The main advantages of furniture made of wood
Products made from natural materials are very beautiful and are suitable for any interior style in rooms for a wide variety of purposes. There are several features that speak in favor of choosing just such furniture.
The availability and traditional skills of making wooden chairs allow us to create a variety of design solutions that suit the most demanding requirements of customers. They can look very original and attractive, even with minimal finishing and wood processing.
The solid wood used to make these pieces of furniture is highly durable. Such products can be difficult to break. Sometimes they last a hundred years or more, especially when they are chairs with a wooden seat, which can remain unchanged for a long time.Natural material of plant origin is absolutely environmentally safe, which is especially important for children's rooms and for people prone to allergic reactions.
Unlike other materials, wood can be easily repaired, restored and painted.
Joinery materials
The main tree species used in carpentry are:
Oak is a hardwood, one of the best for carpentry. It has high mechanical strength, is resistant to decay, and can be stained in water. Bog oak has a color ranging from black to brown-green.
When cut radially, oak produces beautiful core rays, while the wood texture combines very well with staining. Due to the porosity of wood, it is recommended to treat oak products with colorless varnish in order, on the one hand, to protect the wood from contamination, and on the other, to emphasize its natural beautiful texture
Beech is a hard deciduous wood with a poor texture, widely used in carpentry. Its strength is almost as good as that of oak, but it is not resistant to decay and is greatly deformed when drying. It is well impregnated with varnishes and stains, easy to process. It is most beautiful when cut radially.
Ash is a hard deciduous tree, slightly lighter in color than oak, grayish in color. The texture is rich, the wood has a viscous, dense structure and is very durable. Ash is very dense, so it is poorly susceptible to impregnation with varnishes, stains and antiseptics. It bends well and hardly deforms when it dries.
Walnut is a hardwood, very dense and heavy, has a beautiful wood texture, and is easy to process and polish.
Pine is a soft coniferous species that is used in construction and carpentry. It is well processed, impregnated with varnishes, stains and antiseptics. Popular due to the low cost of the material.
Larch is a hard coniferous tree, superior in strength to oak. It is used in carpentry, in the manufacture of parquet, and in the interior decoration of buildings. The wood has a rich reddish-yellow texture, is resistant to decay, and is poorly saturated with paints and protective compounds.
Classic style chairs
Classic is the most common type of furniture, this is especially evident in chairs, which, without large solid planes, often look like the most elegant and stylish objects in the interior.
Chairs made in a classic style have standard sizes and proportions of backs and seats. They are used in various rooms, from living rooms to kitchens.
Wooden upholstered chairs in this style, which have soft upholstery only on the seat or also on the back, have long become familiar to everyone. The material that is combined with a wooden structure can be upholstery fabric, natural or artificial leather and velvet.
Folding chairs
To save space, as well as to increase the functionality of furniture, designs of folding wooden chairs are being developed. Their disadvantage is the presence of a mechanism that needs regular lubrication and sometimes repair.
The folding type of such furniture is convenient to use in the country, in a country house, on large verandas and kitchens, when additional seats for guests are needed. There are chairs with reclining backs, which can take any angle of inclination, up to a horizontal position.Two functions can be performed by a wooden transforming chair, which is an object for a person to sit on, which, if necessary, can be easily folded into a stepladder for household work. Such a product can be made at home from scrap materials, for example, left over after dismantling outdated furniture.
Methods of connecting elements
Chairs are constantly exposed to stress, so all parts must be firmly connected to each other.
There are several ways to join structural elements.
- Fixation with round pins. The dowel is made of hard wood without knots and placed in a special socket. The method is used for median, longitudinal knitting or at an angle. If you need to strengthen the knot with several spikes, then they are placed with ledges.
- Flat studs are easier to manufacture, but at the same time more durable, which is explained by the large gluing surface.
- Other methods involve the use of screws, screws, and bolts.
To strengthen the structure by about 50%, the wooden chair is supplemented with legs that are attached to spikes.
Garden seats
For outdoor dining, garden furniture comes in a variety of shapes. A prerequisite for long-term operation of such items is high-quality protective treatment of materials against moisture penetration and parasite infestation.
In this type of furniture, any manifestation of design fantasies is possible. Part of a wooden chair for a country house can be a stump or a branch of an original shape, also carefully treated with protective compounds.
Types of processing and coatings
According to the method of assembly, chairs are divided into several groups.
- The carpentry type involves gluing together frame elements from straight pieces of wood.
- For turned products, body parts have a round cross-section.
- Vienna or bent models are made using a special technology that gives the wood flexibility.
You can find combined models that contain different techniques.
Wood gives scope for the implementation of design solutions. The chairs are decorated with carvings, chiseled elements, and paintings. For some styles, artificial aging, decoupage, and craquelure are practiced.
To extend the life of wood products, they are varnished or treated with products to protect them from moisture, dirt, and minor damage.
- Oil gives wood water-repellent properties.
- The varnish will provide smoothness and highlight the beautiful texture.
- The paint will reliably hide imperfections.
- Wax will give the wooden surface velvety and warmth.
- Impregnations will prevent moisture and dirt from spoiling the structure of the wood, protect against fungus, and give the desired shade.
Chairs with armrests
The chair-chair, in its basic parameters, corresponds to the classic examples of this type of furniture, but its distinctive feature is the presence of armrests. They can be made with solid sidewalls or in the form of handrails on stands.
The back of a wooden chair with armrests can be solid, made of twigs, wicker, or upholstered with soft inserts. A huge number of models of this type can be selected for any interior, from simple living rooms to luxurious reception rooms.
How to make a classic stool with your own hands: step-by-step instructions
The easiest way is to purchase ready-made furniture, but if you have the necessary tools, materials, certain skills and desire, then you can literally make an excellent wooden stool in just a couple of evenings. To do this you will need bars, boards, a jigsaw, glue and sandpaper. Schemes and drawings can be found on the Internet.
The main elements of the stool: 1 – legs; 2 – legs; 3 – drawer; 4 – cover; 5 – connection elements; 6, 7 – sockets
Helpful advice! To make a stool, it is better to use special wood glue. Simple PVA can also be a substitute, but its adhesive qualities are much lower.
The manufacturing procedure consists of the following steps:
- Open it up. In accordance with the recommendations (in the drawings), parts of the desired shape and size are cut out using a jigsaw or hacksaw. It is advisable to make paper patterns and cut them using them.
- Making legs. From a timber with a cross-section of 50x50 mm, we cut out 4 legs 45 cm long.
- Making a seat. We cut the part from one wide board 20 mm thick or from two narrow ones. It must correspond to the parameters 38x38 cm.
- Making tsars and 4 legs. There should be four of these parts, as well as the legs. They are made from thinner beams and boards. On each drawer and leg, 20 mm tenons must be cut for connection.
- The structure is assembled by connecting a tongue and groove. The tenons on the sides and legs are inserted into the grooves on the legs. First, the parts are connected without glue to eliminate all defects, then the structure is glued one by one.
- Seat connection. The bars between the drawers are attached to this part with self-tapping screws, and their length should not exceed the width of the board.
Assembly diagram for a classic wooden stool
Using the same principle, you can easily repair a chair with your own hands. It is advisable to begin repairs as soon as the chair begins to sway in order to avoid its complete collapse.
Weighty furniture
The Viennese method for making chairs is particularly beautiful, durable and of high quality.
For bent parts, special wood species are selected, the quality of which only improves after undergoing procedures for bending parts using special technologies. We recommend reading:
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The curved wooden backs and legs of such chairs favorably decorate the straight lines of the rest of the furniture.
When purchasing Viennese chairs or semi-chairs, you should pay attention to the fastening parts of the products. A bent tree that does not break during bending procedures, in itself, becomes a guarantee of the quality of the product.
Unusual design ideas
The most original design ideas.
Burnt wood
Charred wood has a striking aesthetic effect, thanks to which it seamlessly complements a variety of design concepts.
Bent wood
With the help of plastic wood, you can achieve the most bizarre shapes and smooth outlines, allowing you to create a pronounced, individual and sensual atmosphere.
Made from untreated wood
Such unique designer furniture has the most unusual and intricate shapes, natural defects and imperfections that become the dominant feature of any design.
The photo shows a bathroom with a vanity top made of untreated wood.
Brushed wood
A clear surface relief, which is achieved using a special brushing technique, gives the tabletop a special decorative and beautiful appearance.
From the root
Bizarre and expressive root shapes allow you to give the product an exclusive, unique and individual design, especially suitable for fans of non-standard solutions.
