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An entrance area with a feel-good factor! Who wouldn't want a chic hallway that looks inviting at first glance? Interior professionals Eva Brenner and Aneta Brüstle reveal how they use three simple hallway ideas to turn the entrance into a successful calling card for the rest of the home.
No flair, hardly any storage space and somehow meaningless: The hallway that Eva and Aneta have to design for their joint project offers plenty of space for creative ideas. The aim is to give the spacious entrance area a face and literally bring the place to life with unusual hallway furniture and accessories and subtle splashes of color.
Since a coat rack should not be missing in any entrance area and Bench seat is very comfortable when putting on shoes, the two decide on this chic hallway furniture as a hallway design. The icing on the cake should be a self-made Clock venting. Thought, planned, built.
Why spend a lot of money on designer pieces when you can build beautiful hallway furniture yourself at a reasonable price? A bench is the centerpiece of every entrance area. Whether you want to put your shoes on comfortably or use it to store your handbag, rucksack etc. - with a little skill, you can build your own practical hallway furniture in just a few simple steps.
First of all, you need to think carefully about how big the bench should be in the end and how much space is available in the hallway. Once the decision has been made, the wooden slats for the seat are carefully sawn to size. A miter saw is recommended for the angled corners. The slats for the frame and the two cross slats can also be placed under the saw blade.
The wooden slats are now given a frame. A frame for the seat is built from the pre-cut slats using screw clamps.
Extratipp: To achieve even spacing between the individual wooden slats of the seat, a wooden slat can be used as a spacer.
One wooden slat after the other can now be screwed to the frame at both ends and thus fixed in place.
Once everything is screwed in place, a crossbar is attached to the underside on the right and left to stabilize it. The feet of the bench are attached to these in the next step.
Once the seat is fully assembled, it can be primed and then painted. Here too, make sure that the surrounding area is protected with cardboard. And the purchased metal feet are also looking forward to some color. Make absolutely sure that metal lacquer is used for this.
Once the seat is fully assembled, it can be primed and then painted. Here too, make sure that the surrounding area is protected with cardboard. And the purchased metal feet are also looking forward to some color. Make absolutely sure that metal lacquer is used for this.
When everything is dry, the seat and the metal feet are screwed together.
The designer bench à la Eva and Aneta is finished
Designing a hallway doesn't have to be complicated or expensive. All it takes is a little creativity and a desire to do it yourself to literally spruce up the entrance area. Whether narrow or wide, long or short: With these three original pieces of hallway furniture, every hallway becomes an eye-catcher and warmly welcomes guests or residents.
Items of clothing find a trendy home here: The selfbuilt coat rack enhances the entrance area and puts an end to jacket chaos once and for all. The colorful wooden strips in particular give the hallway a very individual look.
Spray the plastic tray in the desired size and the cut tubes generously with WD 40 multifunctional oil. The concrete is then mixed and filled into the tub. Immediately afterwards, the pipes are inserted into the still liquid concrete. They later form the holes into which the coat rails are inserted.
Once the concrete has set a little, the pipes can be removed again, as they have now served their purpose. This must be done before the concrete has completely hardened, otherwise the pipes can no longer be loosened properly and, in the worst case, the concrete may break.
Once the concrete has hardened well, the coat stand can be removed from the tub. The first part of the hallway furniture is now ready for use.
Now it's time to use the wooden rods that will later hold jackets, coats and the like. First, they are shortened to the right length as required. A small notch is sawn into the top as a coat hook so that the garment holds securely. Then the rods are first primed so that the paint holds better.
Now you can start spraying. In order to color the sticks evenly from all sides, it is advisable to hang them outside on a clothesline or string and to hold a large cardboard box behind them while spraying to protect the surroundings.
Extra tip: To save paint, it is worth using a gravity attachment for the WAGNER spray unit. It was developed for DIY projects where only small paint volumes are used;
White walls in the hallway are always a good choice. They look clean, elegant and make the room appear larger. But a splash of color as a hallway decoration gives particularly narrow hallways that certain something. For example, this self-made wall clock.
After selecting the color(s), first spray the 12 wooden balls and the middle part of the clock - first drill a hole in each ball the size of the metal rods and then stick them on skewers.
Once the paint has dried, the balls are placed on the metal rods.
Quick and practical spraying
The quickest way to do this is, for example, with theFor example, with the - WAGNER spray unit W 600. The Gravity attachments are particularly suitable for smaller paint volumes. If you don't have a hobby workshop and don't want any paint stains on your patio floor, it's best to make a spray booth out of old cardboard boxes;
The clock can now be assembled. First, calculate the angles and distances of the 12 bars using a ruler and compass - it is important to ensure uniformity here.
The middle section of the clock is therefore provided with 12 holes, one for each bar. Once all the holes have been drilled, the rods can be inserted into the balls and fixed in place (with glue if necessary). Once all the rods are in place, the movement can also find its place.
You can now apply thick and thin materials quickly and with perfect coverage, without cables: The W 600 FLEXiO 18V cordless paint spraying system enables unlimited freedom of movement when carrying out small and large projects in the home and garden.
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