How to make ottoman

How to make ottoman

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If you have small apartment and there is no opportunity to put full-fledged bed, then the ottoman – very beautiful and convenient view of furniture comes to the rescue. The ottoman represents sofa without pillows and rollers which length of 1980 mm, width of 1200 mm, and height of seat of 450 mm. Sometimes the ottoman has curbstone for bedding. The ottoman can be made independently. It is absolutely simple to make it.

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Instruction

1. Basis (frame) of ottoman make 20 X200 mm and plywood (4 mm) of boards. Connect boards furniture bolts or screws. Before screwing up bolts? miss the mark surface with PVA glue for durability and also for this purpose? that the ottoman in the future did not creak.

2. In longitudinal boards of basis make pro-saws to insert rails (stiffening fin) with step of 200 mm. Make pro-saws so that rails entered them with tightness, put them on glue and for reliability attach still nails, killing them obliquely. Beat small carnations plywood. On the prepared basis put sheets of foam rubber and cover them with cover from furniture fabric. Tuck cover inside and beat to frame small carnations or by means of the stapler.

3. The seat can be decorated as follows. In veneer sheet drill openings to make foam rubber utyazhka. By means of thick needle and thread make utyazhka, it is possible to use the buttons fitted by fabric. This operation serves not only for decor, but also protects foam rubber from shift. Process wooden parts varnish or mordant.

4. If there is no whole piece of upholstery fabric near at hand, the cover can be executed in technology of scrappy sewing. Make exclusive cover of rags of old coats, covers. If was very able to arrange rags, then very effective upholstery will turn out. If there is no opportunity to get foam rubber, it can be replaced with cotton mattress or shaving.

5. Sometimes in the bottom of ottoman do drawers for storage of bed linen. For production of those use the remained scraps of tree or get additional plywood cloth. Make pattern of boxes and collect simple design by means of small tacks.

6. Fill rails on which boxes will move in case do not intend to buy the special roller mechanism.

7. Hang facades and fix handles in conclusion of all done rabots.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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