Furniture for the interior of the house is not necessary to buy in an expensive furniture store: you can do it yourself in a few hours.
A wooden chair, of course, is more difficult to make, but here is a soft and comfortable ottoman - in a few simple steps.
The main element of today's workshop will be a plastic bottle. She needs to stock up in large numbers.
DIY red wine designer ottoman fur ottoman
Such an unusual ottoman will be a bright accent in a dim living room. Cats will love him if they live in a house. And it is safe for children - soft, fluffy and light.
Materials and tools: plastic bottles with caps, fabric for interior upholstery, fur, adhesive tape, thick box cardboard, foam rubber, zipper (tractor lock) 2 pcs., Needle, thread, sewing machine, scissors, tailor's meter.
Stage 1
Using adhesive tape, all bottles are fastened together in the shape of a hexagon. If desired, you can choose a simpler shape - round. In this case, the others join in one central bottle in a circle. Get two rows, not counting the central bottle. It is important that each bottle is glued to the neighboring ones.
Stage 2
A circle is cut out of cardboard for the upper base and lower. It should have a protrusion outside the circle of bottles of about 4 cm. This distance is necessary for the subsequent insertion of foam rubber.
Cardboard bases are glued onto adhesive tape as shown.
Stage 3
A circle with a 10 cm allowance is cut out of the foam rubber. It is better to make 2 or three layers of foam rubber for the right side of the ottoman from bottles made by yourself.
Foam rubber is sewn by hand to cardboard.
Stage 4
A rectangular shape is made of foam rubber for upholstery from the side edge. You can make 2 layers. With the help of a thread and a needle, the material is sewn to the future ottoman. Everything here is also simple.
Stage 5
From the fabric cut patterns for upholstery. You should get two circles and one long rectangle. The tractor lock is recommended to be sewn from the bottom circle side. All these manipulations are done with a sewing machine.
Stage 6
Their fur is sewn in a similar shape, which was made of upholstery fabric. Zipper is also better to sew from the bottom of the ottoman. If sewn from above, then on the upper bend of the ottoman, the lock will be visible and it will not look very beautiful. It is better to direct the fur pile on the sides towards the floor. So the fur will not brush and become noble to shine and shine.
Do-it-yourself ottoman from bottles with weaving
Such an ottoman fits perfectly into the interior of any corridor. Be it an apartment or a rustic country house. Sitting on it is comfortable to wear shoes before going outside.
Materials and tools: plastic bottles with caps, hard cardboard for boxes or thick leather, adhesive tape, linen (upholstery fabric), thermal gun with glue, foam rubber, lightning, construction stapler, scissors, knife, self-tapping screws, drill, old newspapers in large quantities to create wicker tubes.
Stage 1
Attention, The photo used long bottles that may not be sold in all regions. Therefore, you can use plastic bottles with a volume of 1.5 liters, but in order to give the future ottoman an elongated shape, as in the photo, you need to make 2 floors of bottles. To do this, 1/3 of the side of the nozzle is cut off from each bottle. This small cut piece is inserted into the cut bottle. The spout cap should rest against the bottom.
Stage 2
In a bottle with a cropped nose, one whole bottle is inserted with the nose down.
Stage 3
Next, one of these assembled bottles is glued to another on an adhesive tape. And so the round shape is assembled from bottles in two rows, not counting the central bottle.
Stage 4
If bottles of 1.5 liters are used in the work, then it is required to make the second floor according to the same scheme as the first, relatively speaking.
Stage 5
Both conditional floors are fastened together with adhesive tape.
Stage 6
Circles are cut out from cardboard or leather for the upper base and lower. They are attached to the bottle structure on self-tapping screws.
Stage 7
The whole design of the future ottoman, which is made with its own hands, is wrapped in thick cardboard. It is also fastened with duct tape.
Stage 8
From foam rubber, a circle is cut along the diameter of the upper base of the ottoman. On it you need to lay on top of flax. Flax will be upholstery. Its edges are bent down and a construction stapler mounted on a cardboard wall.
Stage 9
Old newspapers are used to make tubes for weaving, imitating a vine. They are wet wrapped in a spiral on a spoke. A brush with a thin layer of glue is drawn along them. Additionally, at this stage, you can change the color of the future vine by adding acrylic paints or gouache. The tubes are dried. Knitting needles can be removed.
Stage 10 - Weaving
Vertically laid newspaper tubes. On the bottom they are fastened with a thermal gun.
Stage 11
Next, you can proceed to horizontal weaving.
Stage 12
All vertical protruding ducts are cut off. A braiding is made around the perimeter.
Stage 13
Do-it-yourself ottoman made of bottles can be decorated with a round handle. It is made of a metal ring braided in a circle by a painted newspaper.
It is recommended that the product be lightly varnished. This will make it less susceptible to moisture and water.
