What do you associate with the phrase “country furniture”? Unfortunately, in many of our cottages furniture is selected on a residual basis: all that is worthless in a city apartment. But the cottage-a special world that requires a special interior, creating an atmosphere of leisurely relaxing holiday.
And, by the way, the cottage is also a great place for experiments, including the manufacture of country furniture with their own hands. In this article I will consider the furniture for the garden of wood materials, in the country area is very common – from logs and wood cuts.
Slabs, cuts, unedged Board
Wood, like any natural material has a unique surface pattern. And it is not necessary that it was valuable wood. Ordinary pine with proper treatment also looks very presentable.
On the wave of interest in environmental and ethnic styles in the interior, objects made of wood or slabs have become popular today. Fashion direction immediately picked up by manufacturers, offering products from exotic wood. What is the difference between a saw cut and a slab?
Often called thick slab longitudinal cross-section of a tree, and too thick, but the cross is just the end of it.
For the manufacture of original furniture suitable and longitudinal, and cross cuts. What is the difference between a slab and a simple uncut Board? In General, nothing, except for the fact that the edged Board is one of the types of lumber used for construction, mainly rough, works, and slabs are intended for decorative purposes.
Therefore, their production are thick logs to the wooden slab was as wide as possible. And all kinds of defects of wood, such as caps, internal cavities, deteriorating the quality and grade of the usual Board, on the contrary, increase the value of the slab of wood. The more interesting the wood texture on the cut, the more decorative effect.
Slabs, in contrast to the building Board, which has a natural moisture, subjected to chamber drying. The edges of the slab are trimmed further, or it can be left natural “live” edge, debarked or with preservation of the cortex.
Wide and thick plates of exotic wood cost a lot. But look how beautiful the Apple or pear tree that was left after the removal of the old tree in the garden was. Clearing the area from the old trees, do not rush to get rid of the trunks: maybe they are hiding a stylish garden bench or other piece of country furniture.
Ideas for inspiration
Natural wood is attractive for its texture, the uniqueness of the pattern of annual rings, warm natural shades. And large-format slabs of wood or large cross-cut usually amaze with their natural energy, visually demonstrated by the whimsical pattern of texture and impressive size.
Therefore, in my opinion, there is no need for any additional decorative processing of the product with the use of these materials: intricate carvings or a complex pretentious form will enter into a competitive struggle with the natural beauty of the material. From this struggle, both sides will benefit little. In my opinion, wood slabs or saw cuts are most suitable for modern furniture in the spirit of minimalism.
This slab ash dining table successfully combines the natural beauty of wood with modern materials — glass and metal.
The same combination, based on the opposition of natural and artificial, smooth metal and brutal roughness of oak boards, is the basis of a stylish solution from the designers of the joiner’s workshop Anand Gowda Design.
This approach to design simplifies the production of such stylish furniture by non-professional craftsmen. The base or the legs of the bench can be made from conventional metal pipe of square section independently or ordered at the drawings. And even if you do not own a welding machine, you can choose ready-made furniture supports that are suitable for design under the plan.
And can legs not to do it and be limited only by the glass and cutting the tree. The result is an original piece of furniture, like the coffee table in the photo above.
Cross cuts are no less interesting as a material for self-manufacture of furniture.
It does not matter if you do not have a cut tree of such a large diameter. Using very small trunks and branches, you can dial the panel, which will be used as a table top. The parts are glued to the base, and the gaps between the individual elements are filled with an epoxy adhesive.
Thick and wide boards and cross cuts are used not only for the manufacture of countertops or benches. It can be headboards, Cabinet details, and just decorative panels.
Another interesting and much more common material — ordinary logs.
They can become supports for a bench or garden table, harvesting chairs for the recreation area. Or an independent object of interior or exterior — a stool, a table, just a decorative thing.
Korean designer Lee Jaehyo creates original compositions-a synthesis of furniture and an art object. One of his favorite materials is logs.
Logs as a decoration can be used in more traditional forms of furniture. This chest of drawers will fit into the interior of a country house in the so-called hunter style, and the living room of the city apartment. Such furniture-rough, but good-quality-is indispensable in the design of rustic or ethnic interior.
In the same spirit, can be solved and the rest of the design of the house, including structural elements: beams, stairs, etc.
If you are close to this style, or you prefer unusual furniture solutions, try to create your own such a thing. Get a double benefit-stylish design furniture and enjoy the creativity.
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