15 Brilliant DIY Modern Furniture Ideas
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1. Plumbing Supplies Clothes Rack
Love Aesthetics used basic plumbing parts to make this clothing rack, and kept the design as easy and uncomplicated as possible.
2. Copper Pipe Lamp
The Mokka Light, by 45 Kilo, uses a classical geometric lampshade made from passe-partout (framing board), standard copper piping, and some electrical wire. The lamp seems to float in the room.
3. Corrugated PVC Cabinet
The Sine Cabinet, by Dutch designer Dik Scheepers, is made from corrugated PVC, which people often consider a throwaway material. When combined with oak, its underestimated beauty shines through.
4. PVC Pipe Chair
Niccolo Spirito's Diablo Chair is made with PVC tubes. "Using them solely for drainage seemed a waste of their potential," he says. Sprayed with unique colors, "they look better than Lego."
5. Raw Pine Coffee Table
Telefonplan, by designer Daniel Franzen, is an homage to Enzo Mari, the Italian furniture designer who often applies a DIY philosophy to his work, as well as a celebration of the beauty of raw pine, straight from the lumberyard.
6. Lego Concrete Nesting Tables
These concrete nesting tables are made using nothing but Quikrete and Lego bricks. The concrete tables show the texture from the Legos.
7. Ironbound Bookcase
This DIY bookshelf project has a nice rustic, modern look and is easily created from angle irons and 2x10s.
8. Concrete Kitchen Island
This outdoor kitchen island was designed to be used as a food preparation station next to the grill. Because the island was planned as an outdoor piece, it uses cedar lumber and stainless steel screws. The same design could be made using standard 2x4s and deck screws for a little less money.
9. New Concrete Table Top
Take a cheap piece of store-bought furniture and upgrade it by casting a new concrete top for it. This side table from Target has a nice metal base, but a cheap melamine top. Using the melamine as a form to create a new concrete table top turns this cheap furniture into something more durable and desirable.
10. Plywood Table
Easily make a nice, sturdy table out of a single sheet of plywood. This project is so simple we weren't sure if it was worth posting, but it came out great and has a sleek, modern, mid-century look that's a nice alternative to our other rustic tables.
11. Baseball Bat Lamp
Recycle aluminum baseball bats by making them into modern pendant lamps. This is an easy project that creates an impressive result.
12. Timber Pendant Light
Create a DIY wood pendant lamp from a scrap piece of 3/4" thick pine. This is a simple project but requires some precise cuts from a compound miter saw. A series of 30 degree bevel cuts produces the 6 sides of the hexagon. Adjusting the miter fence to make a slight miter cut at the same time gives the hexagonal form a tapered, cone shape.
13. Styrofoam Cast Concrete Bookends
Concrete casted in styrofoam comes out with a really cool cellular texture. These concrete objects make great bookends or door stops. The next time you get open a box, examine the packaging. If it can hold water, it has the potential to be transformed into something amazing!
14. Plywood Media Console
This project can be made in a few hours out of $40 of furniture grade plywood. The entire console is made from strips of plywood that are stacked and screwed together. This is an easy way to construct a media cabinet since there are no right angles to connect. By cutting and arranging different strips of plywood you can make a series of openings for odd sized media equipment such as cable boxes and internet routers.
15. $5 Bucket Stool
The $5 bucket stool is durable, simple to make and aesthetically pleasing. It looks like something that could retail for $50 but you can make it for $5. What’s great about this project is that there is very little waste. The bucket serves a vessel for mixing the concrete and as the form for the stool. When the stool has cured it can be removed without damaging the bucket.
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Brodie Norris runs Lunchbox Architect, a website featuring one exceptional, architect-designed family home every weekday.
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