What can be made of laminate residues?

After any repair, part of the building and finishing materials remains unused. It is far from always the right application for them, but it is a pity to throw them away. Laminate, remaining after laying the floor, no one would ever think to put beyond the threshold. Moreover, even from the remnants of the cover, you can make many interesting and useful things in the household.

The laminate has a huge number of advantages. It is a durable and reliable multilayer material that successfully replaces more expensive coatings.

Its appearance, despite the moderate price, may differ in wealth and attractiveness. From the side of the laminate and take the flooring, and for stone, and for the skin. It all depends on the design.

Of course, it cannot be said that we don’t kill this finishing material. There are situations when in the process of laying it breaks. This is one of the reasons that it is acquired with a reserve, and the remaining material remains then to gather dust in the pantry or on the balcony, occupying a useful area.

Laminate applications are quite a lot. They can decorate the walls and slopes in the house, build comfortable and beautiful furniture, original crafts and panels. In the course will go as large pieces of material, and the smallest. In the right hands, nothing is lost.

If you still have large pieces of laminate, you can build a table from them or simply update the tabletop of an existing product. Coffee table made of laminate will look great even at the cottage, even in the living room. It should be borne in mind that it is better not to put heavy things on it, for example, whole piles of books, but such furniture can perform its function quite well.

With your own hands you can make any shelf from scrap. Simply pick a piece of the right size. Wooden slats will strengthen this simple device.

To update an old cabinet or other cabinet furniture, having covered it with scraps of a covering outside if it corresponds with the developed interior, to build a cover for an aquarium - also the tasks solved by means of the laminate remains.

If there is a large stock of material, you can look at the situation on a larger scale. No man will not give up the opportunity to make in the workshop or garage roomy shelving or the same shelves.

You can even build a wardrobe in laminate. It will be necessary to think over a design and each its detail. You can rely on ready-made design solutions. For the manufacture of such furniture (except for laminate) useful fittings, components and fasteners are useful. A separate task will be the manufacture of all components of the laminate version. Then you need to assemble the structure according to a carefully calculated plan.

If you do everything carefully, this closet looks nothing to be different from the store. Successfully passing only a course of study at the lessons of work in the school workshop, it is easy to build a small stool, which is very useful in the nursery, and in the kitchen.In the country economy such furniture is also just right. Cheap, beautiful and functional.

If the apartment is repairing floors, then from the material that did not go to the course for its intended purpose, you can make a coat hanger. It will look like a proprietary item. A shoemaker made of pieces of flooring material will complement the homemade furniture set for the hallway. Or it can be a stylish corner shelf in white, which is also convenient for shoes. Equip the hallway with such a useful thing as a house made of laminate for storing keys. A shelf of similar material will also be very functional, as well as a chest of drawers in several tiers.

The remains of the laminate - just a godsend for summer residents. From it you can make a box for mild tools. A box of waste material for arranging the floor can be used for seedlings or flowers. In this case, it is necessary to paste it with polyethylene from the inside, so that the laminate does not begin to collapse.

They are suitable for the storage of fruits and vegetables. In this case, it is better to add such containers with lids.

Laminate - a real find for the creative person. Even from very small pieces of material, you can create wonderful and useful products that make life easier and fill it with comfort. A craftsman with golden hands will delight his children by building a dollhouse for dolls from pieces of laminate.

Such a miniature house can have not only doors and windows, but even a fireplace, benches, a table and other furniture. In order for the “structure” to be safe for babies, it is better to paste over potentially dangerous places with foam rubber, thin felt, drape, felt or other suitable materials that are at hand. And for the manufacture of miniature furniture, window sills, colors, curtains and other things, you can use cardboard, fabrics, colored paper, foil, paints. If you bring to the business of the child, the creation of a house with an interior will be a pleasant occupation both for an adult and for a baby.

Products from the old laminate will be appreciated by our smaller brothers.For birds, you can make a bird feeder or birdhouse, and you can also make a domestic cat happy with a gift in the form of a specially designed house.

The favorites, as you know, are big fans of secluded places. So, this house they really like. It could be something like a booth with a door and a pair of windows. Inside such a house would be good to beat the material, which is convenient to sharpen claws. Although their own little house, supplemented by children's furniture from the same laminate, and children will not refuse.

A box of the remaining laminate will delight the female half of the family. Small remnants of material are suitable for the manufacture of pencils, coasters and small boxes in which you can store clips, buttons and other trifles. Larger boxes made of laminate can be an excellent container for storing books, notebooks and documents. Even a trash can can be made from this material and become a nice addition to the decor.

Rectangular pieces of the same size can be folded with a Christmas tree and enclosed in a frame on the wall.Get an original design addition to the interior.

There is a place for laminate and among kitchen utensils. A small piece can be used as a cutting board. Given that the structure of the material is durable, having a protective coating, such a thing can serve a cook for many years without losing external presentability.

With large stocks of laminate, you can use it on the windows. Material trim window sills and window sills themselves. Due to this, the window opening will be combined with the floor covering. You can also trim the door arch, giving it an oval or rectangular, if not fancy shape. Thanks to this technique, you can create a harmonious transition from one room to another, visually combining space.

In this case, solid laminate boards and small pieces can also be used. The success of creating a beautiful opening will depend on the building skills.

If the house has stocks of different types of decorative floor laminate, you can create a mosaic of it to decorate the room. With such mosaic they spread the floor itself and apply it to the decor of any room. If there is enough material and patience, you can decorate, even an entire wall or select a certain functional area, or you can decorate a certain object.

Today's craze for photography makes it important to create an original photofon for bright pictures. Photo studios are interested in this. Bloggers are happy to use the photo. Needlewomen also prefer to have a good background when photographing their own works, which, thanks to this, sell better.

To create a photophone just fit the remnants of the floor laminate. You can collect material of different textures and get an individual background, which will highlight in the photo the merits of what is in the foreground.

It is possible to transform floor laminate anything. For decorating an old fireplace, the form of which you are no longer satisfied with or out of the general design decision after the repair, you can use laminate that imitates natural stone.

If cast-iron pipes and radiators are installed in the house, a protective shield for them can be constructed from the remnants of the material. Laminated boards are fastened with a lock joint. The ends of the shield are made with plastic strips or self-adhesive tape. The shield is attached with screws to the window sill. This screen will be perfectly combined with the appropriate flooring in the room.

This will require to provide it with additional drawers for storing clothes and clothes, without which it is impossible to do in the bedroom.

Laminate can be used to create a kitchen apron. In this capacity, such material will not only be able to protect walls from contamination that are unavoidable during cooking, but will also transform the look of the room as a whole, adding comfort to it. To quietly lay the cable and other wires, laminate can build a false beam. Thanks to this decorative box, it will be possible to hide the pipeline in the kitchen.

With proper design, the staircase, decorated with such material, looks expensive and elegant. A small piece of laminate can be adapted under the floor mat. This is especially true in the hallway.

To give the floor laminate flooring a new life and to decorate the room, decorate a small panel in a frame on one of the walls. Paint paint on it an original geometric pattern. Fashionable focus is ready.

Laminate can also customize the rest area in the room of a teenager. To make the design interesting, use pieces of material of different sizes and colors.

How to make an apron for the kitchen of laminate, see the following video.