Barrel table ideas. What can be done from an old wooden barrel with your own hands (44 photos). Old barrels in interior decor

Metal barrels often remain on the site after finishing construction works and repair. For some, it's just trash or a simple water container. And for craftsmen and people with imagination, a metal barrel is an excellent material for creating useful and beautiful things that will be useful in the household.

The easiest option is a flower bed in a painted barrel. You don't have to put in a lot of effort, but the end result is very beautiful.

Which of the children can resist such a real train, where the barrels received rudders, seats and were put on wheels? The question is rhetorical, most likely, you will have to roll all the neighbor's children, because your own will definitely boast of the creation of the pope.

A metal barrel can become a capacious storage. If this option of a chest of drawers seems too brutal for your home, why not adapt the barrel to store all kinds of tools in the garage.

A nest for layers in a barrel is also a good option for those who breed poultry. Just don't forget the bedding.

Furniture from old metal barrels is a separate issue. What is not made of these items - chairs, garden benches, coffee tables, even sofas and bar stools.

A convenient and durable option for creating a stand for washing in the country or in summer kitchen. If it is not possible to connect the water supply and drain, you can always adapt a metal barrel as a base for a washstand.

As you can see, metal barrels are an excellent material for creating a variety of functional items. We hope our photo selection will inspire you to create something like this, and maybe you will be able to do something even more creative!

An old barrel turns into: a dog kennel or a couch, a mini-bar, an armchair, a stool, a pouffe. From this container you can make furniture for home and garden.

How to make a kennel, a bed for dogs from a barrel?

Kennel

Sometimes shopkeepers throw away old wooden barrels. After all, such containers eventually become unsuitable for storing cucumbers, sauerkraut. If you find such a trophy, then the dog kennel will cost almost nothing. You can buy an old barrel inexpensively and also save a lot.

But it must be washed well inside and out, let it dry completely for several days. So that there are no drafts in the dog's house, if the boards have parted, connect them.
If the gaps are small, you can put an open barrel in a pond, placing stones inside. The tree will get wet within 3–5, fill the gaps.
The dried container must be covered with an antiseptic and dried again. And if the barrel is in poor condition, first treat its surface sandpaper. Now a hole of such a size is cut on one side so that the dog can pass freely. Based on your preference, make it round, rectangular, or arched.
Level the area under the kennel, pour gravel here. Or better yet, lay down the plates.
The old barrel should be well fixed. Put 2 thick beams on the prepared platform, attach it to them. You can make two voluminous legs from planks, fix it on them.
If you own a jigsaw, cut wood decorations for the entrance, for the kennel, attach them with self-tapping screws.
If there are no cracks in the barrel, and precipitation does not flow into it, you can leave the dog house in this form. If they are available, and for reliability, it is better to cover the roof with roofing paper or polycarbonate. You can make a 2-pitched roof out of wood, and then cover it with any of these materials or using others.

So it’s not at all difficult to make a kennel with your own hands from an old barrel. If you are looking for an even simpler option, then see how to make a dog bed from the same container.

Bed

As you can see, you can create it in two ways, cutting along and across. But first, it is also necessary to prepare the container by washing, drying, painting it with an antiseptic or varnish.

To make it convenient for the dog to get to, make the cutout in the front of the bed a little larger than in other places. Treat the cut surface so that there are no sharp parts and splinters. This cutout can be straight or rounded.
If the dog is large, then cut the barrel not across, but along. To fix the edges, nail a plank horizontally on one side and the other. Unlike the first option, such a dog bed is unstable. Therefore, attach beams to it from below or curly legs, it will turn out a nice place pet rest.
Put a blanket inside so he can sleep comfortably. You can sew a mattress into a rounded bed. To do this, measure the diameter of the barrel. Cut out two circles of fabric of this size. Determine the size of the arc, cut a strip of this length from the same material.
Sew it on the side to one and the second circle to connect these parts. Leave a gap through which to insert a soft filler - synthetic winterizer, holofiber or the like. Sew up the hole in your arms. A similar mattress is shown in the second upper photo on the right. And below it is another.
This mattress has soft edges. The dog will settle down in the center of the bed and will not touch the sides of the barrel. To do this, you can start creating a mattress, as in the version just described, but stitch the inner circle, leaving part of it not sewn up. Put the filler here, sew up the hole. Now fill in the outer ring, using more filler, sew up the hole.

DIY coffee table from an old barrel

It can also be created by placing it on the bottom or sawing it in half. One old barrel will turn into two identical tables. Hammer out curly legs from planks to fix the workpiece. Put on top wooden tabletop, fix it with self-tapping screws. To achieve uniform style, paint wooden details tables in one color.

For the second idea, such a container is sawn across in half. Get blanks for two tables. On top of them is placed strained glass so that it does not move out, use special fixing gaskets.

To decorate the table, you can put wooden dowels, beautiful pebbles, shells or photographs on top of the barrel, and cover it with glass on top.

If you need a high table, then do not saw the barrel, but make it from one piece, this one can even be used as a bar counter. By the way, if you want to make it exactly, the inner space of the container will also come in handy.

Make a vertical cut in the old barrel. Remove the separated element. Attach hinges to it and to the barrel, hang this door, fixing the handle on it. Inside, make a round shelf or use a barrel lid for it. You can artificially age such a mini-cellar by covering it with a stain of the appropriate shade.

If you want to make the bar counter even higher, then screw the legs to the lid, fix this countertop on top of the container. Under it you can store glasses, beer mugs or other low items for a home bar.

If you cut out the tabletop, attach one edge to the bar to the wall, put the other on the barrel, you get a large table.

And do not throw away the remaining round trimmings from this container, but attach it to the wall. Make sections of boards inside this hoop. Here it will be possible to store bottles, laying them horizontally.

Old barrels in interior decor

To give the room originality, also use old barrels. A cut of this container will become interesting decorative element when attached to the wall.

And the rest will turn into a bedside table. You can paint it in your desired color.

And the decoupage technique will allow you to use the Provence style to turn your bedroom into a quiet corner of France. To do this, take:

napkins with a pattern "Provence";
PVA glue;
water-based varnish;
brushes.

Remove the top parts of the napkins - you only need them. So that these thin paper parts do not tear, lubricate the PVA not with them, but with the parts of the barrel that you will decorate. When the glue dries, cover the surface of the napkins with water or decoupage varnish. You can use a special, with the effect of craquelure. Small cracks will achieve the effect of antiquity.

You can do not one, but two bedside tables for spouses.

If you saw off one small side of the old barrel, put the container against the wall with this place, you get an original washbasin. Of course, in its upper part you need to make a hole for the sink and a small door at the bottom to serve it and store it here. detergents or trash can.

Home comfort begins right at the entrance to the room. Place a barrel on both sides of the door so that family and guests put canes and umbrellas here.

It will also be unique in the kitchen if you use this container, boards, cover it all with the same stain.

Leave the bottom of the barrel, sawing its sides to make legs. Here's a stylish stool you can make with your own hands.

And as you can see, not only him. A cozy chair will turn out if you figuratively cut off the top of the old barrel. The metal hoops are bent to become legs. The back and seat are made soft using foam rubber and upholstery fabric.

Can do flip cover in the seat to store various little things here. If you want to make the job easier, then you need to make a pouffe from half a barrel.

You can use it individual elements to make bar stools, stools, lounge chair. To do this, the old barrel is subject to reconstruction, side boards are removed from it, then they are used.

If you have even minor details left from this container, they will also come in handy. Make a fruit container out of them. And if you attach boards to the side, you can put a bottle of wine here. IN skillful hands individual elements of the barrel will turn into a suspension for wine glasses.

But what original chandeliers made from old barrels.

Ideas for giving from old barrels

You will have wonderful country furniture if you use this container. For a table and a bench, boards taken from the barrel will do. To do this, it is first washed well, and then disassembled. The legs are made of bars, but connecting elements for them - everything from the same old barrel. You can cut a large sidewall in it, leaving small ones on both sides, attach the cut-out boards instead of the seat and back and relax on such a rocking sofa. And you can also make a rocking chair with three legs from such a container.

If a feast is planned, put ice barrels in half, place bottles here. Guests can enjoy cool drinks on a hot day.

And the second half of this container will become a woodshed. This is how the branches and materials for kindling will lie neatly.

Rain water is good for watering, for washing. Put the barrel under the drain, let it collect when it rains. You can make from an old barrel and decorative pond by planting here aquatic plants in pots or by placing artificial ones.

To make it more convenient to use such a container for watering, washing hands, attach a tap below. Then you need to put this container on half of the other barrel so that the crane is at the right height.

As you can see, hanging washbasins made of this material will look great in the country. Here the old barrel will turn into an element landscape design.

To make a flower garden, as in the top photo on the left, you will need:

barrel;
tools;
antiseptic;
tassel;
bars;
screws or nails.

Manufacturing master class:

From the bars, put together a rectangular base for the original flower garden. Put a half of the barrel on it, fixing it, having previously fastened the sidewalls of that one with dostochki. Pour earth inside, plant flowers.
For the next flower garden, a very old barrel will do. It is laid horizontally, soil is poured inside and next to it, flowers are planted. You will achieve an interesting effect if you plant flowers blue color, and pour blue stones near the barrel. It will look like water is pouring out of it.
Place a bar or trunk of an old tree in a half of a barrel or in a tub, nail birdhouses on top. You will get an old castle in which birds will settle with pleasure.
Take some off the barrel wooden elements to fill the resulting space with colors. Leave the bottom whole, pour the soil here.

Take the following ideas for giving into service:

If you still have the bottom of an empty barrel, cut it in half, put it against the wall of the building. Can be fixed with screws. Plant plants in this flower garden.
Can do vertical flower bed, placing wooden boards on a part of the barrel in an almost chaotic manner.
And if one is placed horizontally, the second vertically, from afar it will seem that a colored stream is striving from the top to the bottom.

A hammock and a swing in the country are a must. To make a hammock, take:

barrel;
strong rope;
drill;
self-tapping screws;
stain;
brush;
saw;

Then follow this plan:

Remove the hoops from the barrel, if the boards are of different lengths, use a saw to give them the same size.
Cover these parts with stain, let it dry. You can also use varnish.
From one and the second end of the boards, make holes with a drill, thread the rope here, fasten it well. Tie secure loops at the ends, hang a hammock.

To make a swing in the country, you only need 3 boards from the barrel. Prepare them, screw the fasteners here, fix the rope on them.

Stylish country furniture, consisting of a low table and an armchair, everything will turn out from the same container. For the table, you only need the upper part of the barrel, and for the chair - separate boards. By the way, if you arrange them, as in the bottom photo, you get original armchairs that can be folded and unfolded.

Craftsmen make from old barrels gas stoves. Of course, in such work it is necessary to observe safety measures. And lovers of outdoor recreation with beer can make cooling devices for this drink by making a horizontal or vertical door.