To feel comfortable outdoors, you should have comfortable outdoor seating. If you have enough free time and some craftsmanship, you can build cool garden furniture yourself and decorate it - and all for little money. You also need a lot of inspiration. Take a look at the following pictures and create your individual island of peace in your own garden.
If you want to build garden furniture yourself, you should think about the right tools when planning. Functional, stable and weatherproof furniture that can be found in the markets obviously has an advantage.Homemade furnitureHowever, they bring a special charm to the garden and promote creativity. You can be sure that a bench you build yourself will be an absolute eye-catcher and unique.
Attractive eye-catchers in the garden
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With the right lighting, old furniture can be elegantly showcased again. A beautiful lawn, flower beds andGarden pondwill make the atmosphere even more pleasant. Many people discover the used wooden pallets as a building material. You can build pallet furniture yourself even without instructions.
Idea with old car tires
Even old car tires can be used. To make them look nicer, it is recommended to paint them in any color in advance. This way you can get summery pizzazz for your terrace or seating area. Use the tires for stools, chairs or a coffee table. For seating, simply fill the free space in the middle with seat cushions. You can quickly create a table by placing a simple glass plate on the tire. The rubber also ensures that the plate doesn't slip.
Here is an example of the stool. The inside of the tire does not necessarily have to be filled with a special and expensive material. In the end it can't be seen anyway. A sack of straw or sawdust, old fabric scraps or similar things are also suitable and are then covered with seat cushions. Make an entire seat set out of car tires!
Homemade garden furniture made from different materials
ARelaxstuhlmade from glass bottles is fairly easy to assemble. Due to its low weight, it can be easily transported without any helper. Upholstery for tree trunk garden stools can be made from old textiles in just a few minutes. Concrete garden furniture anchored in the ground is robust, durable, weatherproof and requires little maintenance. Although pouring concrete is not necessarily easy, this furniture with the right cushions and cushions is a great solution for outdoor use. Homemade furniture is equally suitable for use outdoors as well as indoors.
Ready-made concrete blocks or drink crates are other things you can use if you want to build garden furniture yourself. They are simply stacked on top of each other as shown above. This means you can choose any height that suits you best. Since the materials themselves are anything but cozy and comfortable, they should be equipped with seat cushions, blankets and pillows.
You've probably already seen a lot of ideas from the palettes already mentioned. We have also prepared some articles with instructions specifically on this topic. Whether coffee tables, armchairs, benches, sofas or even swings – everything is possible with the universal materials. Since Euro pallet furniture becomes quite heavy, you may want to consider equipping it with wheels so that you can move and move it more easily.
Would you have thought of building a table out of an old barrel? Really interesting, isn't it? All you actually need is half a barrel and a suitable stand in which you can place the barrel to maintain or replace table legs. A table top of any size, but not excessively large, completes it. Really clever, right?
Use old barrel
A barrel or vat is also suitable for turning into a giant ice cream container. For this purpose, the container should have a lid so that the cold can be stored for longer. Then fill it with plenty of ice and you have the perfect fridge for your summer party drinks. With a stand, you can raise the ice cream container as desired.
Make your own stool upholstery
Would you have actually thought of such stools? They consist of tree trunks with padded fabrics placed over them. You can use any fabric to decorate your seating area or garden wonderfully. It is best to use textiles that are suitable for outdoor use. You can remove the “hats” at any time and wash them if necessary.
Garden chair cover
If you don't necessarily want to invest in expensive garden furniture, you often resort to plastic. And especially the cheap versions are not always particularly pretty to look at. Colorful fabric coverings can help, and self-painted patterns with color are also very well received. You decide what you prefer!
Build your own group furniture for the garden
You can also see another variant for the stool with instructions here. If the boldly painted versions are too much for you and you would prefer something subtle and modern, use rope and plywood. The plywood sheets are cut to fit the tire so that they close the openings. Then, in the middle, start wrapping the rope in a spiral around its own beginning. Add some glue at regular intervals to hold the rope in place. At the very end, you can use a brush and glue to coat the entire rope again, or at least in some places.
Armchair made from old car tires
And if you can crochet, you can also make a cover for old and unsightly stools yourself. You can even spice up the flower pots in this way.
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