DIY chaise longue: 200 photos + step-by-step instructions for creating

Requirements for homemade furniture

Any furniture intended for outdoor use must meet a number of requirements:

1. Sufficient size. When developing a drawing, it is imperative to take into account the anatomical features of the future user. To calculate the angle of the backrest, it is better to use furniture construction standards. Correctly selected parameters will allow you to avoid pain in the back and neck, while ensuring normal blood circulation and comfort during rest.
2. The height of the sun lounger should be optimal, especially for young children.
3. Almost all models of sun loungers have a rigid frame (most often made of wooden boards). However, you should take care in advance about sewing a soft mattress or pillows.
4. The safety of homemade furniture is one of the most important requirements for a craftsman. During the final assembly of the structure, it is necessary to carefully inspect all parts for defects, chips, cracks, and signs of surface damage by pests. All existing irregularities should be removed by grinding the parts.
5. Particular attention is paid to pre-impregnation of all wooden surfaces with an antiseptic, antipyrine and moisture-resistant composition. As the main impregnation, you can use a production solution or a mixture of drying oil, turpentine, and melted paraffin.

When assembling folding models, sufficient attention is paid to the condition of the rotary fittings (reliability of fastening, absence of manufacturing defects, possibility of subsequent replacement).

During operation, preventive inspections of fittings and fasteners should be carried out at regular intervals.

Preparation of the drawing

The first and most important step for the master is to prepare a drawing of the future chaise lounge.

The following parameters must be indicated on paper:

• General dimensions of the sun lounger.
• The height of the main shield above ground level.
• Backrest angle.
• Dimensions of armrests, headrest (if provided for by this model).

For a folding chaise lounge, be sure to note the location of the fittings and its main components. Actually, the sun lounger itself has several mandatory elements: a middle and four side support posts, a support post under the back, a backrest bed, and a lower bed of the sun lounger.

In the photo of the chaise lounge, built with your own hands, you can see that there are diagonal slats between the side supports. These elements also perform a supporting function.

Varieties

A chaise longue is, roughly speaking, either a trestle bed with an adjustable headrest, or a chair with also adjustable camber of the seat and back (with one exception, see below). The chaise longue-bed is carried out first. hard; chaise lounge chair – soft.

The main types of design of sun loungers are shown in the figure:

Types of design of hard and soft sun loungers

A simple chaise longue-bed (item 1) is extremely economical: its production may require only 2-3 hours of time and materials for 100-200 rubles. (depending on which ones you already have at hand), see for example. video:

Video: homemade chaise lounge for 100 rubles

For ease of use and transportation, armrests, footrests, shelves, pos. 2. This significantly increases the cost and complicates its production, but does not improve ergonomics at all: you lie on this for an hour and a half, you have to get up - and you groan, your lower back ache. However, there is a very simple trick that can greatly improve the ergonomics of a simple chaise longue, see below.

The anatomical chaise longue-bed (item 3) allows you to quickly, within half an hour or an hour, restore strength after hard work or take a sunbath all day without becoming stiff. But structurally it is the most complex, material- and labor-intensive. An “anatomical type” chaise longue with a broken rather than smoothly profiled bed (item 4) is not much simpler in design, but in terms of ergonomics it is worse than even a simple straight one; The angular dip under the “fifth point” is especially noticeable.

The magnitude of the camber and the number of steps for their adjustment of garden and beach soft sun loungers

Of the soft sun loungers, the most common is the universal (garden) one, pos. 5. In fact, a soft beach lounger, pos. 6, but to make it more difficult: you need not only to increase the maximum camber of the back and seat, but also to add stages of its adjustment, see fig. on right.

A fishing chair is made almost exclusively soft (item 7 in the previous figure), keeping in mind its weight and dimensions and ease of transportation. A fishing lounge chair, firstly, has a smaller seat depth and a higher back height. Secondly, their camber and slopes, especially if the lounge chair is homemade, are adjusted to suit you once and for all. The reason - it doesn’t bite, it doesn’t bite, suddenly - it’s gone! And it seems that the chub (or bream) is leading, which need to be hooked very skillfully and carefully. And from a garden or beach lounger, having relaxed, you cannot rise quickly, smoothly and silently.

Chaise lounge or chair?

Adirondack style garden chair

The so-called garden chairs are very ergonomic and at the same time quite simple in design. Adirondack type, or simply Adirondack chairs (see picture on the right); they were invented by the inhabitants of the Adirondack Mountains of North America. You can sit in an Adirondack chair for a day, admiring the landscape (the views there are worth it, just look at Rockwell Kent’s painting “Adirondack Autumn”), and get out of it fresh and invigorated.

Note: an Adirondack garden chair, even without a footrest, is a good substitute for a chaise lounge. On its armrests, vessels with drinks and dishes with snacks are quite conveniently placed. Making an Adirondack chair with your own hands is within the power of an average amateur craftsman. Therefore, although there are other publications about garden chairs, here we also provide drawings of an Adirondack garden chair made of wood:

Adirondack style garden chair plans

Selection of base material

To obtain a high-quality product, the master should decide in advance on the consumables. In practice, a home chaise lounge can be made from wooden boards, plywood, PVC pipes, and profile pipes.

Each of the presented materials has a number of features that must be taken into account when carrying out construction work:

1. Wood (timber, board) is most often used in work. This base is durable, safe, and does not contain toxic impurities.
2. Assembling a wooden sun lounger with your own hands, as a rule, does not present any particular difficulties.
3. However, you need to be very careful in choosing the type of raw materials used.
4. You should immediately abandon conifers, which, when heated, begin to exude caustic resins.
5. Wooden pallets can be used as the main frame. A particular advantage of using pallets is their convenient shape and strength.
6. The next most popular material is PVC pipe. In independent work, you can use pipe sections remaining, for example, after repairs.
7. PVC is rightfully recognized as a very optimal option for assembling a country chaise lounge. To make a comfortable lounger, it is enough to have welding skills.

The most rarely used material for assembling a sun lounger is a profile pipe.

All metal surfaces must be pre-treated with an anti-corrosion compound to prevent rust. For assembly you will need a grinder and welding.

Portable lounge chair

The durable, lightweight chair is quickly assembled and disassembled. It is convenient to take it with you outdoors. The model is so easy to make that it is suitable even for novice craftsmen.

The collapsible chair consists of 2 parts:

• backrest covered with dense, wear-resistant fabric;
• wooden seat.

To create a chair, it is recommended to take cherry boards for the upper crosspieces and seat, as well as maple for the legs and supporting parts. You can also use pine wood.

In addition to tools, the following materials are used:

• 2 legs for the backrest measuring 20x40x800mm;
• 2 legs for the seat - 20x40x560mm;
• 2 lower crossbars - 10x50x380mm;
• 1 top crossbar - 10x40x380mm;
• 1 seat crossbar - 20x40x300mm;
• 5 slats - 20x40x400mm;
• piece of material - 600x500mm.

The procedure for assembling a portable sun lounger is shown in the diagram.

First, the parts are connected using self-tapping screws and a screwdriver.

The workpiece is processed and varnished.

While the frame dries, the fabric is folded and stitched. Then it is nailed using staples and a construction stapler to a wooden piece.

We connect the back and seat of the chaise lounge.

Enjoying your holiday in your new armchair.

Pay attention to another interesting chaise lounge model in the video.

Step-by-step assembly of a sun lounger

Having prepared all the necessary materials and tools, and prepared a drawing, you can proceed directly to work. The set of tools for making a wooden deck chair is standard and includes a jigsaw, tape measure, construction pencil, screwdriver, fasteners, and impregnation compounds.

Instructions on how to make a comfortable lounge chair with your own hands:

• Based on the existing drawing, parts are cut out for subsequent assembly.
• All wooden surfaces are inspected for defects.
• Irregularities and sharp gaps should be sanded.
• Next, impregnation is carried out with moisture-resistant and antiseptic compounds.
• The structure is assembled in the following sequence: a base of four supports, fastening the central or middle support post, fastening the diagonal jumpers. Self-tapping screws or dowels are used to connect adjacent parts.
• It is necessary to make several grooves on the upper contour of the side slats, which will subsequently hold the lifting backrest in several positions. If there is only one position, then the groove must be prepared in the singular.
• The lower part of the stock consists of successive rows of wooden planks. The slats must be fastened on the back side of the stock so that the protruding parts of the screws do not injure human skin or cause discomfort.

The upper part of the bed (lifting backrest) is assembled as a separate fragment, to which a holding post is attached. The bottom bar of the rack must correspond in size to the prepared grooves.

After assembly, you can cover all surfaces with 2-3 layers of acrylic varnish or paint the chaise lounge with acrylic paints.

Types of structures

Traditionally, chaise lounges for summer cottages are made in the form of structures that resemble chair-beds, in which the upper part is similar to the back of a chair, and the lower part is like a small sofa. The main advantage of such models is the ability to change the position of the backrest. Depending on the design, there are several types of sun loungers:

• in the shape of a rocking chair;
• hanging;
• anatomical;
• folding

In order to make it easier to move wooden sun loungers, special wheels are often added to the design, which allow them to be transported to any place.

A special type of sun loungers are anatomical devices for summer cottages, which exactly follow the curves of the human body . You can talk about their convenience and practicality only after purchasing such pieces of furniture.

Some manufacturers are trying to offer non-standard wooden sun loungers for summer cottages, so they involve designers in their work to jointly create devices for relaxation of unusual shapes. Such models are more expensive than usual, but if you want to surprise your guests with the fancy shapes of a chaise lounge, then you should still think about buying such furniture.

Thanks to the presence of a hanging mount, the sun loungers allow the owner to swing while relaxing on it . To install such a device on a metal frame, a clamp is used, which provides it with high reliability. Such a structure can be placed in a shady place, or it can be installed in the upper part of a special part in the form of a small canopy. Rocking in such a lounge chair will bring nothing but pleasure.

Instead of stable, solid support, you can add rounded hoop legs to the design of the chaise lounge . Then it can be used as a rocking chair. This model can be installed anywhere. If desired, it can be folded and moved to another part of the site or a special place that was chosen for relaxation.

Sewing a soft cover

Having a soft pillow or mattress on a wooden chaise lounge will be a definite advantage.

• For tailoring, you should choose textiles very carefully.
• For ease of subsequent care, it is better to sew two covers: an inner and an outer removable cover.
• When dirty or before the winter season, the outer part can be washed without damaging the filling.
• The size of the pillow or mattress can vary, but as a rule, it should completely cover the lower and upper bed.

Photo of a homemade sun lounger