Furniture made from plastic bottles is increasingly being installed in garden houses and dachas. Many people are happy to place non-standard models in city apartments: in children’s rooms, on loggias and even in living rooms made in the style of extravagant modernism. The demand for such furniture is determined by low cost and ease of manufacture; for example, you can build a chair from plastic bottles with your own hands in one evening. The functionality of the product will not differ from that purchased in the store. And if its appearance seems too unsightly, you can always cover the chair with a beautiful cover or reupholster it.
You should start making furniture from bottles by determining a suitable design. The chair can be built similar to a classic model with armrests and a back, in the form of a rocking chair, or you can choose an original shape for it. The first option is the most popular, since such furniture is the easiest to make. Depending on the desired size, you may need from 90 to 250 empty bottles for the job.
At the initial stage, it is useful to draw up a small project, sketch out a schematic drawing; it should take into account the amount of free space that can be used for furniture, as well as the types of structures that will be convenient to place here.
Enterprising craftsmen have come up with several ways to make chairs from plastic bottles. You can build a product from vertically installed elements - if executed correctly, such a model looks quite respectable. You can also combine plastic containers with wood or wire, cover them with foam rubber and cover them with fabric. Combined options are well suited for interiors decorated in high-tech style. Upholstered types of furniture will appeal to lovers of comfort and coziness.
Materials and tools
Making a regular chair is a long and labor-intensive process, and in addition, it is financially expensive. You need to cut out parts from wood or plywood and assemble them, which requires at least a jigsaw, wood glue, nails, a hammer, self-tapping screws, and screws. To make a simple chair from plastic containers yourself, you will need to stock up on a minimum amount of necessary materials, most of which are literally at hand:
- directly bottles of the same color, design and size (from 90 to 200 pieces, depending on the desired dimensions of the finished product);
- strong tape, cling film or stretch film;
- knife and scissors;
- fabric for creating covers;
- foam rubber for softness;
- sheets of cardboard and wire for the frame (if necessary).
All the above materials and tools are intended for making a simple chair. Depending on the design of the intended product, various additional elements may be required. For example, to make the body of a rocking chair you will need parts cut from chipboard or fiberboard.
Manufacturing stages
Having decided on the desired type of furniture, you can proceed to its manufacture. It is necessary to calculate the required number of bottles in advance and prepare them. Some fans of recycling things collect basic material gradually. After waiting until a certain amount of empty containers is collected, they combine the bottles into a block. The resulting modules are stored in a suitable place - a garage, closet, basement. After a sufficient number of plastic bottles have been collected, they proceed to the formation of the furniture itself.
Drawing creation and preparatory work
When preparing a drawing, it is desirable to estimate as accurately as possible the space that the piece of furniture being manufactured will occupy. This way you will be able to correctly determine the height of the chair and its width, the depth of the seat, and the dimensions of the armrests. Then compare the obtained dimensions with the dimensions of the materials available. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the thickness of the auxiliary elements - tape, film, covers. After creating a frame from plastic, the structure is supplemented with soft foam rubber, the seat is given rigidity through the use of plywood or chipboard, the furniture is decorated with fabric, although this does not significantly affect the occupied space.
To make a chair, you will need to create several sketches that, to scale, depict the desired piece of furniture from different angles. The drawing can be done schematically. Having previously indicated the length, width, height of all elements and plotting these parameters on the drawings, you can calculate how much material will be needed to bring the idea to life. When making a chair, you need to periodically (after creating each individual element) check the drawing.
When preparing for work, all plastic must be washed, cleared of stickers and dried naturally.
Making blocks from bottles
Once all the necessary materials for making the chair have been collected, the preparatory work has been completed, you can proceed to the first stage. To make the blocks from which the frame is then made, you will need several bottles and tape. The whole procedure looks like this step by step:
- Two thirds of all plastic bottles should be cut in half. The part with the neck is directed with the lid down and inserted into the other half with the bottom. Then a whole bottle is installed into the resulting structure, onto the top of which the lower part of another cut container must be placed. The neck of the second bottle goes to waste. The result is a rather hard plastic element, reminiscent of a loaf.
- Having made a sufficient (according to calculations) number of such blanks, they should be connected into a single module using tape. For better stability, all bottles should be placed with their necks down.
- It is necessary to wrap the structure with adhesive film as tightly as possible. This way it will be possible to obtain an element that does not deform during subsequent use.
At the end of the work, you should have several finished blocks: a base, two armrests, a backrest. At this stage, it is necessary to measure all parts of the future chair and check the parameters reflected in the drawing. If some parts turn out to be smaller or larger in size, the block structure is unwound, adjustments are made, and everything is reassembled.
Cut off the neck of the bottle
Connect the whole bottle and the cut part, secure with tape
Connect the prepared elements with tape
For the base you need 4 blocks of 6 elements each
Assembly
You need to start assembling a chair from bottles by installing blocks in the form of a rectangle or square on the floor. Referring to the diagram, you need to fasten them with wire. This will create the foundation for the future product. The same blocks should be laid on top of it, but they should be placed across. If it is necessary to assemble in several rows, you can stack the elements in a checkerboard pattern. Next, you need to raise the rows to the height at which the seat is supposed to be built.
In order to make the structure stronger, it is recommended to install “risers” one or two bottles high in the corners of the base. They are formed from rounded blocks 10–12 elements thick. To fasten all modules, tape or cling film is used. The same round blocks are used to decorate the armrests. The back is created last - it can be made round or square, as desired.
Glue blocks with two elements to the base
Starting from level 4-5, add only backrest and armrest blocks
Ready product
Upholstery and soft seat
To upholster a chair made from plastic bottles, you will need foam rubber, which, if necessary, can be folded in several layers. You can make an additional cushion on the seat, similar to those chairs that are sold in stores. The same can be done for the back of the product.
The chair is covered with a suitable fabric over the foam pads. If you don’t have time to create a full-fledged cover, you can simply throw a blanket over the product. If possible and desired, furniture can be decorated with flock, nubuck, chintz, artificial leather, jacquard. If the product is intended for a summer house or garage, you should not use expensive materials - the cover can be sewn, for example, from old blankets. But at this stage, every craftsman who assembles a chair from plastic bottles with his own hands is free to let his imagination fly.
Make a cover and put foam in it
What else can be made from bottles
You can construct a lot of useful and interesting things from plastic containers. They are great not only for making various furniture. New master classes and technologies for creating crafts, interior elements (vases, curtains, stands, boxes) and products for the garden and country house are constantly appearing: bird feeders, gutters, flower beds, garden figurines, lampshades, watering devices, washbasins.
In households, plastic bottles are also used to create greenhouses and country greenhouses. Small summer buildings can be built by first collecting the required amount of material. Experienced craftsmen can even make a boat that will be no worse than an inflatable rubber or wooden one.
Furniture made from plastic containers is cheap, convenient and lightweight; it can be moved from one place to another without any problems. She is not afraid of heat, cold, or rain. That is why more and more new product options are appearing: shelves, cabinets, cabinets, poufs, chairs, stools, tables, sofas, beds.
Original stool
You can make a comfortable stool from bottles that will appeal to both adults and children. The creation process is also understandable for novice craftsmen. To work, you need identical 2-liter plastic bottles (5-7 of them will be needed), tape or film, plywood or thick cardboard, and universal glue. If you want to make the stool more stable, you need to first pour water into the containers or pour sand into them. The creation of an original product is carried out according to a step-by-step algorithm:
- The prepared elements are placed on the floor with their necks up so that the end result is a round block.
- The entire bundle is fixed with tape or film.
- A round or square seat is cut out of plywood or a piece of thick cardboard according to the width of the resulting stool leg and attached to the bottles using glue.
If the seat turns out to be hard, it can be covered with foam rubber. The finished structure is decorated with fabric, self-adhesive wallpaper, and plain white paper. When using the latter option, it is worth allowing the child to paint the stool with funny faces or some other figures.
Connect plastic bottles with tape
Cut two circles from plywood
Secure to bottles with self-tapping screws
Wrap the structure with padding polyester
Add soft seat padding
Cut out the parts for the case
Stitch
Fix on a stool
Comfortable chair with backrest
To make a chair out of plastic bottles, you need to proceed in much the same way as when making a chair. From three containers - a whole one and two cut ones - you need to assemble 16 blanks. Then connect them into blocks, first fastening 2 bottles together, then 4. So until all 16 elements form a single module.
Then the back is formed. It would be better to make it two bottles thick, the length is at the discretion of the master. Each row is held together with tape; the latter can be arranged in one container for beauty. The plastic backrest is attached to the seat.
You shouldn’t skimp on adhesive tape: the more of it, the more reliable the design.
Table made of plastic bottles
If you want to furnish your entire dacha with plastic furniture, the next product after an armchair, stool and chair can be a table.
Next, you need to turn the cover over and mark the points where it will be attached to the screws. It is better to arrange them in a circle - the tabletop will be located, as it were, on a plastic palisade. Fasteners should be selected in length so that their sharp ends do not peek out from under the table cover. Or screw them in from the front side, and then cover the caps with putty. Paint the work surface or decorate it with wallpaper.
The bottles are glued together in pairs at the bottoms. The upper part of the pair will be without a lid, the lower one will be closed. Then each of the legs is screwed into a lid fixed to the tabletop. To strengthen the structure, you can tie the necks of the upper and lower elements with wire. The plastic table is ready.
Prepare a wooden tabletop, glue corks, screw in bottles
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The amount of garbage that each person “produces” is growing every year. The problem is becoming global, as flying plastic bags and plastic bottles lying everywhere have become an eyesore for everyone. I’m grieving, it turns out that you can help, and even for your own benefit. In any case, this applies to plastic bottles. You will be surprised how varied and, importantly, useful crafts from plastic bottles can be made in literally a matter of minutes. Well, or a watch... Depends on the scale.
The buildings
PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is a thermoplastic from which bottles are made. It will be useful to know its physical properties:
- density - 1.38-1.4 g/cm³,
- softening temperature (t size) - 245 °C,
- melting temperature (t pl.) - 260 °C,
- glass transition temperature (t st.) - 70 °C,
- decomposition temperature - 350 °C.
Plastic bottles are very convenient to use, but are harmful to the environment, since the polyethylene from which they are made takes more than 200 years to decompose. This same property allows the use of practically waste raw materials as building material. Craftsmen already even build houses from plastic bottles, as well as sheds, dachas, greenhouses, greenhouses, and fences. Various technologies have been developed - the approach is quite serious.
How to build a house from plastic bottles
The basic idea is to pour bulk material into bottles, screw them on with caps and use them as bricks. Fill the bottles with sand and soil. Sand is preferable because there is too much plant debris in the soil that can rot. It must be sifted, dried, filled into bottles, compacted well, and topped up. The result is a kind of brick.
To build a house from plastic bottles, you will need a solution that fills the gaps between the “bricks”. There are options here too. This can be a regular mortar, which is used when laying brick walls, or you can make a clay mortar. To keep the “bricks” in the wall until the mortar sets, they are tied with twine on the side of the lids. Later, these “grids” will come in handy when you plaster the walls. They turn out uneven, so you can’t do without leveling.
We make a greenhouse, barn, greenhouse
You can build a greenhouse or greenhouse from plastic bottles. In this case, only transparent plastic is used, since it is necessary for sufficient light to pass through. For the construction of a shed, on the contrary, it makes sense to choose darker plastic - it will be less visible what’s inside.
The first technology - one to one
The second requirement for bottles as a building material is an even shape. This one, you know, without recesses. Otherwise, folding the walls so that they retain heat will not work - it will “siphon” into the curly cutouts. Remove labels from bottles and dry. You also need to prepare pins or rods - bottles are strung on them. Their diameter is small so that the neck passes freely. Now you can start building a greenhouse/shed from plastic bottles.
To build a greenhouse or shed, pillars are dug in the corners. Frames are assembled from timber according to the size of the walls. These frames will be the base for the bottle walls. We assemble them (the frames) on the ground and, ready-made, attach them to the dug-in pillars. When you make the frames, don't forget the doorway and windows.
We build a frame, cut off the bottom of the bottles, and string them onto a pin. From such “columns” we assemble walls, roof
The construction process begins with cutting the bottom. We string the cut bottles onto pins, pointing the necks in one direction. We insert the bottles with force so that they become very tight. Having collected a row of the required height, we attach it to the frame. You can fasten it with clamps, strips cut from metal, nails... In any way available to you. We press the second row against the first so that there is a slight deformation. We fasten it in this position. So, row by row, we assemble all the walls, then the roof.
Using the same technology you can make a gazebo. But here there is no need for tightness, so you can collect shaped and colored containers. This will make it even more interesting (example in the photo).
Second technology - sewing plastic
Bottles will also need to be smooth, transparent or yellow. The central part is cut out of them, resulting in a square-shaped piece of plastic. The pieces are sewn together into long strips. In the strip, the pieces are placed so that they curl in one direction. Then the strips are sewn into canvases. To make the canvas even, the strips are positioned so that they curl in different directions. As a result, they equalize each other. The finished canvases are nailed to the frame. This completes the construction of the greenhouse for plastic bottles.
This type of “cladding” for greenhouses withstands winters well; it does not need to be removed. Due to the firmware (many small holes), there is no absolute tightness, which allows you to regulate humidity. You won’t be able to heat such a greenhouse, but it will delay autumn for you and speed up the arrival of spring.
You can sew plastic for a greenhouse by hand, but it is not easy. It will be easier for those who have non-capricious sewing machines. Old Podolsk machines cope with this task. There may be problems with others.
Fence and enclosure
You can make a fence from plastic bottles in various ways. If you need a serious monolithic fence, you can use bottles as bricks. The technology is the same as when building a house. To avoid plaster (after all, there is a high risk that it will collapse) - select the color of the plastic to obtain the required Rusinka. But in this case, you will have to look for “building materials” of the same diameter or lay out patterns from different sizes. In general, the process is creative, no matter how you look at it.
You can also make filling for the fence from plastic bottles. Make a frame, say, from wood, and come up with a beautiful filling from shaped containers and their parts.
Furniture from scrap materials: recycling plastic bottles
Not only can you make a house and a fence from plastic bottles, they are also used as the basis for upholstered furniture. The idea is to use plastic containers rather than wood for the frame. With the lids tightly screwed on, they have a high load-bearing capacity, and when assembled into blocks, they are quite capable of withstanding loads of up to 100 kg or more.
A bed made of plastic bottles... you need a good mattress, and the base is not too difficult to make
Although the furniture is made differently, the general algorithm of actions is the same:
- Select “building material” that is the same height and tighten the lids well.
- Assemble blocks of the required size, securing them with tape.
- Having assembled the base of the required shape, sew the cover. For softness, adding furniture foam.
The trick is to ensure that the bottles fit very tightly against each other and do not move. The slightest play can lead to destruction of the structure. Therefore, assemble the blocks slowly, carefully securing them. You can stack bottles in layers, securing each layer in several places. For the inner layers, it is better to use double-sided tape - the fixation will be more reliable.
Ottomans/banquettes
The easiest way is to make an ottoman or banquette from plastic bottles. We proceed in the order described above. You need to find bottles of the same height. It’s better if they are the same shape - it’s easier to assemble. From plastic containers with tightly screwed lids we assemble a base in the form of a cylinder. It is advisable that the radius of the base be greater than the height of the bottles - this way the bench will not tip over.
Next, you need to cut out two circles from fiberboard, which will be slightly larger than the resulting radius of the base - this is the “bottom” and the base of the seat. We secure them with tape. We take furniture foam rubber and, according to the obtained dimensions, cut out the necessary parts. We sew the cover from furniture fabric in a color that matches the interior.
Such a banquette can be not only round. It is quite possible to make it square. And so that this furniture is not too light, it can be made heavier by pouring water. But water is not very reliable. It's better to pour sand. Both heavier and more reliable.
Sofas, chairs, armchairs
If you need furniture higher than one bottle, proceed as when creating walls for a house. Find “material” of the same shape and height. Leave the first bottle intact, screw the cap tightly (you can add sand to prevent it from turning over). The bottom of the other is cut off and one is placed on top of the other. The bottle goes a certain distance and does not move further, no matter how much effort you make. If the resulting height is enough, great; if not, put on the next one. This is how you assemble rows of the required height, then fasten them into blocks.
There is another way. It is more reliable in the sense that the bottles are held not by compressed air, but by a mechanical stop. And they have double walls, which is also important. Disadvantage - more work, more raw materials are needed. The whole process is illustrated step by step.
- Take the bottle and cut it approximately in the middle of the height (the upper part with the neck is smaller).
- We insert the upper part of the neck (the lid is screwed on) until it stops into the lower part.
- We take a whole one, the same size and shape, and insert it bottom down into the prepared structure.
- We cut the third approximately in half and put the lower part on the top (with a lid).
From such modules we assemble blocks of the required configuration, fastening them with tape. Don't skimp on scotch tape. You can first fasten two bottles together, then assemble larger blocks from the double ones.
As you understand, with this technology there are a lot of bottle tops left (half of the third bottle). They can be used to make other crafts from plastic bottles: flowers, more practical things for the household.
Flower making methods
The most common crafts made from plastic bottles are garden figurines and flowers. Read about garden figurines. There are other interesting ideas, but there are many collected interesting animals and insects. And we’ll tell you about flowers made from plastic bottles below - these are probably the crafts made from plastic bottles that bring the most pleasure. The process is simple, there are a lot of possibilities, the result is amazing.
You've probably noticed that the bottom of a PET bottle looks like a flower. All you need to do is find a bottle of a beautiful color and cut off the bottom. Now you have a nice flower. In the middle you can add petals cut from the central part, a core from plastic strips cut into noodles, or glue beads inside, but more on that in a little more detail.
Using the power of fire
To work, you will need a marker, a lighter or a candle (it’s more convenient with a candle). If available, take pliers, tweezers or pliers to hold the workpiece while processing. You will also need acrylic paints, glue and beads may be needed. The entire manufacturing process comes down to a few steps:
There are a lot of options here. Just start doing it. It may not work out perfectly right away, but you will understand what and how you can fix it. Look at a few more pictures with step-by-step photos of the process of making flowers from plastic bottles.
The simplest
For beginner crafters, you can try making flowers from plastic bottles in simple shapes to decorate the garden. In this case, you can also use milk containers. To avoid painting plastic, look for colored ones. And it doesn’t matter so much whether they are transparent or not. They can be combined to produce flowers of different shapes.
To create such flowers, use the part near the neck. It is cut to form petals. Next - warm it up a little, giving the desired bend to the petals, a little paint, the core from a melted piece with a thread (a bottle of a smaller diameter, a pharmacy bottle will do). So it turned out to be a buttercup.
Another option is to cut from the neck into strips of equal width - 1-1.5 cm, bend them (warm up a little at the base). Make a middle whisk from the side of a milk bottle or paint clear plastic with acrylic paint.
The middle is any bright. Here is a piece of cork, but you can cut it into thin noodles, roll it up and then heat it. You will get a shaggy core.
It's all about the form... Despite the imperfections, they decorate the site
The topic is actually inexhaustible. A variety of flowers are made from plastic bottles. From simple and uncomplicated to very realistic. It's not so much a matter of skill as it is a matter of different tastes and desires.
Useful ideas for the home
PET containers turned out to be such a good material that many useful things are made from them. In this section we have collected useful crafts made from plastic bottles that can be used around the house.
For the kitchen and more
If you cut off the bottom of a bottle with a capacity of 2–3 liters, you get a bowl or a bowl, and so that its edges are even, they can be melted on a heated iron. But so that you don’t have to clean the sole later, use a special silicone pad. If you don't have one, you can do this through a sheet of baking parchment.
Container for food. The plastic is food grade...
From the same bottle we cut off the threaded part. There should be 1-2 cm of plastic left around the thread (we melt the edges using a well-known technology). Now it won’t be difficult to seal any package hermetically: we pass it through the cut neck, wrap it outward, and screw on the lid.
The bottom of the bottles attached to the bar makes an excellent newspaper shelf (photo on the right). You can also store umbrellas.
You can weave containers of different shapes from plastic cut into strips. Bottles need an even shape, with thick walls. They are cut into strips of a certain thickness. You need to cut in a spiral - the result is quite long strips. If their length is not enough, they are sewn perfectly.
Lampshades
You can even make a lampshade, but under one condition: you will use similar crafts from plastic bottles in lamps - only they hardly heat up. Plastic is incompatible with other lamps. We will describe three ways to make a lampshade from a plastic bottle.
First. You need a large capacity bottle. We draw it into strips of equal width. At the beginning and at the end of each strip, we make holes with a heated soldering iron or a nail heated on fire. We insert scissors into this hole and cut. The result is smooth stripes.
When the strips are cut, we also make a hole in the bottom, pass a thick fishing line through the neck, take it out through the hole in the bottom, and attach the decor to the back side. Maybe a button, maybe a pebble of a suitable color. Now, by pulling the fishing line, we get an interesting shaped lampshade. You can put a low power light bulb in it.
Another lampshade was made using a similar technology. But then they cut part of the bottle with the neck into strips, wrapped the strips and secured them to the neck. To give the desired shape, the bend can be slightly warmed over the flame of a candle or lighter. We attach the resulting “flowers” to the base. So we get an unusual design.
They also make lampshades from the bottoms. You need to find a sufficient number of identical bottles, cut off the bottom of them, and glue them together using universal glue (choose transparent). The main thing is that it glues the plastic and hardens quickly.
Flower vases
Making a vase from a plastic bottle - what could be easier... Just cut off the neck and you're done. But there is a technique that allows you to get patterned walls. You will need a soldering iron with the thinnest tip possible. Its power should not be too high. Then everything is simple: use a heated tip to burn out the patterns.
Magically! To make the drawing appear brighter, take acrylic paint and paint the resulting beauty. The paint can be in a regular can, but it’s faster and more convenient to work with a spray can.
These are the options...
Photo ideas
Crafts from plastic bottles is such a broad topic that it is impossible to talk about everything. What’s nice is that if you know a few tricks, you can easily find out how and what to do just by looking at photographs. So here we have collected a few ideas that we found interesting.
You can even make a boat...
And this is just decoration...
In this material we will tell you how quickly and easily make your own plastic furniture for the garden from plastic bottles. With the help of visual master class with photos you can easily make a comfortable sofa , for example, for the garden - so convenient furniture made from plastic bottles will serve you for a long time (the frame made of bottles is durable, and can quickly be completely replaced and reupholster the sofa with fabric not difficult). Be sure to involve your child to help you while you work. Do DIY ottomans , tables and sofas made from bottles is a very exciting and useful activity for a child’s development (and you can start by creating simple crafts from plastic bottles using lessons with photos, which you can find in the article DIY crafts from plastic bottles).
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More and more plastic bottles are being produced every day; we have nowhere to put them and throw them away. We all know that we can’t just throw them in the trash, they pollute nature and kill us. People started doing a lot of things with bottles, and today there is another amazing invention - a sofa made of plastic bottles.
How to make a sofa from plastic bottles with your own hands?
To make such a sofa we will need:
Many bottles of the same shape and size;
- scotch;
- knife, scissors.
1. In order not to get confused in making a sofa, you need to clearly learn the diagram and follow it.
How to make a sofa from bottles. Scheme.
This method was invented to make your sofa more stable and able to support the weight of several people.
2. Let's get started with the bottles. We divide the bottle into two parts using a knife. We turn the top part over and insert it into the bottom.
4. But that’s not all, now you should take another lower part of the bottle, and stretch it over the entire structure. We don’t skimp on tape and wrap each of our “bricks” well.
5. We twist small blocks of four bottles with tape. Next, at eight, sixteen and so on.
6. We sew our blocks into a full-fledged sofa.
The sofa is almost ready, all that remains is to make it soft. This is a matter at your discretion. Use foam rubber, fabric, or just some kind of film.
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A plastic bottle is an easily accessible and inexpensive material. In addition to its direct purpose, there are a lot of other useful ideas. Plastic has long been loved by craftsmen to construct and decorate with their own hands. Summer residents especially like furniture made from this material.
Large accumulations of plastic bottles are an environmental disaster. What if you take a large amount of PET and put it to work? We add sleight of hand, tape, and imagination and in the end we get very useful structures, such as a stool or a cascading flowerbed of containers.
How to create a plastic “masterpiece”?
In skillful hands, plastic bottles gain a second life, becoming useful. And to build something truly interesting, you need to acquire the following:
- an interesting idea;
- a ready-made sample of what was planned;
- stock up on the required amount of “building material”;
- find step-by-step instructions.
Shelf for beginners
For a novice craftsman, it is best to start your work with something simple, for example, by creating a shelf from plastic bottles. They will be very useful in the country and even at home. They are attached to the wall, take up minimal space, and at the same time serve as a great stand for various objects.
Work progress for creating a PET shelf:
- select the shelf shape, height and width;
- The necks are removed from the bottles; they will not be needed to create this product;
- the finished structure is coated with acrylic paint for beauty;
- The completed and completely dried shelf is attached to the wall with self-tapping screws.
You can also add plywood elements to the structure; with its help, the shelf will become much stronger and more reliable.
PET furniture
Furniture made from plastic containers always looks unusual, and most importantly, it is very cheap.
To create a sofa and armchairs, a very large number of containers of the same size are required. Plastic furniture often amazes with its lightness, convenience and interesting design ideas. There is nothing complicated in assembling it, you just need to do it in sections: first the seat, then the back and armrests. It is most convenient to collect it from bottles of the same size and color, for example, kvass or lemonade.
Assembly is very simple - layers of bottles are wrapped with tape. To make the furniture soft, just like “real” furniture, a little air is released from each container and then screwed tightly.
The design of furniture and its purpose is a matter of taste. It all depends on the number of bottles, their color and size. For example, we connected 8 identical containers with tape and we got a wonderful ottoman, now we just need to decide on its appearance. To create a soft seat, you can use a piece of foam rubber or a soft lining. The pouf's cover is made according to its size; a zipper can be sewn into the sides for easy putting on.
To build a useful mini-table for a laptop, you only need to make 4 stands from PET, and any piece of plywood will play the role of a tabletop.
To create a sofa you will need much more material, time, and, most importantly, patience.
You can also make a simple stool from plastic bottles. It is done in 4 stages:
- Prepare 10 pieces of 2-liter containers filled with sand or water. This is necessary for the strength of the structure.
- Wrap them with wide tape.
- Make separate sections - legs. Then fix them.
- Screw or nail a piece of plywood to the bottle caps, which will serve as a seat. That's it, the stool is ready!
Pleasant trifles
Decorating your summer cottage or veranda with crafts made from bottles is always beautiful and original. Beautiful roses and chrysanthemums, daisies can be included in a huge bouquet, which will be placed in a vase made of the same material. And if you add a little more imagination and wrap the flowers with diode tape, you will be able to recreate an unusual night light.
