Features of car furniture, what it is. How old cars are turned into beautiful furniture Furniture made from car seats

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Cars, motorcycles and planes are not only a way to get from point A to point B, in some cases they become classic design, that embodies your personality.

So it's no surprise that people are turning some of the world's most beautiful cars into part of their home decor.

Designer furniture

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Part of a Marlboro McLaren Formula 1 engine (1984-1987 seasons).

Mini Cooper table.

Pool table from a 1965 Ford Mustang.

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Unusual transport

The car is a shoe made by a craftsman from Hyderabad, India.

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This incredible pool table vehicle moves on three wheels and can reach speeds of up to 45 km/h.

This special, elongated Mini Cooper model has 6 passenger seats, the same number of wheels, 4 doors and a Jacuzzi so that you can relax during long trips.

And this work of art is called a “unicycle”. The owner uses it to move around the streets of Shanghai.

This creation belongs to the hand of a young Chinese farmer, Jian Wang, who recreated a copy of the Lamborghini Reventon from old Nissan and Santana parts. This Batmobile cost a farm worker almost $10,000, and it can travel at a speed of 265 km/h.

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This Bangkok worker turned his motorcycle into an incredibly realistic giant insect.

These people work on the Ford automobile assembly line in Chicago. They recreated an exact copy of the Ford Explorer, consisting entirely of the well-known LEGO constructor.

This Mercedes-Benz SL600 is covered with 300,000 Swarovski crystals. It can be seen at an exhibition in Tokyo.

A tuned penny taxi is always at your service on the streets...Havana, Cuba.

Any tourist who decides to visit the capital of France can ride this 7-seater bicycle called “velovisit”. In this case, only one person is responsible for management, while others, in turn, sitting opposite each other, can enjoy the surrounding views.

And this is nothing more than a motorcycle created by a young Indian designer. The designer is an active opponent of smoking, and this is how he decided to convey his message to the masses.

Given vehicle can be seen on the streets of Venice. There are no cars here, but if it’s really unbearable, then this “boat” will save you.

This miracle car moves on solar powered, and it was built by a Filipino student from Manila.

Spectators of the summer motor rally, which took place in Southern Portugal, had a chance to see with their own eyes what a mini-motorcycle could look like. Moreover, it is fully functional.

It took a year of hard work to build this super motorcycle. But the 30-year-old Chinese worker doesn't regret his time at all.

This photo was taken during testing of the latest scooter model manufactured at the plant of the Singapore company "TUM CREATE".

On the streets of Seattle you can often see these high-tech bicycles, with the help of which clinics specializing in artificial insemination, donor sperm is delivered.

Everyone knows that India is famous for its love of cricket. It was to celebrate the love of this sport that this eight-meter long machine in the shape of a cricket bat was created.

Messerschmitt KR200 is a Cuban microcar built before the revolution on the island of freedom.

The photo shows a German bicycle designer and his project, realized in Philadelphia, USA.

True car lovers can not only improve the driving characteristics and tuning of their favorite iron horse, but also find it useful application after active use. An example is furnishings: beds, tables, armchairs, sofas, shelves, and even mini-offices. Such products will make the interior bright, stylish, and give it a real male character. For example, sofas made from a car will fit perfectly into a modern living room, a teenager’s room, an original drive-in cafe, etc.

What can this be made from? The side wings and bumper will serve as an original frame for the furniture. In place of the trunk or hood, a small sofa is most often placed. Some craftsmen decorate the frame with working headlights, which turns the product into a real decoration of the room.

As a rule, the entire structure is attached to a specially made metal base. And by installing furniture roller wheels designed for heavy-weight products, you can make your designer sofa mobile.

Stages of turning an old car into a new sofa

Making a sofa out of a car is easy. The main thing is to divide the process into several stages:

Evaluate the quality of the source material from which you will construct the sofa. You will need the front or rear of the car, preferably in good condition.
Then you need to prepare the base of the structure (metal or wooden frame), fasteners, car paint, materials for the sofa itself or preserved car seats and new material to change the upholstery. From the tools, prepare a grinder, a car mechanic's kit, and a spray bottle for applying paint.
Cut off the front or back using a grinder old car. Free it from mechanical filling.
Considering the parts used, prepare a metal or wooden frame for the sofa.
Adjust the shape of the used auto parts so that they fit tightly to the frame.
Apply a special automotive putty to the car parts to smooth out the deformed areas. After final drying, sand everything thoroughly. Paint the parts.
Clean and renew as much as possible all the elements that will decorate the sofa.
Modify a used car seat or build new sofa.
Cover it with the prepared material. You can use leather, artificial leather, special material with the addition of synthetic threads.
Think over and prepare an original lighting system for the sofa (headlights, along the bottom or along the perimeter of the product).
Assemble onto frame metal parts. Install soft seat, backrest, railing of the sofa.
Take care of the stability of the furniture. If necessary, add additional legs.

Sofa from an old Moskvich

The idea to make a cozy retro sofa from an old car appeared after examining and evaluating the few parts that were preserved from the Moskvich. This:

wings;
bumper;
lattice;
an old sofa from the salon.

You will also need:

metal rods for the frame;
fasteners (screws and screws);
pieces of plywood or chipboard for the side panels of the sofa;
sheet of foam rubber;
technical fabric;
decorative fabric;
needles, threads, sewing machine;
Bulgarian;
drill;
automotive putty;
grinding machine with attachments;
spray;
paint of two colors;
4 metal legs.

Test put the starting materials together to see where to go next.

First of all, based on measurements of existing parts, we will build metal carcass. Then you need to try on how to place the details of the future sofa on it. This will help to adjust their parameters and slightly change the shape.
Let's start remaking the seat. Remove old chairs from damaged layers of upholstery. Adjust the springs a little. Attach a layer of new foam rubber (2-3 cm thick). Cover the top with technical fabric. Take measurements and sew a new cover for the sofa.
So that the case holds its shape well, and decorative inserts did not move, when making it, you need to attach the ties to the wrong side at the fold points and at the ends of the finishing seams. Having put the cover on the frame, fix its position by pulling them through and tying them with reverse side springs to the frame.
Level the surface of the wings using putty. Sand the product until its surface is smooth. Apply primer. Paint the wings with the prepared color paint. It is better to use a color combination that is as close to the original as possible.

So that the remedy goes down even layer, be sure to use a spray bottle. Using film and masking tape cover the already painted part of the wings, then apply a companion color.

If you love original things and furniture in particular, you should definitely pay attention to this master class. Here we talked in detail about how to make a sofa from a car body with your own hands. Yes, you heard right! We suggest making a sofa from a body part passenger car mobile Moreover, we require that you use some old car from the 50s and 60s. By the way, if you live in an apartment, you can leave the parts necessary to create a sofa in the warehouse. We mean a secure storage warehouse, a good way, and besides, this service cannot be called expensive.

You will need

To make a sofa you need to prepare the following:

✔ two front fenders from a passenger car;
✔ bumper;
✔ back seat of the car;
✔ bars, boards;
✔ screws;
construction tape.

Note that in addition you will need to prepare the headlights, radiator grille and registration number if possible. And also, if the wings are rusty or scratched, you need to paint them, that is, in addition to everything mentioned above, you will also need paint during the process.

How to make a sofa yourself

First of all, start preparing everything that will be used to create the sofa. As we have already said, if the wings have scratches and in general, if they require work, they need to be painted. The seat, of course, must have a normal appearance, the same goes for the radiator grille, bumper, and indeed everything else.

Next is the construction of the sofa frame, for this you need lumber. In principle, there is absolutely nothing complicated here. All you have to do is assemble a rectangular frame, sort of like a box frame. Of course, the dimensions of this frame must correspond to the dimensions of the parts with which it will subsequently be covered.

Then you need to install the seat. First fix its lower part, then start fixing the upper part, that is, the back. Note that the fixation must be rigid, this has great importance. Next you need to start installing the wings. Install them on the sides. Well, then, then installation of the bumper, radiator grille and other parts.

Note that to create such a sofa you can use body parts from many passenger cars. You can use parts from an old car or parts from a new car, it all depends on your desire and capabilities.

Cars, motorcycles, airplanes are not only transport, but also raw materials from which you can make car furniture, practical and very unusual in appearance. One of the most famous creators of such structures is Jake Chop. He has been producing auto furniture since the early 60s of the 20th century. Each of his products is an example of how you can create real interior decoration from scrap metal.

Vehicle owners who do not want to part with their cars, motorcycles, and other vehicles that are already out of order (due to an accident or old age), can give them a second life by using them as a decorative element. So the Mini Desk company, founded by Glynn Jenkins, is officially engaged in production office desks from the entire 1967 Morris Mini, which made it famous.

Designers and craftsmen involved in the production of car furniture offer ready-made car products to everyone, and also carry out work on special projects. The customer can even agree on decorating an entire room (usually non-residential) in machine style: a restaurant, bar, cafe, shopping center, car service, tuning studio or car dealership. Within Russia, several furniture workshops also operate in this area, and many such products are decorated with the autograph of the master.

What can be made from car parts

There are endless options for using cars (in whole or in parts) indoors, which is due to the variety of styles, abundance of sizes and shapes of the parts used. For example, they can be converted into furniture such as:

sconce or floor lamp (shock absorbers are often used for this, or brake discs from motorcycles);
coffee or coffee table (in this case you can use a car radiator);
shelf;
flower pot;
office or billiard table;
bedside table;
armchair;
sofa;
individual office space(this requires a large car);
small motorhome ( game room for children or even real housing).

Car seats are more suitable for creating seating, and a highly polished engine often becomes the basis for a table. Car beds for children have long ceased to be a novelty on the furniture market. It is quite possible to create a similar model for adults in the presence of inactive transport. From the hood of the car you can create a cozy sofa, and use the headlights as lighting fixture. However, few people limit themselves to the most obvious options when creating designer furniture.

In some cases, such objects do not carry any functional load, but are used indoors only as wall or floor decoration.

In addition to real furniture for cars, spare parts and entire cars in various designs their imitations may be used. IN in this case it's not about nostalgia former owner, but about the desire to convey the idea of speed, the transience of what is happening, or simply about an attempt to make the room more original. The materials used to create such car furniture are completely different: wood, metal, plastic. There are even models made entirely from LEGO.

What styles is it suitable for?

Since car parts are not always small in size, such car furniture fits better into rooms with an open plan, a minimum number of partitions, panoramic windows, a complexly organized artificial lighting system.

To create such furniture, vehicles that are out of order are used, but such structures look quite modern. Outdated cars can be used in several applications at once different styles, where a significant part of the attention is paid to the texture and other features of the objects used:

The loft style is the brainchild of empty brick New York factories of the 40s, which the poor bohemia of those times, to the best of their ability, converted them into living quarters. Now a similar design is used for decoration ordinary apartments furnished with car furniture. To give the room the desired type most often cement, brick, wood, metal and materials imitating them are used;
high tech ( high tech) - this architectural direction was formed back in the 70s of the last century and at that time was considered as ultra-modern, although real popularity and recognition came to it only in the next decade. This did not affect appearance cities, but only on internal view apartments and offices, where the emphasis was on pastel colors, as well as monumentality, combined with complex shapes. To create the image of technological housing, elements made of glass, plastic and of stainless steel. This allowed auto furniture to become ideal option when decorating premises in high-tech style;
steampunk (steampunk) - initially steampunk was only a literary science-fiction movement, inspired by the ideas of steam energy and applied art of the 19th century. Later he showed himself in architecture. Its main feature is the stylization of the English Victorian era: an abundance of levers, fans, gears, parts of steam mechanisms, engines. Therefore, auto furniture is perfect solution for rooms that need to be decorated in a steampunk style. To decorate such an interior, copper, leather, and wood polished to a shine are used. All appearance the premises should indicate a complete rejection of industrial design, but furniture for cars would be appropriate here.

Although these styles reveal the character of car furniture to the greatest extent, this does not mean that it is inappropriate to use it anywhere else.

How to fit into the interior

Regardless of the chosen style, such furniture is sure to attract attention. Therefore, it is more convenient to immediately make such a furniture structure the center of the interior. The easiest way to achieve the desired effect is to highlight the product using lighting (natural or artificial). You will also have to take into account the compatibility of car furniture with the surrounding space in terms of color, texture and style.

Perhaps it will be one large object, or there may be many small elements. In any case, the automotive atmosphere is preserved thanks to the details (this applies mainly to rear-view mirrors, headlights and other recognizable elements). Without them, some objects are difficult to recognize as car furniture. If you take these simple points into account, then car furniture can easily fit into almost any interior.

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If you want to create an individual and unusual environment around you, which will emphasize your passion for cars, then this sofa is an ideal option.

It is a piece of furniture made from car seats, the material used is leather, which is very stylish and practical at the same time. You will be able to surprise your guests with the spontaneity of the interior thanks to such a product and offer them a wonderful and very comfortable place to relax. In a bachelor's apartment, you can gather friends to watch football or discuss a new model of this type of transport.

It will be great idea, which will help bring something special into the familiar atmosphere of your home. You can now make your incredible desires come true, because many men dream of just such a sofa.

Sitting on it, any person will feel comfortable and will also receive a lot of pleasant emotions. After all, such a sofa model will be soft, comfortable and practical, and will not take up much space. free space in room. And today this is very important for creating any interior design, because it is fashionable to adhere to compactness and minimalism in everything.