A floor hanger is a mandatory attribute of any hallway room, whether it is an apartment or Vacation home. Its price depends on the originality of the execution and the quality of the materials. The easiest option is to purchase such a design at the nearest furniture store. But there is another way out of this situation, in order not to overpay - to make floor hanger for clothes with their own hands.
A little theory from the course of physics
To achieve this goal, you will need a little knowledge of physics, as well as improvised materials and tools. Let's start with the first one. The main requirements for a floor hanger are stability and the absence of sharp elements so as not to damage the floor, wall or clothes.
Sustainability is achieved in several ways. If the floor hanger rests on one base, usually in the form of a cross or a circle, then it is necessary to make sure that the center of gravity is as low as possible. This can be done using heavier materials - massive wooden bars or metal.
If the space of the hallway of the room allows, then it is advisable to install the hanger on two, and even better - on three points of support. In the first case, you need wide bases so that your attribute does not fall on its side, since it is problematic to evenly place clothes. Therefore, if possible, you need to choose a support on three points.
To prevent the base of the floor hanger from scratching the floor, you will need to use materials as a “sole” that will be softer than the floor covering.
Tools and materials
Required Tools
So, here is a list of tools that you will need to make a floor hanger:
- cross (curly) screwdriver;
- self-tapping screws of different lengths and thicknesses;
- sandpaper;
- drill;
- drills (set);
- hacksaw;
- axe.
Set of self-tapping screws
You will also need to stock up on the following materials:
- dried tree (cherry, sea buckthorn, etc.) or several of these, if the hanger is planned with several support points. You can buy ready-made processed blanks;
- bars (more massive, at least 60 cm long, the optimal cut is 7x7 cm);
- metal wire (for hooks) or ready-made decorative hooks;
- wood glue;
- a piece of rubber (or silicone) no more than 3 mm thick.
Wooden blocks for work
Instructions for making a floor hanger with a cross and hooks
First you need to free the trunk of the tree from the bark, as well as coarse knots. Of course, it may seem that with the bark the hanger will look much more natural, but over time it will crumble, and the garbage will spread throughout the living quarters. In addition, the cortex may contain small insects. Yes, and clothes will cling to bumps.
You can get rid of the bark with an ax or a massive knife. Once this task is completed, you will need to go through the rest of the sandpaper several times - first coarse, then fine. After sanding, the surface will become smooth, and the likelihood of catching clothing will be minimized.
The next task is to make the base. As in construction, only that structure will be stable and durable, which is given integrity. Therefore, the base and tripod of the hanger must be one.
The base and tripod of the hanger must be one piece
You should not first make a cross, and then attach the body of the hanger to it from above - such a design will loosen very quickly and may fall out of the base under the weight of the clothes.
Here's a rule to follow - the bottom edge of the tripod should be flush (that is, on the same plane) with the sole of the base.
We proceed to measure the diameter of the barrel. We need it in order to select a bar of the appropriate width. If the bars are wider, then you need to saw off with a hacksaw along to the desired size.
The standard height of the hanger is in the range of 180-200 cm. For them, you need to make a cross with overhangs from 25 to 35 cm. Therefore, we need 2 bars 60 cm long, which we will cut exactly in the middle to get 4 blanks of 30 cm each.
Now the difficulties begin. Even if you contrive and attach these 4 bars to a round trunk, the structure will be unstable, and after the first fall, due to unevenly hung clothes, it will simply fall apart.
Therefore, we will proceed as follows: put the trunk on the floor and attach the resulting blanks to it from four sides. It will not work to connect them in this form, so we will make inserts in the form of triangular wooden elements on the bars exactly in the part where the body of the hanger is located. Such "triangles" are attached to the bars with self-tapping screws, and also to the tree trunk - in exactly the same way.
In order to strengthen the structure, in those places where the “triangles” will be attached to the bars and to the trunk, you must first drill holes with a drill with a diameter of 2-3 mm. less than the diameter of the fastener.
If you just screw the screws into the tree, then there is a possibility of cracks that weaken the structure.
After this procedure is completed, it is required to fill the resulting drilled spaces with glue, and only after that start screwing in the screws.
The resulting design of the floor hanger cannot be ideal in terms of stability - it often rolls over from one cross bar to another. To correct this shortcoming, you need to use pieces of rubber that should be glued to the bottom.
In order for the rubber to adhere perfectly to the surface of the wood, it is necessary to go over the surface of the wood with sandpaper and make several scratches in different directions.
The frame is ready, now you need to give the hanger functionality - add hooks for outerwear, which can be remote, that is, located at some distance from the trunk. There is one rule here: the center of gravity of the hanging clothes should not go beyond the cross, otherwise the structure will be unstable and fall.
It does not matter which hooks are used - homemade or decorative, you cannot attach them directly to the trunk, since the floor hanger will quickly become unusable. You can proceed as follows: cut out a square from the existing bars, the length of the sides of which will be several larger diameter trunk used as the body of the hanger. Before attaching the "square" to the top, you must first attach the hooks to it.
Decorative ones are more suitable, since it is very difficult to achieve a beautiful shape from wire. Such hooks are attached to the tree, usually with one or two self-tapping screws.
If you have time and some skills in working with wood, then with the help of a chisel you can cut recesses in the squares attached to the top of the floor hanger in order to subsequently “drown” the base of the hook in them. This is a more aesthetic solution than just mounting on self-tapping screws.
After all the hooks are attached, you need to connect the square wooden element to the top of the trunk. This can be done with one or two screws using the technology described above.
The final stage of work is to give aesthetics to the resulting floor hanger. First of all, you need to close the lower part - the cross with all the fasteners. For this, it is allowed to use fabric, rattan, wooden or plastic slats. The hanger itself can be painted with a protective layer of paint or varnish - both natural color and any other, depending on colors room finishing. The layer must be applied at least 2 times.
Making a suit hanger
The scheme of the floor hanger for a suit
The floor hanger for men's suits has a slightly different design and is made of wooden bars.
You can do it according to the following algorithm:
- measure and cut blanks according to a pre-made project;
- carefully process and polish them;
- make mounting holes in the right places;
- assemble the hanger according to the diagram below;
- perform finishing;
- screw roller wheels to the base or glue rubber gaskets.
Do-it-yourself clothes hanger is a fruitful idea. Theater begins with a hanger; house too. In the sense of spirit, atmosphere, "energy". The reason is simple: the first thing a guest looks for is where to hang outerwear. And if the hanger is clearly home-made, but comfortable, stable and durable, a positive reputation for the owner is provided.
The second argument for making a hanger with your own hands is prosaic: purchase prices are clearly disproportionate to production costs. A homemade clothes hanger will save you quite a visible amount in the budget. It is not difficult to make it, it will take a little material, and waste from repairs will also go into business. The tool in most cases can be dispensed with by hand.
These factors are especially felt if a floor hanger fits in the hallway. In addition, it can also serve as a dryer if its design is frame, see below, because. On such hangers, it is convenient to hang clothes on hangers, and the hanger itself moves away from the wall. If it was possible to shield the house, then the floor hanger best option. The cost of floor hangers is significantly higher than wall hangers, but there is nothing in the design that would not allow you to make a floor hanger yourself.
On the floor or on the wall?
It has already been said enough to make a choice, as long as there is enough floor space. However, let's finally compare how attractive a hanger is in a floor-type hallway:
- Clothes hung on hangers dry faster, do not stretch; the collar and lining are not torn.
- On a hanger approx. 1.5 m fits a seasonal set of clothes for the whole family, which will save on the closet and the area under it.
- A shoe rack is naturally attached to the floor hanger, which simplifies the work of equipping the hallway and saves its area.
- With correctly calculated dimensions of the hanger, neither the wall from the clothes nor the clothes against the wall are damaged.
- The mobility of the hanger does not interfere with the rearrangement of furniture; after moving the hanger, it is not necessary to seal the mounting holes in the wall.
However, floor hangers are different, and not all of them are most suitable for living quarters. For example, for orders (from the old Russian “order” - office, office, office) floor lamp hangers, pos. 1-4 in the figure, it is inconvenient to hang clothes on hangers. Due to the small area of support, they are rolled, especially loaded with wet winter clothes. To emphasize the functional inferiority of the product, such hangers are called hangers, and they often go on sale under this name.
The best option is the same theatrical wardrobe frame hanger, pos. 5. In the version for residential premises, it is supplemented with shelves for hats, shoes and gloves / scarves; perhaps an additional tie rod, pos. 6. Disadvantage - the "legs" of the hanger get underfoot. In an attempt to get rid of it, hangers were invented - frames on a stand, pos. 7, but generally speaking, they fell even more than the orderly ones hung up. Another option is a hanger-frame without legs, leaning against the wall; we will remember this one. There are also folding frame hangers, but in everyday life they have almost no advantages.
If in the hallway with a place is generally tight, then a wall hanger is still more suitable. Simple wall hanger-sconce, pos. 1 in Fig., is as compact as possible, but not at all more convenient than the order, except that it does not fall from the next jacket to one side. Hanger-shelf, pos. 2 won't fall off if it's attached properly, and neither will hats/caps, but the wall and clothes rub against each other.
Wall hanger panel, pos. 3, saves the wall, but not the clothes. Most of all, leather things wear out on such hangers. Tanners jokingly advise: how, they say, to distinguish a sheepskin coat from full grain leather from it from reverse? The first, with everyday use of a hanger-panel, loses its appearance in 2 winters, and the second - in half a winter. Given the cost of genuine leather products, this is no good. Therefore, hangers-panels on the wall for expensive things are often supplied with soft upholstery, pos. 4. As for wall hangers with an openwork shield, pos. 5, then in this case its meaning is only decorative: it does not protect either things or walls.
There are also floor hangers-panels with a stand, for example. in the form of a cabinet, chest or chest, pos. 1 in fig. on right. This is not the best option: someone will once put something on the lid, and with the clothes removed from the hanger it will be whisked to the floor. Much more practical are floor hangers-panels with a bench, pos. 2. The flower under the seat is a matter of taste of the owners, if only he survives there, but the shoe box or chest for accessories to care for her in the banquette drawer is the place.
Clothes and keys
Regarding hangers-panels, the amateur master has an additional opportunity, namely: to provide such a sidewall on the edge farthest from the front door. Perhaps not reaching the bottom, with a bevel or notch. The factory ones do not do this: the hanger should be designed for clothes sticking out from the side. One sidewall almost does not interfere with this, but it is not known how the hanger will stand with the buyer, and it is unprofitable to make right and left hangers.
What gives such an addition? Place for the housekeeper, invisible from the threshold. In the same place, on the side, there can be a dressing table or cabinet, but the main thing is that the master's keys will not catch the eye of a casual visitor, and they are in sight, according to criminologists, a serious factor in spontaneous illegal actions, without which, i.e. temptation, the visit of a not entirely trustworthy subject would have done well both for the owners and for him. You can, of course, luxuriously decorated and with secret constipation, but this is a lot of work and material costs. And so - a simple plank with hooks will do. Or just hooks screwed to the sidewall outside of the stowage section.
We will assume that a suitable design has already been selected, and let's take a look at how to make a hanger. Preferably wooden: the material is noble, natural, easy to process. Let's not forget other versions; more convenient in some cases. Let's start with floor hangers as the most functional.
floor standing
Lovers of crafting from the heart, having milling tool on wood, they can immediately take up the floor frame hanger with legs. Made from fine-grained wood hardwood(oak, beech, hornbeam, walnut, birch), it looks chic, and it will take only 360 mm of the floor in width.
A suit hanger works well as a prototype, you just need to make it higher and move the trouser bar up so that you can hang coat hangers on it. Instead of a tie rod and handles, a shelf can be installed, and a shoe shelf is mounted below. Drawings of such a hanger are shown in Fig.:
With the indicated other dimensions, the structural and overall width (dimensions 430 and 460 respectively) can be increased by 1-1.4 m without compromising strength and stability, i.e. the hanger will be already a family width up to more than 1.8 m.
About hooks and trempels
Bags, umbrellas, scarves are also left on the hanger, and a bachelor can also have a skirt with lingerie there. Sometimes life is life. It is also more convenient to hang clothes on hooks for a short time. Therefore, in frame hangers, sometimes runner hooks are put on the main bar (the former trouser bar in Fig; height 1360). They or hangers, depending on the need, are shifted to the side in a crowd. But the hook-runners under the fingers turn out at the most inopportune moment. In a hanger of this design and similar ones, the problem is solved simply: the main bar is for hangers, and fixed hooks are attached to the top board.
Pipes and profiles
Original hangers are obtained from round or shaped metal or plastic pipes, see fig. However, despite all the design tricks, their organic vices do not go anywhere. The same as the orderly hung. But high labor intensity is added: in order to hide the connecting nodes, you have to strain both your arms and your head.
It is better to make a square base of a floor lamp hanger from pipes. With the same withdrawn floor area, the distance between the support points increases by 1.4 times. If the base is still heavier, then the hanger up to 1.7 m high turns into a full-fledged hanger. 60 mm sewer pipes are most suitable.
A short master class in pictures on making the base of a floor hanger from pipes is shown on the next. rice. Pipe sections - 150-300 mm each, depending on how much floor can be given to the hanger. In addition to them, you will need 3 straight tees, 4 right angles and 4 plugs. Connections - on glue for propylene or PVC, depending on the pipe material. Weighting - sand or small gravel.
One of the comments on original design begins with a question like this: “Why couldn’t you just solder?”. Judging by the fact that later in the same comment, 90 angles with a clear claim to professionalism are called bends (plumbing bends are oblique tees), another 2-3 and the same number of exclamation points suggest themselves to the question mark.
Nevertheless, the author of the product, albeit not knowing plumbing terminology, solved the problem in a completely engineering way. The hanger does not need tight joints, and a tube of glue will cost much cheaper than renting a soldering iron for propylene. Which, moreover, you need to learn how to use, spoiling a fraction of the material. For greater reliability, you can reinforce the connections with phosphated (black) self-tapping screws: on black, their heads are not visible, and the strength of the hanger will not decrease.
Note: the pommel in the original design is also made of pipes, but, frankly, its design is not the same ... It would be better to drill inclined holes in the rack and insert some strong pins into them using the same glue; wooden, metal.
simple frame
A frame hanger made of pipes can be without legs, just leaning against the wall with an inclination. However, its slope must be negative. There must be at least 350 mm between the wall and the clothes on the hangers. If the frame slope is positive ( top bar adjacent to the wall), then the lower one will “leave” from the plinth by 500-600 mm. In a small hallway, this is a serious inconvenience. In addition, they will either cling to the lower crossbar with their feet and it will beat the floor, or it will have to be attached to the floor, and this is really bad: any violation of the flooring is fraught with complex and expensive emergency repairs. Have you seen furniture for sale that needs to be screwed to the floor? Is that a special purpose, for example. rack. And then, they also try to get by with fastenings to the walls and, in last resort, ceiling.
A diagram of a frame hanger with a negative slope of pipes is shown in fig. The materials are the same: 60 mm straight sewer pipes, 90 angles and straight tees. Withdrawn usable floor area - zero. At the bottom there can be a shoe rack or a banquette. For fastening to the wall, in order not to drill a lot and do without expensive collet anchors, it is better to take a couple more tees: with their help, the holding beams - extensions are attached to the wall with a pair of self-tapping screws in dowels each.
wall
Simple hangers-panels do not require special analysis. How to make a wooden wall hanger, see for example. video.
Video: do-it-yourself wall hanger made of wood
Here we recall, firstly, the sconce hanger. Foldable, it can be very useful if a large company has gathered or the kids have returned from the yard at least squeeze it.
An example of such a structure is shown on the right in Fig. However, its creators were clearly guided by the principle: "Consumption is the basis of cash flow." The outer (folded) side of the flap bar is inactive and a locking mechanism is needed. And a separate hanger for every day.
Meanwhile, folding wall hangers have been known since ancient egypt. In the local climate, outerwear was worn occasionally, in bad weather, but after wearing it, it was necessary to dry it. There was no point in keeping a separate hanger for this in the regions where it rains and cold once a year, not every year, so they came up with the one on the right in Fig.
When folded, the compact wall hanger of the Egyptians was fixed with a cypress stick. Now, of course, you can put a ball retainer or just a hook. The main thing is that the hook hooks should be in 3/4 of the circle, then nothing will fall off them even with the bar folded back. And without need, the whole hanger looks like just a stick on the wall; you can hang bags, umbrellas, keys on hooks.
More about hooks
The original wooden hanger can be made without metal at all, not counting the fasteners. Do not rush to throw away the New Year's pine or Christmas tree (only the blanks will need to be turned upside down):
Video: original do-it-yourself wooden hanger
Best of all, such a hanger will look in the country, in a bar or frame house. Depending on the interior design - and in a city apartment. She will go to the bathhouse perfectly: the touch of steamed skin on metal is unpleasant, and to some extent even traumatic.
Hangers in the nursery
Probably, all children scatter wearable things. There is no need to especially scold them for this: without knowing chaos within reasonable limits, you will not accustom yourself to order. Who is against - answer Friday's question to Robinson Crusoe: "Why doesn't God kill the devil?"
However, teaching children to handle things properly is necessary. Only a children's hanger, so as not to cause obvious psychological rejection, should look somewhat disordered. It is also highly desirable that the child associates it with a favorite game or hobby. Examples of wall hangers in the nursery of the "game / hobby" type are given in pos. 1 and 2 fig.
A universal method of this kind is a tree hanger, pos. 3. In the contour of a tree, as in any fractal structure, order and chaos interact and complement each other, creating a harmonious whole. Do not forget to just make the tree stronger, for example. from plywood from 12 mm, and, as it should, with a step of no more than 250-300 mm, attach to the wall with self-tapping screws from 6 mm in propylene dowels. A tree, after all, to climb on it.
Floor hangers in the nursery are undesirable for the same reason: well, they will climb anyway and crash. Therefore, if you already want a floor hanger in the nursery, you need to make one that you can’t fit on, which can be seen in pos. 4 and 5.
About cutting plywood
In any case, parents face problems that small ones don’t care about yet: material consumption and labor intensity. It is no longer easy to draw a complex contour along a grid on a solid sheet of plywood, then it must be accurately cut out, which is even more difficult. And in the end it turns out that 60% or 80% of the material went to waste, no longer suitable for anything. It is necessary, on the contrary, to make a children's tree hanger from waste. Or cut a denser whole sheet.
The method for this has long been known: element-by-element cutting and assembly. If the tree is plywood, for the full strength of the finished product, each part is recruited from 2 layers, leaving resp. folds and grooves, see fig. Fragments of blanks are assembled on PVA glue, wood glue or Express (liquid nails). If the assembly is on PVA, the fragments must be additionally fastened with small nails with a snake in increments of 100-150 mm with an indent from the edges of 30-40 mm.
They assemble a tree hanger on the same adhesives, but now each connection must be fastened with self-tapping wood screws with an envelope. Then the gaps and fastener heads (they must be drowned during assembly) are rubbed with putty from sawdust of the same plywood on PVA. Such a tree, even without painting, only under varnish, will look solid.
Note: just in case, we recall - all wooden parts of any wooden hanger before assembly, it is necessary to sand with small numbers of sandpaper and process it with a water-polymer emulsion or PVA diluted with water three to five times. After impregnation, before further work, a technological break is made until the part is completely dry (1-3 days, depending on its size).
And one last thing about hooks
In the illustrations above, you most likely noticed curved wooden hooks and other hanger details. It is quite possible to make them at home. In production, dense, small-layer, defect-free wood or waterproof birch plywood (grade BS) is bent heated with steaming or dry, but for homework these methods are too complicated. Only bamboo is more or less simply steamed: the workpiece is boiled for half an hour or an hour in rapidly boiling water, after which it is bent by hand. In case of bending according to the template, the workpiece must be fastened to it quickly, before it has cooled down, with a wide cotton braid or a strip of natural tarpaulin.
At home, it is easier to cut blanks of the required configuration from a sheet of plywood (any) or MDF of the desired thickness, or, twice or four times as many in quantity, from thin sheet material, in order to then gain as much as required in thickness. Cut with a finishing allowance of approx. 1 mm. The cut blanks are tightly pulled together in a package in a carpenter's vice or in a locksmith's through gaskets made of thick plywood and processed with a rasp on wood to size, and then with a clean sandpaper. One rasp is enough, with flat and semicircular working surfaces, see fig.
The workpieces are assembled into parts in the manner described above. The end surfaces, if you need to hide the layered structure of plywood, are sealed with strips of self-adhesive film under the tree. After that, the part is varnished twice or thrice. acrylic varnish water based; nitrolac can ruin the self-adhesive. Edge (edge) plastic furniture edge not worth it: you need to accurately select the groove for the edge anchor, which requires milling machine, but on curved surfaces of large curvature and small length, the edge still does not hold well. And the details pasted over with self-adhesive, under varnish, from solid wood, even the master cabinetmaker will not immediately distinguish.
Decorating a space creates a cozier and more organized living space. After the front door, the hallway can be called the first part of the apartment that a person sees when he returns home. This is the interior that presents the whole house. But all too often the hallway becomes a "highway" where coats and shoes are thrown off at random. But how beautiful it is when this room, with love, is decorated with your own hands!
People have a lot of excuses for not equipping entrance group. For example, they say that the room is small or narrow. But in this case, it is all the more necessary to develop furniture according to individual sizes, while it is not necessary to order its production to specialists. Even women can easily handle the creation of some designs! There are many unique ways make furniture by hand in a way that saves time and money, it's just that most people don't think about it often.
Throne or tree? Choose!
incredible tree
By and large, the apartment should begin with a hanger, this item can be exclusive, made according to an individual design. As you know, hangers can look different. There are many designs from various materials, different colors, styles and sizes. Some of them hide behind a mirror in the closet, others hang on the wall, and still others stand on the floor. Floor hangers compare favorably with the fact that they can be easily moved, they take up very little space.
For modern finishes interiors are ideal floor hangers in the form of birch. And you can make them from real thick branches. The new rack will bring unique accents and romantic feelings to the hall or hallway, decorate children's rooms in a playful, interesting style, become a kind of divine island of nature.
Of course, furniture in the form of wood will be loved in the house. Our ancestors deified trees, which occupied not the last place in rituals. Today there are oaks that have lived for more than one century, they are also considered special.
The natural-looking floor rack looks impressive, and its designs are ideal for small spaces. Elegant natural shapes can be cut from plywood.
Plywood is made up of three or more thin layers of wood glued together. Each layer is generally oriented, running at right angles to the adjacent layer to reduce shrinkage and improve the strength of the finished product. Pieces of plywood can be shaped into complex curves for use in producing beautiful natural designs:
- Before purchasing materials, a sketch is drawn. After that, the dimensions are calculated.
- Mastery is in the details - you need to saw, laying out sheets of plywood on a completely flat plane.
- To protect the material from chipping, the line along which the sheets will be cut is coated with PVA glue.
- Ready product covered with varnish or paint.
And even the king will envy!
The design created by one's own hands in the form of a chair is also interesting. In its production, you can use boards. Original handmade furniture looks like a royal throne, in combination with any type of decoration, it will become not only a functional addition to the house, but also a central element of the hallway space.
The design of such a chair is very simple for any person involved in carpentry. The most interesting, useful detail of this model is a square mirror, which is indispensable for any room at the entrance, it makes the furniture richer. The robust model has 5 hooks, children can stand on the chair to take off or hang up their coat by themselves. The main condition is stability, it must be checked after manufacture.
Three brilliant ideas
Alicia Prusakovskaya's idea
Knowing that the most important detail tempting beautiful design hallway or hall - a convenient rack for storing clothes with a bench or a unique hanger, the designer from Krakow has developed floor furniture with a place to store shoes, on which you can sit. Designed for flexible use in the hallway, the freestanding item resembles a white box containing a collection of thin wooden skis. Probably, this is what skis sticking out of the snow would look like if the athletes turned over, making a somersault, and fell into a snowdrift. Curved hooks at the ends pine boards located at different heights to hang coats and accessories.
Ergonomic shapes, roundings and curves in the design emphasize the beauty and nobility of the model. The shoe storage area, which acts as a seat, is made from four sections of white lacquered medium density fibreboard (MDF) held together with pine pieces. Elements with hooks are formed from pine boards.
When working, traditional methods of wood processing were used, for example, hooks for clothes were cut by hand, using a chisel. “My goal was to design an object that would be useful and visually appealing,” says the designer. The holes intended for the installation of pine boards are decorated with wood hoops.
The idea of German designers
Kristin Herold and Katarina Ganz have designed floor furniture with unique hooks, reminiscent of birds resting on power lines. Such a model will incredibly decorate any hallway. Clothes hooks are picturesquely located on a metal rail, and are directed upwards at an angle of 45 degrees. The legs of the furniture are made of birch, with a metal pipe of round cross-section neatly inserted between them, which looks very elegant, it really resembles an electric wire.
Removable coat hooks allow you to hang outerwear on both sides, similar forms can also be used to store hats, umbrellas and bags.
By the same principle, but using different materials and decor, you can develop many unique models. For example, do wooden structure from 6 boards and 3 wooden sticks, round in diameter. Such furniture, 70 cm high, is convenient to assemble and disassemble, it will look good in a children's room.
Idea from Japan
Japanese designer Yasu Mifune created a structure from a steel rod, curved back and forth and attached to a circular base. As a result, there were three horizontal stripes. The stand is compact, it does not take up space at all. Flat plywood hangers are neatly placed on the base of the furniture when not in use and are held in place with a short rod.
“Sometimes there are situations where clothing furniture is not really needed, for example, if you only need to hang a scarf,” says the designer. This floor hanger is ideal for summer clothes and decorates the room.
Out of nothing - something
Do not rush to throw away the old door
Do not rush to take the old, but strong door to the trash, if you had to change it to modern model. After all, with your own hands you can make a chic hanger for country house Provence style!
For the main structure, you will need ordinary boxes, 5-6 beautiful and reliable coat hooks, 2 pieces of thick plywood and 2 decorative metal brackets. After assembly, the hanger should be painted using crackle techniques. Drawers that will play the role of a shelf for shoes and at the same time serve as a bench (you can sit on it to put on shoes) should be decorated decorative pillows.
How to make furniture in half an hour
In the production of stylish, comfortable clothing furniture with your own hands, you can use fittings for water pipes, connecting them with parts made of wood or pipes directly. Many structures are created according to several schemes.
The copper details of handmade furniture look both vintage and very modern - it's still a beautiful home design trend. Details made of metal, valued for centuries, decorate the space, make it elegant and stylish. Using copper plumbing accessories and round wood sticks bought from a hardware store, you can create a chic hanger in just half an hour.
- Purchase materials. The inner diameter of the copper adapters must match the diameter wooden sticks.
- Cut sticks. 2 pieces - 1300 mm, 2 pieces - 800 mm, 4 pieces - 200 mm, 6 pieces - 100 mm.
- Connect sticks with copper parts.
- If the design turned out to be stable, then the parts are fastened with glue.
- Using universal drawings, racks can be designed in any size.
When do-it-yourself furniture is made from metal pipes, you need to consider that it will be quite heavy. To make it easy to move, it is worth using the wheels.
Using a wooden box, the design is easy to supplement with a place for shoes.
One of the most interesting ideas for creating furniture from unusual materials is the use of pallets in its production. Pallets are unusual in the sense that absolutely any furniture can be made from them. If the apartment is overloaded with things, and the person is facing certain problems, then the production of storage spaces from pallets will be of great help. Pallets transform an ordinary apartment into a trendy and stylish space that is adorned with unusual patterns, including those designed to hang bags, hats, scarves and more.
Hooks for clothes will give a special character to such furniture; they, just like buttons matched to clothes, form the whole style.
This project can be DIY with pretty simple tools:
- pencil
- pallets
- hand saw
- nails
- hammer
- measuring tape
- nail puller
- sandpaper
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Brushes, paints and varnishes will come in handy in order to make your own clothes hanger even more unusual. Adding an interesting color to your entryway or foyer is a great idea. After the furniture is made, its surface is prepared and sanded, paints can be used in any shades, according to individual taste and the rest of the decor. You can also use the remnants of paints that painted the walls of the house. Enamel is applied in several layers.
According to the great director, the theater begins with a hanger. But is it just theater?
It is difficult to imagine any house - whether it is a cozy apartment or a spacious cottage - without this integral attribute of our life.
Hanger-rack on the floor, hooks on the wall in the hallway, coat hangers in the closet… They have one role: to keep our belongings in a tidy condition.
However, people with a rich imagination are able to turn this boring piece of furniture almost into a work of art. A simple set of tools for work, patience and a couple of non-standard ideas - and you are the owner of a unique thing.
Hanger as part of the interior
The main thing in any home is a spacious closet. Blouses and dresses, trousers and skirts, gloves and scarves, coats and raincoats coexist in it.
A good hostess has every thing in its place. The clothes in the closet are different. And hangers for her, too, should be different.
How to make a hanger with your own hands? Believe me, it's easy and even fun. Dig into a chest full of long-forgotten grandma's dresses. You will find amazing things there.
Antique hangers (so-called trempels) can be restored, and they will turn into the main decoration of your wardrobe.
In the old days, clothes hangers were made of wood. Using one of the decor techniques, you can give an old thing new life. And what a life… You will want to hang such beauty on the wall, and not in the closet – and let everyone admire it.
You can transform a clothes hanger with the help of decoupage, unusual coloring or appliqué.
The soft shoulder pads are very comfortable to use. Things on them keep their shape and do not slip off. You need to wrap ordinary trempels with thin foam rubber, and then sheathe them with a pretty fabric. Beads and ribbons will give the new little thing a special charm.
But to decorate your house with a wooden hanger own production more difficult. Woodwork requires special skill. And special tools are needed here.
Wooden wall hanger
Wall hanger - the design is simple. However, its manufacture should be approached with all seriousness - then it will serve you for a long time.
The main guarantee of success is strong, dry wood without cracks. A piece of timber or a board is perfect. The length of the workpiece depends on the length of the future hanger. Before starting work, it would be nice to treat the wood with an antiseptic.
Panel mounts are placed on the board in one, two or three rows as desired.
Such a hanger is the place behind the door in the bedroom, as well as in the bathroom, pantry or bath.
Accuracy is brought up from childhood. Furnish your child's room with a simple hanger. And if it is decorated with images of favorite cartoon characters, the child will be happy to look after his clothes.
Note!
Do not mount the hanger directly on a plastered wall. Otherwise, you risk "whitewashing" your clothes. Yes, and a jacket or raincoat, soaked in the rain, will leave ugly spots on the surface of the wall. To avoid this, you need to attach a sheet of plywood under the hanger, thick paper or polyethylene.
Panels for hooks can be given any shape - waves, ovals, hearts, suns, etc.
Attention! The use of untreated wood is fraught with a large number of splinters. Don't forget to polish the hanger panel.
As fasteners, use empty spools of thread or ready-made hooks of any shape.
And if you turn on creativity, dried twigs or plant roots will be used. Cut them, remove the bark, sand, varnish - here you have the hooks. You won't find these in the store for sure.
unpretentious wall hanger can be made from ordinary wooden planks. Nail them to the wall in parallel - this is the basis for fastenings, and the protection of clothes from whitewashing, and interior decoration.
Note!
Of course, you can’t make such a hanger in half an hour. But the end result of your labors will be a real hanger. It remains only to attach a shelf for storing hats at the top.
Do-it-yourself hanger in the hallway
A good hallway hanger should be durable, beautiful, and at the same time as roomy as possible. In the limited space of the hallway, outerwear, shoes and numerous accessories should fit.
This should not be forgotten when designing a hanger. There should be enough compartments and shelves at the hanger in the hallway to accommodate everything you need.
Attention! When marking out, consider the dimensions of the wall on which you will place the hanger.
For a standard apartment, a hanger of this size is quite suitable: the width is about 1 meter, the height is slightly more than head level. Fasteners for clothes are placed on the panel in 2-3 rows.
Note!
At the top of the hanger you need a shelf for hats. Structural strength will give straps.
They are attached to the sides of the structure, connecting the shelf to the panel at an angle of 45 degrees. It is best to fix the hanger on the wall with dowels.
Do-it-yourself wardrobe hanger
Making a hanger with your own hands is very simple. There are many ways to make such hangers. You will need: coarse wire, a cut of a branch of a suitable shape, small plastic bottles, put on a wire base, bent under right angle metal bar or plate.
Wrap the base of the coat hanger with thin foam or similar material. Then choose a fabric that matches the color and sheathe the base. Add charm to the resulting cute little thing with ribbons, beads or lace.
If the hanger is designed for a baby, decorate it with a funny muzzle or appliqué. Pick up a hook - and hang in the closet.
Floor hanger rack
You can solve the problem of placing clothes in spacious rooms with the help of floor hangers-racks. Floor hangers are commonly used in the reception areas of various institutions.
These interior items are made of metal pipes. A floor hanger is a universal thing. You can place almost anything on it. Except, of course, shoes.
The disadvantage of a pipe hanger is its instability. If things are not evenly placed on it, it may fall.
But the floor hanger can always be rearranged to the right place or even hidden in the pantry.
In residential areas, this type of hanger is rarely used: it takes up a lot of space and is dangerous for children. Nevertheless, it is quite possible to make a floor hanger-rack yourself. The material is usually used:
- for support - an artificial spruce cross, couplings plastic pipes, rotary mechanism a broken swivel chair;
- for a rack - trimming plastic or metal pipes, trunk small tree, a shovel handle, a tripod from a camera, a “leg” of a floor lamp and other suitable details.
Attention! The main thing in a floor hanger is its stability.
Unusual homemade hangers
The hanger can be made from absolutely any material or object. Sounds incredible? Don't believe?
See for yourself:
- Pieces of steel wire, tube or angle are great for the job. Welding can be used to connect parts. And if the metal is flexible and soft enough, just bend it with your hands. The choice of form is up to you.
- The design of plastic pipes will appeal to fans of high-tech style.
- If you love working with wood, this idea is for you. From the remains of wood of any thickness, you can make a practical and multifunctional hanger for the hallway.
- The simplest hanger can be twisted from wire. Attach clips to the edges of the resulting hanger - now you have a handy little thing for placing skirts and trousers. Experiment with the shape of the hanger - this can be the highlight of your product.
- The idea of a “hunting” life is the good old deer or elk antlers. Attached to a suitable base, can become a wall or floor hanger.
- It's no secret that many of us (especially men) prefer an ordinary chair to a spacious closet.
Often shirts, jackets and even trousers are hung on the back of a chair. Why not turn the back of the chair into an original hanger for those same shirts and jackets? On this design, the entire suit will easily fit.
Homemade hangers in the form of rings are quite suitable for storing belts, belts, ties.
Hanger as home decoration
Before you start making or decorating hangers, think about what style prevails in the interior of your room or hallway. After all new thing should fit perfectly into existing interior. Here are some examples:
- Soft trempels, covered with linen or knitted fabric in bright colors, will perfectly fit into the decor of a country-style bedroom.
- Bright hangers with a "doll" design are suitable for a teenage girl's room in the style of Barbie.
- Luxurious, with twisted elements, the hanger will decorate the boudoir in oriental or palace style.
- A wooden hanger with carved patterns will emphasize the strict style of a study or hallway in a classic style.
- Antique, artificially aged or skillfully restored coat hangers will add a special charm to a retro-style room.
- In the bedroom of a glamorous lady, a hanger decorated with rhinestones, beads, bows and other shiny little things will look harmonious.
- Designs made of metal or plastic parts, simple and unpretentious in shape, will decorate a room in a techno or high-tech style.
- Simple in form, concise in design, hangers will complement the interior of a minimalist.
DIY hanger photo
Modern sewing and marketing technologies can provide us with a truly limitless amount of clothing. And all of it needs to be laid out and hung somewhere. For dry and clean, a closed cabinet with shelves and a hanger bar is ideal. However, removed after a hard day, wet or dusty clothes in the closet, the road is closed. For such cases, there are floor hangers.
They are also good because bulky wardrobe items, when placed on such a hanger, do not come into contact with the wall, as a result of which both the wallpaper and the clothes themselves are not damaged. At the same time, the hanger can be folded, removed, rearranged at any time, which is very important in small apartments.
If you make it with your own hands from improvised materials, then it also has such advantages:
- the price is significantly reduced;
- the diligent owner is pleased that the waste from the repair went into business;
- the hanger turns into an original, exclusive piece of furniture;
- any beautiful, solid thing works for the positive reputation of its author.
Floor hangers: types of materials and designs
If desired, the hanger can be made from any durable material, but the most commonly used:
- wood, especially small-layer (walnut, birch, beech);
- metal, such as trimming a profile or reinforcement;
- polypropylene water pipes.
Structurally, floor hangers are divided into several different categories.
- Orderly, she is a floor lamp hanger, or a hanger. It is a vertical bar on a support in the form of a pancake or legs; in the upper part there are hooks for clothes and hats. It occupies a minimum of space, highly located hooks exclude injuries. But such a design is easily collapsed due to the small area of \u200b\u200bsupport. Used to place jackets, raincoats, coats in the hallways.
- Frame theatrical dressing room. A long hanger with an arbitrary number of hooks that can be arranged in several rows. Stability is ensured by wide legs, which, however, take up a lot of space. It is rational to put it in wide hallways based on a large family and frequent guests.
- Folding frame. A small hanger, half the height of a man, designed to store a suit in a straightened form. The upper element of the frame is made in the form of a trempel - hangers for a jacket, shirt or blouse, the second element involves the placement of trousers. Special hooks for tie and belt are available. Looks solid in the bedroom, easily folds and stows away on the closet or under the bed.
Attention! Any floor hanger can fall, so if there are small children in the family, it is better to choose a wall-mounted option.
We make a beautiful wooden hanger with our own hands
To make a solid hanger for a casual suit, you will need the usual set of tools, which includes, among others, a drill, a screwdriver and a hammer. The work will consist of the following stages.
- We choose a drawing taking into account the size of the clothes and the dimensions of the room.
- We prepare materials. Pine is considered ideal for self-processing. We buy pine timber in hardware store with a margin, given the possible marriage in the work.
- We cut out the details according to the drawing. Where necessary, we achieve symmetry. We process flat parts with a grinder, curvilinear parts with sandpaper.
- We select wood screws suitable color, mark the places for fasteners and drill holes, the diameter of which is approximately half the diameter of the self-tapping screws.
- We assemble the product by screwing the screws by hand.
- We process stain and varnish.
- On the parts in contact with the floor, glue soft strips of felt. If desired, you can equip the racks with wheels.
Advice. Raise the trouser bar higher, then, if necessary, it will be possible to place several shirt hangers across it.
Original hangers can also be made from:
- an old floor lamp, replacing the lampshade with hooks; in this case, a metal bar can be braided with a vine or rattan;
- the back of an old chair, separated from the seat along with the back legs;
- a small dry tree fixed on a solid foundation.
Advice. The hooks cut from the forks of the branches of an unnecessary Christmas tree look original.
Pipe hanger: creative and economical
After repairing a plumbing unit, there is always a lot of scrap PVC pipes which it is a pity to throw away, but there is nowhere to adapt. They can make an original floor lamp hanger, especially if you put it in a bathhouse or in the country.
The main problem with such a hanger is its stability, so the base must be made as heavy as possible. To do this, sand or gravel is poured into the pipe segments from which the base is made, after which the ends are closed with plugs. The order of work is the following.
- We draw a hanger project and mark on it all straight pipes, fittings, splitters and plugs. We buy what we need.
- We remove burrs (sandpaper) and dust (rag).
- We stretch the rope through all the details and pull it in the working room or in the yard. We paint with spray paint in the desired color and leave to dry for two days.
- We assemble the structure with PVC glue.
Aerobatics: metal floor hanger
Create for real beautiful hanger from metal is possible if you own the technique of cutting and welding this material. However, there is a fairly simple way to make a designer hanger by arranging metal elements with wooden ones.
Required for work wooden beam round section and a few copper plumbing accessories:
- 6 knees;
- 4 tees;
- 4 plugs.
An important condition: the input diameter of the bar must match the diameter of the copper parts. We saw the beam into pieces according to the drawing and tightly put the coppers on it.
We made sure that if you need to add a floor hanger to your home decor, it is not at all necessary to buy it. It is better to purchase materials and create a functional, but unique thing with your own hands.
Do-it-yourself floor hanger: video
