DIY Furniture furniture

The beauty and grace of furniture weaved from a vine is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent. Despite the fact that the current market can offer a wide selection of finished products, there is always the opportunity to try to make furniture from the vine with your own hands. Although such furniture seems to be tender and fragile, in fact it is quite strong, practical and durable. If high -quality raw materials are used in the manufacture, then its service life can reach twenty years. Vine is one of the most popular materials used for weaving. Its advantage is that it is plastic and obedient. This makes it possible to implement the most non -standard projects using various forms and bends. A very important part of manufacture is the workpiece of raw materials. The best period for this is the time from October to the first frosts, as well as all three months of spring. At this time, the rod is very well cleaned and can be stored dry. The main indicator when choosing a vine is the core. For the manufacture of furniture (tables, sunbeds, chairs), rods with a thick core are used, and for small objects – with a thin. So, if you already decide to make furniture from the vine with your own hands, then first you need to cook the branches. To get a terminated (white) rod, it must be boiled. There is a small technology here. If the material of light shades is needed, then it will be enough to boil the rods for about 2 hours: first over high heat (1 hour), and then on a weak. In order to get the material of dark tones, then the cooking time increases to 4 hours. The boiled rods must immediately be cleaned of the bark, because then the material will lose the “product” view. The elegance of the products will give the use of combined weaving a whole rod and gloss (tapes). Gloss is obtained by cracking a whole rod into 2-3 parts using a chatter or knife. But, in order to be able to make gloss, you will need a certain experience that comes only over time. The weaving technique is quite simple, but, as in any business, practice is needed. Nowadays, there are many vine weaving techniques. If you are a beginner in this matter, then first you can choose the simplest ways. For example, weaving with inclined lines or weaving “rope”. The strength of products made in such ways will be low. Here the emphasis is on decorative expressiveness, that is, more suitable for the manufacture of interior parts (vases, rugs, souvenirs). In order to make furniture, you will need the development of more complex equipment. You can study the basics of weaving, having signed up for master classes in which theories will teach and show everything in practice. There are also many special literature and manuals by which you can learn how to make furniture from the vine with your own hands. As a “simulator”, as the basis for future models, old tables, chairs or various tubular frames are suitable. Binding their individual parts, you will significantly accelerate the process of self -learning and gain experience. The main thing in this case is practice! Over time, all spent efforts will pay off many times. As a result, you will receive elegant furniture that can decorate any corner of your home, creating coziness and heat atmosphere.