DIY screen made from scrap materials

Not everyone has a screen in their home, but it will certainly be useful in any apartment. With its help, you can fence off a room, hang something on it, or hide things that do not need to be seen by prying eyes.

It is not at all necessary to run to the store after realizing how many advantages this item has. Making a screen yourself is not at all difficult, and also does not require a large amount of additional materials. In this article, you will learn how to do the job correctly, what you can make such a necessary thing from, and how to avoid annoying mistakes that will force you to redo everything.

What materials can be used to make a screen?

In order to make a beautiful and interesting thing that will undoubtedly decorate any interior, you can use various materials already available in the house. For example:

• If you have special skills and have unnecessary boards at home, then you can turn to the traditional option. Wooden screens enjoyed success for quite a long time and were a sign of the excellent taste and nobility of the owners of the house.
• Another, more complex material will be metal. In most cases, frames for screens are made from it.We can also create various ornaments and other decorative elements that will suit your interior.
• Plastic pipes - such a screen, of course, will not look as luxurious as the previous ones, but will retain all the advantages. In addition, it is easy to disassemble, and then reassemble and move around the apartment or house. In hot weather, you can take it out into the yard and hide from the scorching sun.
• Plastic panels are an excellent and incredibly lightweight option. You can select several identical panels, connect them and the screen is ready! It can also withstand any weather, making it suitable for outdoor use.
• Another extremely simple and cheap option is cardboard, but it is worth considering that it is not suitable for the street, and at home it is rarely durable. It is suitable if the screen is needed for a short time, for example, in the evening, when other people’s children come to the house and could ruin something.
• Branches: Bamboo or reed, branches will never go out of style. They harmonize perfectly with most styles and look simple, but at the same time not boring.

DIY cardboard screen

The easiest and fastest way to make a screen yourself is to make it from thick cardboard. Surely in every home there are several unnecessary sheets of this material, for example, purchased for children for school, but never used. In addition, such a screen can be decorated according to your own taste and desire, so that it not only fits the decor of the room, but also pleases you, and is also original.

Required materials and tools

In addition to cardboard, you will also need the following materials and tools:

• scotch;
• scissors or stationery knife;
• paints or fabric for decoration.

As a base for cardboard, you can take boxes from a refrigerator or other large household appliances. This material is the easiest to handle, and it is also a very dense cardboard that will be relatively durable. To make the screen look more interesting, you can paint it, stick appliqués on it, or simply attach pieces of beautiful fabric to it.

Making the base

The first step is to cut the box from the top and bottom so that only the large sides remain. Paired parts must be cut out in a mirror image and be absolutely identical, otherwise the screen will turn out crooked and will not stand correctly.

If you decide to add a pattern, then its turns should be repeated, but start from one or the other edge. Then the drawing will be uniform and neat.

It’s the same with regular cardboard - cut out the bases and, if necessary, the pattern in order to connect the parts later. Be careful and determine the size of each part in advance so as not to make mistakes. It’s better to check everything several times than to redo it later and waste material and time.

Final stage

Now the blanks need to be attached to each other with their whole sides and glued with tape. The number of parts will always be 1 more than the number of seams. For example, if you have two pieces, then there will be one seam, if there are three, two, and so on.

IMPORTANT! Please note that you only need to glue the parts on the reverse side, then the screen will stick together better and easier.

How to decorate a screen from scrap materials

In order to decorate the resulting product, there are many different ideas. Here you need to show your imagination and use everything you have at home: fabrics, colored paper, paints or even rhinestones.

For those who know how to draw, there is nothing easier than decorating something - show off your talent. Don't paint the screen in one tone, add brightness and funny designs.

You can also use self-adhesive film, colored tape and other materials.

Now you know how to make a useful screen for your home yourself and what you will need for this!