In most houses there are headsets that are out of fashion or have lost their presentability from prolonged use. If the budget allows, you can buy new designer furniture and throw away the old sofa. However, if you want to save money, you can independently transform the interior, creating a special cosiness in your home. Furniture decoration is a great opportunity to give new life to old things and transform the interior. Today, there are many techniques for transforming the decor of a room with your own hands, some of them are discussed below.
This method of decorating furniture is the easiest and most affordable at home. This update method is suitable for the following products:
tables
chairs;
shelves;
kitchen sets;
dressers and bedside tables.
Thus, any products that are made of wood, metal or plastic are suitable for gluing with a film. The minimum set of materials is used for decoration:
Self-adhesive film. Material comes in various colors and textures. Most often, there is a film that is painted under a tree. In construction stores there is a film of bright colors and shades, with a metallic tint or decorated with drawings.
Scissors.
Degreaser.
Metal spatula.
Work on decorating furniture begins with its preparation. To begin with, the product, using a metal spatula, is cleaned of paint. Then the surface is cleaned and degreased. Film is applied in strips to prepared furniture. This material is sold in rolls that differ in width from each other. If the appropriate film width could not be selected, it can be cut off at the edges.
In the process of gluing the film, you need to ensure that the material is glued evenly, without bubbles and does not puff. Film deformations can be avoided by helping yourself with a roller to smooth the coating. That's all the recommendations for decorating old headsets with foil. If desired, you can use several colors of adhesive tape, which will help create a bright and unusual design of the room.
Acrylic Painting
In order to emphasize the individuality of the owners of the house, you can decorate furniture with various drawings using acrylic paints. For example, using several colors of various colors, you can create a cozy nursery, where cute flowers will be painted on a pink chest of drawers, multi-colored lollipops are depicted on a yellow desk.Any child will be happy to spend time in such a room, in addition, he will actively participate in the modernization of furniture.
An important condition is that before painting the furniture with acrylic paint, its surface must be prepared. To do this, remove the remnants of old paint, clean the surface of dust and dirt. Joinery can be covered with plain paint or be decorated with drawings and patterns. Here you can give vent to your imagination and discover the hidden talent of the designer.
For a change, decorating with acrylic paint can be combined with decoupage technique.
Having finished decorating with acrylic paint, the surface of the furniture must be varnished to give a glossy shine and protect the product from wear. The downside of this furniture renovation technique is the unpleasant smell of paint and varnish. Therefore, all work must be carried out outside the home. After a few days, the smell from the decorated items will disappear, and they can be placed in the room.
Using ready-made stickers for decor
On shelves of construction stores recently appeared stickers that are used for interior design. The stickers are applied to various drawings of animals, nature, still lifes, cartoon characters. Decorations are used to decorate walls, create collages, and they can also be used to decorate an old cabinet or chest of drawers. Stickers are attached to the cleaned surface and smoothed on it. There is no need to cover furniture over stickers.
If desired, such stickers can be made to order so that they fit harmoniously into the interior of the room. You can purchase several identical stickers of different sizes and place them as paintings, as well as decorate them with furniture. The advantage of using this method for decorating furniture is that the sticker allows you to hide minor defects on the furniture, while not completely redoing it. In addition, in the future, the sticker is easy to remove and again completely change the interior of the room.
Aging Technique
Antique antique furniture is appreciated by designers for its luxurious appearance. The dresser that once decorated the room of the aristocracy today costs dozens, and sometimes even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Antique furniture will fit into such design styles as English, antique, Gothic or ethnic. If there is no opportunity to purchase antique furniture, you can create it yourself. Aging techniques can be applied only on one piece of furniture or change the whole set.
The following materials will be needed for the aging technique:
Two packs of acrylic paint of the same color, but in different shades.
Lacquer.
There are two main ways to age furniture. The first of them is used exclusively on wooden products. To begin with, the surface must be cleaned from the previous coating, degrease well. Next, a layer of stain is applied, which must be left on the product for 6-8 hours. Then, the remains of the stain, which is not absorbed into the product, are carefully removed with a sponge. Antique wax is rubbed onto the prepared surface, which gives the furniture the very old look. On top, you can apply golden acrylic paint in the form of patterns or monograms. Using the same paint, you can cover the sides of the furniture or decorate the furniture. The finished product must be covered with a thin layer of varnish.
Acrylic aging
This method is used both for wooden joinery and for plastic or metal. The effect is achieved through the use of two shades of paint that are slightly different from each other, such as beige and dark beige. Before starting work, the surface must be thoroughly cleaned and, if possible, leveled.
A clean surface is covered with a thin layer of paint of the first shade.To obtain a high-quality result, it is necessary to dry each coat of paint well to avoid streaks and delamination on the coating. The designer needs to apply as many layers of paint as needed to hide the true color of the furniture. When the first coat of paint is completely dry, a second coating is applied to the product in the same order.
In order to create an aging effect on the headset, in some places it is necessary to carry out sandpaper, which partially erases a layer of paint of the second shade, thereby giving the furniture an old look. After completing all the manipulations, the product is varnished.
Using decoupage and decoupage techniques
The use of decoupage technique for decorating furniture allows you to create products for any interior style. This method is simple to design, does not require large cash costs and is very exciting.
It is interesting to know: The term decoupage, translated from French, means cut, which is the basis of this technique.
To decorate furniture using decoupage technique, any stickers, drawings and images are used. You can use ready-made drawings or create your own using computer graphics. This can be photographs of celebrities, music sheets, landscapes and still lifes, images of celebrities, family photos and any other materials.
As usual, the initial process of decorating furniture is preparing the surface for work. A layer of PVA glue is worn on the cleaned furniture, and a drawing is placed on it. If the decoupage technique is performed for the first time, it is better to use decorative paper napkins as a pattern. For napkins, it is necessary to separate the dense bottom layer and leave only the image. In the work, you can use either a whole napkin or images cut from it. It also turns out an interesting collage if you tear the image into several parts that are glued at a distance from each other.
What patterns can be used for decoupage
When decorating carpentry, you can use several patterns at once, which are glued end-to-end, scattered or superimposed on each other. Needlework stores sell decoupage kits that include special glue and a set of patterns and stencils. In fact, in any home you can find a lot of old magazines, newspapers, photographs that can be used for this technique.
Tip: if decoupage is used on thick paper, before gluing it, you need to soak it well in PVA.
To decorate furniture, you can also use trimmings of fabric, lace, beads, sequins, pebbles, sparkles. Accessories are combined with drawings in random order. In order for the decoupage to keep up with the surface, it must be carefully varnished and left to dry.
To decorate the glass parts of the furniture, another technique is used - decopatch. This method involves sticking the pattern with the face on the surface. This method is applicable on glass doors of cabinets, on the openings of interior doors.
Cloth decoration
To update upholstered furniture, the method of upholstery with its fabric is used. This method allows you to radically change the interior of the room. For several hours of work, it turns out a completely new sofa and chairs, which are no different from those bought in the store. In order for the new upholstery to lie perfectly evenly, you need to remove the old fabric from the upholstered furniture. A construction stapler is used to secure new material. This decor method is quite complicated and may not work the first time.
If the master doubts his strength with regard to the upholstery of the sofa, then you can make a new cover for furniture. So you can ennoble upholstered furniture without spoiling its original appearance.
The fabric can also be used for decoration of other furniture - tables, chests of drawers, chairs, cabinets and shelves. Fabric decoration is performed by a combination of two techniques - decoupage and patchwork.Renovation of old furniture can be divided into several stages:
Preparatory stage. Before carrying out work, it is necessary to prepare the surface, namely to clean it from varnish with sandpaper and remove any dirt. In addition, you need to remove accessories from furniture - hooks, locks, handles and more.
Dressing. To decorate carpentry with fabric, you can use a whole roll of fabric, as well as the remains of various fabrics. It looks very nice when the fabric on the furniture repeats the fabric of curtains or bedspreads. The fabric must be soaked for 30-40 minutes in PVA, and then with the help of an adhesive spray to apply it to the surface of the product. You can decorate the fabric with colored ribbons, lace and other accessories.
Fastening. In order for the fabric not to fray and get dirty, it must be copiously covered with a layer of varnish.
Thus, the decor of furniture is quite an interesting and creative occupation. For him, expensive materials will not be needed, since you can use everything that is at home. By updating old furniture, you can not only save on buying new furniture, but also surprise guests with the unusual cozy atmosphere of housing.
In most houses there are headsets that are out of fashion or have lost their presentability from prolonged use. If the budget allows, you can buy new designer furniture and throw away the old sofa. However, if you want to save money, you can independently transform the interior, creating a special cosiness in your home. Furniture decoration is a great opportunity to give new life to old things and transform the interior. Today, there are many techniques for transforming the decor of a room with your own hands, some of them are discussed below.
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Using self-adhesive film
This method of decorating furniture is the easiest and most affordable at home. This update method is suitable for the following products:
Thus, any products that are made of wood, metal or plastic are suitable for gluing with a film. The minimum set of materials is used for decoration:
Work on decorating furniture begins with its preparation. To begin with, the product, using a metal spatula, is cleaned of paint. Then the surface is cleaned and degreased. Film is applied in strips to prepared furniture. This material is sold in rolls that differ in width from each other. If the appropriate film width could not be selected, it can be cut off at the edges.
In the process of gluing the film, you need to ensure that the material is glued evenly, without bubbles and does not puff. Film deformations can be avoided by helping yourself with a roller to smooth the coating. That's all the recommendations for decorating old headsets with foil. If desired, you can use several colors of adhesive tape, which will help create a bright and unusual design of the room.
Acrylic Painting
In order to emphasize the individuality of the owners of the house, you can decorate furniture with various drawings using acrylic paints. For example, using several colors of various colors, you can create a cozy nursery, where cute flowers will be painted on a pink chest of drawers, multi-colored lollipops are depicted on a yellow desk.Any child will be happy to spend time in such a room, in addition, he will actively participate in the modernization of furniture.
An important condition is that before painting the furniture with acrylic paint, its surface must be prepared. To do this, remove the remnants of old paint, clean the surface of dust and dirt. Joinery can be covered with plain paint or be decorated with drawings and patterns. Here you can give vent to your imagination and discover the hidden talent of the designer.
Having finished decorating with acrylic paint, the surface of the furniture must be varnished to give a glossy shine and protect the product from wear. The downside of this furniture renovation technique is the unpleasant smell of paint and varnish. Therefore, all work must be carried out outside the home. After a few days, the smell from the decorated items will disappear, and they can be placed in the room.
Using ready-made stickers for decor
On shelves of construction stores recently appeared stickers that are used for interior design. The stickers are applied to various drawings of animals, nature, still lifes, cartoon characters. Decorations are used to decorate walls, create collages, and they can also be used to decorate an old cabinet or chest of drawers. Stickers are attached to the cleaned surface and smoothed on it. There is no need to cover furniture over stickers.
If desired, such stickers can be made to order so that they fit harmoniously into the interior of the room. You can purchase several identical stickers of different sizes and place them as paintings, as well as decorate them with furniture. The advantage of using this method for decorating furniture is that the sticker allows you to hide minor defects on the furniture, while not completely redoing it. In addition, in the future, the sticker is easy to remove and again completely change the interior of the room.
Aging Technique
Antique antique furniture is appreciated by designers for its luxurious appearance. The dresser that once decorated the room of the aristocracy today costs dozens, and sometimes even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Antique furniture will fit into such design styles as English, antique, Gothic or ethnic. If there is no opportunity to purchase antique furniture, you can create it yourself. Aging techniques can be applied only on one piece of furniture or change the whole set.
The following materials will be needed for the aging technique:
There are two main ways to age furniture. The first of them is used exclusively on wooden products. To begin with, the surface must be cleaned from the previous coating, degrease well. Next, a layer of stain is applied, which must be left on the product for 6-8 hours. Then, the remains of the stain, which is not absorbed into the product, are carefully removed with a sponge. Antique wax is rubbed onto the prepared surface, which gives the furniture the very old look. On top, you can apply golden acrylic paint in the form of patterns or monograms. Using the same paint, you can cover the sides of the furniture or decorate the furniture. The finished product must be covered with a thin layer of varnish.
Acrylic aging
This method is used both for wooden joinery and for plastic or metal. The effect is achieved through the use of two shades of paint that are slightly different from each other, such as beige and dark beige. Before starting work, the surface must be thoroughly cleaned and, if possible, leveled.
A clean surface is covered with a thin layer of paint of the first shade.To obtain a high-quality result, it is necessary to dry each coat of paint well to avoid streaks and delamination on the coating. The designer needs to apply as many layers of paint as needed to hide the true color of the furniture. When the first coat of paint is completely dry, a second coating is applied to the product in the same order.
In order to create an aging effect on the headset, in some places it is necessary to carry out sandpaper, which partially erases a layer of paint of the second shade, thereby giving the furniture an old look. After completing all the manipulations, the product is varnished.
Using decoupage and decoupage techniques
The use of decoupage technique for decorating furniture allows you to create products for any interior style. This method is simple to design, does not require large cash costs and is very exciting.
To decorate furniture using decoupage technique, any stickers, drawings and images are used. You can use ready-made drawings or create your own using computer graphics. This can be photographs of celebrities, music sheets, landscapes and still lifes, images of celebrities, family photos and any other materials.
As usual, the initial process of decorating furniture is preparing the surface for work. A layer of PVA glue is worn on the cleaned furniture, and a drawing is placed on it. If the decoupage technique is performed for the first time, it is better to use decorative paper napkins as a pattern. For napkins, it is necessary to separate the dense bottom layer and leave only the image. In the work, you can use either a whole napkin or images cut from it. It also turns out an interesting collage if you tear the image into several parts that are glued at a distance from each other.
What patterns can be used for decoupage
When decorating carpentry, you can use several patterns at once, which are glued end-to-end, scattered or superimposed on each other. Needlework stores sell decoupage kits that include special glue and a set of patterns and stencils. In fact, in any home you can find a lot of old magazines, newspapers, photographs that can be used for this technique.
To decorate furniture, you can also use trimmings of fabric, lace, beads, sequins, pebbles, sparkles. Accessories are combined with drawings in random order. In order for the decoupage to keep up with the surface, it must be carefully varnished and left to dry.
To decorate the glass parts of the furniture, another technique is used - decopatch. This method involves sticking the pattern with the face on the surface. This method is applicable on glass doors of cabinets, on the openings of interior doors.
Cloth decoration
To update upholstered furniture, the method of upholstery with its fabric is used. This method allows you to radically change the interior of the room. For several hours of work, it turns out a completely new sofa and chairs, which are no different from those bought in the store. In order for the new upholstery to lie perfectly evenly, you need to remove the old fabric from the upholstered furniture. A construction stapler is used to secure new material. This decor method is quite complicated and may not work the first time.
If the master doubts his strength with regard to the upholstery of the sofa, then you can make a new cover for furniture. So you can ennoble upholstered furniture without spoiling its original appearance.
The fabric can also be used for decoration of other furniture - tables, chests of drawers, chairs, cabinets and shelves. Fabric decoration is performed by a combination of two techniques - decoupage and patchwork.Renovation of old furniture can be divided into several stages:
Thus, the decor of furniture is quite an interesting and creative occupation. For him, expensive materials will not be needed, since you can use everything that is at home. By updating old furniture, you can not only save on buying new furniture, but also surprise guests with the unusual cozy atmosphere of housing.