If you are the owner of an old and unnecessary bathroom, do not rush to throw it away. We will show you how to make a soft and comfortable sofa out of your cast iron bath.
1. Measure and mark the places where you would like to cut out the bathroom piece for the sofa. We advise you to make the lines straight, so it will be easier to cut.
2. Cut along the lines with a grinder. Don't forget to wear safety goggles. Be careful, because the fragments are very sharp. When trimming is nearing completion, hold the cut sheet so that it does not fall and damage the enamel inside the tub.
3. Sand the edges with a grinder. They must be even and smooth for safe use.
1. It is necessary to clean the bottom of the bath from old paint. Use sandpaper, a hand scraper, or any other tool of your choice.
2. Use a solvent to remove paint residue. Obviously, all the paint won't come off, but that's okay. A little Provence wouldn't hurt.
3. You can seal the edges of the tub with masking tape or film. 4. The drain hole can be removed or left. At your discretion.
Grinding is a responsible and long process
1. Prime. A couple coats of primer won't hurt.
2. Unscrew and prime the legs of the bathroom. Paint over them a couple of times.
3. Paint the tub. Paint and color of your choice. You can take any facade paint.
1. Take foam rubber - this will be the bottom of the sofa. Measure the inside width and length of the bathtub and cut to size for the bottom.
2. Take pillows and wrap them in a batting blanket. Cover with cloth. Fold the edges over and tuck them around the edges of the foam.
3. You can sew a cover.
A do-it-yourself sofa from an old bath is ready. Now you can sit down and rest.
When a long-awaited overhaul takes place in an apartment, many are driven by a single desire - to quickly get rid of old things in the house, as a result of which most of them begin to safely move to the balcony, garage or cottage. When it comes to renovating a bathroom, the burning question is what to do with an old cast-iron bathtub? It has been serving properly for so many years that it is a pity to throw it away and there is no place and no reason to store such a heavy large-sized attribute of plumbing. The ideas in this article will help solve this problem, showing how you can make a so-called upgrade and give new life to an old bath.
Small ponds and ponds are always in perfect harmony with the landscape design of the suburban area. Building a small pond on your own is not difficult if you have an old bathtub. Such a pond will look most natural if the bath is buried almost to the very edges in the ground. In the place where it is planned to organize a pond, it is necessary to make markings based on the size of the bath, dig a hole corresponding to its parameters. Next, plug the side and bottom drain holes with a wooden plug wrapped in a cloth. From the inside, it is better to paint the bathtub black so that the bottom of the bathtub does not shine with an unnatural whiteness. However, if you do not plan to periodically drain the water from the pond and clean the surface of the bath, then after a certain amount of time the bath itself will take on a natural appearance due to adhering dirt, plant residues and waste products of insects. And here are some more ways.
Stones can be laid around the pond, plants such as loosestrife, bluebells, iris, ferns, and bergenia can be planted. You can also decorate the pond with lanterns and various figurines of animals and birds.
With some effort and creativity, you can turn an old bathtub into a stylish and original sofa. It can be placed both on the summer cottage itself and in the house. To realize this idea, it is necessary to mark a cut line on one of the sides of the bathtub and remove the excess part with a grinder. The edges should be smoothed and then painted outside and inside the bath in any colors you like, suitable for the interior of the room. After painting on the cut edges, fix the edging. Decorative trims should be glued to the legs with liquid nails. A mattress and pillows are placed on the bottom of the bathroom. The sofa is ready.
Making an excellent flower bed from an old bathtub is not difficult. Plus, it's almost ready. You can bury the bath completely in the ground, as in the case of a pond, then fill it with earth and plant plants. And you can leave the bath to stand on its legs or dig only the legs into the ground. At the same time, the outside of the bath should be painted and you can even turn on all your imagination and paint the bath with beautiful patterns. Also, for the purpose of decoration, you can lay out a mosaic on the outside of the bath from chipped tiles. And a few more ideas for your garden.
Many summer residents use an old bathtub as a container for storing water in the country. But in order for the old bath not to spoil the appearance of the summer cottage, you can easily build a funny cow out of it as in the photo, which will give a smile and good mood to all family members and neighbors. Such an excellent cow can also be used as a mini pool for children.
In general, you can breathe new life into any old thing, embody it in a different form, use it for a different purpose. An old bathtub is an excellent material for creating truly amazing and most importantly functional decor elements for a summer cottage, whether it is a picturesque flower bed, a quiet pond in a thicket of plants, a stylish sofa, an original water storage tank or even a mini pool.
Elvira Goleva for the site
An old cast-iron bathtub is a valuable item, so throwing it away or scrapping it is not the smartest thing to do. Experienced gardeners take the bowl to the dacha and build things useful in the household from it. A few examples of the use of the font will be useful to novice gardeners.
Cast iron fonts are extremely practical products, the service life of which is at least 50 years. The material resists corrosion, thanks to a special protective film it easily tolerates temperature fluctuations, does not emit harmful substances into the ground.
When the enamel layer is snapped off, the area of the defect is cleaned and covered with acrylic paint.
Here are some of the benefits of cast iron tubs:
And now about how baths are used in the country.
The smooth shapes of the walls and the bottom are a ready-made frame for the construction of armchairs, a sofa. From one bowl, 3 pieces of furniture are obtained - a pair of chairs and a table. There will be only one sofa.
They do it like this:
The edges are polished, the seat is equipped with a warm mattress or pillows - you're done. External decor to the taste of the owner - staining, mosaic. To make a sofa, cut out one large wall, leaving the other three walls. The cuts are also polished, a soft bedding is made on the seat.
To prevent the legs of the bathtub from pushing through the ground or wooden floors, thick pieces of rubber stopper are put on them.
The most difficult thing is to choose the place of the future flower bed, the rest will take just a couple of minutes:
Everything is ready. The outer planes are decorated with broken tiles, stones - fixing with glue Moment. The walls are painted, painted and even made a “hill” - pots of flowers are placed on the soil so that they grow to the edge of the bath, covering the outer walls.
On a limited area of \u200b\u200bthe site in the bathroom, a multi-tiered flower bed is being built. They put a frame with shelves, stretch the film and install flower boxes. The soil in the bowl is the first level, the rest are raised with shelves to the desired height.
If you install a bathtub in the corner of the garden adjacent to the wall, start up a cascading fountain - the relaxation zone will make you forget about gardening forever.
Plug the drain and overflow holes, fill the bowl and let stand in the sun. Warm water is much better for watering than cold water. Plants do not experience stress from temperature changes; soft settled moisture will not burn young crop bushes. So that the device does not look too defiant, the sides are painted, tightened with a film or decorated in another way.
When choosing a color, dark shades are preferred - they conduct heat better, the water heats up faster.
A sore back and knees do not allow you to stand on the beds for a long time - take a bath. To make a high warm bed for any crops, take:
Any crops are planted - even capricious eggplants will quickly grow on such soil. The high sides of the bath allow you to care for plants without tilting.
To get rid of weeds, the surface of the beds is mulched with newspapers and straw. The coating will not miss weeds, but will not interfere with the growth of zucchini, tomatoes, etc.
A high bed from the bath is covered with a frame of rods and a film is stretched - the greenhouse for cucumbers is ready. The frame is made to the desired height, instead of a film, they take lutrasil. The membrane will provide ventilation, but will not allow cold air to pass to the plants. Cucumbers grow especially well in such greenhouses.
Of course, a large pool will not work out of a bath, but the kids will be happy to splash in the warm water in the fresh air. The principle of constructing a pool or pond is the same:
Now water for the pool is drawn into the font - by pulling the hose through the overflow hole. To build a pond, flowers in pots are lowered to the bottom, fountains are built, etc. Visible surfaces and soil around the bowl are also decorated in any chosen way.
The depth of the pit depends on the height of the sides of the font and the desire of the owner. The standard is considered a deepening of 2/3 of the height of the walls.
And more options for using the bath in the country:
To build a multi-tiered oven, the font is placed on the side wall (short). Now the container is marked out, in the lower part there is a firebox, and in the middle part there is a barbecue or stove for cooking dinner.
When a long-awaited overhaul takes place in an apartment, many are driven by a single desire - to quickly get rid of old things in the house, as a result of which most of them begin to safely move to the balcony, garage or cottage. When it comes to renovating a bathroom, the burning question is what to do with an old cast-iron bathtub? It has been serving properly for so many years that it is a pity to throw it away and there is no place and no reason to store such a heavy large-sized attribute of plumbing. The ideas in this article will help solve this problem, showing how you can make a so-called upgrade and give new life to an old bath.
Small ponds and ponds are always in perfect harmony with the landscape design of the suburban area. Building a small pond on your own is not difficult if you have an old bathtub. Such a pond will look most natural if the bath is buried almost to the very edges in the ground. In the place where it is planned to organize a pond, it is necessary to make markings based on the size of the bath, dig a hole corresponding to its parameters. Next, plug the side and bottom drain holes with a wooden plug wrapped in a cloth. From the inside, it is better to paint the bathtub black so that the bottom of the bathtub does not shine with an unnatural whiteness. However, if you do not plan to periodically drain the water from the pond and clean the surface of the bath, then after a certain amount of time the bath itself will take on a natural appearance due to adhering dirt, plant residues and waste products of insects. And here are other ways to make a pond in the country with your own hands.
Stones can be laid around the pond, plants such as loosestrife, bluebells, iris, ferns, and bergenia can be planted. You can also decorate the pond with lanterns and various figurines of animals and birds.
With some effort and creativity, you can turn an old bathtub into a stylish and original sofa. It can be placed both on the summer cottage itself and in the house. To realize this idea, it is necessary to mark a cut line on one of the sides of the bathtub and remove the excess part with a grinder. The edges should be smoothed and then painted outside and inside the bath in any colors you like, suitable for the interior of the room. After painting on the cut edges, fix the edging. Decorative trims should be glued to the legs with liquid nails. A mattress and pillows are placed on the bottom of the bathroom. The sofa is ready.
Making an excellent flower bed from an old bathtub is not difficult. Plus, it's almost ready. You can bury the bath completely in the ground, as in the case of a pond, then fill it with earth and plant plants. And you can leave the bath to stand on its legs or dig only the legs into the ground. At the same time, the outside of the bath should be painted and you can even turn on all your imagination and paint the bath with beautiful patterns. Also, for the purpose of decoration, you can lay out a mosaic on the outside of the bath from chipped tiles. And a few more ideas for a homemade flower bed from old things for your summer cottage.
Many summer residents use an old bathtub as a container for storing water in the country. But in order for the old bath not to spoil the appearance of the summer cottage, you can easily build a funny cow out of it as in the photo, which will give a smile and good mood to all family members and neighbors. Such an excellent cow can also be used as a mini pool for children.
An interesting idea for arranging a water storage
In general, you can breathe new life into any old thing, embody it in a different form, use it for a different purpose. An old bathtub is an excellent material for creating truly amazing and most importantly functional decor elements for a summer cottage, whether it is a picturesque flower bed, a quiet pond in a thicket of plants, a stylish sofa, an original water storage tank or even a mini pool.
Elvira Goleva for Decorwind.ru
Everyone knows that at present furniture has a very considerable cost. Moreover, this applies to absolutely everything, and sofas, and chairs, and shelves and everything else. Probably the only way to save money in this case is to buy furniture in bulk. Although, here it is still necessary to mention self-production. Much furniture is made by hand, and there are many ways to accomplish this task. Specifically, in this guide, we presented you with a master class on making a small sofa from the bath.In order to make a sofa you will need the following:
Bath;
bathtub cutting tool;
felt-tip pen;
soft seat;
dye;
bath legs.
As for the tools, it all depends on what exactly the bath is made of. It's one thing if it's acrylic and quite another if it's cast iron. By the way, it will be much easier in the case of an acrylic product, a steel bathtub is a good option, but you will have to tinker with a cast-iron bathtub. We also note that cast iron products always have a very large weight. Well, in general, here, of course, it's up to you.
Initially, you need to modify the bath. The task is to remove one of the sidewalls, it must be cut out. For this purpose, depending on the material, you can use a grinder or autogen, acrylic can be cut, including with a jigsaw. The main thing is that the cut is even. By the way, that's why you need to markup first. To do this, you actually need a marker. Also, if the surface of the bathtub is stained and if it is not beautiful at all, you will need to fix it.
In any case, the edges of the cut must be rounded. When the cutting is done, you can install the legs. Note that they can be painted, however, like the sofa body.
As for the seat, you can do it yourself. You need to sew a small mattress. To do this, you need foam rubber, synthetic winterizer, as well as a dense and at the same time delicate fabric. And, of course, you will need a sewing machine, as well as a needle, thread and a soft meter. First you need to cut out the base from the synthetic winterizer and foam rubber. Then on this basis you need to sew a cover. By the way, it would be nice if it is removable. For this you need lightning.
That's basically it. As you can see, the task is not very difficult. Every home master will be able to cope with the creation of such a sofa. Well, as for materials, finding an old bathtub is now not a big deal, just like sewing a small mattress.
