tighten confirmation bolts, a special key is inserted into the set at the factory. When there is a lot of similar work to be done and you want to speed it up, it is wise to purchase an additional hex bit for the power tool.

When your order arrives, take the time to open each box and see if everything is as listed and if there is any damage during transportation. If something is missing or a part breaks along the way, ask for a replacement. Only then sign the delivery document.

Accuracy, attentiveness and slowness are the basic rules that must be followed in work. After all, extra holes and scratches will not add beauty to the product, and distortions will deprive the pleasure of further use of the headset.

The slightest uncertainty own strength at great desire Proving to yourself and your loved ones that you are not a bad person can easily be done by going online and typing “furniture assembly video” into a search engine. A bunch of useful information will allow you to study incomprehensible moments and see how professionals deal with them.

How to assemble furniture

The article talks about the technology of assembling cabinet furniture. It will also cover the main types of fastening equipment that are commonly used in this business. Let's talk about the tool that we will definitely need.

Main types of furniture fasteners.

1) Universal screw with a countersunk head. Its size is 3.5x16. Nothing particularly remarkable stands out. Most often it is not supplied with furniture. To be purchased separately. They are used to fasten the back walls of furniture, handles, hinges, pull-out guides for shelves, etc. The screw is screwed in with a screwdriver. (photo 1-2)

2) Furniture screw - simple and convenient connection. Presented in the form of a screw and nut. The screw has a semicircular square head that does not protrude or rotate when the nut is tightened and tightened.

3) Furniture corner. Easily fastens perpendicular structures. Depending on the purpose, it can be metal or plastic. Also different are his dimensions. (photo 3-5)

4) Tenon permanent connection. Wooden detail cylindrical coated with glue and inserted into a pre-drilled groove. Afterwards, the protruding part is also smeared with glue, after which it is inserted into the groove of another element. (photo6)

5) Confirmat is the main furniture fastener. It is screwed into both elements, thereby “pulling” them together. Confirmats usually have a size of 6.4x50 mm. Before tightening this fastener, you will need to drill a hole with a diameter of 5mm. The confirmation is screwed in using a hexagon.

6) Eccentrics are a very interesting type of fastener. Allows you to do something hidden gusset two elements located in relation to each other at an angle of 90 degrees. Consists of two parts. The first part is made in the form of a screw, the thread of which is screwed into the edge of one of the elements being fastened. The special head of this screw is inserted into a 5mm hole located at the end of the second furniture element being fastened.

Access to the inserted screw head is provided through a hole with a diameter of 15 mm located on the side. A special nut is inserted into this hole, which, when screwed onto the head of the inserted screw, firmly tightens the walls of the furniture. The nut is tightened with a hexagon. Despite the fact that the mount remained hidden on inside, it is finally hidden under plastic attachments. (photo 7-10)

Assembling cabinet furniture with your own hands: “Where to start, how to continue?”

The first step, of course, is to unpack the purchased furniture. Boxes should be cut with extreme care. The main thing is not to touch the packed parts of the furniture. This is especially true for the front parts.

For convenience, lay out the assembled elements of cabinet furniture on the floor. Place the accessories included in the kit into one box so that you don’t waste your time searching for the right part each time. (photo 11)

Be sure to find the instructions. It must be included in the box along with the furniture set. After reading the instructions, bring all the necessary tools. Typically, when assembling cabinet furniture, the following set of tools and accessories is required: screwdriver, screwdriver, hexagon, hammer, pliers, corner, small level, fixing corner (photo 12-19). In some cases, a drill with a drill bit may be required various diameters. However, in good quality furniture factory-made, as a rule, everything required holes and the cutouts are made in advance!

Sometimes the instructions may contain errors. It’s difficult to say what this is connected with, the main thing is to use logic and not follow directions blindly. It also often happens that a set of cabinet furniture includes cheap fittings in order to save money. If in doubt, purchase others from a furniture store. Unreliable fastenings can completely render furniture unusable.

Generally cabinet furniture assembly You won't find it difficult. The main thing is accuracy. Don't tighten the fastener so hard that everything cracks, but don't leave it uncompressed either. All pieces of furniture must be level. The evenness of the corners is checked with a corner tool. Constantly check the slopes of the surface with a level. When tightening the fasteners with a screwdriver, make sure that the bit does not slip and damage the surface of the furniture.

In some cases, glossy and other decorative parts are covered protective film(photo 20-21). Don't remove it unless necessary. During the assembly process, this should only be done when the film interferes with attaching anything. It will be better if the film remains on the furniture until it is used. It is important to know that some glossy panels modern furniture have special properties: they repel dust. However, after removing the film, such panels cannot be cleaned for about three weeks.

Assembling cabinet furniture with your own hands is great idea because you will save your cash from unjustified waste!

Sometimes assembling furniture yourself can be a real challenge. Depending on the design, the same closet or chest of drawers can test the strength of your nerves. Usually, various problems arise during the first assembly, so we’ll talk about the intricacies and features of the process.

Basic Rules

First of all, in order to assemble any piece of furniture well, it must be of high quality. Therefore, when accepting delivery, first check the contents of your order. Most often, a single piece of furniture, or an entire set, should be accompanied by a list of parts, which will be the first part of your instructions for properly assembling the furniture.

Before this, you should have accurately measured the space that the furniture you bought will occupy, so that in the end it would not turn out that the conventional wardrobe simply does not fit in the right place.

Moreover, you need to take into account that the same cabinet must also be assembled indoors, and the latter must be spacious enough to comfortably carry out assembly and subsequent movements. Carpets should be removed and the floor itself should be covered with something like a blanket to protect the surface from damage.

Tool

No less important is the tool that is needed to assemble furniture - sometimes a simple screwdriver may be enough for you, in other cases you may need a whole arsenal, it depends more on the size of the furniture and the complexity of the design.

Beginner difficulty level

For simple pieces of furniture you will need a simple tape measure, a hammer, several screwdrivers (can be replaced with a screwdriver), a drill (situational), a hammer and several wrenches. All this is enough to assemble the initial difficulty levels.

Complex designs

This category includes large pieces of furniture with a large number of parts, including moving ones, or furniture complex shape. Photos of assembling furniture with your own hands, of this type, can often be found in magazines and catalogs.

For it, in addition to the items mentioned above, you may need: a level, a hammer drill with various drills, a furniture stapler, and the like.

Dresser

Let's look at a diagram of assembling furniture with your own hands using the example of an ordinary chest of drawers. The item is very useful, and in any living room - it’s hard to imagine a bedroom or children’s room without it.

Previously, its role was played by simple chests. The disadvantage of such a piece of furniture was very simple design- at its core, it was a box that was closed with a lid, which is very inconvenient for storage large quantity clothes, despite the obvious spaciousness.

Its modern analogue, a chest of drawers, is well suited not only for outerwear, but also for shoes, cosmetics and other things that the owner may need.

Blueprints

If speak about step by step assembly furniture with your own hands, you should always start with drawings. First you need to decide on the place where the chest of drawers will stand - depending on this, it can be made higher or wider.

As for the assembly process itself, here the drawings, namely graphic and text descriptions, will help you assemble the furniture not only correctly, but also quickly - usually their role is played by simple instructions according to the assembly, which good shops complete almost any piece of furniture.

For example, IKEA completes all its designs with all the necessary documentation, consumables in the form of self-tapping screws, bolts and the like.

If the kit contains fastenings that require a special tool (hexagon) - this is also included in the delivery kit.

back side

But not everyone buys furniture from IKEA and Hoff, and it often turns out that the furniture you bought does not include any fasteners, and sometimes even drawings. In this case, you will need a photo, looking at which you bought all this, nails, screws, a screwdriver, bolts different sizes and a lot of patience.

Note!

Assembly

If you give advice on assembling furniture to a beginner, it is best to start from the bottom or back wall. They are usually solid and solid, so other parts are attached to them.

Most often, the chest of drawers has drawers, the guides of which will be more convenient to install while the walls are not secured and do not hinder movement. Next you need to assemble the drawers themselves and install the fittings.

If you need to assemble something like a large wardrobe, then you need to start by installing the frame - the bottom, the back wall, if there is one, the side walls and the top. Only after this can you begin installing the internal parts.

In the case of small cabinets and racks, it will be more convenient to assemble in free space on the floor or big table, and then simply move it to the desired location.

Note!

You should assemble it carefully, but without fear - there is no need to rush, usually the manufacturer thinks through the assembly process for you, the main thing is to understand how he presents it.

Photo of DIY furniture assembly

Note!

How to assemble a wardrobe or chest of drawers, kitchen or other furniture? This question is asked by every man who is faced with such a task for the first time. A man should be able to do everything and this is true, and if he doesn’t know how to do something, then we will teach him!

How to assemble furniture correctly, because there are a huge number of varieties. Sliding wardrobes, kitchens, chests of drawers are sometimes not even possible to assemble to an experienced master. Designs and complex installation, are often perplexed. It will be easier if instructions are included with the furniture.

How to assemble furniture correctly

To assemble furniture with your own hands efficiently, you need to learn some rules. These rules include careful handling of parts, own safety and the correct assembly sequence.

After delivery or purchase of furniture, make sure whether it is your furniture and whether it is your color. Check the contents and complete unloading from the vehicle. If the furniture is disassembled (tables, cabinets, cabinets), then you need to determine the number of parts and boxes. After this, you can safely bring the furniture into the house.

At home, you should check the furniture fittings. To assemble furniture correctly, you need to free up space. If the furniture is large and massive, then the assembly location should be in the room in which this furniture will be located.

Before assembling furniture, cover floor coverings with a blanket or other covering to avoid damaging the floor. You should remember about safety precautions for assembling furniture so that you don’t have to correct defects later. And most importantly, prepare the tools and materials with which you will assemble.

Tools for assembling furniture are divided into two types:

• assembly of a simple structure;
• Furniture assembly complex design.

Assembly of a simple structure is carried out using:

• roulette;
• screwdriver or screwdriver;
• drills for furniture assembly;
• hammer;
• wrenches.

For assembling and installing furniture of a more complex design or unusual furniture complex shapes require additional tools:

• jigsaw;
• device for identifying electrical wires;
• hammer drill for furniture assembly:
• crowns of different diameters;
• furniture stapler;
• various types of drills;
• level.

If you are not sure that you can assemble the furniture or it requires a serious installation process, it is better to turn to specialists.

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How to assemble a chest of drawers

A chest of drawers is an indispensable piece of furniture in the interior. A children's room or bedroom cannot be complete without it. A variety of materials and types of furniture allows you to save money family budget. You can also design a chest of drawers with your own hands that will suit all your preferences.

In ancient times, a chest was used instead of a chest of drawers, but it was not entirely convenient. This was the reason for the appearance of such furniture as a chest of drawers. Today the chest of drawers is considered universal and quite spacious furniture. It is used to store things, shoes, perfumes and cosmetics and other things.

How to develop a project and drawing for assembling a chest of drawers with your own hands

Start developing a chest of drawers by choosing the place where it will stand. Measure the space, taking into account the placement of outlets and baseboards. So as not to interfere with their full functioning. Then start determining the dimensions of the chest of drawers itself. It is recommended to adhere to 800 mm in height and up to 1200 mm in width. These dimensions are considered optimal for assembling a chest of drawers with your own hands. When creating a chest of drawers with your own hands, carefully consider the choice of materials. Consider the following points:

• natural wood has impressive weight;
• Chipboard or MDF are much lighter and cheaper.

It is better to assemble unusual furniture using a drawing. In our modern world it's very simple. If you are able to make a drawing yourself, then stock up on a ruler and pencil. And if you want to simplify the task, then use an electronic program (Compass 3D or AutoCAD). An electronic drawing for assembling a chest of drawers simplifies the work and determines the size of each element of the chest of drawers.

The next step in assembling a chest of drawers with your own hands will be to determine the size of the parts, taking into account the gaps. Remember that the edge adds thickness. To prepare the remaining parts, contact any wood chipping company for help. If you have “golden hands”, then use a disk and a saw.

Installation of the cabinet assembly for the chest of drawers

For installation we need:

• nails with a wide head;
• screwdriver or screwdriver;
• screws for assembling the chest of drawers.

We start by assembling the body of the chest of drawers, connecting the back wall with nails. If it is not possible or not possible to make a wall from a single material, then replace it with two pieces. They can be connected to each other using polymer joining parts. To secure the parts, you need to use a furniture screw, drilling a hole with a diameter of 4 mm in the edge of one fragment.
After that, take the next part and make a hole in it about 7 mm. Screws, with front side cover the chest of drawers with plastic covers. Let's start fastening top cover. We will do this using steel corners, attaching them with self-tapping screws. Assembly of the chest of drawers is complete!

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Assembling dresser drawers

The chest of drawers consists of:

• facade;
• side walls.

The process of assembling the drawers is more difficult than assembling the chest of drawers. To avoid getting confused in the elements, number them and start assembling the chest of drawers.

Let's start assembling the chest of drawers by installing the bottom. To do this, you need to make cuts 10 mm deep at the bottom of the walls. Use paired self-tapping screws to fasten the front fragments. To facilitate the movement of dresser drawers, install roller bars on the inside of the walls. Apply glue to the strip and install it on the bottom of the dresser drawer. When the glue dries, you can insert the box into the frame.

The main assembly of the chest of drawers is complete, all that remains is to install the handles. They can be easily attached with screws. Be sure to pull out and check each drawer and its movement on the frame.

How to assemble a cabinet

Making a wardrobe with your own hands is a popular activity. It gained its popularity because the cabinet has no swing doors, it is possible to implement hidden installation and the cabinet itself is very compact. When assembling a cabinet, you will have to learn design, carpentry and construction skills.

The design skill lies in the position of the cabinet shelves and the design of the entire cabinet. Having come up with the desired design in your head, transfer it to a piece of paper.

Calculation and cutting of material for assembling a wardrobe

Measure the width and height of the cabinet to calculate the dimensions of the remaining parts (partitions, shelves). After calculating all the dimensions, draw out each detail of the cabinet. It is recommended to make shelves and partitions smaller when assembling the cabinet overall size wardrobe for 2 chipboard sheet or other material used. Standard chipboard is taken with a thickness of 16 mm.

Considering the 16 mm thickness, we indicate the size of each part. This work is very painstaking. Therefore, check several times to ensure that the cabinet is of the correct design.

Now we move on to trimming (the front ends of the chipboard). On each drawing of the cabinet parts, we mark the edges, which we will cover with special tape. This procedure is very expensive, so you need to determine the edges visible from the front side when assembling the cabinet. Having done such work, you can breathe easy and take all the drawings and diagrams to a specialized place where they will cut them for you.