Pendant armchair with own hands

Description of the furniture

Description of furniture

Popularity and the demand for pendant chairs is growing rapidly. In many respects due to the convenience of this furniture, as well as the use in the manufacture of environmentally friendly materials. The pendant armchair will perfectly fit into any interior and help create an atmosphere of exotics and coziness in your home.

The desire to make your home cozy - the normal desire of each person and an important criterion in the design of the room. Particular attention and strict requirements in the interior are assigned to the so-called seats. To your taste and preferences we choose chairs, sofas, armchairs of greater or lesser rigidity. But that's surely will be to the liking of all consumers, so this suspension chair. Having experienced at least once all the convenience of this furniture, you will certainly want to buy into your house this design.

The first models of such designer armchairs appeared in the last century in Denmark. Suspension chair, as then, today is a comfortable seat in the shape of an ellipse made of wicker, fabric or plastic, which is hung from the ceiling with a hook. This allows you to swing in the chair in any direction. Thanks to the unusual shape and convenient compact design, the hanging chairs fit favorably in any interior, being its integral complement.

Get a visual idea of ​​how to look hanging chairs or a hammock chair, you can in the photo.

Classification of hanging chairs

For the half-century history, the hanging chairs have slightly changed, only their functional duties remained constant. For today, distinguish such types of this furniture:

• with a frame of rattan, vines, acrylic or plastic. The solid base of such furniture, as a rule, is covered with a cloth;
• with a fabric skeleton. Outwardly it is a hammock, but it differs in smaller size. . In this chair you can sit and lie, as it completely takes the form of a human body;
• chair-cocoon, which allows you to perfectly retire at the expense of a hidden interior space;
• hanging chair, shaped like a drop. An excellent option for placement in a child's room. Individual models have doors;
• chair with stand. Such a model is not attached to the ceiling, the supporting element in this case is a stable leg-stand;
• glass chair. Very popular model. This chair can be moved and installed in any corner of your apartment or house.

Differing suspension chairs also by the following criteria:

• used material;
• method of fastening the hanging chair. It can be axial and rod. In the second case, the chair moves along a bar fixed to the ceiling or on the floor;
• for the load withstand. This indicator depends on the quality of the materials used. In general, suspended chairs can withstand up to 100 kg. This applies to plastic, rattan and fabric chairs. For 200 kg the seats are made of transparent acrylic;
• in form. Some resemble the shape of a bubble, a cone or a bag, while others are of a more closed type. There are also models in which several people are placed.

You need a hanging chair if:

1. You need comfort and relaxation. It is this chair that allows you to relax, sleep and, perhaps, retire from others.
2. You enjoy the easy rocking. Suspended chair provides an opportunity to ride as a child on a swing. Thus, it is fun to spend your leisure time, parallel to calm down and forget about stress.
3. You are a fan of the style of "Boho", that is, free and non-standard, in which a crazy flight of thoughts is combined and a certain stylistic line is traced.

Advantages and Disadvantages of

Pendant Armchairs Advantages of Pendant Armchairs:

• original design;
• comfort;
• ergonomic design;
• does not require additional care.

Disadvantages of hanging chairs:

• is the only and important disadvantage of a hanging chair in complexity when moving from place to place, since it is mounted in the ceiling.

Pendant armchair with soft frame

You can easily make lightweight chair construction yourself, besides this lesson will not take you much time.

For manufacture it is necessary: ​​

• metal-plastic hoop;
• 3 meters thick fabric;
• thin foam rubber;
• braid for edge processing;
• slings;
• needle and thread;
• scissors and centimeter tape.

Manufacturing technology:

1. Begin the manufacture of a hanging chair from the cutting of fabric. Cut two equal squares, fold them 4 times and trim the edge, forming a circle. The size of the circles should be 50 cm larger than the diameter of your hoop.
2. Cut out the slots for the lines at equal distances from each other. Then, from the inside, tape the edges.
3. Carefully connect the fabric circles and stitch them tightly. Do not forget to leave a small hole in order to insert the hoop.
4. The hoop, in turn, is wrapped with foam rubber, which is fixed with adhesive tape.
5. Insert the hoop into the fabric cover and sew the fabric through.
6. In the prepared holes, thread the lines and fix them on the hooks in the ceiling or on the tree if your outboard chair is in the yard.

Pendant armchair with braided frame

Before you make a hanging chair with your own hands, carefully study the manufacturing instructions and prepare the necessary set of tools.

For work you will need:

• metal hoops( 2 pieces of different diameters: one bigger, another smaller);
• strong nylon or polyamide thread;
• tape made of foam rubber;
• slings;
• pencil;
• scissors;
• centimeter tape;
• gloves.

Stages of manufacturing a hanging chair with a woven frame:

1. Prepare hoops. To do this, wrap them with ribbons from foam rubber and lightly fix with glue or scotch tape. Then wrap the hoops with a thread. In this case, foam rubber makes the seat softer.
2. Next, from the hoop with a large diameter weave a grid with a pattern in staggered order. And when you're finished, connect the two hoops from bigger to smaller to get a single design.
3. Wrap the front hoops tightly with cords.
4. If you own the technique of weaving macrame, then you will not be able to make a backrest for an armchair.
5. For weaving select any threads. Scaffolds start from the top to fix the main thread down the back.
6. With the help of special lines and an iron ring, which can be purchased at the store, fix the chair on the ceiling anywhere in your house.

Pendant hammock with your own hands

In this universal chair it is convenient to sleep, lie, sit and read. From it, simply design a cradle for the baby, just lay the mattress and the blanket inside. Hanging chair-hammock can be hung on the veranda, on the tree or in the children's room of the child.

For work on the production of hanging chair:

• wooden block;
• twine;
• slings;
• thick fabric;
• paint and brush;
• thread;
• scissors;
• pencil and ruler.

Manufacturing technology of hanging chair:

1. First prepare the fabric. Folding a 2 m length in half, place it on the table so that the fold of the fabric is to your left.
2. After measuring 40 cm from the upper corner to the right, make a mark with a pencil, trim to the lower right corner, thus obtaining an oblique cut. Unfold the fabric.
3. Top short piece tucked for 2 cm, iron smoothly, tuck off again and then you can stitch the lapel.
4. Do the same with the bottom long edge.
5. Process the side edges of the fabric. For this, turn the corners from the long side inward by 90⁰.Fold the edge, fold it in half and secure it.
6. Sew the sides of the workpiece, but do not forget to leave a place for the twine.
7. Take care of the preparation of the wooden bar. Drill two holes on both sides. The first hole is 2 cm from the edge of the bar, the second - at the same distance from the first.
8. To make the fabric of originality it can be painted. Paint any color, apply absolutely any patterns.
9. While the fabric dries, prepare the twine. At one end make a knot, and so that it does not dissolve, float its end with a burning match.
10. The end of the rope is threaded through the hole in the tree to the left, then through one end of the fabric and the other hole in the tree and secure by knot.
11. Do the same on the other side.
12. You can adjust the height of the chair yourself.
13. Attach a hook or ring to the ceiling, metal attachments can be attached to it.
14. The last thing left is to hang a hammock chair. Everything will be finally ready, if you lay a soft litter or pillow in the hammock.

Hanging chair for a dacha

Having worked fruitfully in a summer house on a hot summer day, sometimes you want to relax and hide in the shade of trees from the exhausting sun. Alternatively, you can lay a cloth carpet on the ground, or lay out a clamshell and lie down, but it will be much better if you make a comfortable hanging chair from improvised materials with your own hands.

For the manufacture of hammock chairs for villas you will need:

• plywood sheet( 1530x1530x12 mm);
• electric drill;
• jigsaw for wood;
• self-tapping non-closed rings( 6x80 mm);
• clamps-clamps;
• pencil;
• kapron cord in a skein of 25 m in length, 5-7 mm in diameter.

Manufacturing technology of a hammock chair for dachas:

1. Before starting work, make slats from a sheet of plywood. To do this, use a jigsaw to cut 16 boards with a size of 650x100 mm.
2. Sand each sanding board with sandpaper.
3. As the plywood absorbs moisture quickly, as a result of which mold and insect pests appear on it, it is recommended to treat the slats with antiseptics and only then varnish into 2 layers.
4. Back from the edge of the board 2.5 cm, drill through holes on both sides. The step should be 5 cm. Drill bit diameter should be 8 mm. Do this with each plate.
5. When the slats are prepared, you can start assembling the hanging chair. Lacing is better to produce in separate pieces, rather than one common piece of cord. By connecting 2-3 straps between each other, tie the knots on the cord and continue to connect the new boards. This is done so that the entire structure does not fall apart if the cord is accidentally damaged. Flame the lighter or match the seals of the ends of the cord.
6. So, do lacing according to the principle of a shoe - crosswise.
7. When you finish the lacing of the last leg of the hanging chair, make 4 holes in the board numbered 2 and 15. This is necessary to suspend the structure.
8. Thread the cord through new holes and give the chair the shape you need. Cut the cord to the level you need.
9. Hanging this hammock to the ceiling is much easier: with the help of a hook and fastening rings.
10. If you decide to organize an armchair between trees, you will have to work a little and make a special crossbar between the trees. It can be both wooden and metal. To her, and a suspended chair.
11. Suspended chair-hammock for the dacha is ready.

Mounting of the

Pendant Armchair Mounting the hanging chairs is as follows:

1. Before mounting the hanging chair, you must make sure that the ceiling is strong. The existing voids between the ceiling slabs are filled with polymer solutions, which can be purchased at construction stores.
2. After the ceiling solution has completely dried, fix the special rings for the lines and directly attach them to the hanging chair itself.
3. If you are dealing with wooden ceilings, then in the wooden floor, drill holes and fix metal fastening bolts in them. To do this, it is necessary to purchase special ceiling mounts that withstand heavy loads.
4. As a connecting element between the fastening ring and the suspension chair, chain suspensions, ropes or fabric materials are used. The choice of this part is completely individual. As the designers advise, the connecting rope should be in the same style with an armchair, similar in structure and color.

Armchair-hammock with your own hands.

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