Find out how to quickly turn a cardboard box into a false fireplace, make it from plywood, drywall. How to sew New Year's socks to decorate the portal with them. The content of the article:
- Fireplace from boxes
- Plywood portal
- Drywall hearth
- What socks to sew
Many people can make a decorative fireplace. It will become a wonderful piece of furniture. Looking at a cozy corner with a fireplace, you can relax and think only good things. It is not for nothing that when they talk about the positive climate in the family, they remember the hearth.
DIY artificial fireplace from boxes
A pressed paper container will help create a home that will cost you almost nothing.
For this you will need:
- 10 identical cardboard boxes;
- Scotch;
- glue;
- White paper;
- Styrofoam, paper, paints or self-adhesive film with a "brick" pattern.
To make a beautiful false fireplace, first put 2 boxes side by side on the edge, connect them with tape. Install exactly the same container at the top, attach in the same way.
Next, arrange 4 other boxes in the same way. The resulting 2 posts of the portal for the fireplace you need to connect with a cross member from the boxes at the top using adhesive tape. She will also help to wrap the blank with paper.
Facing an artificial fireplace can be done in several ways. Cut rectangular sheets of thick paper, cover them with red paint. When it's dry, stick to the face of the fireplace.
You can cut and color the foam sheets in the same way. If you have self-adhesive tape on your farm, use it.
Place candles in the fireplace niche (taking fire safety precautions) and see how cozy your home becomes. With a garland in the hearth, artificial fireplaces look mysterious and romantic.
If you bought a plasma, do not throw away the box. It also makes stylish fireplaces that look great! From such a container with a sharp construction knife, you need to cut off the bottom and make a horizontal cut in the center on the front panel, stepping back 20 cm from the top.
Turn one and the other side of the side panel inward, fix them with glue. If you do not have a solid box, but have sheets of cardboard, use them.
Now it's time to decorate the fake fireplace to make it look like a real one. Glue the styrofoam stucco elements. You can use a white rubber based sealant. Squeezing a small trickle from a tube in a construction gun, feel like a real sculptor.
It is better to put all sorts of curls on a file or transparent film, under which the drawing of the elements lies, but you can also directly on the fireplace portal. It's even easier to draw them with a marker or pencil directly on the cardboard surface. Of course, if there is no scotch tape or extraneous images on it.
And here is another imitation of a fireplace, which can also be made from cardboard. For such a hearth symbol, you will need:
- rectangular box, for example, from under a flat-panel TV;
- knife;
- ruler;
- plywood sheet;
- cardboard;
- PVA glue;
- white and gold paint;
- whatman paper;
- foam and baseboards made of this material;
- masking tape;
- special glue for PVC.
Put the box in its original position, bend its far sides, pulling the near ones forward. Mark the hole inside with a knife, semicircular on top, bend its edges inward, seal with tape.
Cut out a rectangular element from cardboard, insert it horizontally into the firebox. Saw a tabletop out of a sheet of plywood. If you don't have this material, cut it out of thick cardboard.
Cover it with white Whatman paper. Decorate with styrofoam skirting boards. Cut out several rectangular elements from the same material, glue them to the false fireplace. Decorate the hearth with gold paint, let it decorate the room.
How to make an artificial portal out of plywood
If you want to make a durable thing, then take denser materials. The drawing will help you make precise details. For work, take:
- plywood;
- bars;
- self-tapping screws;
- hacksaw;
- screwdriver or screwdriver.
First, make a frame from a bar. Its front part consists of two identical crossbeams, four identical vertical posts and six small bars, with the help of which this part will be attached to the back side of the fireplace, to which the same 6 small bars must also be screwed with self-tapping screws.
This, the second part of the portal, will be located against the wall. It is almost the same as the first one, but 2 vertical bars are nailed at the top. Now attach the inner plywood sheets, then the outer ones. You can decorate a false fireplace or leave it that way.
Installation of an artificial hearth made of plasterboard
A plasterboard fireplace looks very stylish. To make it, you need the following materials: drywall, fasteners, drywall profile, paint, finishing materials, putty.
And these tools will help you make a stylish drywall fireplace.
- screwdriver;
- aluminum profile;
- scissors for metal;
- puncher;
- plumb line;
- level;
- putty knife;
- pencil;
- ruler;
- brush.
Fireplaces for an apartment can be made of moisture-resistant or ordinary drywall, but it is not recommended to use a ceiling one, as it is thin. Decide on the shape and size of the future home. Usually these are attached directly to the wall. Apply markings on it and get started.
There are markings on the wall, attach an aluminum profile here. It will play the role of a supporting structure. Based on the dimensions of the drawing, attach the frame to the wall with anchors, and then the protruding elements. Sheathe the frame with plasterboard sheets.
Now you can start finishing. Before painting, it is necessary to carefully putty the artificial fireplace, let this layer dry, prime it, and after a while apply the finishing putty. You also need to walk on it with a primer.
Now is the time to apply acrylic or water-based paint. The decoration of the fireplace may be different. If you want to glue artificial stone or tiles to the portal, then the structure must have sufficient rigidity.
The hearth looks beautiful, which is decorated with Venetian plaster, putty is applied using a special technology so that this material looks like granite, wood or crocodile skin.
You can use this portal as an artificial fireplace by putting light bulbs or decorative firewood in the hearth. The latter are easy to do by yourself. Take a thick branch or thin trunk of a tree. Saw it on wood 22-25 cm long. Paint their ends. To do this, you can use not one, but several shades.
If you reliably insulate the inner surface of the portal with heat-insulating material, you can install an electric fireplace panel inside it. Then the hearth will not only decorate, but also heat the room.
Such fireplaces can be decorated with boots, which are hung up for the New Year and put gifts in them. If you want a festive atmosphere not only in winter, but also at other times, you can leave this element of the fireplace decor on it.
What socks to sew for the fireplace
You can hang such socks on the fireplace portal. If you bought ready-made boots for gifts, you can decorate them yourself by sticking a wavy white braid or, for example, sewing on buttons, brooches.
If you want to sew socks with your own hands, then you can choose a very interesting option. These New Year's boots are created from ribbons on the front side and lining.
Zoom in on the drawing of the boot and redraw it onto a piece of paper. Then attach the pattern to the plain fabric folded in half, cut out. This is the lining.
For the front side, sew the ribbons into a single piece. Fold it in half, attach it to the pattern, cut along its borders. Now sew 2 boots - from ribbons and plain fabric. This white sock must be inserted into the colored one so that the seams are inside.
Tuck the sock on top, bending this edge inward, hem, sew on a loop of threads, for which you will hang the sock on the fireplace portal. It can be decorated with a boot where the name of the child will be written. Then all children will know exactly where his gift lies.
To do such a thing with your own hands, take:
- plain canvas;
- crayon;
- fabric application;
- synthetic winterizer;
- scissors;
- wide braid.
Redraw the pattern on the main fabric, cut the New Year's applique to decorate the bootleg. Place it on the boot, placing a piece of padding polyester, sweep around the edge. Sew a wide tape along the top.
If you have a thick fabric such as felt, then only use that. If the fabric is thin, sew the boot separately from the lining fabric, stitch it inside the main one.
Write the child's name first with chalk and then with outline paints. You can also decorate a fireplace with this garland of socks. To do this, you first need to sew a few boots, then stitch a ribbon or rope to them.
To do this, sew a loop to each, then combine the socks. Put sweets for children inside and hang on the fireplace portal. Here's how to make it from simple materials and decorate it for the New Year or another day with boots for gifts.
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