See how to make a pergola out of old doors. From them, you can make a gazebo, a washbasin, a shed for tools, and from the windows you will get a greenhouse. A new summer cottage season has begun. Those who like to work and relax in the fresh air yearned for their hacienda over the winter, they are looking for new ideas for inspiration, they are happy to embody them. To have enough funds for all ideas, use objects that have served their time as material. With the help of old doors, you can make a pergola, a shed for inventory, a toilet, a gazebo, a washbasin.
How to make a pergola with your own hands?
If you do not know what this construction is, then read about it right now. The word "pergola" comes from the Latin and Italian words and means "building", "shed". It is created for beauty, so that climbing plants can freely trail along this structure, to protect people from the scorching sun when they walk along this terrace.
The structure is represented by sections of arches, which are connected into a single structure by transverse beams. Pergolas can be attached to buildings and will decorate outdoor terraces. Sometimes they are attached to gazebos or pergola gazebos are erected.
If you have a lot of material, then you can make a large structure. If you changed the balcony, interior doors, did not throw out the old ones, then give them the opportunity to decorate the cottage.
Such a pergola in landscape design looks wonderful, in order to craft it, you will need:
- two doors;
- White paint;
- primer;
- sandpaper;
- brush;
- boards;
- self-tapping screws;
- screwdriver;
- crushed stone.
To remove old paint from doors, use a paint remover solution. You can put newspapers on the surface, iron with an iron, after which the layer is removed with a spatula. Sand the prepared surface, if it is not even, first go over it with a putty on the wood. Once dry, make the surface smoother with sandpaper, then prime the canvas, cover with 2-3 coats of paint.
These prepared blanks are connected with vertical crossbars. If you have a jigsaw, then arrange them in the same way as in the photo, if not, just saw off to the specified size. Make two notches in these rungs on each side, put them on the doors, and fasten them with screws on the side.
To make the structure more durable, connect the parts at the top with planks sawn off at an angle of 45 degrees. They and the horizontal rafters must also be painted. Such a pergola is installed on gravel, if you want to place it near the veranda, then attach it to the wooden floor.
Angle brackets can be used as fasteners. If you don't want to bother with preparing the door and painting, you can, on the contrary, artificially age it.
If you have the elements of the roof from the construction, then connect the doors with them. At the bottom, you can fix the pergola on a wooden pallet using corners. Then it will not touch the ground, and the wooden parts will not rot.
If you want not only to admire such a structure, but also to have the opportunity to sit there and relax, then take:
- 4 door leaves;
- four curly brackets;
- self-tapping screws;
- fastening metal corners;
- white paint and a brush.
Doors with glass are used here as side vertical walls and a horizontal roof. Make sure that the glasses are well and securely fixed. Attach the top canvas to the vertical ones using openwork brackets in a contrasting color, and in the center using the corners. Also, using the corners, fix the horizontal door as a bench. Such a structure must be installed on a concrete base or on gravel so that the lower door leaves do not touch the ground.
By the way, if you like an openwork design and don't want to mess with painting for a long time, see how to make a pergola using carved pillars and balusters.
Each of the two pairs of carved pillars must be connected with railings and balusters at the top and bottom. A small gable roof is made on top, which unites the right and left walls of the pergola. Carved elements decorate it.
You can plant climbing plants outside one and the second wall or attach boxes, place flowers in them. The internal space can be used to make a small bench here. For this, beams or corner brackets are attached to walls 1 and 2.
There are other ideas for using old doors as well.
How to make a sink for a summer residence out of old doors?
To do this, take:
- a door;
- bars;
- planks;
- fasteners;
- countertop;
- hooks;
- two curly brackets.
Crafting workshop:
- The two bars will become the front legs of the washbasin. Choose a table base from four boards. In the countertop, you need to cut a recess in the shape of the sink, put it here, put a container from below, which will need to be poured out periodically. You can install a flexible hose under the sink, lead it into a drain system or a ditch so that water flows there.
- Four boards are fixed on the lower parts of the legs, four more are stuffed on them, which will become the lower table. Attach hooks at the top to hang towels, small garden tools here.
- 2 openwork corners are attached even higher. A shelf is fixed on them, on which flower pots are placed.
You can fill 4 beams perpendicular to the door so that the internal dimensions are the same as a large sink. Such a sink for a summer residence will be spacious. Here you can wash not only your hands, but also the dishes.
The old door in the next photo also easily turned into a country sink.
If you don't want to cut a hole in the countertop, put a washbasin, then make a comfortable table with shelves out of the door leaf.
For this, it is convenient to do small gardening chores: dive seedlings, plant flowers in pots. Hooks can be attached to the door, small garden tools can be hung on them so that it is at hand.
It is not difficult to make a flower girl out of an old sink. Attaching it to the door, pour earth here, plant plants.
Such a door does not even need to be painted, it is enough to attach it to the wall, but you can make hinges at the top for better fixation, drive nails into the wall or attach self-tapping screws, put hinges on them.
If you also have an old window that is a pity to throw away, you can turn it into one side of the table or washbasin.
The structure of the gazebo made of doors and wood
To create such a vacation spot, you will need:
- five doors;
- floorboards;
- hinges for doors;
- metal corners;
- self-tapping screws;
- a small sheet of corrugated board;
- 4 bars;
- crushed stone.
Creation plan:
- Level the site for the future structure, pour gravel here, make a base for the floor from 4 beams. Stuff boards on top of it.
- Connect the two doors that will become the back wall. Using metal corners and self-tapping screws, attach two more canvases to it at an angle of 90 degrees. These doors will become sidewalls.
- These canvases are with glass, and for the top one must use a door without glass. You need to put it at a slight angle so that the water flows down and the snow melts. To do this, either use side doors that are higher than those that have become the back wall, or attach beams cut at an angle to these side elements.
- Fix a sheet of corrugated board from above so that it is slightly larger than the gazebo on all sides. Other roofing materials can also be used. At the bottom, the doors can be attached to the floor using corners as well.
This design of the gazebo allows you to use recycled materials, it is great to save money.
The next building is also created based on the door. 3 canvases are installed at the back and one and the other side one by one. Since this structure is slightly larger than the previous one, boards need to be attached to the ceiling, but you can fix the rest of the doors here transversely, using them as the basis of the roof.
To stiffen the structure, a beam with a section of 100 or 150 mm is placed at the corners, the structure must be previously fastened at the bottom with floor fixing elements, and on top? roof details. It is pleasant to sit in such a gazebo without doors in the heat, here you can hide from the rain, since the roof will not let you get wet.
This building will appeal to both adults and children.
By the way, the children can be advised the following design. Of course, the doors must first be well connected to each other or securely fixed near the fence.
Various shelves and hooks are nailed onto them, where children can hang and put their toys and belongings. And adults can fix boxes with flowers on such structures to decorate the site. You can fix the slate board, write small messages on it to each other.
Even a lonely door, painted white, will become an excellent design element for a summer residence, if you attach a box to it, plant flowering plants in it.
Even if you have only the base of the canvas left, there is no longer glass and a plywood partition on it, such a door will still serve. At the bottom, the box is fixed on it, and from above the pots are hung on a hook.
Such vertical landscaping is perfect for a gazebo, as you can place flowers on the back of this structure. It's nice to sit in such a building in the fresh air, admire the variegated colors of plants.
But let's return to our topic to see what other design of the gazebo can be.
Four canvases will become the sidewalls and the back wall, and the fifth will turn into the roof of a light structure. As you can see, the doors need not be painted to give this corner of the summer residence a light touch of antiquity.
It seems that the next building has also been on this site for many 10 years.
It uses door leaves for its rear wall, but old windows are suitable for the side ones. An unpainted gray board is stuffed as roof elements, while the first one needs to be nailed at the bottom of the slope, and the next ones should be gradually attached from above, so that each one located higher goes onto the previous one by 1–2 cm. Then the rain will not penetrate inside.
You can also make a small shed out of the doors for storing tools. For him you will need:
- four doors;
- boards;
- bars;
- roofing material;
- fastening tools.
Make a base out of four bars, put it on cement slabs, fill the boards at the top, put 3 door leaves here, fix them in the corners and at the bottom with corners and screws. Attach two pieces vertically to the front panel. Screw the door hinges to one of them, the pair must be fixed on the door.
Nail four bars from above, fix the rafters on them, stuff the boards, fix the sheet of the roofing element.
You will get a pergola gazebo if you make just such a structure.
The doors can be used as side walls; inside there is a bench, on which a mattress is placed to be able to sit on a soft or lie down. Climbing plants are planted behind the side walls. This corner of the dacha looks amazing.
The next gazebo pergola is made in white and pink colors. Two doors without glass are suitable for her. If they have plywood underneath, leave it, if not, fill the boards here. Slats are nailed to the top of the door at an angle of 45 degrees perpendicular to each other.
The gable roof is made of rafters, boards are stuffed on top. A couch is fixed inside. All this charm is covered with pink and white paint. It remains to fix the boxes with flowers outside, put soft pillows on the bench, hang two tulle curtains at the entrance.
Glass doors can be used to make a small garden conservatory, see how amazing it looks.
Old windows will make a wonderful reliable greenhouse. It is better to cover this issue in more detail.
How to make a greenhouse from windows yourself?
It will also need secondary material left over from the repair. If you have glazed doors, get them. If these are not available, you can use a door frame by attaching the glass inside. Windows are perfect for your next mini greenhouse.
Before you make your own greenhouse, see if you have:
- cement blocks or bricks;
- bars;
- sand;
- self-tapping screws;
- windows in sufficient quantity.
The evenness of the horizontal structure during construction must be checked using a level, if necessary, make adjustments.
- First of all, you need to level the site on which you will be building. Remove the turf to a small height around the perimeter, pour sand here. Install blocks or bricks on top, it is better to connect them with cement mortar.
- When it dries, lay on top along the perimeter of the slats, fastening them with corners and self-tapping screws.
- Now the bars are vertically attached to this wooden base, the distance between two adjacent ones should be equal to the width of the window. In the next step, you will need to insert them here and fix them on the side with self-tapping screws.
- Now put the horizontal beams on top, also connect them together. Do not fill the small side wall on one side yet, as there will be an entrance here.
- Mark on the upper horizontal beams where you need to make small grooves for the rafters, make them. Fasten the roof base from above. You can also use glass frames or durable cellophane for this. If you do not want to take it off for the winter, then it is better to fix transparent polycarbonate here. From it and from the frames, you will make doors.
Here's how to properly make a greenhouse from scrap materials. You have learned how many ideas for a summer residence can be given by old doors and windows.
In conclusion, look at the intricacies of building a greenhouse from window frames. This can be useful for summer residents.
Also, you will probably be interested in a video review, which tells how the gazebo structure is assembled alone.
