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Outdoor tables made of logs. Log table: from design to execution. Bench made of boards and large boulders

At the dacha you can not do without the presence of garden furniture. Be sure to need benches and a table for tea drinking and accommodating guests.

Of course, each garden has its own furniture. An economical plastic option is suitable for someone, while others need a more expensive furniture set. We offer furniture made of wooden material that can be made on.

If you pick up sawn wooden trunks in the forest or near the site, unusual benches can turn out of them (see photo).

If you didn't find the logs, use the stumps from them. Arrange the area with furniture, as in the photo example. To accommodate such furniture, it is not necessary to have a large area. Choose a comfortable corner and place hemp chairs and a table in it.

Old boards should not be thrown away. They make original garden furniture as in the photo. A little crooked? It doesn't matter, that's what's unusual about it.

It can be painted with paint so that the material lasts longer. In the implementation of this idea, simplicity of design is important.

Furniture from branches and snags

This production option is exclusive. To create a design does not require special costs and materials, you just need to show imagination and skill. Whether such furniture is comfortable, one can certainly argue, but it is undoubtedly distinguished by originality and unusualness. Branches and snags, of course, need to be looked for in a forest plantation.

It would seem that the cable reel is no longer needed, however, such an item would be an excellent option as garden furniture. Most importantly, be creative! It will make an unusual table that can be decorated with decorative elements or simply painted with waterproof paint.

We wish you good luck and creative flight! Let the unusual add originality and exclusivity to your site!

Summer residents and owners of private houses know firsthand how great it is to enjoy the singing of birds, the chirping of crickets, or just a conversation with family and friends at a wonderful table in a cozy gazebo in the fresh air. And what could be more soothing and inviting than a romantic dinner with a loved one or just a cup of tea alone in this atmosphere?!..

However, unfortunately, not all owners of such potentially pacifying gazebos and places to relax can boast of a comfortable and durable table that harmoniously complements the necessary environment: someone simply does not have the desire and time to buy it, and someone is limited in money, therefore, he does not even think about acquiring a good table. But there is always a way!

Do you still have logs from the gazebo? Then the issue is resolved! Make a table out of logs with your own hands.

So let's get ready.

Necessary materials and tools.

1. Log, 30 cm in diameter. By the way, if it is an oak, then a table made of it will serve you for about a century.
2. Impregnation for wood (you can also use stain) - is needed to preserve the tree and prevent it from rotting.
3. Saw with an axe.
4. Chisel and hammer.
5. Chainsaw.
6. Lacquer for wood processing (at the end of the work).

The process of making a table from logs with your own hands.

• First of all, you should consider what exactly you want to see in your house, plot or gazebo. It is better to draw a sketch of the future table.
• Due to the fact that only your own strength is not enough to cut the logs along, find a sawmill and arrange to cut them there.
• Start processing logs. To do this, it is necessary to saw (preferably use a chainsaw) logs into pieces of the required length.
• Next, clean the tree from the bark with a chisel or an ax and a hammer. This will prevent rotting and keep it looking nice. However, refrain from working with a hammer alone, otherwise you will leave a large number of unnecessary notches on the tree, over which you will then have to pretty much “sweat”, “killing” a lot of time for this.
• If necessary, process the logs with a planer.
• Take the logs to the sawmill for sawing.
• It's time to assemble the table.

Assembly of a table from logs.

The technology for assembling a table from logs with your own hands is quite simple:

1. put the logs parallel to each other in a place prepared in advance for the table;
2. cut semicircular grooves in the center of the top of each log so that the log can lie in this recess;
3. connect the structure with nails or screws;
4. make the top of the tabletop from logs sawn at the sawmill, flat side up, putting them into the already prepared recesses;
5. process and impregnate the finished table.

Here is an article on how to make a bench from a log with your own hands.

DIY log table video

At the dacha you can not do without the presence of garden furniture. Be sure to need benches and a table for tea drinking and accommodating guests.

Of course, each garden has its own furniture. An economical plastic option is suitable for someone, while others need a more expensive furniture set.

We offer furniture made of wooden material, which can be made to the dacha by yourself, with your own hands.

Do-it-yourself garden furniture made of logs photo

If you pick up sawn wooden trunks in the forest or near the site, unusual benches can turn out of them (see photo).

It is not difficult to make furniture from logs, while there are no costs for materials, such structures will be durable.

Saw the log in half and you have two benches that are lighter in weight and fit perfectly into the design of the garden.

We apply hemp

If you didn't find the logs, use the stumps from them.

Arrange the area with furniture, as in the photo example. To accommodate such furniture, it is not necessary to have a large area. Choose a comfortable corner and place hemp chairs and a table in it.

Old boards for garden furniture

Old boards should not be thrown away.

They make original garden furniture as in the photo.

DIY garden furniture: 5 interesting ideas

A little crooked? It doesn't matter, that's what's unusual about it.

Such furniture is just right for placement in a summer cottage and will look harmonious.

It can be painted with paint so that the material lasts longer.

In the implementation of this idea, simplicity of design is important.

Do-it-yourself garden furniture from pallets, photo

Furniture from branches and snags

This option for making furniture from branches and snags is exclusive.

To create a design does not require special costs and materials, you just need to show imagination and skill. Whether such furniture is comfortable, one can certainly argue, but it is undoubtedly distinguished by originality and unusualness. Branches and snags, of course, need to be looked for in a forest plantation.

We offer to consider photo examples of bizarre compositions.

Cable reel for making a table

It would seem that the cable reel is no longer needed, however, such an item would be an excellent option as garden furniture.

Most importantly, be creative! It will make an unusual table that can be decorated with decorative elements or simply painted with waterproof paint.

We wish you good luck and creative flight! Let unusual country furniture with your own hands complement your site with originality and exclusivity!

Make garden furniture with your own hands and earn

1. We make a set with benches
2. How to make chairs
3. How to make a table and chairs from stumps
4. Adviсe

You ask:

“Who may be interested in the topic of how to make garden furniture with your own hands?”

You probably don't know the story about the labor teacher.

He was able to make a fortune in three years.

The theme of all his classes was garden furniture with his own hands. He taught children how to make it, and then sold their creations.

So why don't you repeat Trudovik's success? All you need is to learn how to make garden furniture with your own hands, and then teach a couple more friends and sell your products. You know how highly valued manual labor is today.

The question remains:

"How to master the manufacture of garden furniture with your own hands?"

Since the labor teacher already known to us is now resting in the Bahamas, we decided to teach you this one ourselves.

• how to make a garden set with benches
• how to make a garden set with chairs
• what tools and materials will be required for this
• how to make a table and chairs from stumps if you need homemade furniture for a summer residence, but do not want to buy it and spend a lot of effort on making it
• tips, thanks to which the manufacture of country furniture with your own hands will pass without errors and easily

And the best part is that you can do all this, even if you don’t have blueprints for summer cottage furniture.

True, it would be easier with them, but that's okay.

We note right away that here we only talk about how wooden country furniture is made with our own hands, because it is such a product that is in the greatest demand.

Do-it-yourself furniture for a summer residence - we make a set with benches

What tools do you need

• tape measure, pencil and square
• wooden spacer 60-120 mm wide
• drill and drills
• electric saw and hacksaw
• hammer and nails
• sandpaper and wood glue

What materials do you need

• cedar wood boards measuring 60x120, 2.4 meters long - 22 pieces.
• cedar boards measuring 60x180 and 2.4 meters long - 2 pcs.
• stainless steel bolts 5 cm long.
• full-length threaded bolts with a diameter of 0.8 cm and a length of 3.5 cm - 18 pcs.
• full-length threaded bolts with a diameter of 0.8 cm and a length of 14 cm - 18 pcs.
• washers with a diameter of 0.8 cm - 64 pcs.
• sealant and paint optional

The number of materials was calculated from the fact that the length of the table and benches will be 2.4 meters. If you want furniture of other sizes, then calculate the amount of material yourself.

We make a countertop

The table top will have a length equal to the length of the cedar board, and a width equal to the total width of all boards.

Glue the boards with wood glue.

And when the glue dries, install five supports: two on each edge where the legs will be, and one in the middle.

Attach the supports through the top of the table with screws.

Making legs

Since our legs will cross, you need to determine the length of the legs so that in the end the table has the desired and comfortable height for you.

To do this, it would be nice to draw up drawings of country furniture.

The legs will touch in the middle, so carefully and accurately cut the grooves in the center of each. A hacksaw will help you with this.

After that, make holes in the legs: where they will touch each other and where they will be attached to the supports.

Using bolts and washers, we fix the legs to the tabletop.

So that the table does not loosen and is more stable ...

Install stiffeners.

Attach one end to the legs where they touch, and the other end to the central beam. For fastening, again use bolts.

We make benches

Benches are made on the same principle as the table. Only the boards will be smaller (the width of the benches should be less than the width of the table) and the legs will be shorter.

Do-it-yourself cottage furniture - we make a set with chairs

Here you will definitely need to first prepare the drawings of garden furniture.

Because if the table can be made according to the principle described above, then it will be difficult with chairs without a drawing.

You already know how to make a table, so let's immediately start describing how to make chairs.

1. To do this, make two side rails measuring 53x13x86 cm and attach them with screws to the rear bottom rail measuring 28x11x59 cm.

   Do-it-yourself garden furniture for summer cottages - photos of successful homemade products

   Attach the base to the resulting frame.

2. Attach the 53x11x52 cm front legs to the outside of the side rails.
3. And in order for the back of the chair to turn out a little at an angle, the upper part of the rear legs should be slightly narrowed.

   To do this, cut off the upper part at an angle of 60-65 degrees. After that, also attach them to the side rails.

4. Attach the top rear rail measuring 28x11x59 cm to the upper ends of the rear legs.
5. Mark the center on the bottom and top back rail and attach a 20x8x90 cm backboard to it.

   After that, fasten the same boards along the edges so that the distance between all the boards of the back is the same.

6. Make 53x7x16.5 cm armrest supports and 53x13x71 cm armrests.
7. Attach the supports to the side of the front legs, and put the armrests on top.

   The other end of the armrest is attached to the side of the rear legs.

And in order for the furniture for a summer house or garden to last as long as possible, sand it, paint it (although if you like the natural color, you can skip this point) and varnish it.

How to make a table and chairs from stumps

If a tree has ceased to bear fruit, and you cut it down, and now the stump spoils the appearance of the garden, do not rush to uproot it and throw out the tree trunk - these are excellent materials for country furniture.

Find some unwanted boards or buy them.

Attach them with glue. And then screw it to the stump.

The trunk will become the material for the seat. Cut it into several logs of the desired height. And dig the logs into the ground.

Now your garden furniture is ready.

And to:

• do not knead the dirt after rain, sprinkle gravel in this area
• it was possible to spend time outside, even when it rains, make a hole in the middle of the table where you will install a beach umbrella
• no tar has come out of your finished furniture, mix water with acetone (1 part acetone to 4 parts water) or acetone and caustic soda (1 part baking soda to 5 parts acetone) and treat all logs and stumps.

And finally...

Tips to help you during the manufacture of country furniture

1. If you use dowels for fastening, then you can make parallel holes for them using the stop from the pieces of the bar.

   Then, when you drill the second hole, the dowel inserted into the first one will press firmly against the bar.

2. If you lean the same bar against the workpiece horizontally, then you can drill holes between which there should be a right angle.
3. If you need to chamfer the edges of round workpieces, then do it like this: fasten two guide bars to the base plate in front of the end grinding wheel.
4. If you want the seat to be tilted towards the back, then stick wedge pads on top of the side rails.

   The pads should be of such thickness that the front edge is about 2 centimeters higher.

5. All bolt heads must be sunk into the wood.

   So you will not be scratched or injured when you use the furniture. And all surfaces must be well sanded so as not to catch a splinter.

6. So that the wood does not rot and fungus does not form on it, treat it with an antiseptic, and then apply several layers of drying oil.
7. To the legs, in the part where they are in contact with the ground, nail pieces of tin or duralumin. Then they will not rot due to moisture.

That's all. With the information received here, you can definitely assemble furniture for a summer residence with your own hands without any problems.

To organize a recreation area in the garden, in the country, in the courtyard of a cafe, kindergarten, you can make furniture with your own hands. Garden furniture made of wood looks the most advantageous. Each table, chair, bench, swing, armchair can become a real work of art in the hands of a person striving for beauty. For the manufacture of such furniture, special knowledge of carpentry and some expensive tools are not needed.

Original paths, lush flower beds will always be the pride of the suburban area.

It is enough to stock up materials in the form of logs, boards, stumps. Garden furniture made of logs is not only environmentally friendly, but also always causes a lot of positive emotions for those who see and use it. In addition, it is very practical and not as expensive as, for example, forged furniture.

What materials to use

Schematic of a bird feeder.

Summer cottages often require new solutions from the owners in organizing a vacation spot. Such a solution could be the use of, for example, sawn trees, vines, beams, logs lying around on the farm for the manufacture of various furniture for your summer cottage.

The following tools will help you make furniture from logs with your own hands:

• chainsaw;
• jigsaw;
• chisel;
• bit;
• rasp;
• sandpaper;
• clean brush for applying the solution from the resin;
• nails (do not forget to “bite off” hats in them);
• construction dryer.

Scheme of a sculpture for a garden.

In order to make furniture from logs with your own hands, you will need the following materials:

• logs;
• hemp;
• vine;
• boards;
• means for impregnating wood against decay (antiseptic);
• wood paints;
• figured branches of trees of different thicknesses;
• acetone;
• water.

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The easiest options for making furniture from logs

Scheme of garden furniture.

If you cut down an adult tree on the territory of your summer cottage, do not rush to cut the log for firewood. It will make great garden furniture. You can get a chic table, chairs with backs or stools, an armchair, a bench, a bench. It is very simple to make country furniture from a log with your own hands. The easiest option is to make a bench. The log must be large enough in diameter so that when cut into two parts, a seat and back can be obtained. You can put a bench on the stumps, after digging them into the ground. Another good and often used option is four logs. It is necessary to cut out notches in each with a chainsaw. Put two logs on top of each other, and on top - half of the third, intended for the seat. The recess will give stability to the bench, it will not roll down.

You can fasten the back to the seat with boards or logs of a smaller diameter.

According to the same scheme, you can make a chair with a back in the country. Only then the log should be taken of a shorter length. From the sides, for convenience, you can round it.

Diagram of the swing device.

If you are using a softwood log, then additional processing will be required. Other tree species do not need it. In order for you to have a bench in your country house, on which it will not be scary to sit down, the log must be rid of the resin. Mix acetone with water in a ratio of 4 to 1, apply with a clean brush to the wood, wait until it dries completely. The unabsorbed solution must be washed off and dried with a building hair dryer.

To make a table from a log, you need a stump from a fairly mature tree. The older the tree was, the more interesting and noble the table will look. Well, if this stump is in the recreation area of ​​your summer cottage. To this stump, a table top made of polished boards is nailed with nails. It can be made in different shapes and sizes (depending on your taste preferences).

Around this table, you can make hemp chairs from the remaining material. They are perfect for cottages. To do this, you need to cut the log into equal parts. But the length of one block should be such that later it would be comfortable to sit on this chair. Place the blocks around the table, tamping well into the ground. Make a hole in the center of the table to insert an umbrella that will save you from the sweltering heat.

Garden furniture made of logs has become so widespread due to the huge variety of options and ease of manufacture. Your dacha, for example, will become fabulous if you make an armchair out of an old tree that you were going to cut down. To do this, you need to cut a hole in the stump with a chainsaw, remove the bark, sand the surface and cover the product with an antiseptic and varnish.

A bench can be made from a log in the following way: a third of the thickness of the log must be cut off, and the edges should not be touched. They will serve as armrests. You can install such a bench on the legs in the form of logs. Great option for a summer residence.

Garden furniture is all the more interesting, the more unusual you approached its manufacture. Any dacha keeps the secrets of the past. It is unlikely that the household will not find an old wooden chair with a decorative back. Did you find the right one? Take it apart. Attach the backs and legs of the chair to a log of small diameter with nails.

Get a comfortable and functional chair back. An excellent design move is to wrap a log with a rope. It will look very original. You can also invite guests to the dacha.

It is rare that someone buys logs initially in order to make a table. Usually, the material remains from other construction, for example, baths or gazebos. Therefore, a country table made of logs is always original, because its dimensions and design are dictated by the quantity and type of remaining raw materials, and it looks different in each area.

It is not difficult to make a table from logs, both simple and rounded, with your own hands.

But, before you get started, you need to make sure that you have everything you need at hand. Here's what you'll need:

• stain, impregnation for wood;
• plane;
• epoxy adhesive;
• drill;
• axe;
• hammer;
• nails and screws;
• sandpaper, the largest;
• reinforcement, in the form of rods, about 15-20 cm in length;
• saw, both simple and chainsaw;
• bit;
• brushes;
• varnish for wood surfaces.

Mordant, or some kind of impregnation, is necessary, because their use will etch bugs, larvae, fungus from the tree and, in the future, prevent decay.

The preparatory process, as a result of which a log table will appear on the site, includes two main stages:

• the very first thing is to clearly imagine the future design and calculate whether there is enough building material for its implementation, for which you need to make a drawing;
• the second is the processing of logs, sawing them into pieces of the desired length and shape, cleaning from the bark, if necessary, and obligatory impregnation on all sides with a special agent.

Installation

The assembly of the table, both from rounded logs and from ordinary logs, primarily depends on what kind of furniture they are planning to make. But, in any case, there are several main points that are the same for both complex designs and for very elementary simple tables.

• Drilling holes for reinforcing bars - in the log that serves as the basis for future furniture, that is, in the lowest one, the holes should not be through. There will be enough depth of half the thickness of the part, but in all the following elements they should be through.
• All holes should be 30 cm apart, this is the most optimal distance that will ensure the strength of the entire structure.
• All drilled holes must be tightly filled with epoxy so that the rods do not hang out in them.
• The places where the parts are attached to each other should be well aligned, and not too deep, ideally within 5-6 cm, this will prevent possible cracks during further use of the furniture.

How to make your own table?

A log table made with your own hands will serve for a very long time and will become a real reason to sit on a warm summer evening in nature, drink tea, talk, or vice versa, enjoy peace and quiet.

The type of logs from which it can be made is not of fundamental importance, but it is much easier to design from logs than from saw cuts covered with bark. However, this is a matter of taste and individual vision of your own garden interior, although ensembles of a bath, gazebo, doghouse, well, house and garden table made in the same style and from the same material look very impressive.

Making such a table from logs with your own hands is very simple. All work will be as follows:

• Decide on the size, based on the available materials and taking into account the place where the furniture will be located.
• Make the most detailed drawing indicating the dimensions, for which you need to make all the necessary measurements. This will greatly simplify the work itself.
• Choose logs for the legs, make cuts of the length determined by the project, cut out the angles with an inclination on those parts on which they are provided, give the saw cuts the chosen decorative shape and work out with a stain.

Important: at this stage, when processing parts, they should be numbered, as well as the numbering of each log should be on the drawing. This approach will greatly simplify and speed up the assembly.

• Saw along the logs intended for the countertop and the supporting bar, also impregnate them with some kind of agent, and carefully sand the details of the future surface.

• On all the details, cut out and align the places of future fasteners. For convenience, they can be marked with a marker directly on the material.
• Prepare rebar or threaded rods. Each leg will have two metal rods, slightly longer than the height of the structure itself.
• Drill holes for reinforcing fasteners, the diameter of which should not be much wider than the rods themselves, and the lower parts cannot be drilled through.
• Pour glue into the lower grooves, insert the rods and leave everything to dry. After the glue has dried, you need to try to shake the reinforcement to make sure that the fasteners are tight. Next, you should gradually string the remaining parts, allowing the glue to dry.
• While the structure dries and is assembled, you can prepare everything you need for the countertop.
• Parts determined under the surface can be nailed, they can also be fixed on the reinforcement, if a decent piece of it remains on top. When choosing the method of mounting the “face” of the table using self-tapping screws or nails, the protruding pins of the rods must be cut off.
• You can additionally fasten the details of the tabletop from below with slats.
• In conclusion, the finished own table must be varnished.

The countertop deserves special attention. Its appearance depends solely on the imagination of the master and can be absolutely anything, not only in form, but also in content. For example, you can use fragments of ceramic tiles and lay out a mosaic. Fight tiles are sold for mere pennies in any major hardware store. However, in addition to tiles, you can use any materials.

For example, make a decorative panel from everything that comes to hand, and close the resulting picture with glass, be sure to fix it at the junction with the tree with glue.

Or lay out a picture of dry leaves, closed on top with a glass panel for countertops. There are no restrictions in the design of the front of the table, except, perhaps, practical expediency and the availability of free time for creativity.

There is nothing difficult in how to make a table with your own hands, for this you only need your own desire and quite a bit of patience and effort.

Of course, garden furniture can be made with your own hands not only from logs, but also from almost everything that comes to hand. But, made from the materials left after construction on the site, the table will solve the problem of recycling scraps and, with the correct study of all the details, will last for decades, while being permanently permanently in the garden.

The gazebo is a place of relaxation and feasts. Purchasing an outdoor table made of plastic is not the best option. Wooden products always look dignified and thoroughly. The best option is a log table, let's talk about the simplest option and the details of its creation.

Table drawing

Before starting, it is important to correlate the parameters of the gazebo with the dimensions of the future furniture. It is wiser to use a preliminary drawing, with the marking of all parts. It will be more convenient to have a three-dimensional image of all the details. Be sure to start by painting the finished table with the dimensions of the main parts. Be sure to specify the thickness at the joints.

Log preparation

To implement the idea, you will need to calculate the consumption of logs. It is necessary to take into account the legs and all additional supports. If the design idea implies a simple style, then an unhewn log is used. For more civilized options, grinding is required by any available means, including an ax and a planer.

In any case, the surface must be bark-free and leveled. The bark can be removed with a chisel and hammer, or with an axe. For the countertop, you will need not round logs, but logs sawn along. If you can’t do this on your own, use the services of a sawmill or try to cut it with a chainsaw.

Eliminating complexity, you can omit the creation of longitudinal grooves for fasteners. This will reduce assembly time and save energy. If you stick to this option, you need to grind the selected part at the junction with a planer. The width of the aligned plane at the joints for reliability is made massive, not less than 4 cm.

The saw cut of the ends of the lower and upper logs is done at the same angle of 45 degrees, this option looks much more interesting, although you can leave a right angle. The edges should not injure, should be smooth and filed.

Further, according to the drawing, holes are made for the reinforcement, its parameters can be any, so take the leftovers that you have. Select a drill according to the reinforcement and drill holes in the logs clearly at a right angle. The distances must be accurately measured, this will simplify the assembly, since the holes must match when overlapping. At the edges, we eliminate all roughness, achieving smooth grinding. First, we work with a planer, then with a sandpaper, starting from No. 4, moving to a finer grit.

Assembling a table from logs

We collect prepared logs in accordance with the drawing. We start with the bottom log / base. Reinforcement is installed in it, and all elements with drilled holes are sequentially stacked / strung on top of each other.

When all the parts are laid, we saw off the excess / protruding reinforcement. We use glue to strengthen. Therefore, we disassemble the structure and assemble it again without a reinforcing pin, carefully lubricating the joints with glue. After this stage, we carefully thread the metal pin of the reinforcement through the stacked, glued logs. This gives stability and prevents internal rocking/bouncing. Pour glue into the upper hole with a pin until the internal space is completely filled.

Top of the table

The most common way for a countertop is to put logs sawn lengthwise on top of the legs. The difficulty lies only in surface treatment. You need to ideally cut off: walk with a planer, then apply sandpaper. Comfort when eating depends on the quality of the surface. All edges are processed with a file, there should be no sharp corners and edges. The speed of performing such a task is solved when using a grinding nozzle, then all roughness and splinters are easily eliminated.

The last step remains - varnishing. The surface must be free of debris and dust. Covered at least twice. You can work with a brush, swab, roller. After the final drying, the table is ready.

There is a second version of the countertop - the use of chipboard. The sheet is cut in proportion to the structure and fastened to the base with self-tapping screws. However, such a surface without additional support can be meter by meter. A large area of ​​chipboard will deform and "walk". If it is still more convenient for you to use this material, then on a long table you will have to make an additional overlap / support from a bar.

Here you can use raw material, the only condition is an even beam. The quantity is selected according to the dimensions of the product. By the way, the reinforcement of the bars for the countertop will add rigidity and generally make the table more stable.