A growing desk with your own hands, drawings, diagrams and functional dimensions of the table that can ensure the normal and healthy development of the child during classes.
The requirements for children's tables are regulated by GOST 11015-93 “Student's tables”. Based on the specified GOST, they are produced in six numbers and have their own color marking depending on the average height of the student.
The model described in this article allows you to adjust the desk according to two functional sizes to suit the average student height from 105 to 180 (cm):
- along the height of the working plane from 460 to 760 (mm) (∆h = h1 – h = 300) with an interval of 50 (mm)
- by the angle of rotation of the working plane from 0 to 16° (∆φ = φ1 – φ = 16) (four positions 7, 10, 13.16°)
- Tabletop.
- Movable stands.
- Fixed stands.
The size of the working plane is 500x700x20 (mm). The desk cover (1) is installed horizontally or fixed at an angle of 7, 10, 13 or 16°. Two plates are welded to a square pipe (2) 15x1.5 (mm): fastening the rotary axis (3); fixing the angle of rotation of the table top (4). The tube (2) is attached to the tabletop with four screws (6). The end plane is closed with a decorative plug (5). The tabletop has two recesses 220x20x5 (mm) for pencils, pens and other accessories.
2. MOVABLE STANDS
The structure is welded from metal pipes: square (3) fifteen; rectangular (6) size 35x15x2.5 (mm). To increase the rigidity of the structure, a plate (4) in the form of right triangle with sides 20 and 50 (mm). A wooden shelf (1) measuring 700 x 107 x 20 (mm) with a stop (2) is attached to the pipes. The end plane of the pipe is closed with a decorative plug (5).
3. FIXED STANDS
Welded from rectangular pipes (1) 40x2x2.5 (mm). By analogy with movable jays, a plate (3) is welded to the corner joints. The end is closed with a decorative plug (3).
The figure shows desks with minimum and maximum size changes.
For our granddaughter Mashenka, my son-in-law and I made an age-appropriate small school desk with our own hands and a comfortable chair where you can look through picture books, draw, sculpt from plasticine, or lay out toys.
Required: 50 cm piano hinge confirmation screws metal corners cut furniture board made of pine (for a desk, see diagram 1, for a chair, see diagram 2).
DIY drawings of a children's desk
DIY school desk assembly
To ensure that all wooden parts were very smooth, we treated them with sandpaper: first coarse P40, then medium P120 and finer P220. All sharp corners rounded with a jigsaw. Semicircular grooves were cut out in the legs so that a child, sitting at a desk, could comfortably stand up and turn left and right without resting his knees.
The legs were connected to the bottom of the box using confirm mats and a screwdriver into pre-drilled holes, lowering the bottom 8 cm below the edge of the legs (Diagram 3). Then we fixed the front wall of the box so that its top edge was flush with the legs, forming a smooth box. Attached to them with screws back wall desks so that it protrudes a couple of centimeters above the top edge of the legs.
The tabletop was attached using a piano hinge (photo 1) to the back wall of the desk so that it could rise and fall freely and, resting on the legs, formed a flat horizontal surface. This created a shallow drawer under the tabletop for storing albums, coloring books, pencils and other small items.
By the way
The protruding edge of the back wall of the desk prevents pencils and felt-tip pens left on the tabletop from rolling off and falling to the floor when the lid is raised (photo 2).
Assembling a chair for a set with a desk
The legs were secured at an angle to the seat using a trapezoidal support board, which was inserted in the middle between them (Diagram 4). All parts at the joints were secured with metal furniture corners to strengthen the connection (photo 3). The back was attached in the same way (photo 4). For stability, semicircular recesses were cut out on the legs in the supporting part. A groove was previously cut into the seat for the backrest (photo 5). The latter was rounded off at the top and a heart-shaped hole was cut to make the chair easier to carry.
The furniture was varnished in two layers so that it could be easily washed from paints and spilled liquids.
On a note
To cut out the heart, we first drew it with a pencil on the back, then drilled holes along the inner contour with a drill and connected them using a jigsaw.
Any student class, from the youngest to the graduate, required place to study lessons.
Desk for schoolchildren should be functional, convenient and uncluttered. Most often chosen for children wooden desks.
Today, when from the first grade students work with computer, there should be room on the table for it too.
Manufacturing school desk with your own hands - significant saving for the family budget. You can decorate the tabletop in the most incredible ways, and then the table you made yourself will look like an expensive designer thing.
School desk options
Table for first graders should be spacious so that there is enough space for textbooks and notebooks.
For more adult student, you can purchase or make a multifunctional table with retractable panel for keyboards and with many shelves or drawers on the surface.
It is very important that workplace the child was as comfortable as possible, and all the necessary for classes things were at hand.
School tables can be completely various By appearance and designs - from simple angular and straight to creative
Table-desk
Desk for schoolchildren
We won't consider typical desks that stood in all Russian apartments in the 90s of the last century. Such tables boring in performance.
Let's consider unusual table with A-shaped legs (trests) and solid long table top. You can use an old one as a countertop door canvas with a smooth surface.
Stages of work
Step 1. Draw and cut out table top. We process it with sandpaper or a grinding machine. You can make a special edging on the sides finishing edging, which is sold at any hardware store.
Note: with the edging, the width of the finished tabletop will be 72 cm!
Step 2. Cut 8 boards long no less 75 cm (if necessary, the edges will need to be trimmed with a jigsaw), sand them.
Step 3. Corner tilt boards for trestles should be such that the height of the legs in total with the thickness of the table top was 75 cm. To do this, cut out small bars, which will be located between the upper parts of the supports. The width between the lower parts should be 22 cm.
Step 4. In two boards 70 cm long drill two 9 mm holes (for mounting the trestle). The holes should be equal distance! Above retreat about 3.5–4 cm, it all depends on the width of the board. Drill holes in the middle of the upper part of the legs 9 mm. Furniture bolts we fasten legs and strengthen the structure self-tapping screws.
Note: The size of the bolts is 6 mm, and the diameter of the holes for them is 9 mm! This is necessary because the table legs are attached at an angle.
Step 5. At the bottom there is a goat we fix two bars long 19 cm. The height of the fastening of the bars is not less than 3 cm from the floor. On bars we lay two boards each that will serve shelf, We fix them with self-tapping screws.
Step 6. Having measured the distance between the goats, screw it on wooden blocks to prevent the tabletop from moving.
For the best sustainability It is recommended to use countertops dowels. To do this, drill holes in the supporting boards with a depth of 8 mm, and in table top – 22 mm. The dowels should be dipped in glue PVA and drive into the board, then carefully place the tabletop on them. For such massive table you need to make 2-3 dowels on each side.
Step 7 All wooden parts of the table should be handle impregnation. For children's table no less must be applied 3 layers(so that it is impervious to moisture). Each layer should fully dry out. After the last layer has dried, the table is painted or varnished. Can be mixed with varnish a little coloring to give it the desired color shade.
Note: The table can be decorated if desired. The best decorative technique for a children's table is simply choosing a cheerful pattern or decorating the tabletop with images of your child's favorite characters.
School table for two children
Convenient and practical may be an option for two children angular table. Each child is provided with a work place and retractable drawers for storing educational supplies.
Tabletop width – 600 mm, thickness – from 16 mm.
Stages of work
Step 1. Execute sawing material or order it from a carpentry workshop.
Step 2. Collecting everything boxes. There should be 6 large ones (3 pieces for each table base) and 4 small drawers for various small items under the tabletop itself. Holes for confirmations drill using a Fostner drill. We nail hardboard to each box.
Note: confirmations can be replaced with ordinary self-tapping screws, but their connection is not so reliable.
Step 3. Using corner clamps assembling the cabinet. Fasten with self-tapping screws guides for boxes.
Step 4. We assemble the table. Tumbu and lateral We fasten the wall on top with small chipboard. Cover the part with a larger sheet rear walls. We install guides on small drawers and facades.
Step 5. In the same way we collect second the table that will longer due to two cabinets.
Step 6. We install the tabletop on short table. To do this, screw it onto small sheets.
Step 7 We attach the tabletop to second table.
Step 8 Install facades on large boxes, attach to them pens. We nail hardboard.
So that the child has comfortable work at a new desk, you should take account following:
- Width The table for a child should be from 60 to 80 cm, length from 120 cm.
- Boys require more workspace than girls.
- Workplace It is recommended to organize a schoolchild near the window.
- Definitely worth installing on a desktop lamp with bright lighting. For right-handers, the light should fall from the left, for left-handers - from the right.
- The chair should be comfortable, it back – rigid with bending. Good decision – orthopedic armchair.
- Screen monitor should be located during operation below eye level at an angle of 15-30 degrees.
- Color spectrum The workplace should be selected based on the child’s wishes, but you should not make it too colorful and full of poisonous colors. A tacky table can distract child from doing homework. It is enough to choose bright accessories and furniture.
- Accessories are worth choosing creative shapes: and the children's table should have its own zest. Business minimalism – Not the best option for a child.
How to make a table for a schoolchild with your own hands, see video:
The first means of preventing scoliosis among children is a properly selected children's desk. She spends a lot of time at school and at home. IN educational institutions Specialists monitor the quality of children's workplaces; at home, this is the responsibility of parents.
Comfortable children's adjustable desk for home study
The ideal school desk is comfortable, safe, and environmentally friendly. But these indicators alone are not sufficient, because each child is individual.
Children's home "growing" desks
Help you get the perfect desk self-production. The main advantage is not so much the cost savings on buying a ready-made item, but the importance of matching the furniture specifically to your child.
DIY children's table and chair made from furniture board
Adjustable desk with storage box and chair
First question: design and design features. There are several options:
Availability is important drawers or a separate cabinet. They are convenient and necessary for storing writing instruments, educational materials. One drawer can be equipped with a lock; the child will be happy to hide his little secrets there.
Children's desk-transformer with drawers
Adjustable desk with pull-out cabinet
You can make a schoolchild's corner yourself. The design is equipped with a bedside table, drawers, shelves, which do not have to be additionally hung on the wall, spoiling the coating by drilling holes.
DIY wooden corner for a child with a table
Not easy to make, but the most functional version of the “transformer” type table. This handmade desk will last for many years because it “grows” with the child: the height of the legs and the tilt of the table top are adjustable.
A universal model of a children's table with height and tilt adjustment options
Preparation, assembly
Diagram of a small children's table and chair
The first step after determining the design and construction is to search for the appropriate assembly diagram, drawing on the Internet. Having selected the necessary documentation for making a desk with your own hands, prepare necessary materials, components, fittings.
Detailing drawing for an older student's desk
It's time to start the assembly process. An example is a desk consisting of four parts. Advantages: simplicity of design, strength, stability, significant savings in materials.
A simple non-adjustable desk for a student
It can be assembled from sheets of laminated chipboard, MDF or solid wood.
Having determined the material, prepare the tools. You will need:
- finishing for the ends, special glue (when using chipboard);
- screwdriver;
- furniture screws, decorative masking of screws;
- electric drill, set with drills;
- yardstick;
- sandpaper/sanding machine (when working with natural wood);
- paint, painting machine (MDF/solid).
Tools for making furniture at home
Thorough preparation is the key to quick and efficient assembly.
It can be done in just 4 steps.
If the final testing showed that the height of the furniture was not 100% correct, the excess can be corrected with the help of a suitable chair.
DIY assembled tables and chairs for children
You should buy a chair with adjustable height and raise the seat to the desired level.
Children's chair, height adjustable
The elbows of a sitting child should be freely placed on the tabletop, the legs should reach the floor (another support), and the knees should be bent at an angle of 90-100 degrees.
Correct seating at a desk
Observe sanitary standards, and then you will keep the student’s posture healthy!
Homemade adjustable desk for a schoolchild
Video: Child's table without effort
Our child goes to school. To first grade!
We carry out targeted shopping for school uniforms, school stationery and school desks. Everything is chosen, measured, bought, but there is a hitch with the desk. Those. There is a desk for sale, but the price is the same as for a whole children's room. They came in from the left and from the right, well, it’s not worth that kind of money - almost 10 thousand for chipboard and plastic. The husband can’t stand it and says: “Yes, I’d rather do it myself!” Nobody pulled his tongue, he said it himself - he does it himself, and I watch. And this is what I see in the evenings.
First preparatory evening:
The apartment was occupied by some kind of firewood and plywood.
Second evening:
The sticks took over the room, forming some Chinese characters. The husband claims that these will be legs. I wonder whose?
Third evening:
I am greeted by two huge glued boards, probably a table top. Judging by the size of the desk, it will be for two people.
Fourth evening:
Military technologies were introduced into the production of the desk - my husband says that he dismantled a plywood box from under shells. The design of the desk includes the ability to adjust the height. The desk now has side walls.
Fifth evening:
Something like a table has already begun to appear. By twisting 4 screws, you can move the back wall of the desk up and down, thereby changing the angle of the tabletop.
To prevent the “legs” from moving apart into splits, a reinforcing stick appeared.
Day six:
And here is the desk: brand new, wooden, varnished, with the required tilt angle of 12 degrees! But something is missing.
Evening of the same day:
I actively intervene in the process of creating a desk. I'm bringing in finishing touches to make the desk look more fun.
Eighth evening:
After drying, the desk is installed in its regular place, prepared for use and equipped with a school backpack.
Functionality check carried out 
And the desk was put into trial operation. 
Total: 8 days and 1,500 rubles (paint, boards, varnish, PVA glue, screws and plywood do not count) for a two-seater desk (we have two sons) made of natural wood.
