We collect a kitchen set

Kitchen set, assembled by yourself or updated old kitchen furniture, will help to transform the room, make it beautiful and cozy.

Sometimes, when choosing furniture, people do not like its value, but worst of all, if the buyer does not like the decor and quality of the furniture kit.

Also the reason for a long search for suitable kitchen furniture may be a small living space.

As a result, all proposed options have to be discarded and make an individual order for the manufacture of furniture for their small kitchen.

But as it turns out, the cost of such a service, which includes drawings and decorations created in accordance with the customer's wishes, significantly exceeds the price of the finished model.

In this case, there is nothing left to do but try to assemble the kitchen set yourself. And now look at the photo, that's what can come of it.

Features of making a kitchen set with your own hands

Assembling a kitchen set with your own hands will require the usea standard set of home-made tools that can be cut, cut, metered, drivenetc.

Up to a pencil with a sheet of paper, they will be needed to draw up diagrams or drawings, as well as make markings.

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Table top, bar rack, shelving, corner with built-in recess, in general everything that is included in the kitchen set can be made by yourself using plasterboard.

As the kitchen is a room with high humidity, it is appropriate to purchase sheets with high moisture resistance.

When the furniture from gypsum cardboard is almost ready, it will not be difficult to combine it with the existing interior into a single organic design.

You can decorate its surface using decoupage, various finishing materials, for example, elements of lining.

If, for example, after the balcony or loggia has been cladded, there is a waste of lining, then they can be used in combination with drywall sheets for the production of a kitchen set as a decoration, or as separate parts - in the form of doors for a locker.

Such a product made of wood will perfectly feel in close proximity to plasterboard. From the lining can also get a good table top for the bar.

In addition, using a lining the design of furniture from plasterboard will look not only original, but will become much stronger.

Perhaps many have the question, can such an assembly withstand the right load?

In fact, it all depends on whether the carrier structure is mounted so correctly and the required number of profiles is selected.

Pre-compiled charts and drawings, as well as competently assembled kitchen set, will be able to provide it with the ability to withstand about 150 kg of weight per m2.

The big plus from hand-made manufacture of a gypsum cardboard set consists in possibility to equip space even small kitchen with special comfort.

Having occupied each corner of it with a compact locker, it is possible to create a place for storing kitchen utensils. While the installation of standard furniture does not allow this.

Proof of this will serve as the following photos.

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If you want to make a kitchen set of drywall yourself for a large or small kitchen, you can use the below proposed drawings and information.

Table top made of plasterboard and ceramic tiles for kitchen set

Make the most worktop of plasterboard, after which, as a decoration for it to use ceramic tiles, not difficult, especially since the work will help ready drawings.

Common variants of countertops are L-shaped, U-shaped and linear.

As for each specific case different design drawings are required, in this case we will consider how the assembly of the linear countertop should take place.

In work the following list of materials will be used:

• guide galvanized profile;
• sheets of moisture-resistant plasterboard with a thickness of 18 mm;
• ceramic tiles;
• adhesive for tiles;
• putty.

Immediately it is worth pointing out that for a specific purpose the drawings of the future design need to be made taking into account the needs and accordingly the growth of the tenants.

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Only in this case it is possible to provide comfortable use of the tabletop made by own hands.

Assembling the linear tabletop - step by step instruction:

1. On opposite walls for each apply 4 marks: at the corners and at the end points of the future tabletop. The process is controlled by a level;
2. Below 100 mm, we mark 4 more points - fixation points for 4 guide profiles;
3. With a distance of 150-200 mm, we mount one guide profile above, the other - below it, to the bearing wall;
4. Two other profiles are fixed with edges to the walls - this will be the edge of the countertop;
5. Between the lower and upper parts with a step of 400 mm, the support pillars are installed;
6. Between the upper guides, those that are adjacent to the wall and those that are placed on the edge, transverse segments are installed with a gap of 400 mm;
7. The upper part and facade of the structure is covered with plasterboard. Make holes for the sink and stove;
8. We carry out the surface finish with ceramic tiles, intertile seams are sealed with a moisture-resistant compound.

The production of the table top resembles the process of mounting gypsum board walls.

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The main thing is to choose the right number of support elements, due to which the unit will get strength and rigidity.

How to update the kitchen set

The first idea that comes to mind when you see an old kitchen set is to paint its facade or update it with self-adhesive film?

But to these common ways of decorating you can add one more, more modern - decoupage.

Consider all three options that will allow you to update the kitchen furniture from wood, provided that the surface has no pronounced defects.

Such as loss of geometric shape or exfoliated pieces of wood.

Before you decorate the surfaces of the kitchen set, it is recommended to perform minor preparatory work, without which it is impossible to update the furniture beyond recognition.

The first thing to do is to remove all the facades and accessories from them.

And for the reverse installation of kitchen elements, after the decor is completed, passed without problems, each element must be signed on the inside.

Preparation of surfaces for decor includes washing elements in warm water with soda and laundry soap.

Then the facades must be well dried and wiped with a degreasing compound. If the surface of the tree has small scratches and chips, it is advisable to conduct their plastering.

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After the putty has dried, you can start to update the kitchen set. Below are offered photo and video materials of ready-made design solutions.

Painting the facades of kitchen furniture

Refresh the facades of the headset by staining is not difficult. The main thing, first of all to cover with a layer of paint all figured and bottlenecks.

Then you can go to the surface, and the brush should move in one chosen direction.

To this end, it is better to buy car paint and paint the facades of the kitchen set by spraying from a can.

In this case, the composition will ideally lie on both the figured and the flat surface.

Here it is worth noting the wide assortment of hues of car paint and the unsurpassedness of its effects.

Very attractive will look a kitchen set, painted with a pearl shade or metallic color.

You can supplement the decor of surfaces with the help of a painting tape, by gluing it on the doors to create an ornament.

Decorate the area covered with a new layer of paint, after it dries, the tape is removed.

Decoupage of surfaces of a kitchen set

To update facades of kitchen furniture it is possible, applying decoupage. In this case, it will be difficult for you to see the same decor of furniture as you have, in some other place.

After all, decoupage is a technique that allows you to update the facades on an exclusive level.

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Minimum amount of materials required for work:

• sheets with drawings for decoupage;
• PVA glue;
• acrylic colorless varnish;
• brush;
• scissors.

Instead of decoupage cards, you can use a three-layer napkin pattern or color images printed on the printer. Drawings are cut and pasted onto the surface of PVA facades with glue.

After the glue dries, paint the contours of the applied image with a brush and acrylic paint, supplement it with small details.

Completely dried and decorated surface is covered with 2-3 layers of acrylic clear varnish.

You can also give life to old furniture by applying a self-adhesive decorative film on the facades of the kitchen unit.

Her choice is diverse not only due to colors, but also drawings, ornaments and patterns.