How to make a wooden stool with your own hands. DIY stool: manufacturing methods and instructions for creating simple and stylish models (90 photo ideas). Stools from logs, saw cuts and branches

It is generally accepted that a real man should know how to make a stool with his own hands. After all, elementary things are often called simple, like a stool. However, in practice, not every representative of the stronger sex, if he is not a cabinetmaker by profession, will be able to independently make this element of kitchen furniture without prompting so that it has a modern design, is not shaky, but strong and of high quality.

Sketches of chairs and stools made of plywood.

In this case, it would be rational to use someone else's professional experience and win in three directions at once:

furnish the kitchen with the necessary items;
save money by doing all the work yourself, without ordering a cut on the side and using improvised material for a stool from dried coniferous or hardwood waste, plywood sheets, chipboard scraps or old chipboard furniture;
get pleasant emotions, giving your image masculinity in the eyes of the environment and feeling like a jack of all trades.

Those who assemble for the first time in their lives with their own hands, but still have primary experience with wood and working tools, will be quite capable of coping with the manufacture of simple kitchen structures.

Simple, but very nice plywood and chipboard options, the descriptions of which are presented below, guarantee an easy, fast and high-quality result.

Plywood chair

As a starting material, you can take a sheet of birch plywood of a standard size 1520x1520 mm with a thickness of 2 cm. From such a sheet you will get as many as 3 products, practically a set, provided that the dimensions of each of them are as follows:

Figure 1. Scheme of the side of the chair.

stool cover - 400x400;
stool side (2 pcs.) - 400x310;
strips 270x120 - 2 pcs.

Before starting work, make sure that you have at hand:

pencil, ruler, if any - a right construction angle;
electric jigsaw, equipped with small-toothed wood files;
drill driver with wood drills 5 mm and 8 mm and bits with the indispensable presence of a hexagon;
sandpaper: large No. 100-120 and small No. 300-320, it is desirable to have a grinding machine for it;
brushes for toning and varnishing the stool;
for fasteners: confirmations, self-tapping screws 4x16 mm and furniture metal corners.

Having prepared all the necessary tools, they begin to create drawings of the elements of the future stool. You can make them by hand with a pencil and a ruler, but it is necessary to check the symmetry and right angles so that the future product does not skew during assembly.

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Product manufacturing

Figure 2. Diagram of the stool cover. Billet 400x400 mm.

For the sidewall, a drawing is applied (Fig. 1) on one side of the sheet and its contours are cut out with a jigsaw. Then the finished cut is applied along the axial vertical to the other side and, following its outlines, the second cut is outlined. The rest of the sides are drawn according to the finished part, so that they turn out to be absolutely identical. They do the same with drawing a drawing of the top cover (Fig. 2), only the axis of symmetry here will be diagonal. You can draw radii without a pattern or compass, since the lid from a large family pot with a capacity of 5 liters does an excellent job with this task.

It is very important, when sawing parts according to the drawings, to observe the straightness of the corners and the accuracy of dimensions up to half a millimeter, otherwise instead of a high-quality stool it will turn out to be crooked and wobbly.

Figure 3. Stool assembly diagram.
The cover is fastened to the sides with the help of furniture corners, fixed with self-tapping screws.

Before assembling the stool with your own hands, you need to process all the details, however, the chamfer on the workpieces cannot be removed to avoid chipping. First, sharp edges are rounded off with coarse sandpaper, the ends are varnished and then polished with a fine abrasive. This procedure is repeated 2-3 times to achieve perfect smoothness of the ends. The tinting of the stool, if there is such a desire, is also carried out while it is disassembled, so that no whitish marks remain at the joints.

Next, proceed to the assembly process (Fig. 3). The sides are pulled together with confirmations, for which holes of 8 mm in diameter are drilled in the plane, and 5 mm in diameter at the end. The cover is fastened with furniture corners fixed with self-tapping screws.

At the final stage, another varnish coating is performed. Only after it has completely dried, the stool will be completely ready for use and protected from the negative effects of moisture.

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Chipboard stool

Those who are interested in how to make a stool from chipboard can be guided by the following tips. For one product you will need several pieces of chipboard:

for legs - a sheet measuring 40x30 cm² (2 copies);
for the cover - a sheet of 30x30 cm;
for a jumper - a sheet measuring 20x12 cm.

If chipboard sheets that are already in use and have minor defects are used, all defects should be covered with putty on wood and painted over with paint.

Figure 4. Scheme of a chipboard stool.

The list of tools is no different from the above set for making a plywood stool, as well as fasteners (4 confirmations 6.4x50 mm, 4 self-tapping screws, 4 plastic corners). The only difference is that it is advisable to buy furniture thrust pads (rectangular or round) and you can also add a tight-fitting piece of fabric 41x41 cm with a layer of foam rubber on glue (for example, such as "Moment") for the softness of the seat.

According to the presented drawings (Fig. 4), on the sheets of chipboard, first, the contours of the legs, jumpers and covers are applied with a pencil, and then all the details are cut out with an electric jigsaw at maximum speed. In this case, all corners on the lid must be rounded.

Now it remains only to collect the received elements of the stool. To do this, noting 3.5 cm from the edge of the leg, plastic corners are fixed with self-tapping screws. 2 holes are also drilled on the leg for installing a jumper, referring to the dimensions according to the drawing. Then the jumper is applied to the leg, holes are drilled in it for self-tapping screws, and the jumper is screwed to the leg of the stool using confirmations. All the above steps are repeated with the second leg. At the same time, make sure that the distances from the bottom of the leg to the jumper exactly match on both parts, otherwise the stool will warp.

The assembled structure of racks and jumpers is screwed to the lid. If a soft seat is supposed, then foam rubber is glued to the cover before assembly, the seat is covered with a cloth, which is fixed from below with a construction stapler. In order to cover the fabric edges, a sheet of fiberboard 29x29 cm is stuffed from the bottom of the seat.

In the manufacture of a stool made from new sheets of chipboard, one should not forget about the processing of the ends with a paper edge of the corresponding color. To do this, the edge, 2 cm longer than the length of the butt, is applied to it, ironed with an iron, heating the adhesive base, cut off all excess with a sharp shoe knife, and finally pass along the edges of the edge with fine sandpaper.

At the final stage of assembly, the thrust bearings are nailed with small nails so that the legs of the stool do not scratch the floor. Now the assembly of the chipboard stool can be considered complete.

Making a wooden stool on your own can be an interesting creative work or simple household chores. It all depends on the model that needs to be made: from wooden parts or thick plywood, you can assemble with your own hands the simplest seat for the kitchen, and a complex structure with transformer functions, and an unusual design product.

General view of the wooden stool

Any wooden stool is the simplest object for sitting. The varieties of these products are so numerous that it is impossible to list them: from wooden decks, smoothly sawn from the top side, to soft banquettes and ottomans.

The requirements for stools are the strength and practicality of each product.

In the manufacture of different models of stools, exact dimensions are not required. You can make a small copy of a large product (for a child) or change the proportions - you get a kind of short bench or bar stool. It all depends on the requirements of the master, who makes a stool for his needs.

What is required for manufacturing?

Creating homemade furniture allows the use of any available materials. The wood is quite cheap, easy to work with and highly durable, meeting all the claims of the carpenter in the manufacture of a stool for the kitchen or summer cottage. Therefore, it is easiest to do the job using lumber (bar, boards) or thick plywood. The product can combine both types of material.

Selection of materials

When creating furniture on your own, the quality of the material for the manufacture of the product is of great importance. You can also make a stool from scraps of commercial wood or plywood remnants, but they must meet the following requirements:

For a stool, plywood of the FSF or FC series is suitable. It is desirable that the thickness of the sheets be at least 2 cm. For the seat, it is better to use polished or laminated plywood brands, otherwise the product will have to be processed manually.
Solid lumber must be well dried (moisture content not more than 20%), otherwise the product will dry out during operation. For a stool, it is better to take inexpensive hardwood lumber (ash, linden, etc.) or hardwood furniture board. When using coniferous (pine) boards, there is a risk of getting a product whose seat will stain clothes with resin.

Both plywood and solid wood should not have cracks and rotten places. These defects affect the strength of the stool and spoil its appearance.

The elements cut according to the drawing must be assembled into a structure, connecting the parts of the legs, inserting the drawstrings or prolegs into place. During pre-assembly, it turns out where inaccuracies were made during marking and cutting. With the help of rasps and a hacksaw, the parts must be brought to full compliance with each other.

When using the thorn-groove method, it is necessary to achieve a tight entry of the protrusion on the part into the recess intended for it. To achieve this, a tenon is sawn out a little thicker than the size of the groove, and then the connection is finished with a file. When all defects are found and eliminated, and the parts of the connections meet the requirements of the master, you can begin to assemble the stool.

Important to know: the assembly starts from the bottom. The legs of any model are connected in the right order, glued if necessary.

The seat is most often seated on dowels. To do this, a recess is drilled about 1.5 cm deep, a part of a wooden rod smeared with glue is driven into it. The remaining end is cut off, leaving 1.5 cm for connection with another part. Holes for dowels are drilled in the plane, glue is applied to the protruding parts of the rods and the seat is put on the bottom of the stool. With this method, there are no traces of fasteners on the front surface. Assembly on spikes and dowels is considered more reliable than connecting parts with self-tapping screws: the product does not loosen during operation.

If desired, the seat can be attached with self-tapping screws. Fasteners are screwed from the front side, so the heads need to be buried in the tree. Subsequently, the pits are puttied with a mixture of glue and sawdust, and then polished.

Exterior finish and decor

To make beautiful stools for the kitchen, wooden products are decorated with varnishing, painting or painting. Upholstery with furniture fabric, leatherette and similar materials can be a finishing option. The upholstery can be combined with the laying of soft filler on the seat. In this case, the stool will be soft.

High bar models are sometimes complemented by a small back. It does not carry a practical load, being rather a decorative element. The seat of the stool itself can also become a finishing detail: it can be cut from a saw cut of the trunk, given a concave shape or covered with decorative carvings. Sometimes, instead of a wooden seat for a stool, a wicker fabric is made from durable materials or even a mosaic is assembled from PET bottle caps.

Overview of designs for self-production

Using the scheme for assembling products, you can assemble a stool quickly and easily. The deadline for completing the work depends on the complexity of the chosen design: for the simplest ones, 1 day is enough, and more complex ones will require careful processing of details. But all the proposed options for making a stool will be within the power of even a novice carpenter.

classic stool

This is the most difficult variety, which will require notches and spikes. But the design of such a stool has stood the test of time and is the most durable. For classic models, both an oak massif and cheap woods were used, so you can make a stool from any boards 2-2.5 cm thick and 5x5 cm bars.

The algorithm for making a stool is as follows:

Cut out 4 parts for the legs, tsarg (seat supports) and prolegs (crossbars connecting the bottom of the legs). The parts should be the same, so it's better to make templates. The length of the drawer is determined by the desired size of the seat: it should be 10-15 cm less than the side of the square. The height of the legs of the stool can be any convenient for a person, and the angle of divergence of the legs downwards depends on the length of the legs. If the proleg is equal in length to the tsarga, the legs will stand upright.
Draw the ends of the tsargs and prolegs in the form of spikes 2-2.5 cm long. To do this, part of the plank must be cut down to form a protrusion that is narrower than the part itself. Grind the spikes with a rasp to the same size.
Cut the legs for a stool from a bar, remove part of the wood with a planer or knife to gently and smoothly narrow the legs down. This is an optional part of the work, and the legs can be made the same thickness along the entire length.
On two adjacent sides of the legs, mark the notches for the spikes of the tsarg and prolegs. In this case, the upper edge of the drawstring after assembly should coincide with the upper end of the stool leg. Prolegs are placed at a height of 15-20 cm from the floor, they can be made equally high or one opposite pair can be installed slightly higher than the other.
It is convenient to choose recesses with a chisel or drill, followed by fine-tuning with a file. When selecting a groove, you need to make it a little smaller than necessary: this is useful for carefully fitting parts.
Adjust the spikes so that they fit snugly into the grooves. Assemble the structure, check whether the length of the legs is the same, eliminate defects and disassemble the base of the stool.
Lubricating the spikes and grooves with PVA glue, assemble the stool again and pull it together with a strong cord, wrapping the installation sites of the drawstrings and prolegs. Dry 24 hours.
Make holes at the ends of the legs and the edge of the tsarg and insert the dowels on the glue.
Prepare the seat: cut, sand the edges and surface. On the inside of the seat, mark the position of the dowels and drill holes so that they are not through. Lubricate the dowels with glue and connect to the seat. Pull off with a clamp and dry.
Varnish or paint the finished stool.

Unfolded wooden transforming stool can turn into a small staircase. To assemble such a model, you will need to cut out 2 identical U-shaped parts for the legs (they can be made higher than for a simple stool) and a seat that also serves to connect the legs. In addition, you will need 1 prong from a bar or plank 2-2.5 cm thick and a steel stud with nuts. The length of the rod should be slightly longer than the distance between the parts of the legs of the stool.

For a folding ladder, you need to cut out 2 sidewall parts with 2 steps, 2 prongs and 2 step planes. The height of the ladder should be equal to 2/3 of the height of the stool. The product is assembled as follows:

Connect the parts of the legs and the seat into a single structure. Fasteners - self-tapping screws or dowels.
Install a proleg on one side of the stool, and on the opposite side, drill holes in the legs for the pin in the lower 1/3 of the height of the stool.
Collect the ladder. Its width is slightly less than the distance between the legs of the stool. Connect the sidewalls by screwing the steps and prolegs under them to them. Determine the location for the holes in the sidewalls and drill them. Thread the stud through the legs and stepladder, combining the structure, screw the nuts onto the ends of the rod.

When folding the transformer, the stepladder must be turned over, raising its legs and turning them under the seat of the stool. If necessary, the ladder can be easily unfolded.

with drawer

A kitchen stool can be combined with a container for vegetables. To do this, cut out 4 identical walls and a bottom of the required sizes from plywood or chipboard. Connect these parts with self-tapping screws, screwing them into the plane of one side and the edge of the next. Attach the bottom piece to the bottom.

For the seat, cut out a square whose side is larger than the size of the base box. Small furniture hinges are needed to attach the lid. If desired, the seat can be upholstered and made soft.

Find the center of each leg and drill holes for the studs. Make one hole on the top of each leg.
Fold the legs in pairs, thread the pin through the hole in the center and secure it with nuts on both sides of one pair of legs. Put a couple more legs on the other end of the rod, fixing it in the same way.
Install 2 studs in the upper holes, immediately attach the parts of the seat support to one.
Screw the seat part to the elements of the stool with hooks.

If everything is cut exactly and equally, the cuts of the hooks will fall on the ends of the free pin and the structure will be fixed in the unfolded position.

What do you do with old furniture?

A small wooden stool will find its use in every home. With such high chairs, children rush with great joy. Sitting on such a stool, it is convenient to peel potatoes and perform other "sedentary" work. However, not many people decide to buy a small stool due to the fact that there is always a more important waste of financial resources. But, almost everyone can make a small wooden chair with their own hands. To make it, you need a jigsaw and a little imagination.

Preparation.
Parts manufacturing, grinding.

Painting.

Preparation.
The preparation of the material and the necessary tools plays an important role and saves time in the future. To make a stool we need:
- hewn board 800x200x25 mm in size (approximate dimensions, you can proceed from what is available),
- 8 shiny screws (50-60 mm),
- sandpaper,
- electric jigsaw,
- screwdriver or screwdriver
- paint and varnish on wood,
- tape measure, pencil and corner.

You need to start by marking the board. First of all, with the help of a corner, a pencil and a tape measure, we mark a rectangular segment without knots 32-33 cm long. This will be the upper part of our chair. Next, we mark two segments of 23 cm each - these will be the sides. Now it is desirable to give them some curly pattern. You can use any objects that have a circle for this, simply by outlining them with a pencil. But, this method involves an irrational waste of time. After all, you will have to mark the center and other dimensions in each sidewall. Therefore, for the sides it is better to use a pattern previously cut out of thick cardboard or other material. It will allow you to easily and quickly mark a large number of sidewalls. It is enough to attach a pattern and circle with a pencil.

By the way, the use of a figured pattern on the sidewall not only gives them a beautiful look, but also allows you to cut off all unwanted knots.
And immediately mark the jumper. It should have the shape of a trapezoid and have sides of 230 and 220 mm. The width of the jumper is not critical - from 80 to 120 mm.

So, it has a marked board.

Important! Do not draw too thick lines - this affects the evenness of the crop. Yes, and the pencil is not erased so easily.

Using an electric jigsaw, we cut out all our details. Equity is important here. For even trimming of the cut, it is better to lead the tool blade not along the line, but to the side of it.

You can learn how to cut evenly on unnecessary waste. So, cut out all the details.

This will give the product not only a beautiful look, but also hide all possible irregularities in the cut.
Further, all these details are carefully polished with fine sandpaper. It is most rational to carry out this procedure at this stage, since a number of inconveniences may arise when grinding the finished structure. It is convenient to grind even planes by putting sandpaper on a wooden block, or on a manual machine for grouting putty. The main thing is quality, since after painting all the flaws will appear and be visible.
This is what the sanded and unsanded sides look like.

So, it has the same parts, but already ready for assembly.

It is desirable to assemble in the following order:
- we connect the sides with a jumper (1 screw on each side);
- we expose this design on a flat surface and screw the top cover (2 screws on each side);
- We strengthen the connection of the sides with the jumper (1 more screw each).

The chair is assembled! We check it again on a flat plane. If the stool staggers a little, then we trim the legs until the product is completely stable.

Painting.
Before painting, we once again check the product for defects, if necessary, erase them and the remains of the pencil. Using a brush, we clean the stool from wood dust and proceed to painting.
There is already “there is no friend for the taste and color”! You can leave the natural color of the tree by opening it with a colorless varnish. You can give the product a certain color using a variety of wood paints, which are full in all hardware stores. In principle, one layer is enough for painting. But, if, after the first layer has completely dried, the surfaces are again lightly sanded with fine sandpaper and a new layer of varnish is applied, then the gloss of the product will noticeably increase.
Important! Poorly sanded ends absorb more paint and become darker.

It looks like a finished, varnished chair.

A comfortable and compact stool is one of the most functional and mobile pieces of furniture in the house. Trying to make the interior of the apartment more luxurious, we often choose elegant armchairs, chairs or banquettes, forgetting that an ordinary stool can also look stylish. Unlike bulky furniture, you can always make wooden stools with your own hands: photos and drawings posted on thematic sites provide ample opportunities for home creativity.

We will try to dispel the myth that these excellent products are unsuitable for modern living and do not fit into a fashionable interior.

Stool as a necessary piece of furniture

First, let's remember that a stool is a piece of furniture designed for sitting. In the traditional interpretation, it has 4 legs and a seat - a cover that rests on the legs.

A variegated kitchen company - there is enough space for all family members

In order for the supports to stand firmly and not to move in different directions, they are fixed among themselves with an additional belt of rails. But this applies to a greater extent to home-made samples - the seats and legs of factory models, which are often made of polyester plastic or metal, are attached in a different way.

A handy, portable WIKL masterpiece designed by Austrian designer GerlindeGruber

Many are accustomed to doing in the house exclusively with chairs. This is especially true for owners of spacious homes who prefer a full-fledged dining area: a large oval or rectangular table + a set of 6-8 chairs with high backs.

Manufacturers go to meet customers and release hundreds of new collections for the dining room. But if you search well, you can also find great sets with stools - plastic and wooden, high and low, for children and adults.

Modern kitchen in Scandinavian style - lots of light and space

As furniture for sitting, comfortable products are used in kitchens, but in other rooms their functions are expanding. Comfortable horizontal surfaces of seats replace tables, shelves, flower stands.

A set of multifunctional tables from India, which are also used for seating

Stylish stepladder for home library

Tall model - a great stand for ampelous indoor plants

A stool of standard sizes can be placed in the hallway to make it more convenient to put on shoes, in a corner in the kitchen - if there are more guests than chairs. If it is periodically needed, but does not fit into the surrounding interior in style, it can be put away in a closet for a while - its compact dimensions allow you not to take up much space. In addition, you can place other items under it and on it.

What material are stools made from?

If you do not take into account designer models made of plastic, metal and even glass, then these comfortable pieces of furniture are most often made of wood. For production, valuable species of wood (yew, beech, cedar, oak) and budgetary species (pine, alder) are taken. The peoples of different countries skillfully make products of various shapes from bamboo and jute, stone and stumps.

Rustic wooden set

Wood is a malleable, easy-to-work material, therefore, in the manufacture of stools with their own hands, it is this natural raw material that is used. Products are beautiful, environmentally friendly, comfortable and warm at home.

The naturalness of the interior as the main trend

Models on forged legs look great. Real masterpieces, made by masters of hot forging, can be proudly installed in the living room, in the hall, and on the summer terrace.

Openwork forging: reliability and convenience

Various soft materials are used to finish the seat: from sisal ropes to printed textiles and faux fur. Leather is a more practical and aristocratic option, while braid is ideal for summer cottages.

Types of stools

The cheerful family is diverse: multi-colored products for children and pretentious models with velvet upholstery coexist perfectly in it. Let's take a look at interesting photos. Perhaps you can buy one of the stylish options at the nearest IKEA boutique, and make a simple wooden stool with your own hands - for a summer residence or a veranda.

Stylish bathroom design

To the children's room

Kids are very fond of compact pieces of furniture, as they can be moved to the table, moved from place to place, used as building material for barricades. For young hostesses, a small stool quickly turns into a table for their favorite dolls, and for boys - into the seat of a sports car or liner.

A colorful proposal from IKEA: a nautical theme loved by children

Children's models differ from adults in their bright design, unusual performance, and originality.

The height is selected according to the height of the child: when sitting, his legs should not hang in the air, but stand confidently on the floor. If the model assumes an overestimated seat position (like bar stools), then a special stand must be made.

library ladder

Practical owners love multifunctional devices and devices. The habit of making the most of the surrounding objects touched the subject of our discussion. If you add one or two steps to a rectangular structure, you get a comfortable stepladder.

A cute two-tier stepladder - the first assistant in the house

Housewives do not need to be told about the benefits of a simple-looking item - they often face inconvenience when they need to get something from the mezzanine or top shelves of the cabinet. It’s hard to bring a construction stepladder every time, and a beautiful comfortable device, on which you can still sit, is always at hand.

folding model

Fans of traveling by car, barbecues in nature and just gatherings in the country garden will appreciate the simple and successful design of the folding model. When assembled, the transformer is more like a box or a set of parts, and when disassembled it turns into a comfortable stool. Pay attention to these solutions if you want to make a stool with your own hands: drawings and diagrams can be found on thematic sites.

Convenient folding model made of wood with X-shaped legs

In addition to wooden options (painted, simply polished, with drawings, patterns and ornaments), you can find "folds" made of plastic or aluminum. All of them are united by light weight and ease of transportation.

Country option

Dachas are different: someone is satisfied with a small house with amenities in the yard, others prefer to relax in comfortable conditions. Accordingly, stools may also differ. For garden work, tightly knit simple models without unnecessary decoration are suitable, for evening tea parties - more sophisticated options, for the kitchen - comfortable products with high legs or designs that are more reminiscent of benches.

Minimalist design suitable for home, garden and gazebo

Before you make a do-it-yourself stool for a city hall, practice on a summer cottage made of wooden planks and beams. He will always find a place - in the summer shower or in the bedroom, as a table for an alarm clock or a stand for a grandmother's ficus.

Convenient drawer

Another use for a regular stool is to use it as additional storage. The design with a hinged lid allows you to store useful household items in a small drawer - a box with sewing supplies, cleaning and hygiene products, a first aid kit. Children can put toys and favorite books there, and a home craftsman can put essential building tools (hammer, pliers, screwdriver).

In the seat "with a secret" you can arrange a cache

If we assume that the stool has lost its legs, then a worthy and entertaining model can turn out.

Great idea to use an old wooden box

The design should be chosen, focusing on the style of the room or the environment. For example, stools made from old vegetable crates can decorate the interior of a pirate-themed treehouse.

Bedside table

If you equip a simple wooden stool with a drawer, it will immediately turn into a comfortable bedside table without losing its basic qualities. In the drawer you can store books, tablets, nose pads, a flashlight and various useful little things that are sometimes needed at night.

Simple but stylish nightstand made on the basis of a stool

If a light wood does not fit the interior design, it is covered with stain, varnish or painted, focusing on the surrounding palette.

How to make a stool with your own hands

Making a stool used to be part of the school curriculum: 10-year-old boys created fairly strong and safe models in a couple of lessons, and then gave them to their mothers on March 8th. This means that anyone can make a wooden stool with their own hands, even if they have never taken a plane or a chisel in their hands before.

We choose soft and pliable wood, not plastic or metal, because wooden blanks can be easily and inexpensively purchased at the nearest hardware store, and besides, wood is easy and pleasant to work with.

For the practical implementation of the idea, you will need tools for processing:

hacksaw;
plane;
screwdriver;
jigsaw;
screwdriver;

Sandpaper will definitely come in handy to give the wooden surface a perfectly smooth look, as well as a set of decorative finishing products: varnishes, paints, stencils, brushes, rollers, etc.

Competent drawings of a wooden stool for making with your own hands can be borrowed from professional craftsmen or drawn on your own, based on the dimensions of factory products. We choose the configurations, sizes and style of the model, starting from the purpose of the stool and the place where it is planned to be installed.

Drawing of a kitchen stool with forged legs

Folding stool

Master classes on making simple models

We offer several photo instructions for making stools on your own. Our options are quite simple, but if you wish, you can complicate the creation process and decorate, for example, paint.

Mobile transformer for summer cottages and trips

A convenient folding model will always come in handy at home, on a trip, and in the garden. For work, you will need wooden planks 1.5-2 cm thick and self-tapping screws as fasteners.

A hacksaw can be used to cut a long board into several identical pieces of small size, but a jigsaw will increase the speed of the process. Even and accurate holes will help to make a drilling machine. One of the conditions for the correct functioning of the product is the correct order of parts when stringing on the holder.

The workflow for processing parts and assembling is well represented in the photo:

Photo of the finished model

Folded product

Turned parts with holes

Using a drill press

Part of the parts is put on the holder

All necessary items included

If you liked the process, and the product turned out to be beautiful and durable, we suggest assembling a country table in the same way, as in the following photo:

Folding table - an enlarged twin of a folding stool

If you want to treat all parts with a protective stain or impregnation, it is better to do this even before assembly. However, when using a stool in the house, protection can be ignored - natural wood without processing is more environmentally friendly.

Stool-table with hemp or nylon weaving

The next model was created not so much for sitting, but for another function. It plays the role of a bedside or sofa table, on which you can put a light thing. A wicker seat is unlikely to withstand a seated person.

Finished product in the country interior

The diagonal weaving technique is clearly visible in the photo: the contrast cord is not passed in a checkerboard pattern, but with a regular indent in one direction or another. By experimenting, you can create a unique pattern in the form of braids, chevrons or oblique stripes.

You need to prepare a wooden frame in advance - take it from an old stool or make it yourself. Any decorative cord or twine will do. In this case, to create a contrasting pattern, they took a synthetic cord of red and white.

For work you will need:

hammer;
ticks;
awl;
scissors;
self-tapping screws, furniture nails or staples.

Decorating a wooden surface can be done with paint or varnish.

Assembly materials and tools

We wrap the intended seat of the stool with a red cord, then we create an ornament using a contrasting cord. The manufacturing process is beautifully presented in the photo:

Beginning of work

Tool instead of assistant

Contrasting weaving - the beginning of the process

View from above

Red and white drawing

Excellent result

Instead of synthetic cord, you can use hemp rope:

Natural rope seat

Similarly, you can decorate a wooden frame and hang it near the stool - for a set. The frame is useful as a basis for a collage, herbarium or children's drawing.

Stylish stools in the home interior

Elements of rococo and baroque styles in modern interiors are extremely rare, but the classic (not always in its pure form) furnishings are typical for every second city apartment. But the stool is more suitable for rustic styles - country, provence, rustic. Models of a simple design, without unnecessary decor, fit perfectly into a marine decor, loft or Scandinavian style.

A small photo gallery will tell you which type of stool is suitable for your environment.

Charming turquoise bedroom set

Minimalist modern dining room

Blue and white nautical style

Exotic Chinese stool

Stylish bar models

Cozy wicker set

A little sunshine for breakfast

When choosing stools, we do not forget that the performance of products should not be inferior to their aesthetic embodiment.

Video instructions for making a stool

Classic stools with machine tools:

An elegant product in the Art Nouveau style:

Step-by-step instructions for assembling a folding model:

As you already understood, a stool can be simple to manufacture and versatile in use, stylish and comfortable, decorative and useful. We hope that beautiful photos of stools will encourage you to independently create a unique and practical model.

There are several options for the manufacture of this piece of furniture, including wood.

We will focus on the process of making a wooden stool familiar to everyone with our own hands. How to choose the right material, process it, correctly draw up a sample drawing - the article will offer detailed recommendations on all points.

All stool drawings below are just examples. The process of their manufacture is not accompanied by precise calculations, as is required in the design of load-bearing parts of any structure or those that are somehow subjected to significant loads.

Therefore, below is only a recommended algorithm for making a stool on your own, that is, a general instruction. What kind of model to make, it's up to you, dear reader. After all, it is clear that with your own hands you can build anything you want. The main thing is that the resulting sample is fully consistent with its purpose, which, again, is determined by the master.

Choice of stool design

The given drawings and drawings clearly show which stool options are most often assembled for domestic use.

A more original version is a stool and a nightstand at the same time.

There is only one explanation - the more complex the configuration, the more time it will take to make a stool. But this is not the main thing. For various curly elements, you will have to look for the appropriate tool, or even resort to the services of a person (or workshop) who has a machine tool, cutters, and the like for personal use.

A simple example: to make curly cuts, exactly along the radii, with just a manual jigsaw, it will turn out only from plywood. And then, not the fact that the result will be satisfactory. In the event that the legs are planned to be made from a solid board, then if you have only the simplest household tools, it is better not to try - this requires many years of experience in processing wooden blanks.

Material selection

The fact that you have to work with wood is understandable. But which products can be used?

Solid wood in the form of a board and a beam is suitable for the manufacture of any parts of the stool: seat (1), mounting bars (2), crossbars (3), prolegs, drawstrings and the legs themselves (4). A more simplified version - with a plywood cover. By the way, this solution has the advantage that the furniture board (another name for this structural part) is easier to laminate and, if necessary, replace.

Type of plywood

It must be waterproof. Water will definitely get on the stool during its operation. FBS products are the best in all respects, but their cost is such that not everyone wants to purchase such plywood. In everyday life, as a rule, products of the FSF and FK brands are used. To save money, you can buy cheaper sheets of these series, category Sh1.

This means that only one side of the specimen was polished. The condition of the second (purl, back) seat of the stool does not matter. On sale there is also a multi-layer with ready-made lamination, but it, of course, will cost more.

Wood species and material grade

Let's start with plywood. If the stool will be located indoors, then the FC brand is better suited. It is less moisture resistant, but the glue used to hold the veneer together is not as toxic. But PSF for this reason is recommended mainly for external use. In addition, the degree of its moisture resistance is higher. So if the stool will always be in the back room, garden or somewhere else outside the building - the best option.

But by the choice of wood, you can write quite a lot. Without going into the specifics of various species, the author recommends using larch for a stool. Firstly, it is easy to process it with your own hands. Secondly, the cost of the material is quite acceptable. Thirdly, unlike many other species of coniferous trees in this price range, larch becomes even stronger when wet. Therefore, with careful handling of the stool, it will serve for decades. Fourthly, it will not be necessary to constantly treat it with preparations against decay and biological pests. Other inexpensive options are acacia and ash.

Having stopped the choice on a specific type of wood, you should study all the features of working with it. But there are nuances, and it is this approach that guarantees that there will be no problems later. For example, does everyone know that the same acacia is easy to process, only after it has been soaked? Dry harvesting of this wood is not much inferior to stone in terms of hardness.

Wood moisture level

In general, all wood should be properly dried. In construction, it is forbidden to use these materials with an indicator of more than 20%. As for the stool, you don’t need to be an expert here to understand - assembling it with your own hands from raw blanks, after a while everything will have to be redone. The reason is banal - the whole structure will “lead” after drying the tree.

Technology Choice

Often there are tips not to use tongue-and-groove joints. The main argument is difficult. But if you think about it, is it?

In order to make grooves in the legs, the author used an electric / drill with a small cutter. Previously, I drilled holes along the marked lines, which I then combined, choosing “partitions” between them. No matter what anyone claims, this type of connection is the most reliable.

It is much easier to articulate all the elements with self-tapping screws with your own hands. The heads can be hidden and masked. But such a design will start to creak pretty soon - checked. It turns out that the common element connecting 2 workpieces is just a thin and short metal "pin" - the leg of the fastener.

Hardware can only be used as an additional (for landing on glue) method of fixing parts. For reinforcement, elements such as corners, brackets, plates are also used. The master himself will understand what is more convenient for one or another version of the stool. And then, this is done mainly for bulky structures. If the product is small, then one glue is enough. Although, perhaps, the reader has a different opinion - the author does not insist.

Manufacturing of component parts

The main parts of the stool are shown in the drawings (see above). If the drawing is ready, everything else is “a matter of technology”.

Construction assembly

This is, so to speak, a preliminary installation, a kind of "bride" of the stool. At this stage, the accuracy of all dimensions, the correct fit of the parts are checked, defects (if any) are identified, and so on. Here you can still redo something, modify it without extra costs and loss of time.

Processing of structural elements

After checking the readiness of the entire structure for assembly, the wood is “brought to mind” - it is impregnated with special compositions, dried, and so on.

Stool assembly

It is desirable to start work from the seat. All crossbars, support bars and the like are attached to it - depending on the model.
Installing the legs. They can be attached directly to the lid or assembled into a separate frame, with the installation of crossbars.
Final assembly of the entire structure.

Grinding

After the stool is mounted, it needs to be given a “marketable” appearance. How and with what to process the surfaces, the master determines. With your own hands, this is done mainly with sandpaper or with the help of a special nozzle that is inserted into the chuck of an electric / drill.

External design

Here the main adviser is your own imagination. Varnish, stain, paint - there are enough options.

The author deliberately did not indicate what specific section and length the bar would need, did not advise a certain thickness of plywood sheets or boards, and so on, so as not to limit the reader in anything. If the meaning of the work - where to start and how to finish - is clear, everything else is unprincipled. After all, when something is done with one's own hands, it is a priori meant - HOW I WANT, and not someone else.

Good luck with your home building!