An old barrel turns into: a dog kennel or a couch, a mini-bar, an armchair, a stool, a pouf. From this container you can make pieces of furniture for home and summer cottages.

How to make a kennel, a bed for dogs from a barrel?

Kennel


Sometimes old wooden barrels are thrown out by shopkeepers. After all, such a container eventually becomes unsuitable for storing cucumbers, sauerkraut... If you find such a trophy, then a dog kennel will cost almost nothing. You can buy an old barrel inexpensively and also save great money.
  1. But you definitely need to wash it well inside and out, let it dry completely for several days. So that there are no drafts in the dog's house, if the boards are parted, connect them.
  2. If the gaps are small, you can put the open barrel in the pond by placing stones inside. The tree will get wet within 3-5, fill the cracks.
  3. The dried container must be covered with an antiseptic and dried again. And if the barrel is in poor condition, first sand its surface with sandpaper. Now a hole is cut on one side of such a size that the dog can pass freely. Based on your preference, make it round, rectangular, or arched.
  4. Level the area under the kennel, pour gravel here. Better yet, lay down the plates.
  5. The old barrel should be well fixed. Put 2 thick beams on the prepared area, attach it to them. You can make two voluminous legs out of boards, fix it on them.
  6. If you own a jigsaw, cut out ornaments from wood for the entrance, for the kennel, attach them with self-tapping screws.
  7. If there are no cracks in the barrel, and precipitation does not flow into it, you can leave the dog house in this form. If they are available and for reliability, it is better to cover the roof with tar paper or polycarbonate. You can make a 2-pitched roof out of wood, and then cover it with any of these materials or using others.
So it's not at all difficult to make a kennel with your own hands from an old barrel. If you are looking for an even simpler option, then see how to make a dog bed from the same container.

Lounger


As you can see, you can create it in two ways, by cutting lengthwise and crosswise. But first, you also need to prepare the container by washing, drying, painting it with an antiseptic or varnish.
  1. To make it easier for your dog to reach, cut the cutout at the front of the bed slightly larger than the rest of the area. Treat the cut surface so that there are no sharp parts and splinters. This cutout can be straight or rounded.
  2. If the dog is large, then cut the barrel lengthwise, not across. To fix the edges, nail a plank horizontally on one side and the other. Unlike the first option, this dog bed is unstable. Therefore, attach beams or curly legs to it from below, you get a beautiful resting place for your pet.
  3. Place a blanket inside so that he sleeps softly. You can sew the mattress into a round bed. To do this, measure the diameter of the barrel. Cut two circles out of the fabric to this size. Determine the size of the arc, cut a strip of this length from the same material.
  4. Sew it on the side to one and the second circle to connect these parts. Leave a gap through which to insert a soft filler - synthetic winterizer, holofiber or the like. Sew up the hole in your arms. A similar mattress is shown in the second top photo on the right. And underneath is another.
  5. This mattress has soft edges. The dog will sit in the center of the bed and will not touch the sides of the barrel. To do this, you can start creating a mattress, as in the version just described, but stitch the inner circle, leaving part of it not sewn up. Insert filler here, sew up the hole. Now fill in outer ringusing more filler, sew up the hole.

Do-it-yourself coffee table from an old barrel


It can also be created by placing it on the bottom or sawing it in half. One old barrel will turn into two identical tables. Pound curly legs from the boards to fix the workpiece. Put a wooden tabletop on top, fix it with self-tapping screws. To achieve a consistent look, paint wooden parts table in one color.

For the second idea, such a container is cut in half across. You get blanks for two tables. Tempered glass is placed on top of them so that it does not slide off, use special fixing gaskets.

To decorate the table, you can put wooden dowels, beautiful pebbles, shells or photographs on top of the barrel, and cover it with glass on top.


If you need a high table, then do not cut the barrel, but craft from a solid one, this can even be used as a bar counter. By the way, if you want to make it, the inner space of the container will also come in handy.


Make a vertical cut in the old barrel. Take out the separated element. Attach hinges to it and to the barrel, hang this door, fixing the handle on it. Make a round shelf inside or use a barrel lid for it. You can artificially age such a mini-burner by covering it with a stain of the appropriate shade.

If you want to make the bar counter even higher, then screw the legs to the lid, fix this countertop on top of the container. Underneath, you can store glasses, beer mugs, or other small items for your home bar.

If you cut out the countertop, attach one edge to the bar to the wall, and put the other on the barrel, you get a large table.


And do not throw away the remaining round scraps from this container, but attach to the wall. Make plank sections inside this hoop. Here you can store bottles by laying them horizontally.

Old barrels in interior decor

Also use old barrels to make the room unique. The cut of this container will be an interesting decorative element when attached to the wall.


And the rest will turn into a bedside table. You can paint it the color you want.


And the decoupage technique will allow you to use the Provence style to turn your bedroom into a quiet corner of France. To do this, take:
  • napkins with a "Provence" pattern;
  • pVA glue;
  • water-based varnish;
  • brushes.
Remove the tops of the napkins - you only need them. To prevent these thin paper parts from tearing, grease with PVA not them, but the parts of the barrel that you will decorate. When the glue is dry, cover the surface of the napkins with water or decoupage varnish. You can use a special one with a craquelure effect. Small cracks will give the effect of antiquity.

You can make not one, but two bedside tables for spouses.


If you saw off one small side of the old barrel, put the container against the wall in this place, you get an original washbasin. Of course, at the top of it you need to make a hole for the sink and a small door at the bottom to serve and store it here. detergents or a trash can.


Home comfort begins right at the entrance to the premises. Place on both sides of the door on a barrel so that household and guests can put canes and umbrellas here.


It will also be unique in the kitchen if you use this container, boards, cover it all with the same stain.


Leave the bottom of the barrel by sawing out the sides to make the legs. Here is a stylish stool you can make with your own hands.


And as you can see, not only him. A cozy chair will turn out if you figuratively cut off the upper part of the old barrel. The metal hoops are bent so that they turn into legs. The back and seat are made soft using foam rubber and upholstery fabric.

You can make a flip cover in the seat to store various little things here. If you want to make it easier, then you need to make a pouf from half a barrel.

You can use it individual elementsto make bar stools, stools, lounge chair. For this, the old barrel is subject to reconstruction, the side boards are removed from it, then they are used.


If you have even minor details left from this container, they will also come in handy. Make a fruit container out of them. And if you attach the boards to the side, you can put a bottle of wine here. In skillful hands, the individual elements of the barrel will turn into a suspension for wine glasses.


But what original chandeliers made from old barrels.

Ideas for giving from old barrels

You will have a wonderful country furnitureif you start using this container. For the table and bench, planks taken from a barrel will do. To do this, it is first washed well, and then disassembled. The legs are made from bars, but the connecting elements for them are all from the same old barrel. You can cut out a large sidewall in it, leaving small ones on both sides, instead of a seat and back, attach the cut-out boards and relax on such a rocking sofa. And you can also make a rocking chair on three legs from such a container.


If a feast is planned, put in half a barrel of ice, place bottles here. Guests can enjoy cool drinks on a hot day.


And the second half of this container will become a firebox. This is how the branches and kindling materials will lie neatly.


Rainwater is good for watering and washing. Place the barrel under the drain, let it fill in the rain. You can also make a decorative pond from an old barrel by planting potted aquatic plants here or by placing artificial ones.


To make it more convenient to use such a container for watering, washing hands, attach a tap below. Then you need to put this container on half of the other barrel so that the crane is at the desired height.


As you can see, wall-hung washbasins made of this material will look great in the country. Here the old barrel will turn into an element of landscape design.


To make a flower garden, as in the top photo on the left, you will need:
  • barrel;
  • tools;
  • antiseptic;
  • brush;
  • bars;
  • screws or nails.
Crafting workshop:
  1. From the bars, put together a rectangular base for the original flower garden. Put a half of the barrel on it, fixing it, having previously fastened the sides of that with the boards. Pour earth inside, plant flowers.
  2. For the next flower garden, a very old barrel will do. It is laid horizontally, poured inside and next to the soil, and flowers are planted. You will achieve an interesting effect if you plant flowers blue, and poured blue stones near the barrel. It will seem like water is pouring out of it.
  3. Put a bar or trunk of an old tree in a half of a barrel or in a tub, nail the birdhouses on top. It will turn out to be an old castle in which birds will settle down with pleasure.
  4. Remove some wood from the barrel to fill the space with flowers. Leave the bottom intact, pour soil here.


Take the following ideas for giving into service:
  1. If you still have the bottom of an empty barrel, cut it in half and place it against the wall of the building. Can be fixed with screws. Plant plants in this flower garden.
  2. You can make a vertical flower bed by placing wooden planks on part of the barrel in an almost chaotic manner.
  3. And if one is placed horizontally, the second vertically, it will seem from afar that a colored stream is tending from the top to the bottom.
A hammock and swing in the country are a must. To make a hammock, take:
  • barrel;
  • strong rope;
  • drill;
  • self-tapping screws;
  • wood stain;
  • brush;
  • saw;
Then follow this plan:
  1. Remove the hoops from the barrel, if the boards are of different lengths, use a saw to make them the same size.
  2. Cover these parts with stain and let dry. You can also use varnish.
  3. Drill holes from one and the other end of the board, thread the rope here, fasten it well. Tie secure loops at the ends, hang the hammock.
To make a swing in the country, you need only 3 planks from the barrel. Prepare them, screw the fasteners here, fix the rope on them.


Stylish country furniture, consisting of a low table and an armchair, will all come out of the same container. For the table, you only need the upper part of the barrel, and for the chair - separate boards. By the way, if you arrange them, as in the lower photos, you will get original chairs that can be folded and unfolded.


Craftsmen make from old barrels gas stoves... Of course, in such work, you need to observe safety measures. And lovers of outdoor recreation with beer can make cooling devices for this drink by making a horizontal or vertical door.


Here's how much useful and creative you can make if you have an old barrel or several such containers.

What else can you do to give your own hands from the old wooden barrel, see the video below:

You always want to decorate your garden or summer cottage in such a way that you yourself will be pleasant and you can surprise your neighbors! How do you think barrels can be used in the country?

Of course, the first thing that comes back is:

- collect rainwater. This is of course very important !! Water is given to us, how can we not use it in a good way? Well, of course, the barrel must be decorated so that you can admire it!

Can be done summer house for the faithful watchman.

A house for children who love to play mothers and daughters. Such a cozy house, with windows and curtains, and decorate it with a beautiful pattern.

For relaxing in the garden, it is really possible to make such a waterproof garden furniture... There are many design options for such furniture, I suggest options that I found on the Internet.

To collect green mass with suburban area for the formation of organic fertilizer.

Planting vegetables too a good option! Tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, strawberries, are great options for growing vegetables and berries in metal barrels that are no longer needed. And the barrels can also be painted !!

A flower bed is a locomotive, I think that not many people can see such a use of a barrel. And this is good fun for children!

A wonderful cupboard for storing dishes and an option to protect rodents from access to food!

Outdoor barbecue.

Lamps, if the barrels are not standard, but smaller. Drill holes with a drill according to the pattern you have invented, apply paint, install electrical equipment and the whole summer cottage will glow in the evening!

Small pond for a summer residence.

- bathing tank!

So you got acquainted with the proposed options and learned what can be made from barrels in the country.

And how to decorate barrels used for watering, see the article.

Homemade stove from a metal 200 liter barrel: drawings, stove diagram, photo and video. A barrel stove can be used to heat garages, workrooms, greenhouses and other areas.

A standard metal 200 liter drum has a height of 860 mm, a diameter of 590 mm and a weight of 20 - 26 kg.

The dimensions of the barrel are almost ideal for making a stove from it, the only caveat is the thin walls of the barrel 1 - 1.5 mm, which will quickly burn out from high temperature... Alternatively, the firebox can be lined with refractory bricks from the inside.

To make a furnace you will need:

  • Two 200 liter barrels.
  • Oven door.
  • Grizzlies.
  • Sheet metal, corners and rods.
  • Chimney pipe.
  • Refractory bricks.

Tools:

  • Grinder with cut-off wheel.
  • Welding machine.
  • Electric drill.

Stove from a 200 liter barrel: diagram.


With a grinder we cut off the top of the barrel and cut out a side opening under furnace door.

With a welding machine, we weld the furnace door to the barrel. At a height of 20 cm from the bottom of the barrel, we install grate bars for ash.

A separate door can be made for the ash pan; by opening it slightly, the traction force in the furnace can be adjusted.

So that the metal walls of the barrel do not burn out over time, you need to lay out the inner surface of the firebox with refractory bricks. To fit the bricks more tightly, we saw them off with a grinder.


For laying the labyrinth of the chimney, you need to weld from the corners of the crossbar for bricks.


The bricks are laid out on the oven mortar. The composition of the kiln solution is 1 part clay to 2 parts sand, the mixture is kneaded with a minimum amount of water to a very thick consistency.

The thickness of the masonry joints should not exceed 5 mm.


Metal drums are often left on site after finishing construction works and repair. For some, this is just garbage or a simple container for water. And for craftsmen and people with imagination, a metal barrel is an excellent material for creating useful and beautiful things that will be useful on the farm.

The simplest option is a flowerbed in a painted barrel. You don't need to make much work, but in the end it will turn out very beautifully.

Which of the children can resist such a real little train, where the barrels received steering wheels, seats and were put on wheels? The question is rhetorical, most likely you will have to roll all the neighbour's children, because your own ones will definitely boast of the creation of your dad.

A metal barrel can be a large storage facility. If this version of the chest of drawers seems too brutal for you at home, why not adapt the barrel for storing all kinds of tools in the garage.

A nest for layers in a barrel is also a good option for those who breed poultry. Just don't forget the bedding.

Furniture from old metal barrels is a separate topic. What is not made of these objects - chairs, garden benches, coffee tables, even sofas and bar stools.

Convenient and durable option for creating a sink stand in the country or in summer kitchen... If it is not possible to connect the water supply and drain, you can always adapt a metal barrel as a base for a washstand.

As you can see, metal barrels are an excellent material for creating a variety of functional items. We hope our selection of photos will inspire you to create something like this, and perhaps you will be able to do even something more creative!

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Tandoor is a jug-shaped stove with high heat capacity and low fuel (wood) consumption, which makes it simply irreplaceable in the steppe. Pilaf, shurpa, shashlik, lavash - all these dishes cannot be imagined without the use of tandoor. There are several types of such stoves, some of them can even be made at home. In this article, we will look at two methods of making a tandoor from a 200 liter metal barrel.

Before you start making a tandoor from a 200-liter barrel, you should prepare a number of tools and materials.

Required tools and materials

To create the presented type of tandoor, you will need the following materials:

  • 200 liter metal barrel;
  • refractory brick;
  • sand;
  • clay;
  • water;
  • pallet (required to collect fat);
  • fittings;
  • board with a thickness of 25 to 30 mm;
  • a handle made of wood.


The following tools will be required:

  • bulgarian;
  • scissors for cutting metal;
  • master OK;
  • putty knife;
  • trowel;
  • drill.

Tandoor making

Having picked up the presented materials and tools, you can go directly to the manufacture of the furnace:

    1. Clean the drum with a pressure washer.
    2. It is necessary to take a metal 200-liter barrel and cut out the end wall from it, where the filler neck was placed.
    3. At the bottom of the barrel, with the help of a grinder, a hatch is cut - it is necessary to supply fresh air to the combustion area.


    1. The walls of the barrel are lined with refractory bricks. Laying should be done on clay mortar, in a continuous thick layer. It can be purchased ready-made (for example, Weber Vetonit ML Savi) or you can create it yourself. Proportions: fireclay clay - 1 part, ordinary clay - 1 part, sand - 4 parts. Cement-based mixes are not suitable as they are less resistant to high temperatures. This can cause the walls to crack during use.


    1. With the help of a grinder, the brick is given the required shape. Laying is done up to the top of the barrel. The laying is carried out in a quarter of a brick; during its implementation, make sure that you do not accidentally lay the hole for the blower.
    2. So that there are no problems with closing the bottom blower, you need to cut off the edges of the brick at an angle with the help of a grinder. After that, you should attach to the brick wooden handle, for this, a recess is drilled in the center of the brick, and the handle is set on a clay solution. You can use a cast iron blower door with a steel flap, but it will be less tight.


    1. A drip tray is being installed to collect the fat. The pallet is a bowler hat small size, which is attached to a metal bar and hung inside the tandoor. For fixing the pallet inside the oven, in brickwork you need to make slots.


    1. Further, a wooden cover is made for the tandoor. To create it you will need wooden planks 30 millimeters thick. The cover is two-layer, the diameter of the lower layer is about half that of the upper one.


After making the oven, you should think about installing it. Since the furnace is stationary, it must be installed on a foundation. It should be shallow, about 20 centimeters. In this case, the diameter of the recess in the ground should be slightly larger than the diameter of the furnace, by about 15-20 centimeters. For the manufacture of the foundation, it is required to fill in a sand cushion on the bottom of the pit, and lay a reinforcing mesh on top. Formwork is created with a height of 10-15 centimeters, it is poured with concrete.

Second way

There is an easier way to make a tandoor from a barrel:

  1. Inside the barrel, clearly in the center, a piece of iron pipe of large diameter is installed.
  2. The space remaining between the walls of the barrel and the pipe must be filled with expanded clay, slag or broken refractory bricks.

The disadvantage of this method of making a tandoor is that the temperature inside the barrel is much lower than when using a ceramic tandoor.


Observing all the technology of creating a tandoor from a 200-liter barrel, you can quickly create an ideal oven for cooking Eastern and Asian dishes.


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