DIY corner cabinet making, useful tips

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Modern furniture has a high cost, and various materials can be used for its manufacture, in addition, models vary in size, shape, appearance and content. A perfect solution for a living room, bedroom or other room is a corner cupboard, which does not take up much space, characterized by high capacity and interesting appearance. It is easy to create a corner cabinet with your own hands, if you carefully understand this process.

Tools and materials

Just before the construction process, you should decide on the dimensions, materials and tools that will be used, as well as consider the purpose of the cabinet. Initially, a project is formed, for which drawings are created, according to which parts are prepared that are firmly connected to each other. A decision is made whether the corner cabinet will be triangular or G-shaped, trapezoidal or five-walled.

If you decide to assemble the furniture yourself, you should prepare for this process and purchase the necessary materials and tools:

• direct material for creating a cabinet, and formation of a structure from drywall, which is notable for its affordable price, ease of use, environmental cleanliness and durability, is considered relevant;
• profiles from which the framework will be formed;
• suspensions;
• screws and glue;
• mirrors, if you plan to make out a cabinet;
• accessories providing ease of use of the structure;
• rollers and guides if compartment doors are made;
• paneling material for the cabinet;
• drill, screwdriver, grinder, sharp knife for cutting drywall, level and other small tools.

Working with drywall is considered so simple that usually no specific tools are required.

Instruments

Drywall Sheets

Parts preparation

A cabinet of drywall with your own hands is done only after preliminary creation of the scheme. Initially, you should decide on the dimensions of the structure, for which the dimensions of the corner where the furniture is planned to be installed are taken into account.

It is necessary to decide what parts the corner cabinet will consist of. Usually one large department is made for things that are located on the shoulders. The other section is narrow and divided into several small compartments, for the separation of which shelves are used. Often, additionally an open pencil case is formed on either side. Standard sizes of such elements are:

• the height of the cabinet itself can vary from 180 to 220 cm;
• the width of two different elements of the corner cabinet can be from 45 to 80 cm;
• between the shelves it is desirable to leave a distance in the range from 30 to 35 cm;
• drawers and shelves usually have a width of 40 to 45 cm;
• It is desirable to make boxes with a depth of 25 to 30 cm.

It is considered optimal to have two large sections on top, called mezzanines, which are used to store large and rarely used items and things, and a narrow shoe compartment is arranged below.

After determining the dimensions and compartments of the structure, you yourself need to perform sequential actions:

• determine the angle where the cabinet will be located;
• depending on its parameters, determine the exact dimensions of the cabinet;
• create a sketch that allows you to calculate the base, cover and base;
• to divide the entire internal space of the cabinet into separate sections, for which vertical and horizontal partitions are used;
• calculate the design doors;
• calculate the required number of ends to be closed by the end tape.

Based on the resulting scheme, you can prepare the main parts of the cabinet. To do this, in accordance with the sketches, the main elements of the frame are made. The metal profiles are cut by the grinder, and the sections are cleaned. Further, based on pre-made drawings, plasterboard parts are formed, and it is advisable to use a thin and sharp knife to cut this material. All elements must have the same thickness.

Materials

Place selection and layout

It is advisable to decide on the installation location of the cabinet in advance, since the design itself is made for the available parameters of this angle. It is usually installed in the living room, but can be used for a bedroom or a children's room. Filling and size depend on the number of things that will be stored in the furniture.

After determining the installation location, marking begins, which allows you to determine where the main elements of the cabinet will be located. Since the product will be created from drywall, you will have to attach all the elements of the frame to the wall, so fastening areas are outlined. They will have to navigate during fastening and creating the frame.

Surface preparation and marking

Frame mounting

How to make a do-it-yourself corner cabinet using drywall? To do this, you first need to do the installation and fastening of the frame. The whole process is divided into stages:

• if it is planned to have fixtures in the cabinet, then the areas where they will be fixed are marked, after which electric wiring is supplied to this place;
• shock absorbing rubber insulation is glued to the guide profile, and it is important to place it from the part that will be laid further on the furniture base;
• along the lines of the previously applied marking, all guides are fixed, and for their reliable fastening, a nail dowel is used;
• Further, direct suspensions are fixed on the wall, and for this we must constantly focus on the markings;
• the fasteners for fixing the suspensions depend on what material was used to create the base, since if it is concrete or brick, it is advisable to use a dowel with nails, and if the base is wooden, aerated concrete or expanded clay concrete, strong self-tapping screws or nails are suitable, and it is also allowed use special dowels equipped with spacer mustaches and notches;
• racks located vertically are inserted into the fixed guides, after which they are fixed with suspensions, and for this it is advisable to use short self-tapping screws equipped with a press washer;
• strong and reliable stiffening ribs are installed between the rack profiles, and the more these elements are used, the more stable the structure will be obtained, and especially there should be a lot of them in areas where heavy objects are planned to be stored.

It is allowed to use not only metal profiles, but also wooden battens to create the frame, but this solution is used extremely rarely, since wood can absorb moisture or dry out, so the cabinet will change dimensions, which will lead to distortions or increased fragility.

Gluing profiles with damping tape

Metal profile easy to cut

Ready frame

Frame cladding

A gypsum board corner cabinet is created quite simply, since after the formation of a high-quality, durable and stable frame, you can proceed to plating it with gypsum board elements. To do this, the steps are:

• drywall blanks are made, for which, in accordance with the drawings, parts are cut, and it is recommended to use for this purpose a hacksaw or an electric jigsaw;
• to create a cabinet, it is advisable to choose a solid wall drywall, the thickness of which will be at least 1.25 cm;
• all edges are processed with an edge planer;
• ready-made elements from drywall are inserted into the corresponding sections of the frame, after which they are screwed with special screws for metal;
• the sheets are finally fixed, for which it is important to calculate the number of screws so that there is a distance of 20 cm between them;
• all hats of self-tapping screws are recessed by 1 mm;
• in the areas where the shelves will be located, furniture corners are installed;
• mounted rods and lights;
• according to available sizes, the creation of doors begins, which can be ordered ready-made.

After the work is completed, a full-fledged cabinet will be obtained, but in order to have an attractive appearance, care should be taken about the use of finishing materials.

Drywall marking

Drywall Section

Fixing Drywall Panels

Screwing in a screwdriver

Finished wall

Finish

Finishing involves the following steps:

• all surfaces inside and out are covered with a high-quality primer;
• joints are filled with gypsum plaster;
• then a sickle is glued;
• at the corners mounted painting corners;
• putty is applied, which is polished after solidification;
• it is desirable to make two layers of putty;
• then the primer is applied again;
• after the final finishing materials are applied, which can be represented by decorative panels, tiles or other materials.

It is advisable to use during mirror decoration to increase the comfort of using the structure.

Perforated corner for corner processing

Cabinet Finish

Drawings and schemes

The most important thing when creating a corner cabinet is to build the correct and accurate diagram and drawings. If there are any errors in them, then to build a full-fledged, durable and stable design will fail.

Drawings and schemes can be obtained in various ways:

• independent creation, and you can perform the process manually or using special programs for the computer;
• an order from specialists, which will require significant financial investments;
• search for ready-made drawings, but you should only use them if you are sure that they are correct and accurate.

Corner cabinets are considered the perfect solution for different rooms. They can be created from different materials, but the most optimal is the use of drywall, which sheathed frame of metal profiles. Such a cabinet will not require substantial investments, and is also easy to create. During independent work, your own wishes and the available dimensions of the selected angle are taken into account, so the design will be ideal for the installation site.

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