Do-it-yourself drawers - manufacturing and installation. Beautiful handmade wooden boxes Make a box from slats

There are several types of wooden boxes that will be useful for gardeners and gardeners. The simplest of them is a simple lattice option, which can be found in vegetable stores or markets. It allows long time to preserve the harvest, provides air circulation, which dries the skin of vegetables or fruits. The second type is a container that has practically no gaps. You can place flowers in it, root cuttings or pickle cabbage. Let's figure out how to make a wooden box with your own hands.

Simple wooden storage box

You can optimize the space in your cellar with shelving and convenient small drawers. This will allow you not to litter the floor space, and in the smallest underground place the maximum amount of vegetables and pickles. It is important to choose the right wood for the manufacture of utility furniture and drawers.

To begin with, put together a rack, purchase dried boards for it, it is best if they are pre-treated with a planer. The ideal rack width is 50-60 cm. This will allow you to install the maximum number of boxes on it. First, assemble the shelving box, to do this, assemble a rectangle from the boards, pin the burs in the corners, and also mark the location of the shelves with several horizontal bars. Keep in mind that the bars on both sides of the vertical walls should be at the same height.

To make a simple container, you will need to have:

• timber 1.5 by 1.5 cm or 2 by 2;
• slats;
• hammer and nails or screwdriver and self-tapping screws;
• saw for adjusting the size of the tree;
• carpentry corner.

Depending on the purpose, the boxes for vegetables can have different sizes. Most often, high options are made for potatoes with side sizes of 80 by 60 cm, side heights from 80 to 100 cm. For carrots and other root crops, boxes are made with a small height - 40-50 cm.

The principle of making boxes:

1. First, assemble the frame of the future box - to do this, cut the bars to the desired size. With dimensions of 80 × 60, you will need 4 bars with a length of 80 centimeters, the same number of 60. You will need 4 more bars with a length equal to the height of the box.
2. Connect the bars together to get a three-dimensional frame. Use nails or screws to connect.
3. Now it remains only to calculate the number of slats with which you have to sew up the bottom and 4 sidewalls. They are stuffed horizontally on the body, with small gaps for ventilation - about 2-3 centimeters. For potatoes, you can make a box with large gaps - about 4-5 centimeters.

Experienced craftsmen recommend sewing up the bottom first, and then creating the sidewalls, first long and then short. So you definitely will not be mistaken with the sizes. When cutting and installing rails, be sure to use a building corner. If you often use the box, store thin-skinned tomatoes or fruits in it, then you should cover the hats with putty - they will not stick out and interfere with you.

The described model can be taken as the basis for a more complex box that will fit for storing tools, blanks and other purposes. When sewing up the sidewalls, place the boards 2-3mm apart (this gap is necessary as the wood expands and contracts). For ease of storage, such a box should be equipped with a lid. For her, make a rectangle of bars so that it can fit inside the top of the box, for example, make it 77 by 57 cm. Fill the slats on top with a technical gap of 2-3 mm. After completing this stage, you just have to screw the handles to the resulting lid.

portable container

Putting together a convenient box for flowers, pickling cabbage or rooting cuttings is a little more difficult, but the basic principles of work will remain unchanged. For the manufacture of a portable container, carefully select the lumber. You will need to have:

• 6 boards 15 × 75 × 2 cm;
• 1 rail 75 × 4.6 × 2 cm;
• 4 boards 31x15x2 cm;
• 2 bars 25 × 5 × 3 cm;
• 3 bars 80 × 3 × 1 cm;
• 4 bars 30 × 5 × 3 cm.

You will also need to have several types of fasteners:

• decorative furniture carnations - 10 pcs.;
• nails 60 × 3 - 20 pcs.;
• nails - 50 × 2.5 - 28 pcs.

In this case, a piece of covering material or polyethylene can be used as a cover (you only need to nail this material if you will use a container for growing seedlings). Using this box usually involves moisture, so be sure to coat all of the lumber (prior to assembly) with an antiseptic.

1. Make a shield out of two short planks. Gather it into perpendicular bars, which you fill at a distance of 3 cm from each edge.
2. Connect the shields with two longitudinal strips, so that they form the letter "P". The bars should be directed outward.
3. Align the structure and loop it with 2 more strips.
4. Stuff the bottom - its design consists of 2 boards and a slat, located at a distance of 3 mm. Drill drainage holes in the boards every 4-5 cm. If you will pickle cabbage in a container, you do not need to drill holes.
5. The bars are now arranged vertically - they are the basis for the handles, fill in the middle with one horizontal segment.

The remaining rails are needed to make the cover. One of them must be fixed along with the material on the edge of the box. Wrap the remaining two slats with polyethylene and secure the material with furniture studs. On the one hand, your material will be securely fastened to the box, and on the other, there is a load on it that allows you to stretch the film. Now you just have to fill the box with soil and start sowing or placing cuttings.

1. Basic principles
2. base model
3. balcony flowers
4. For seedlings
5. Design Ideas
6. Advantages

Lately, it has become fashionable natural materials. Any products should be easily disposed of without harming nature. In this regard, wood will be an excellent alternative to plastic, from which you can build an excellent flower box. It will look organic personal plot private house and on the balcony of high-rise buildings.

Basic principles

Flower boxes can have different purposes, depending on this they decide design features. The box can be used directly for planting and as a stand for flower pots taken out of the house.

The first option should be considered much more carefully. First of all, the material must be treated with a solution that protects against moisture. From constant watering, an untreated tree will quickly rot. Do not forget about the drainage holes at the bottom.

The second option is much simpler in design, it can be made from simple rails. Such boxes often perform the function of quickly taking home flowers to Fresh air. Pots can be beautifully arranged inside and take flowers outside. In case of rain, capricious plants are easy to bring into the house and do not have to mess with each flower.

The box is a great alternative to a street flower bed. The flower bed is stationary, and the box can be easily moved and quickly change the atmosphere in the yard. They can cover the hatch, or other unsightly object. In addition, in a flower bed it is difficult to make the necessary mixture of soil for each plant.

base model

Despite its simplicity, the standard box leaves room for creativity. Combinations of basic boxes of different sizes will help create an original composition.

For work you will need:

• Board 50 × 100 mm for the manufacture of the bottom;
• Board 50×200 mm for side walls;
• Board 20 × 90 mm, the front part will be made from it;
• Self-tapping screws or stainless steel nails;
• Grid Chain-link to create a drainage system;
• Polyethylene film for additional protection of wood from moisture.

First you need to develop a design layout in accordance with your requests, and make drawings. It is better to plan the composition in advance so that the flower boxes fit organically into the space.. For example, if they are planned to be placed along the wall, then you need to measure the distance so that you do not have to then redo the protruding elements.

1. In accordance with the drawing, we cut the boards for the manufacture of the box;
2. We knock together the bottom and side boards;
3. We nail the front and back walls;
4. Cut out a piece of mesh right size and stapler attached to the bottom;
5. We cover the film to the height of the ground falling asleep, we make several holes above the drainage gutter for water to drain.

It remains only to pour the earth and plant flowers. This simple design allows you to easily stack flower boxes on top of each other and create a multi-level flower garden.

Carefully measure the size of the future design. Flower boxes often do not fit close to the wall, or vice versa are overlapped, be sure to take this into account when drawing up the drawing.

balcony flowers

Increasingly, walking down the street, you can see balconies and windows decorated with flowers. For outdoor decoration, it is better to use long, but not deep flower boxes. Their height should not exceed 20cm. The earth, especially wet, weighs a lot, so such restrictions are necessary.

The flower box can be attached with hinges, brackets or simply placed in a forged base. If taken for disembarkation houseplants, it is necessary to provide for the possibility of removing the structure for the winter so that the flowers do not die.

There are a few tips to help minimize the maintenance of the balcony front garden:

• The flower box on the south side is best painted in light colors, bright ones fade quickly. Preference is given to natural shades. Brown or green works well. The main rule is that the box should not be brighter than the colors themselves;
• Pay attention to the stability of the structure, poorly installed fasteners will not be able to withstand the desired weight;
• Drainage holes should not be located too close to the wall, otherwise dirty smudges will remain. It is better to place the holes along the far wall or provide for a slight slope;
• Flowers are often planted in 2 rows: the first is climbing plants covering the box itself, the second is the flowers of the main composition. This arrangement allows you not to pay much attention to the design of the box and put it together from simple boards.

For seedlings

The stores now have a large variety of containers for seedlings, but experienced gardeners know that production does not take into account the many important nuances, among them:

• Fragile;
• Toxic material, which is often low-quality plastic;
• Lack of drainage holes or holes that are too large,
• Uncomfortable size.

All this makes the question of how to make a box with your own hands relevant. For this you will need good boards, glue for wood or nails, drill. First of all, you need to calculate the dimensions and make a drawing. Seedlings, as a rule, are grown on the windowsill, and you need to adjust the box under it. For ease of carrying, it is worth immediately providing handles.

Excellent individual boxes for seedlings are also obtained from the tree, they are necessary so that the plants do not get tangled with roots. Considering that only young seedlings will grow, the height of the box should not exceed 10 cm.

It is better to assemble the main box with nails or self-tapping screws. For the manufacture of individual compartments, a special glue or stapler for furniture is suitable. It remains to decide how to make a wooden box with seedlings not only functional, but also beautiful. A little varnish or paint Nice picture, and seedlings will be an excellent decorative element.

Seedlings can become decoration of the apartment

Design Ideas

It is not necessary to make boxes with your own hands, you can take a ready-made wooden box. It can be an ordinary garden box, a tool box, even an old chest. A little decor will add color, but sometimes you don’t need to do anything, the non-standard use of the item speaks for itself, an example in the photo:

Don't be afraid to experiment and use things for other purposes.

Wooden tubs used to be often used at home for planting tall plants. Today they are appropriate in the garden. Several tubs with bushes can become an excellent hedge or act as independent elements.

Decorative flower boxes are often made with a bias towards naturalness.. The surface is varnished to protect and emphasize the grain of the wood. If paint is used, it is more often a noble brown or, on the contrary, light and delicate tones. The main goal is to draw attention to the colors, and not overshadow them with bright colors.

For decoration, you can use beautiful vintage patterns. For country garden fit country style. Not many people know how to make a box aged. A sample of a suitable size should be burned a little with a burner. Pay special attention to the corners and joints of the boards. Clean the surface and varnish. From above, you can make an imitation of an old stamp. Making such things does not take much time, but it greatly affects the color of the site.

Advantages

Everyone wants to decorate their garden in accordance with their ideas of beauty, but not everyone can order exactly what they want. Often scares the cost of work on an individual order. It is not so difficult to put together flower boxes with your own hands. This choice has many advantages:

• The cost price is much lower than the market price, and even more so, work to order;
• The drawing will help you do exactly what you want, and not choose from what is;
• A wooden box with your own hands will always be original thing, few people can exactly repeat the design option;
• It is easy to assemble a box of the right size and the right dimensions on your own;
• You can make boxes with your own hands different forms, but decorate them in the same style, observing the general concept of the garden.

Even a non-professional can make a flower box. Wood is a material that is easy and pleasant to work with. A regular ruler will help to make the correct markup. A box of flowers gives the site its own unique style, and you can rearrange at least every day, updating the space in accordance with your mood.

Drawer drawing, assembly and storage scheme.

For the manufacture of the box, we will prepare materials and fasteners:
- wooden plank 5x50x400 mm, pcs - 8;
- wooden plank 5x50x490 mm, pcs - 12;
- a wooden block of triangular section 50x50x199 mm, pcs - 4;
- metal building staples for a stapler (form "P", 0.75 mm thick, 11.4 mm wide, 14 mm high).

We start the assembly with the side planks

Side planks, with the help of a staple gun, are nailed with staples to wooden blocks triangular section. Nailed planks along the contour should protrude 5 mm beyond the ends of the triangular bars.

We lay six boards on the bottom of the box at a distance of 18 mm from each other.

Along the edges of the stacked boards, we lay two transverse boards, nail the longitudinal boards to the transverse boards and get the bottom of the box.

We nail the bottom of the box from below to the ends of the triangular bars and to the bottom boards around the perimeter.

At a distance of 18 mm from each other, we nail the rest of the planks to the triangular bars.

Our box is ready.

Made boxes are well stored with each other and on top of each other. At the same time, air space is maintained between the boxes, which creates good ventilation for our vegetables and fruits. In the assembled boxes it is convenient to store and also transport the grown products in the garden and vegetable garden.

It is more convenient to root several dozen cuttings in a portable container - in spring the soil in it warms up faster than in a cold greenhouse, and in autumn the seedlings easily move to the wintering place. It is not difficult to make a box with your own hands: it will take a little time, and suitable trimmings of lumber can be found in every household.

There should be enough space in the wooden box for the cuttings to grow normally for 4-6 months before the autumn transplant, or even 1-2 years if the rooting technique requires it. Optimal dimensions drawer: 300x350x750 mm (height/width/length). In a shallower container, the lid will interfere with the shoots, and an unnecessarily bulky structure is more difficult to move.
Preparation for work
To build a homemade box, you will need a tool:
- hand hacksaw
- planer,
- hammer,
- drill,
- wood drills
- furniture stapler,
- knife,
- roulette
- square,
- pencil,
- brush.

Pine wood without traces of decay is suitable for work:
1. Boards 16–25 mm thick.
2. Bars with a section of 30x50 mm.
3. Thin slats 10x30 mm.
When sorting through the boards, discard the warped and twisted ones - with high humidity they will become even worse.
Consumables:
1. Nails 50x2.5 - 28 pcs.
2. Nails 60x3.0 - 20 pcs.
3. Furniture decorative carnations - 10 pcs.
4. Antiseptic.

A piece of plastic wrap or white non-woven material measuring 80x60 cm can serve as a lid for a homemade box.
Parts manufacturing
Drawing of the elements of the cutting box

Wooden parts: 1 - longitudinal strips for the sides and bottom; 2 – bottom insert; 3 - strips for end walls; 4 - slats; 5 - handles; 6 - connecting bars.
Using a pencil, a square and a tape measure, mark the blanks according to the drawings, cutting off cracked and chipped ends.

Cut the boards to size and finish the surfaces with a planer. Coat the parts with 2-3 layers of protective impregnation, following the instructions on the package.
Do-it-yourself box assembly
Fold two short boards into a shield, draw a line parallel to it at a distance of 30 mm from the cut. Repeat the markup on the opposite side. Attach connecting blocks along the lines. Knock down the details with nails and bend with reverse side protruding ends.

Take two longitudinal strips and “bait” along the edges of the carnation. Assemble the blanks with the letter "P", trim the ends and hammer in the nails.

Turn the structure over and fasten the side planks of the opposite side. Try to drive the nails vertically to avoid the point coming out of the wood.

Nail the bottom pieces by placing a narrow plank in the middle and leaving 2-3 mm gaps between the planks to allow the wooden elements to expand when they swell. Attach the handles with nails closer to the top of the box.

Drill two rows of drainage holes in the bottom of the box.

Make a makeshift lid for the box. Wrap one rail with foil and secure the material with staples.

Wrap the second rail with the opposite edge of the polyethylene, put the third bar on the lapel and nail it with small studs.

Attach the canvas to the wall of the box at three points, having previously drilled pilot holes in the rails to prevent splitting of thin wood.

When using polyethylene, make cuts with a knife to drain water, otherwise, in heavy rain, the film will bend and crush the shoots.

Pour fertile soil into a do-it-yourself box and plant the prepared cuttings.

When placing the container on the surface of the soil, place bricks under the bottom. After identifying the seedlings in the "school", free the box from the ground, clean the walls and dry the wood.

A wooden box is a simple but very functional item. Depending on the shape and depth, such products can be used to receive correspondence, grow seedlings at home, store children's toys or tools.

The design is quite simple, so wooden flower boxes can be made by hand. If you connect your imagination and apply a little skill, even such an elementary thing can be turned into a real work of art.

Plain wooden box

In fact, this is a simple design rectangular shape, which is suitable for growing flowers in the country or storing various household items at home.

The advantages of making boxes from wood are due to the fact that it is an environmentally friendly and affordable material that is convenient for processing with hand tools.

To assemble such a product, you will need:

• boards that will go to the bottom and walls;
• fasteners: self-tapping screws, nails, metal corners;
• tools: screwdriver, hammer, wood saw;
• roulette;
• a simple pencil and paper to prepare the drawing.

To begin with, a drawing is made. A sketch of the finished product is drawn on paper, the main dimensions are determined. A schematic representation allows you to accurately calculate the material needed to make the box.

As a raw material, any boards remaining after construction or repair are suitable. The main thing is that the material is of high quality: there should be no traces of decay and wormholes, otherwise the life of the box will be short.

Boards are sawn according to the given dimensions. In total, 5 elements should turn out: side and front walls, bottom. The boards are hammered together, corners can be placed at the junctions to provide additional rigidity to the structure. If the box is supposed to be used for growing flowers indoors, it makes sense to lay a layer of waterproofing made of plastic film on the bottom.

Plywood constructions

Here the material is selected depending on the intended use of the finished product. If the box is intended for correspondence, thin plywood can be dispensed with. For seedlings or flowers, multilayer sheets impregnated with a waterproof composition are more suitable.

The design is made according to the following scheme:

• make a drawing of a box with dimensions;
• the drawing is transferred to a sheet of plywood;
• details are cut out according to the markup;
• individual elements are fastened together with self-tapping screws or nails, the joints are treated with sealant.

Considering that plywood is easy to process, more complex, non-standard country boxes can be made. For example, arrange the joints of the walls according to the tenon-groove principle. If a deep box is made for storing children's toys, wheels from an old computer chair can be attached to the bottom. Drawers with a sliding top panel look interesting. Here, a cover is cut out of a sheet of thin plywood and a groove is cut in the upper part of the walls.

flower box for balcony

The general principle of making a do-it-yourself wooden flower box remains unchanged, however, the specifics of use make it necessary to take into account a number of nuances.

Depth matters a lot. Experienced gardeners do not recommend making walls more than 20 centimeters high. Flowers need to be watered regularly, and wet earth significantly increases the weight of the structure.

Balcony boxes should be placed on a solid foundation to eliminate the possibility of falling down. For these purposes, they are usually used metal frames welded from reinforcement bars. The advantage of this mounting method is that the outdoor box can be easily removed and brought into the house for the winter.

Note! If painting is planned, it is better to give preference to natural and neutral tones. Bright colors not only quickly fade in the sun, but also hide the natural beauty of plants.

To save on decorative design, flowers are recommended to be planted in two rows. In the foreground there will be climbing plants that will disguise a wooden container. Flowers of the main composition are planted in the background.

For seedlings

The size and shape of the wooden seedling boxes will depend on how the flowers are grown. Bulky items take up a lot of space and spoil the overall interior of the apartment. Therefore, if you plan to grow cucumbers and tomatoes on the windowsill, it is better to limit yourself to small wooden plywood boxes.

Homestead offers more opportunities for home master. So, a large and functional seedling box can be made from an old pallet. In fact, the pallet is initially a finished product. The gardener can only make the bottom and walls from pieces of plywood. This will require decorative nails and a hammer. After that, the internal space is filled with earth, the seeds are sown between the upper rows of boards.

Pallet application

From several pallets, you can make a deep wooden box with an opening lid for greenhouse cultivation of horticultural crops. To do this, the pallets are carefully disassembled into their component parts, the nails are removed, and the damaged boards are rejected.

The boards are sawn to size, based on the future shape of the box: a rectangle or a square. For racks, 4 square bars are cut off, their length depends on the height of the box.

The boards that will go to the side walls are laid in a row and a straight line is drawn at a distance of 15-20 mm from each edge. In accordance with the markup, a bar is applied and screws are tightened. The result should be two longitudinal walls. To subsequently equip the box with an inclined lid, the top board of one of the sidewalls must be shortened by 3-5 cm.

Finished shields are installed in parallel, end boards are attached to the support bars. After that, the bottom is made from plywood. If the seedlings will be grown outdoors, the lower structural element can be neglected.

The lid is made of a rack frame corresponding to the size of the box. Elements are fastened together flat metal corners. If the box has a large area, it is better to strengthen the lid with two longitudinal rails. Using a stapler, a plastic film is nailed to the surface of the lid. 2-3 loops are attached to the back of the wall.

At the final stage, all wooden elements are treated with a special disinfectant to prevent rotting and the appearance of bark beetle larvae. For ease of use sides covers can be supplemented with window latches that will hold it in a half-open position. Now it remains to fill the box with earth and plant the seeds.

decorative design

Beautifully designed decorative wooden boxes may well decorate even a city apartment. Any wood initially has an original texture that you just need to emphasize. It is noteworthy that this does not have to incur financial costs. Ordinary varnish is able to emphasize natural beauty natural material. Before applying to the surface, you can burn out patterns or an interesting pattern.

To age the wood, the boards need to be lightly burned with a burner, then the surface should be cleaned with sandpaper and varnished. Such products look colorful, being an original addition to the interior or a worthy decoration of a personal plot.