Having decided to decorate the old cabinet independently, you will not only save money (after all, good furniture is really expensive), but also open a huge space for creativity. You just need to decide on the style of your creation, stocking the necessary materials and, of course, patience. Despite all the difficulties, the decoration of the cabinet with their own hands is a very interesting process, which, for sure, will delight you with your result.
Decoration in modern style
In order for the old cabinet to turn into fashionable and modern with your own hands, you need to perform a number of the following processes:
- First you have to carefully clean the wardrobe. It is not necessary to spend too much time and erased all the paint completely. Just remove the most protruding elements of the finish.
- Prepare a piece of textured cotton with a beautiful pattern. Apply glue to the entire surface of the cabinet and begin to gently apply the matter. Make this work without a rush, otherwise you risk getting ugly blown and bulges on the fabric.
- Especially neatly glue the junction cloth. It is important that there is no layering of matter. As a result, you should get a completely past fabric item.
- Now you need to miss all the surface of the product (right on top of the fabric) by another layer of PVA glue and give it to dry (about one hour).
- If you have chosen one-picture fabric, at this stage you can paint your creation with acrylic paints.
- The door of the locker around the perimeter needs to be saved with a tape. It is convenient to do this with the help of the "moment" glue.
- Additionally, you can decorate the product with your own hands using large beautiful buttons.
- At the final stage, the entire surface of the cabinet should be opened with acrylic varnish in several layers.
Art Deco decoration
Art Deco is a very interesting stylism, so now many choose it to make their homes. If you decide to stop your choice for Art Deco, let's learn how to decorate the old furniture in this style. So, for your convenience, the process of working on the decoration of the locker in this style is divided into several stages:
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- If your locker "breaks down" with life, it must first restore it, for this you will have to remove all chips and cracks. It's easy enough to do it. To begin with, drive all the surface, and then close the defects with putty. If the cracks are too deep, you do not need to apply a thick layer of putty on them. Use several thin layers, since the thick layer over time quickly falls out of the defect.
- If you can not remove some defects, use furniture wax to work. It must be heated and clapped them with chips and cracks. Try to choose only the transparent wax so that he then did not speak from under the paint.
- The smallest defects carefully set a piece of sandpaper.
- Now it is necessary to start the decoration process. Aerosol paint paint the cabinet to the metal color. When the paint is driving, cover the thick strips of the tape on the surface and felt the rest of the black paint. So you will get an interesting contrasting product.
- Conventional doors replace the doors made of tinted glass.
Simple idea
The easiest way to give a new life to the old cabinet is to decorate it with conventional paper wallpapers. Surely, after repair, you left several rolls, so why would they not take advantage, especially, this way of decor is easiest to realize with their own hands even a person, completely distant from needlework.
It is necessary to accumulate the wardrobe with wallpaper, both from the inside and outside. The main thing is that the product obtained does not merge with the wall. No need to use the same wallpapers as on the wall of the room, where the wardrobe is. If you do this, the cabinet simply succeeds with the wall and will look somewhat strange.
