Do-it-yourself tire chair. Crafts from tires with your own hands: instructions on how to make interesting decorations and landscape design elements (105 photos). Tire ottomans for a group of friends

How can old tires be used worthily? Usually they are simply thrown away or burned in the baths. At the same time, few people think that car tires can be an excellent and durable frame for garden furniture. They are also used as interior items (office furniture, flower beds, elements of playgrounds, etc.). For this, old tires should be treated to get rid of the rubber odor. This decision is economically justified, because you will not only save yourself the trouble of buying new tables and chairs, but you will also be able to create your own business in this area.

Making furniture from old tires as a home business

Making furniture and other household items from car tires is an interesting and creative activity for people who love and know how to craft various interior elements with their own hands. If you look at this process from an economic point of view, then here its advantages are obvious, namely:

1. Cheapness and readiness of raw materials. Getting old car tires is not a problem. Initially, you can use your own stocks, and in the future you can organize collection points or even bulk purchases from the nearest landfills;
2. Fast manufacturing and simplicity. In the release of various products, the speed of creation of one unit of goods plays an important role. With hard work, you will be able to create a few simple furnishings a day. More complex orders may take several days to complete;
3. Product quality and its resistance to various adverse factors. Tires for cars are mechanically stable, while being able to withstand significant weight, they are not affected by weather factors, heating and cooling. This greatly affects the selling price of the product;
4. Wide sales market. Simple designs can be sold for country residences and summer cottages, and more complex compositions are perfect for buying in apartments and houses;

Tire furniture photo:

Below are a few simple master classes in which you can learn your first skills and try to make your own models by looking at a step-by-step photo.

How to make original furniture from tires with your own hands

Before the very process of creating furniture, of course, the tires must be pre-processed. To do this, they are washed, dried, treated with an alcohol solution or acetone solution. If you want to give a car tire a certain color, then it is better to use acrylic, alkyd or specialized paint (on rubber). There are many ways to create furniture from car tires. Here are some instructions for implementing the theory into practice:

1. Comfortable armchair. One bus will be the base and the other two will be the legs. The tires, which act as support, are cut in half and then attached to the seat with nuts or bolts. A plastic sheet or tree of the appropriate size is installed on top of the seat.
2. Another way to create a chair. Several car tires are taken with a pre-prepared slot (a backrest made of plywood or plastic is placed in it). The backrest is secured with bolts or wire. The base can be stuffed with soft foam rubber, pillows or a hard seat.
3. The table can be made from several tires that form a rigid base, and a piece of plywood that will act as a work surface.
4. If you need a pouf, then take several tires from the car, connect them together, and fill the space inside with pillows or foam rubber wrapped in fabric. Wheels can be additionally attached to the structure for movement.

But this is just the "skeleton" of your furniture. You will have to work hard on finishing to give the product its final look. You can make upholstery, rope braided cover, or a removable fabric cover. It all depends only on your imagination. The surface of the table can be decorated with a pattern or decorative plastic sheets can be attached. So the design will take on a finished presentation.

DIY tire furniture master class:

Business profitability

It is extremely difficult to assess the profitability of this venture. It all depends on the quality and appearance of the finished product, as well as the ability to organize a sales market. The absence of competition and complete freedom in this area does not imply the presence of any average market price for the product.

Potential buyers at the initial stages can be your neighbors and acquaintances. In the future, you can offer your services to shops specializing in the sale of unusual and creative furniture for homes and backyards.

DIY furniture from old tires:

With a well-established marketing of goods, the benefits of such a business are beyond doubt. The absence of rent, the availability and cheapness of raw materials, as well as the speed of production of the finished product, will quickly recoup the cost of the tool and unforeseen expenses.

Where only today old tires are not used today. But flower beds and sandboxes are commonplace, because old rubber can also serve as furniture. You probably won't be able to make a sofa, though ...

But such creative chairs can be made easily. Not to say that this is the height of aesthetics, but it is reliable and, most importantly, unusual. And if you wish, you can make a whole set of furniture, as in the picture: a table, chairs, an ottoman, you can think of something else.

You will have to tinker a little with the harnesses, but this is not such a problem, you can not necessarily use this option, but make a solid seat. Imagine, and everything will work out.

For example, it is very easy to make ottomans. Since the backs do not need to be attached to them, the whole work consists in to make old tires beautifully decorated... That is, if you just sheathe them with dense fabric, then the ottoman is ready.

Such options are a little more complicated, but on the other hand, upholstered furniture is obtained, as from a store.

Or such an option. You just need to figure out how to fill the middle. You can also attach the legs.

For such chairs and ottomans you need a table. But there are no problems with this at all, you just need to pick up a flat tabletop. In this case, glass is used. Stylish, of course, but not very practical. Not many dare put a tire table in the city living room, and in the country it is better to use a table top made of plastic or wood.

Where to put old tires? This question worries many; in Russia, about a million car tires are thrown away every year. Summer residents actively use this resource to create crafts from tires for the garden, and they are also actively decorating front gardens in city yards.

Crafts from car tires

The most common tire crafts are flower beds. In order to make a simple flower bed, it is enough to use a small piece of plywood, tires and paint.

We cut out a circle from plywood, in diameter it should cover the bottom of the tire, use self-tapping screws to fasten it and paint the resulting flower bed in any color. When the paint dries, we set the flower bed in the right place and cover it with earth, plant flowers.

Large flower bed

Necessary materials:

• Three tires
• Gloves
• Wax pencil (you can use chalk)
• Sharp knife
• Electric jigsaw or grinder
• Galvanized nails
• Paint (one or more colors)

On each tire we draw petals for cutting, if you use a wax pencil, it will additionally lubricate the place of the cut. The ends can be made smooth or pointed, with a knife we ​​cut out the contours of the petals.

We cut the resulting blanks into two parts with an electric jigsaw, after which we turn each part inside out. We connect the parts in pairs using galvanized nails, and then assemble the flower bed together.

You can also use four parts (two tires) for a flower bed. We paint the flowerbed in one or more colors and, after drying, set it on a flat area with the petals up. Fill the inside with soil and plant flowers.

Tire coffee table and ottoman

Materials:

• Plywood
• Tire
• Self-tapping screws
• Rope rope
• Castors (for table version)
• Thermo gun

Two circles must be cut out of plywood, with a diameter that covers the tire, and fastened to the wheel with self-tapping screws. We wrap the workpiece with a rope so that the layers fit snugly against each other, securing it with a thermo gun. For the top, we twist the rope in a spiral, fix it with a thermo gun.

The ottoman is ready, for the coffee table we screw the wheels to the bottom. It looks beautiful and unusual, it is also suitable for apartment use, the only drawback may be the weight of the product.

All work must be done with gloves and with extreme care to protect your hands from cuts. There are a lot of options for handicrafts for the garden from tires, you can make small fences, large flower beds for flowers and seedlings from them, they also make garden furniture (tables and chairs), various ottomans for the veranda.

Crafts from old tires for children

It is possible to make a playground with your own hands using tires. Two types of swings, sandboxes and decorations for the playground can be made of them.

A large sandbox can be made by analogy with the previous master class with a large flower bed, if you add one or two more tires, you get a sandbox for the entire yard.

Swing number 1

Necessary materials:

• Tire
• Self-tapping screws
• Dye
• Old seat belts

We paint the tire and wait for the paint to dry completely. We close the hole inside the tire with seat belts, fix them with self-tapping screws. We oblige the tire with chains on both sides (strong ropes and cables can be used). We fix the swing on the tree, if there is no suitable place, you can make the basis for the swing from a bar.

Swing number 2

Necessary materials:

• Tire
• Board and timber
• Bulgarian
• Self-tapping screws
• Dye

For the swing you need a large wheel, cut it in half. We cut out two beams to strengthen the base of the swing, the size of the width of the tire. We make seats for the swing from the board, the board should protrude 40 cm on both sides. We paint all the blanks in the desired color.

After drying, we insert the bar into the tire, from the side of the cuts and fix it on both sides with self-tapping screws. After that, we evenly expose the board for the seat and screw it to the reinforcing bars with self-tapping screws. Swing handles can be made from old doorknobs, cable, or rope. We make a second swing from the second part of the tire.

It's easy for creative people to come up with and make useful things out of anything. Tires can be easily used to create furniture and more. Various photos of tire crafts can be found on the Internet, with their help you can find inspiration and improve crafts, adapt them for yourself, or make the same.

Photo of handicrafts from tires with your own hands

It is always nice to make something useful out of a junk thing, and if the craft is also beautiful, it is a double pleasure. One example is tire crafts. They make decorations for a summer cottage or garden plot, various flowerpots and flower beds, build children's attractions and even make country furniture - tables and armchairs.

Beds and flower beds made of tires

Let's start with the most, perhaps, simple flower beds and flower beds. Do you think it is difficult to make a multi-tiered one? Maybe, but not from tires. Take several pieces of different sizes, paint in bright colors and fold them in a slide - one on top of the other. To prevent your slide from falling apart, fasten the tires from the inside with a screwdriver and self-tapping screws. Two for one connection will suffice. You fill in the soil inside, plant the plants. To prevent the soil from spilling out, you can cover the tire inside with a piece. It will remove excess water, but will not allow the earth to get enough sleep. A beautiful tiered flower garden is ready.

If you like flower beds of the correct shape, you can make these. For example, by folding a flower bed in the shape of a chamomile from tires. First, the tires are laid out and fastened together in the lower tier. Fill the middle of the tires with earth, as well as the free space inside the circle. Broken brick or other construction waste can be placed there for better drainage, sprinkled with earth a little on top and tamped. The second tier is laid out on the prepared surface, stepping back from the edge by more than half the diameter of the tire. They are also fastened together, the middle is covered with soil, and the core is placed on top. At the very top, tall flowers can be planted, and on the lower tiers - curb or undersized.

Another option for a flower bed made of tires in the form of chamomile is in one tier. To complete it, you will have to cut the tires.

How to cut tires

In general, when making crafts from tires, they often need to be cut. This is far from easy. It is more or less easy to cut the side surface from the tread. People with strong hands and good knives do it by hand. Good, by the way, training for the hands and the entire shoulder girdle. If you are going to cut with a knife, lubricate the blade with grease: rubber constantly "wedges" the metal, and the blade covered with grease slips well.

You can also cut off the sidewall with a jigsaw or a grinder. Cutting with a grinder is relatively quick, but the stench is wild. Therefore, with a grinder, even if it is, only the first cut is made so that the jigsaw file can be inserted. Then they work with this tool. For cutting rubber, take a reverse-tooth blade made of good steel.

If you have to cut the protector, doing it with a jigsaw or even more so with a knife is useless. Anyway, with an ordinary knife. Blades made of special steel can cut even an iron cord, but hardly anyone wants to disfigure such a tool on an old tire. Therefore, they work most often with a grinder. To avoid trouble, the protector is fixed: always think about safety. If the sidewalls have already been cut off, the tread band is quite elastic and can be squeezed with a clamp. When cut, it will not spring back.

Flowerpot from the wheel: turn out the tires

If you have a tire with an old rim, you can make a flowerpot with a leg out of it.

To do this, cut one sidewall along the tread. And they turn it out. This is not an easy matter: considerable physical strength and perseverance are required. Rubber is elastic and you can't turn it out the first time. If nothing at all, notches are made on the outside across the tread. They should be quite deep, but not cross-cutting. It will also help if you make cuts along the edge with a depth of at least 5-7 centimeters. They will look like a fringe on an inverted tire.

Why do they turn it out? The inner surface is smoother, and the shape can turn out to be more interesting, especially if the edge is not linear, but jagged. You will get a gracefully bent decoration.

For details on how to turn the tire out, see the video.

Likewise, you can turn out a tire without a rim. The sequence of actions is the same. First, cut off one of the sidewalls - straight or in a zigzag. To make the "petals" even, it is advisable to mark them. It is convenient to do this with chalk. At the mark, they are then cut with a jigsaw or a knife (if the cord is synthetic).

They turn it out like this: they step on the inside of the tire, grab the edge with their hands and pull it up and towards themselves. It is important to achieve the first result: when at least some part bends. If the tire looks like the photo below, it is already a success. It is developed by sequentially turning the edge inside out and standing on the already turned out part - so that it does not turn out back.

Watch the process again in the video. This time, the tire is turned inside out without a wheel (cut, by the way, with a knife).

Even in itself, such a tire turned inside out looks good. If you paint it, it gets even better. If desired, they can be combined - different colors, sizes, differently set: on the bus or on the legs.

A high flower bed always looks beautiful. Especially with ampelous plants. It can also be made from tires, and there are several possibilities. In the photo below, there are two ways to secure the trimmed tires at different levels. The first is to use hemp for this, to which the flowerpots are attached with nails or self-tapping screws. The second is to use reinforcement - three four rods, on which to put on rubber. Having set the tier at the required level, it must be fixed, on metal this can only be done with the help of clamps.

It is not always possible to put a flowerpot on the ground: some areas are so developed that it is problematic to single out one square meter. For this case, people came up with various hanging flowerpots, and also - from old tires. Only a small part of the whole tire remains, so you have to cut a lot ... be patient. For example, you can make hanging pots in the shape of a dolphin, parrot, rooster and other outlandish birds. See a few ideas not photos.

Tire cache-pot - parrot, rooster and dolphin

All these crafts are made from tires. Only a small part of them - the heads - are often made of dense foam. Having cut and polished a part of the desired shape, it is fastened with self-tapping screws, greased with glue (this is a secret, remember), and then paint. How to make a parrot out of a tire, see the video.

Below are laid out step-by-step photos, which capture the main stages of creating a table or ottoman from a tire. You will need two more circles of plywood or fiberboard of a suitable diameter; hemp rope is used for finishing. From the materials at hand, you will need glue and a glue gun, as well as varnish and a brush for applying it. To connect the circles with the tire, you will also need self-tapping screws - 8-10 pieces on each side.

Next, we take a glue gun and heat up the glue, apply it to the sidewall. If there is no such luxury in the household, take glue, which is in a larger tube, such as "liquid nails". It is easier for them to work with an assembly gun. Apply a strip to the sidewall, glue the hemp rope. So - to the very top.

Using the same technology, we decorate the table cover (ottoman). You need to start laying from the middle: apply glue, lay the rope.

Finishing work - applying varnish. We do it slowly, soaking well. This is what you should get as a result. If you made a table, you can put glass on top - a rope, even varnished, is not the best covering for a table, although it is beautiful ...

Variety can be achieved with the cover. It can be sewn from a dense material you like.

Nice ottoman ...

Can be knitted - large knitting looks interesting.

Large knit knitted cover - looks interesting

If you don't want to sew and knit, you can use old knitwear cut into strips. They are cut into long strips 3-5 cm thick, wound into balls and then wrapped around an ottoman. It turns out interesting, especially if several colors are combined.

If you need a taller ottoman, twist the two tires together with self-tapping screws, and work with them in this form.

See another option in the video

The garden, summer cottage and backyard plots are the pride of the owners, here you can embody the most original design solutions, using simple landscape design techniques to functionally decorate the space, making the rest as convenient and comfortable as possible. Garden furniture takes a special place in the improvement process, considering photos with examples, you can choose the best design option, make a chair out of tires with your own hands and divide the site into a recreation and work area.

A worn-out rubber tire can become an inexpensive and affordable raw material for the manufacture of various pieces of furniture, if the choice is on chairs located in the recreation area, then it is important to think over the design of the structure in advance, there are many types of furniture:

• armchairs with backrests, armrests and ottomans. Stable and comfortable, they can be installed separately in the garden or next to the house, in gazebos, if desired, whole compositions and sets are created;

Armchair with backrest

• products with a combination of materials. Original armchairs made of tires can be complemented by decor made of inexpensive plywood, rough and soft fabrics, ropes and ropes that are especially popular;

Tire armchair with original cover

• mobile and stationary structures. Having equipped the chair with fittings from old home furniture, you can freely move the structure around the terrace, place it in rainy weather under a canopy, in a gazebo.

Sun loungers with a table

A high-quality and reliable chair made of tires with your own hands can be made independently, this requires a little skill, the ability to use ordinary construction tools and a desire to transform the territory.

Selection of materials and stages of self-production

Having chosen the design you like from the options presented in the photographs, it is necessary to draw up a project and strictly follow the instructions, observing the manufacturing steps to obtain the maximum result:

• selection of tools. To process wheels and durable rubber with a cord thread, you will need a construction stapler, a well-sharpened knife, a set of self-tapping screws, a silicone-based sealant or liquid nails, a screwdriver or a portable screwdriver;
• preparation of materials. When making a chair from old tires, it is necessary to prepare in advance several tires of the same or different diameters, select additional materials for decoration and decoration, choose an aerosol, facade paint that is combined with textiles;
• manufacturing process. In the course of work, it is important to take into account safety principles, it is especially important to remember them when cutting a tire, connecting structural elements and forming a finished product, treating joints with a sealant, cleaning open areas for applying paint;
• installation of the structure. When constructing a chair from a tire of any modification, all work can be carried out directly at the installation site, if desired, the preparation and painting of the elements is carried out in the garage, under a canopy, and their fixation in a dedicated recreation area.

The rubber that has worked out its resource lends itself well to processing, is cut and has good plasticity, requiring reinforced fixation, ready-made chairs from old tires have high wear resistance and look great in the garden or at home, on an open terrace.

An example of a quick and easy way to make an ottoman out of old tires

The wheel of the correct size must be thoroughly washed. Two circles are cut out of the plywood. One along the diameter of the inner part of the tire, and the second along the outside Four legs are cut out of the board
For curly legs, you will need a jigsaw. We attach the legs to the base circle and reinforce with bars. We paint and glue the legs, and then we fix them with corners
Apply glue to the base and apply the wheel. Spread glue on top of it. Glue the top cover.
We glue the tire with a rope For gluing, it is better to use hot melt glue You can additionally paint the legs
Ready ottoman

Knowing how to make a chair from tires, you can independently make several mobile ottomans, for which you do not need to study a master class, their presentable appearance and comfort of use will delight the hosts and guests for a long time. Modular structures are created by attaching one bus to another, adjusting the height based on your own preferences, a seat cut from plywood is fixed on top, which can be decorated with fabric.

On our portal, everyone can find photos and videos of detailed production of garden furniture from a variety of materials, in the article we showed that it is not difficult to make any designs on their own, and the results will delight the owners of personal plots and summer cottages.