How to use the remains of a laminate with benefit: we do useful things

When laying the flooring, its small pieces, and sometimes even entire packaging, often remain. Do not throw away material - it can be used to create souvenirs, decor items and household items. Particularly valuable for lovers of handmade are the remnants of the laminate, which are likely to be useful in the household.

Laminate: material features

Laminate flooring, or laminate, is a special building material that is made on the basis of high density fiberboard by covering them with cladding films. The film top serves as a protective and decorative layer, gives the material wear resistance, and is not susceptible to mechanical damage. Laminate is resistant to temperature changes, antistatic, protects the floor from water, and looks very much like the more expensive flooring - parquet.

Laminate has a low price and attractiveness. This increases its popularity among owners of apartments and houses. Laminate is suitable for decorating any room, because it can have the most diverse design, texture. On sale you can find material imitation of stone, tile, leather.

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Kitchen Ideas

So that the remnants of the laminate do not gather dust in the pantry, on the balcony or in the garage, they can be used wisely and profitably. Depending on the amount of material left, you can do small or large things: from the box to furniture. The apron made of laminate looks great in the kitchen. Such a product lasts a long time, and its care is very simple.

Creating a kitchen apron from the remnants of the laminate will save money, protect the walls from pollution, completely transform the room. For its arrangement, you need to alternately stick the lamellas on the walls and snap their fasteners. In the corners at the joints, it is necessary to cut the end locks of the laminate, and then cut the holes for the sockets.

In addition to an apron, from pieces of this material mount such items for the kitchen:

1. False beam or decorative box. Allows you to hide wires, hide ugly pipes, exhaust system.
2. Cutting board. Even from one lamella you get 4 whole boards for cutting products. If you decorate them in different ways, you can make a whole set for working with meat, fish, vegetables and fruits, bread. True, such boards will have to be washed carefully so that the laminate does not swell from the water.
3. Hot stand. Thanks to the laminated coating, the product will last several years. Even the hottest dishes can be placed on it, because its thermal conductivity is quite low. It is very simple to make a stand: it is enough to cut a square or rectangular piece of material with a jigsaw. If there is a special file for a jigsaw, you can even make a small round stand for a cup of tea and coffee.
4. Shelves for kitchen utensils. Before the manufacture of whatnots, all the necessary measurements must be made so that the furniture fits exactly in the right place. By the way, on the shelves of the whatnot you can arrange vases for small things and sweets, which are also made of scraps of laminate.

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Drawers and shelves

Various items are made from laminate for storing things, shoes, toys, books, magazines, packages. For example, at the dacha, such boxes will help to keep order, by carefully arranging all the things lying around or by placing them in winter storage. In the same boxes it is convenient to store vegetables, fruits, fertilizers and other country "attributes".

In the bathroom, powders, household chemicals, various household items are left in a decorated box made of laminate. Floor drawers will replace dressers and bedside tables, and small boxes will help to successfully organize storage in a small space.

Shelves for any room can be made from the remains of the laminate. They are sawn to obtain strips of the desired size, the locks are cut, connected to each other and mounted on the wall using brackets. Such products do not withstand severe loads, so do not put too much cargo on them. Usually on the laminated shelves put photos in frames, stationery, toys. Shelves for shoes are also created from the laminate, while the outer frame is made of strong wood.

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Furniture

From the laminate, you can make new furniture or update the old furniture. This will require several packages of material. The easiest option is to build a small coffee table on which you can put a lamp, put books. After you need to strengthen the legs of the product so that it can withstand the weight of lying objects. Also, with the help of a laminate, old tables are updated, which are suitable for different purposes at home or in the country.

If desired, even a sliding wardrobe can be made of a laminated board, if the amount of material is sufficient. In addition, you should purchase all the necessary accessories, components, fasteners. The cabinet drawing can be found on the Internet, and then transfer it to the material and assemble the entire structure. Also, in the presence of a large volume of laminate, shelving for a garage or workshop is being built.

From small pieces of laminate make a new coating for old cabinet furniture, doors. Think through the pattern, select the necessary pieces and stick them on liquid nails. Laminate with imitation stone will help to beautifully decorate the fireplace, giving it a noble appearance. Laminate trimmings are no less suitable for the following:

• making a cover for the aquarium;
• pasting the door arch;
• upgrade stairs in the living room.

The craftsmen make even beds out of the laminate with a place for storing linen, drawers. For a new bed, solid laminated boards will be required, and pieces of furniture can be used to restore old furniture by pasting over its surfaces.

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Window decoration

Laminate trim window slopes and window sills. The result is a beautiful combination of window and floor, and the room takes on a harmonious look. It is always recommended to lay a solid board on the windowsill, rather than individual trimmings. Before starting work, the old slopes are dismantled, the surface is cleaned, the space is foamed, and then they start window decoration.

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Crafts

For lovers of handmade, laminate flooring can become a demanded material. From different types of laminate flooring create unique accessories, useful objects and interesting things. Handmade crafts will fill the house with cosiness and replace expensive store decor.

From the laminate, beautiful and durable doll houses are obtained. Such a toy can please girls of any age. For the safety of the child, the presence of sharp corners, elements that can be injured, are excluded. For the manufacture of the house use only safe adhesives without an unpleasant odor. Corners are pasted over with a soft cloth, felt, foam rubber. Using files and other tools they cut windows, doors, build fireplaces, tables and chairs, and other doll furniture. To equip the premises of the house, other materials are also used:

• paints;
• paper;
• foil;
• tissue;
• color cardboard.

Also, bird feeders, birdhouses, cat houses where animals will rest and play are made from laminate. From the inside, cat's house is studded with material that the pet will sharpen its claws on, and a soft litter is laid on the floor. In addition, the laminate will become the basis for the manufacture of caskets, pencil boxes, boxes for office, buttons, threads, jewelry. Inside these boxes they put beautiful velvet or other soft cloth or faux suede, and a variety of decor is glued from the outside: beads, buttons, coins.

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Panel

Using imagination, you can make a stylish designer gizmo. For example, from a laminate create interesting panels on the walls. Such paintings look harmonious when in hue and texture they coincide with the floor covering or have a contrasting color. For large panels, solid slats are used, which are laid in a horizontal or vertical direction. The choice of the arrangement of elements depends on the size of the room: in small rooms panels with horizontal laying look better, in large rooms with vertical. For rooms with low ceilings, you should choose a product that does not have enough ceiling.

Laminate panels can be original in appearance. For example, individual elements are placed diagonally, with a herringbone, in a checkerboard pattern, like a parquet. Such work will require more patience and accuracy, as well as a significant amount of laminate. If desired, a paint drawing is applied to the finished panel or photo printing is done in a special studio, and then they are placed in a frame.

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Photo background

A photophone is a background surface for creating beautiful shots. Such a product is ideal for people who are fond of the art of photography. The photophone is also useful to needlewomen who prefer to photograph and post the results of their work on social networks to culinary bloggers.

Now a very popular material for photophones is an aged tree, so you can easily find a suitable laminate. Also, for the device of a photophone, a material with a coloring that imitates leather, marble, and other types of stone is suitable. Textured laminate looks best. Smooth lamellas look less impressive, but are still used in the design.

For the manufacture of crafts, pieces of a laminate of a suitable size of one type are searched for or several textures are completed with each other. The dimensions of the photophone depend on the needs of the user. To photograph small works (jewelry), products with a side of 15–20 cm are made. To display medium-sized objects (toys, hats, dishes), it is better to make a larger photophone (50 x 50 cm or 60 x 60 cm). Large things are photographed with photophones up to 1 x 1 m.

Making a photophone is quite simple. It is only necessary to connect the lamellas to each other, leave it in its original form or scratch (age) a little and process it with acrylic paint. To enhance the effect of aging, it is worth rubbing the dried paint with a sponge or cloth in separate places. Since the edge of the stand still does not fall into the frame, it is not necessary to process it, and defects in the middle can be hidden by exposed objects.

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Laminate flooring

The flooring is made from a solid laminate, as well as from its scraps. This floor option is suitable only for rooms with normal humidity, and in damp rooms it will quickly fail. The procedure will be as follows:

1. Level the floor in the room.
2. Laying waterproofing, qualitatively combining joints.
3. Make a trial layout of the laminate pieces, choosing an interesting combination.
4. If necessary, combine the laminate with the remnants of other floor coverings, or combine different types of lamellas.
5. Glue the material.

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Key keeper and hanger

Interesting household items are made from the remains of the laminate. For example, in the hallway the key keeper looks great, which is cut out from just one plank of material. The key keeper is attached to the wall using double-sided tape or hooks. So that the ends of the key holder do not become worthless, they are coated with a transparent silicone sealant.

For a hall, a corridor, a hanger from a laminate is suitable, especially if an ordinary closet does not fit here. For its manufacture, a piece of the required size is cut, the edges are ground with an emery cloth with fine grain, the top is fixed through the holes of the hooks. The lower part is glued onto liquid nails, but this option is suitable only for light clothes. To place any, even heavy things on the hanger, it is worth attaching it to the screws directly to the wall.

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Mosaic

Often after repair, pieces of different floor coverings remain, differing in appearance, color, texture. They make a mosaic that is suitable for creating a picture, a functional area or decorating an entire wall. Various interior items are also decorated with mosaics. It is important that all materials have approximately the same thickness and similar technical parameters. Spread the mosaic in random order on a sheet of plywood, starting with a border. Such decor looks very beautiful if its outline is dark and the center is light.

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Battery finish

Laminate waste can be used to make a screen for batteries, radiators. Such a device will hide an ugly heater, which spoils the appearance of the room. Also, the screen has a practical function - it protects against accidental burns. When creating such a device, you need to connect the boards in a standard way, cover the ends with a self-adhesive tape. After the shield should be drilled to the windowsill, leaving the bottom holes for air circulation.

Using pieces of laminate flooring or remaining solid boards, you can make many useful gizmos. The main thing is to approach the issue with soul and imagination, and the time spent will turn into benefits for home and family.