Furniture for a bath and sauna by own hands

It is not for nothing that it is considered that only natural materials should be used in a bath, they are able to bring special energy to the process of body cleansing and inner peace. Of course, some prefer to buy ready-made furniture, but the work done by oneself - finds a greater response in the soul.

What kind of furniture material should I use?

Furniture for a sauna must be made only of natural materials. Sometimes in saunas preference is given to sofas made of artificial leather or fabric upholstery, but they do not tolerate high humidity, and they lose wood in terms of aesthetic component. It should also be remembered that not every wood will be equally suitable for this business.

It is believed that furniture made of linden for a bath suits best, because the linden has a number of undeniable advantages: the

• linden is slightly heated, but at the same time the wood begins to exude a pleasant pleasant aroma,
• , it is easy to handle, has no defectsouter bark and knots, which facilitates the finishing process,
• linden quickly dries and is not afraid of exposure to moisture, the
• low price of the material will make furniture made of lime available to any budget.

In addition to lime, it is often recommended to use birch and oak wood. Like the lime tree, they do not emit pitch during heating and are easily cleaned. In addition, the use of coniferous species, the same pine will win in the competition in terms of benefits: a pair of needles have a beneficial effect on the lungs. Lovers of exotics and owners of good budgets should pay attention to the African tree family "abashi."It is not afraid of heat and moisture, it can not be burned. However, the use of exotics in unshakable traditions is very controversial, so when choosing wood for furniture, it is more expedient to select those species of wood that are widely distributed and available in free sale. Furniture for a bath from a tree is not only a trend of fashion, it is first of all the desire to receive comfort and benefit in the process of washing, after all the majority of tree species, when heated, saturate the air with useful enzymes, so necessary to the body.

What furniture do you need for a bath?

After the material for furniture was chosen, it is necessary to determine what furniture is necessary for the interior of the bath:

1. First of all, it is difficult to imagine bathing procedures without the presence of benches and shelves in a steam room.
2. In addition, you will also need clothes hangers.
3. It is highly desirable to have a font, a large barrel, which will replace the pool for cooling.

To make furniture for a sauna and a bath with your own hands will be difficult enough if you do not have the appropriate skills, but the end result is worth it. Which tool should I use during the build process?

Required tool

For work in the first place you will need:

• Bulgarian with a circular saw,
• hacksaw or saw on wood,
• plane,
• for fastening and joining elements you need screws and nails.

It is important to remember that the metal parts get very hot during the procedures, for this reason even a simple screw must be securely hidden flush( recessed into the wood) in order to avoid the possibility of a burn. Roulette and the building level will help to observe the necessary angles when assembling the structures. As can be seen from the above, no special tool is required - all of the above is sold at the nearest building material store.

Assembling of furniture for a bath: stages

When assembling furniture, you need to start with the most labor-intensive products: from benches or shelves.
Usually benches, if a sweating room is a large room, are located in several levels. In fact, often in this case they are called shelves, the difference in the method of attachment: the shelves are fixed to the wall, the benches are to each other. If the bath is small, one wide bench is enough, which should have a fence from the stove.

The general principle of assembling both in the shops and in the shelves is quite simple: wood boards are laid with a gap of 1 cm to ensure an unhindered flow of water. Products should have a length of one of the walls, a width of at least 60 centimeters. Optimum is 90, because on such a bench can comfortably accommodate a man of any complexion. If the structure consists of several tiers, then the distance between them should be 50 cm. The shelves should preferably be constructed detachable in order to be able to quickly remove and wash them if necessary. For this, the frame is made up of a bar and cross rails, after which the base will be fixed.
Stalls are assembled in the same way, the difference is only in the thickness of the straps for the seat. Collected furniture for the steam room should not be covered with varnish, only stain to make it necessary color and additional protection from the effects of high temperature.

The shelves for clothes and clothes hangers are assembled quite easily. A planed board with a length of 50 cm, onto which hooks( for a shelf) are mounted, or other plates, is fastened to the wall flat.
This set of furniture is a necessary minimum, but if the dimensions of the bath allow and there is a desire, it is worthwhile to think about installing a font. In fact, it is a large tub, a cylindrical container made of wooden boards, with a diameter of 150 cm. Who watched the film "The Features of National Hunting in Winter", will immediately recall the episode about the "furak".This Japanese analogue is a font and the internal device is no different. The font has almost the same height as the diameter, but does not need to have an absolutely round shape. At the moment, many manufacturers offer ready-made solutions for the bath, the price for which starts from 450 US dollars. It is pleasant enough to dip after visiting the steam room. Moreover, often in cool water in a font special tinctures or essences are added, which can have a beneficial effect on health and well-being.

Ways of finishing old furniture

Above we considered ways how to make new furniture. But sometimes it's enough to bring the old to mind. Select the following options for finishing:

• rustic style( the same country),
• whitewashing furniture,
• giving furniture a vintage style( antique).

Furniture for a bath, the photo of which is presented below, will clearly demonstrate the sophistication of this type of sauna facilities.

Even simple and plain-looking wooden furniture can easily be turned into a whole artistic canvas, on which it is possible to realize any ideas. The country style is good because it does not require special efforts to give the furniture a refined appearance. So, it is necessary: ​​

• sand wood with a metal mesh or brush. Movements should be made along the fibers so as not to leave noticeable transverse bands on the material,
• the sawdust is removed with a soft cloth or a soft brush,
• , to emphasize the wood relief, after sanding the material should be covered with a translucent blue layer, which is applied using a conventional brush or roller,
• Further wood is varnished and the surface is ready.

It should be remembered that the restored furniture with a varnish covering is used only in the waiting room, or on the veranda. In the steam room itself, there should be no varnish coatings.

For the summer sauna, the most optimal choice is a method of restoration, such as making furniture of a new kind by whitening. In fact, this method is an alternation of the use of a metal brush and glaze coating. The surface is sanded with a brush, the sawdust is removed, then the furniture is covered with a layer of white glaze. After the layer dries, the wood is again passed through with a metal brush. Then repeat the coating with glaze.

Thanks to the use of this method, furniture easily and quickly acquires a whitewashed expensive look, and the idea itself is simple enough and does not take much time to implement.

Vintage style is now popular not only in clothes, but, first of all, in furniture. Since such a method is most costly both in time and in strength - it is worthwhile to approach such a performance by weighing all the pros and cons. If a positive decision was made, then the following procedure should be followed:

• should first be given a "spoiled" look. No matter how strange this idea seemed, this is the essence of vintage - to show the subject already lived for a long time, even if it is not. It is necessary to treat the surface of the restored model with a hammer and a knife to create deep cuts and damaged areas. For the same purpose, an ordinary nail or a self-tapping screw will do. With the help of a hammer, hits are made on the surface, especially at the points of curvature, to give the furniture a sufficiently shabby appearance,
• then the wood is covered with stain, after which the layer should dry out,
• with fine and coarse-grained sandpaper, sanding the surface to create a plaque,
• after that the wood is cleaned of sawdust and dust, and further processed by means of azure,
• after this, after complete drying of the azure, with the help of a rigid brush, the integrity of the upper layer is disturbed,to create the correct pattern of aged wood,
• the final step of the work will be the application of the last layer of glaze mixed with White Spirit solvent in proportions of two to one.

After these procedures, furniture will look old. It should be noted that the creation of such an effect without the availability of relevant experience is unlikely to come about the first time. Nevertheless, it is worth trying, because the end result is quite capable of exceeding all expectations.