How to make a stool with your own hands from wood - step-by-step instructions, drawings, dimensions, photos

Despite the abundance of various furniture in stores, a simple stool has been and remains a fairly popular piece of furniture in the home. It is especially relevant if the apartment is decorated in a rustic style - in a kitchen with such a design, an ordinary stool will be simply irreplaceable.

But it’s not easy to buy a quality product now, so it’s easier to make it yourself. How to make a stool with your own hands from wood? The drawing, diagram and step-by-step instructions are in this material.

How to make a stool with your own hands from wood

Types of stools

Stools or chairs without legs come in different types. A limited number of models are sold in furniture stores. In turn, there are many more types of hand-made stools:

• Classic kitchen stool
• Transformable chair
• Miniature stool
• Bar stool
• Stool with drawers
• Stool with height adjustment
• garden furniture
• Folding model
• Step stool

The most important thing is that you can make a stool of any size and any design, which is clearly illustrated by various photos of hand-made stools from different craftsmen.

Materials for the stool

One of the advantages of making your own stool is that it can be made from any material. Many owners choose environmentally friendly materials:

• Tree
• MDF
• laminated chipboard

That is why the question often arises of how to make a stool out of wood with your own hands. Solid wood is a very expensive material and such furniture is rare on the open market. However, it’s not difficult to do it yourself; you just need to stock up on a few boards. In this case, the boards can be from:

• Pines are the most inexpensive tree.
• Oak or beech - durable tree varieties
• Aspen, ash or linden - their wood is silky and tender. But such wood is short-lived.

In addition to natural wood, you can also use ordinary wood for the stool from old furniture made of chipboard or MDF. For this furniture, you can even use regular plywood or thick cardboard.

Universal solutions

To make a supporting frame, you can easily use metal pipes. Moreover, they can be standard round or profile rectilinear. Thanks to the reliable metal frame, the need to make frames and supports disappears.

If there is a shortage of boards for making a seat, some craftsmen purchase a single sheet of chipboard. This idea for DIY stools has one feature - the sawn slab will definitely have to be upholstered. The second option is to stretch the wire between the drawers. You can place a pillow on this seat to soften sitting time.

Stool Tools

In addition to the materials to create such furniture, you will also need the following tools:

• Pencil, ruler and tape measure
• Jigsaw
• Hammer
• Nails
• Hacksaw
• Sandpaper
• Screwdriver or drill
• Wood glue

Advice. Small tools and parts, such as nails or screws, should be laid out separately on a white cloth - this will make them easier to find and take while making the stool.

Main differences

Wooden and metal stools of simple shape are conventionally divided into kitchen, bar, tourist, musical, children's, adult, and garden. Other models are usually classified as designer.

In addition to carving, casting, inlay, and the presence of many additional decorative details, they are distinguished by the active use of exquisite and expensive materials - ivory, mahogany, amber.

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For the upholstery of exclusive stools, it is customary to use tapestry with multi-color patterns, abrasion-resistant jacquard, and natural velor.

Drawings for a stool

Before you start making the product, it is important to think through and calculate the drawings of the stool. It is important to take into account the standard sizes:

• The seat width can be 40-45 cm.
• Seat height – 65-75 cm.
• Height for a bar stool – 90-120 cm.

Height from the floor and seat width are the main dimensions. In addition to them, additional ones need to be taken into account:

• Width and size of legs
• The height of placement of the drawers or crossbars that stand between the legs
• Bottom bars between legs, if planned
• Additional oblique fastenings for drawers

After the drawings are made, it is necessary to transfer them to the material. And then cut wood, chipboard or plywood according to specific patterns.

Advice. For the seat, you can use chipboard or plywood, and for the legs and drawers it is better to use solid wood. You can make a stool entirely from chipboard with your own hands, but this will make the furniture less wear-resistant.

Types of furniture products

Stools can differ in size and appearance, as well as in the materials from which they are made. So, most often they are made from ordinary wood, but there are stools made of metal, plastic, and also those created by combining various materials (for example, the seat can be wooden and the legs can be metal). It is worth noting that, if desired, the seat of the stool can be made soft or simply covered with fabric to give the product a beautiful appearance or achieve a certain level of comfort when sitting on it. The legs may also differ in appearance. There are products with simple, even legs, and there are those whose lower part is a real work of art. It can be patterned, carved and decorated in every possible way.

Products made from natural wood are strong and durable, and also have an original design, which is why they do not lose their popularity

On a note! There are stools that differ in appearance depending on the purpose of their use.

Table. Types of stools.

Children's stool

On a note! In addition to these types of stools, there are also specialized products that differ in certain characteristics (for example, strength, height, etc.). These include children's stools, which are very small in size.

How to assemble a stool

Once the main parts have been cut or created, you can begin to assemble the furniture. The assembly process occurs in the following sequence:

1. Each part must be sanded and polished with sandpaper
2. Use a pencil to mark places on the legs for attaching drawers or additional parts.
3. Once again, try on the height of the legs and drawers, then mark and drill holes for the screws
4. Apply glue to the joints of the parts: drawer and legs
5. Connect the drawers to the legs
6. Install additional fasteners between the drawers.
7. Place the seat upside down. Install the legs with drawers on it and secure it.
8. Install additional crossbars or other parts between the legs.
9. Cover the product with varnish and apply decor.

Auxiliary elements

The stool has a simple design - three or four legs and a seat. However, you can add to these elements:

• A drawbar for attaching the legs to each other relative to the seat;
• Upholstery and filling to make the seat soft;
• Legs for improved fixation of the legs together;
• End caps to prevent the stool from rolling around and leaving dents on the flooring.

You can avoid the latter by using insulating tape. It's perfect for wrapping the ends of legs.

Original furniture ideas

The size of the stool depends entirely on the ideas that the owners want to bring to life. In addition to the standard four-legged stool, it can be:

• A small folding chair with three or four legs, which is created from a flexible seat and three base legs.
• Step stool, where an additional step extends
• A transformable chair that can be furniture with a backrest or a stepladder

The most complex design is a transforming chair, the seat of which is made of two halves. One of them can serve as an additional step when turning into a stepladder.

For a step stool, you need to make an additional step, which will be smaller than the seat, and will also have two additional legs. Also, for such a design you will need crossbars with puzzles, with the help of which an additional step will be extended.

Preparing for assembly

To make a good stable chair, you need to use several tools and supplies. To make a wooden chair, in addition to wood, you may need foam rubber and fabric. Self-tapping screws and wood glue (or PVA, which is worse) are used for fastening.

The use of the tool depends on the type of chair assembly. They often resort to assembly without screws. But glue alone, especially in the hands of a beginner, does not always ensure the stability of the structure. On the other hand, too many screws and improper handling of them can lead to additional material costs. If you do not calculate the optimal thickness and strength of beams and boards, then using self-tapping screws can damage their structure, which will not be noticeable at first, but then can lead to breakage

It is important to assemble the chair in such a way as not to harm yourself. To do this, use a familiar tool

For beginners, it is recommended to further understand the safety rules when handling devices and equipment that came into their hands for the first time.

Stool decor

After the stool is assembled, the entire product should be processed and stylishly decorated. To make the stool last longer you need to:

• Apply glue to all seams and joints of parts.
• Cover the legs and others with several layers of varnish
• Cover the legs or drawers with painting
• Decoupage the legs and then also varnish them

A stool where the lower part of the legs is painted or covered with decoupage pictures looks stylish.

Advice. Another option for decorating a stool is to decorate the legs in an antique style. This will require additional paint and wax. First you need to paint the edges of the legs with contrasting paint, and then treat it with wax and rub it in. After that, paint again with a different paint. This will create stylish creases and antique cracks.

Main details

In the traditional version, the stool consists of the following elements:

• lid;
• legs;
• king;
• connecting strips;
• other connection elements.

This is the minimum number of parts that are the basic basis. They may vary depending on the product.

Seat decoration

The final moment will be the design of the seat. Sitting on a hard chair is very uncomfortable. Therefore, for a stool it is better to choose the following options:

• Static foam seat. To do this, the foam rubber is glued to the seat, and a removable pillowcase is pulled on top.
• Removable pillow with leg ties
• Soft pillowcase with elastic band and foam insert
• Simple Fur Cape

To make the stool comfortable and comfortable, the seat should be soft and well secured: with an elastic band or ties.

Then the guests will be happy, and the household will love this piece of furniture because of its warmth and comfort.

Additional work

There are a few extra steps you can take to customize your custom stool and ensure it will last in your home. Most often, the stool is used in kitchens, verandas, garages and other rooms where the floor is made of concrete, covered with ceramic tiles or linoleum. In order to prevent the stool from slipping and thereby avoid possible injuries, it makes sense to glue a piece of sandpaper (null paper) to the supporting part of each leg. If you have to sit on a stool during long work, then it is quite advisable to upholster the seat with a piece of old leatherette, laying 10-15 mm thick foam rubber as a pad, or make a soft seat.

Photos of do-it-yourself stools