Suspended chair do it yourself

In the warm season, almost every city dweller wants to get out into the countryside and spend at least a few days or even months there. Outdoor recreation is necessary for everyone, and it is very important for this to have a comfortable hammock or chair. It is very popular hanging chair that can dip a rest in childhood. After all, all children love to swing on a swing. But since the cost of this piece of furniture is quite high, skillful craftsmen learned how to make it themselves.

The first hanging chair appeared in Denmark in the middle of the twentieth century. This designer furniture is most often used for arranging a garden plot and less often for apartments of megalopolises. The unusual design in combination with a variety of materials allows you to make this piece of furniture in demand among many buyers.

A hanging chair is a comfortable resting place that is usually made from natural or artificial materials such as wicker or rattan. The product itself is either suspended from the ceiling, or mounted on a special stand, so that you can swing in the lounger. It is also called a rocking chair or a swing chair, since their main purpose is to sway a person.

Suspended chairs can be divided into wicker, fabric, hard and soft, and they differ in shape and material. These products are designed for swinging in different directions. There is only one type of suspended chair that does not move diagonally and forward-backward. It is attached to the floor and ceiling, and therefore can only spin in a circle.

The frame of the product can be made of various materials. Hard made of rattan, wicker, metal, acrylic or transparent plastic. And to soften the product, it is covered with a soft blanket or put inside a padding mattress. Sometimes the base is covered with a dense fabric, and small pillows are placed on top.

The hammock chair has a soft frame, because it is made of a fabric base, which is suspended from the ceiling.

There are many models of hanging chairs, and each of them can be an addition to the garden plot or apartment. Making your own furniture has a number of advantages over purchased goods, because they allow you to show imagination and make sure of its quality.

These unusual chairs can be made from different materials. The design itself is light and reliable, and most importantly, it can have both a soft and a solid base. A swing can be decorated with a cottage, sleeping area, children's room, attic or playground. Her strength to make their own, using durable ropes and thick textiles.

The chair cocoon, or egg, is one of the most popular models. It differs from other products by the presence of walls that hide almost all the internal space. It is made, as a rule, from a natural or artificial rattan, and sometimes use a rod. This design will appeal to not only adults but also children. Indeed, in such a cocoon you can find solitude.

This model is interesting in that its production will require only an iron hoop, which must be braided with strong yarn. The construction itself must be hung from the ceiling with strong ropes. The nest can fit in any room, even in a small room.

A variety of models and provides a method of mounting the base. Suspended chair can be mounted to the ceiling, and can stand on a stand. The choice of attachment depends on the characteristics of the room and personal preferences of the owner.

So, for the construction of a swing you need to prepare a thick fabric, strong ropes and wooden bars. And if the product involves weaving, then the willow, bird cherry and rattan bars will do.Their flexibility must be sufficient to weave by hand.

To make the seat-nest, you need an iron or plastic hoop that has sufficient stiffness. And to give a unique style, it is important to use wear-resistant fabric, foam filler, laces for weaving and wooden boards.

Much depends on the weaving technique. One of the most famous is the macrame style, which involves the interweaving of rope or rope knots. With it, you can achieve a refined look of the product.

To ensure the reliability of the base, apply the technique of patchwork. For this patchwork cover is attached on top of the base material.

The base of the product can be knitted with strong yarn or laces. Weaving of multi-colored laces will look especially beautiful.

The openwork pattern can be created using the tatting technique. Such a product will seem weightless and light that will undoubtedly attract the attention of guests.

There are many drawings and step-by-step instructions for the independent manufacture of this type of furniture. But the easiest is a chair swing, which will appeal to both adults and children.

To make it, you will need two meters of dense textiles, a thick stick made of wood, a drill, carbines, a durable cord, reliable threads and dye.

Performance:

• First you need to take a cloth, fold in half, measure 18 cm from the top corner and draw a diagonal to the bottom right corner. The result is an uneven triangle that needs to be cut and removed. The main part of the fabric needs to be unfolded and stitched the sides of the cut, picking up their edges per centimeter.
• Next, you need to form pockets for laces. The edges of the long blank need to bend 3 cm and stitch on a sewing machine.

• On the wooden bar you need to make four holes, two on both edges. The distance between the two holes should be 4.5 cm, and the distance between the central holes should not be less than 75 cm.They need to put laces in them and fix them with strong knots. In the center of the rope it is also necessary to make a knot in order to form a loop on top, which will then be hung on a hook.

• The hanging cord pieces need to be passed through the fabric. and thread through the holes in the stick that are on its edges. Then you need to make nodes for reliable fixation.
• Attach two carbine hooks to the ceiling hook, in the lower carabiner it is necessary to pass a cord. Thus, the design will gain sufficient strength for safe swinging in the chair.

Another interesting model for self-production - a drop. To do this, acquire about 500 rods of rattan, steel hoop, several metal pipes or strong ropes, which will be woven together in the form of a circle. Then you need PVA glue, strong rope, cord and chain.

Stages of work:

• Before you start, you need to calculate the size of the drop. Then you need to clear the bars of the rattan from the bark and cut them into equal pieces.To give good flexibility when weaving rods, you need to steam and repel.
• The frame of the furniture can be made of polypropylene pipes, metal or a slightly compressed hoop to get the semicircular shape of the product. If a pipe is used for the frame, then its ends should be fastened with special fastenings. In the future, it will be necessary to fasten rods, the length of which should be 30-40 cm above the product.

• The rods are attached to the base. so that the distance between them increases uniformly, approximately to the middle of the product, and then so that this distance decreases. To shape the chair, the bars need to be curved in the process of weaving.
• To secure the rattan, its rods need to be bent over the hoop several times and secure. their ends are strong ropes. Next, you need to twist the structure with thin rods, starting from the bottom and ending at the top. To give the product additional strength, all attachment points must be lubricated with glue.

Depending on the type of product chosen, different materials may be needed.First of all, you need to prepare those that will make up the structure of the suspended chair. These can be pipes, hoops, rods, ropes or bars. If the chair-swing is made, then you only need a durable and wear-resistant fabric.

It is important to decide, and what will be the filler for the bag, which will be in the chair. After all, being in it should be as convenient and safe as possible, so it is better to purchase a synthetic winterizer or foam rubber. But the foam cushion will not be able to transfer moisture, and therefore it is better to use this option in the house.

Thanks to its unusual design and the use of innovative technologies, suspended chairs look organic in any room. It is only necessary to select the correct design and type of product.

Gentle openwork hanging nest will be an exquisite accessory in the room of a little princess, and a bright hammock will become a place for the young traveler’s hectic fantasy.

A transparent drop with a bright pillow will fit perfectly into the bedroom of creative people. It is possible to spend time reading an exciting book or listening to music.

Even in a simple classic interior, you can find a place for a suspended chair, if it has a high back and armrests. And since the classic involves the use of only natural materials, this furniture should be made of either wood or textile.

In the room, decorated in modern style, you can use models of any materials. There are no restrictions in colors or shape, and the combination of materials will only add to the interior uniqueness.

You will learn how to make a hammock with a hands in the following video.