Furniture of Soviet times - walls, cabinets, dressers - no beauty, but reliable and strong. Well, just a hand not rises to attribute it to the landfill. And right. It is very easy to update, giving a completely new sound and a modern look. The alteration of cabinet type furniture can be not very difficult: there are materials that allow minimal effort to significantly change the appearance. The easiest way is to change the color and accessories. Everything is clear with the fittings - you will pick up what is more suitable for style, and the color changes in two ways - paint and punish the film (or wallpaper).
Alteration of the old wall: change the design
Keep old furniture by self-adhesive film - the easiest option of changing the decor. Film is today both monophonic and color, different colors, textures and shades. To glue the film with a tree pattern does not make sense: not today in the trend. But one-photon or with a pattern is something that can turn the old wall into new furniture. Actions are simple, but work requires accuracy. But the result is excellent. See two photos. On the first old Soviet wall from the chipboard before the update, on the second - after.
Updating the old furniture wall - before and after
Now about how it was updated. A compacted furniture self-adhesive film, the color of "cream", the surface of the matte was used. The open part of the old wall was closed with glass doors, a translucent matte film was taken for glass. Edging - furniture layout (self-adhesive) chrome color. The order of work is:
- All that can be removed, take off, disassemble. Remove the old fittings.
- Surfaces must be clean and low-fat. It is easier to achieve this with a soft cloth moistened in the cleaning facility. Then everything is washed off with warm water with a small amount of vinegar. Slipped with a dry cloth.
- Cut details. The film is better to cut off 8-10 mm more. The remains are then cut off with a paper knife.
- The resulting item splashes with water from the sprayer. On the wet surface, the film can be moved if something went wrong. You can even spare without damaging it.
- After removing the protective layer from the film, you neatly post. Aligning, begin to smooth up a soft cloth from the middle to the edges. Try to not be bubbles. To do this, you need to move gradually, not jumping from place to place.
- If there is still a bubble, you can pierce with a thin needle approximately in the middle. Then from the edges of the bubble to drive out of the air and sweep the place of the puncture.
- By gluing the film, we take clean thin cotton fabric, spread from above and stroke the warm iron (the heating is medium).
- We glue the finish, install new handles.
Such a sequence of work with every detail. With glass, everything is also, only glued to the inner surface. After assembly, have an updated wall. This technique can be used for any items: chest of drawers, bedside tables, wardrobe, kitchen set, etc.
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With backlit updated wall looks magically
For example, after a successful experiment with the wall in the same way, the old closet was redested and add it to the right. Now the whole wall is busy. Similarly, you can also update the kitchen set: Bloom the self-adhesive film and replace the handles.
There is a second way. It is a modification of the proposed method, but easier and not so time-consuming. Only doors and not a film, but wallpaper on a fliesline basis. Wallpapers are glued on PVA glue. So that the edges do not go out, the parts are cut on 5 mm less on all sides. It turns out a kind of edging. It looks not bad (example in the photo below).
Uncomplicated alteration of the old wall of Soviet times: Bloom on the doors suitable wallpapers on the phliseline basis
What is good this way: it is easy to change the decor. Tired of an old appearance, broke the wallpaper, stuck new. Despite the fact that the method seems frivolous, the appearance is preserved for several years. His author tried him even on the kitchen headset. Only wallpaper on top twice are covered with PVA glue. In this case, lockers can be washed. It is important to apply a layer of varnish smoothly, without influx, there are no other difficulties.
Sometimes the wallpaper is covered with varnish. But before doing this, try to do it on an unnecessary piece: see how they react to it.
Choosing a varnish, it must be remembered that acrylic and cellulosic varnishes after drying remain transparent, the polyurethane turns over time. Also, polyurethane almost does not softened with solvents: it can only be removed mechanically (from wood - believed by sandpaper).
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Chest update
Old dresser stood unknown how many years in the attic, but very strong and reliable, not a gram of failure, only polished crackled. In the fortress, he is much superior to modern products. This is the trait that is inherent in the old, still Soviet times, furniture. It is not very saturated with details (to put it mildly), but stood for several decades in bad conditions, remains strong. Alteration of the chest is more complicated: two techniques are used: painting, and then decoration using moldings from polyurethane and wallpaper.
This is what was at the beginning: the old thing that had long dust in the attic
Step 1. Remove the accessories, remove the old coating. Plots blocked by places, grinded by sandwich. Squares smeared with a putty on the tree, waited until he dried. At the end stage, everyone was cleaned with a skin with a thin grain. At the same time, the chest of drawers is such as in the photo below.
This is after it is covered and lined with sandpaper
Step 2. . Installing moldings from polyurethane. Choosing moldings, see that they are not surround: too thick on a small dresser will look very rude. They should be not wider than 5 cm and as possible, if you look at them into the profile.
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Bought polyurethane moldings are neatly cut, the angles were washed under 45 °. (How to change the corners of moldings to read here). The matching pattern must be perfect. We are glued to PVA. For reliability, you can additionally secure on the screws with wide hats. Under them make a slight recess, after the self-tapping screw is spinning, the hole is smelted to putty. Try to put the putty immediately lay down perfectly (you can be spinning with a wet finger), as you can clean it problematic.
Moldings are glued and planted on the self-tapping screw
Step 3. Everything is processed by primer. You can use diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 2 PVA glue. After the primer is dry, paints (two layers). For this occasion, acrylic water-based paint is selected. Color - coffee with milk, although in the photo he looks completely different. Color reproduction inaccurate.
This is already after the second paint applies. Suit
Step 4. For decorating, wallpapers are chosen, in which the coating is made in the technique of silk screen. Slices are cut on the size of the inside of the molding frames, glued on PVA. After drying the glue, the entire chest of drawers twice is covered with water based lacquer.
Here is a decor for the chest
Step 5. And the latter are installed new legs (furniture wheels) and handles.
Install the handles and legs)) The updated dresser is not at all like the one you saw on the first photo.
As you can see, there is no complex work. Everything is really elementary. But all processes require accuracy - the appearance depends on it. Similarly, you can also update the old Chiffonier. It turns out a set for the room. Stylish and original.
When updating the furniture worse, it is necessary if the surface is lacquered. Varnish is considered long and difficult. If the surface is smooth and polished is not damaged, you can apply soil for complex surfaces, and after drying, you can paint. This greatly accelerates the process of painting lacquered furniture.
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How to update the old bedside table
In the photo gallery, you can see the process of restoration of the old polished bedside table. At first, it was removed from it the old polishing, they were covered, polished and after processing it twice painted acrylic paint. Then it was glued to the doors with an interesting pattern (it was a gift paper package). After drying, it was all together was covered with two layers of a coolant acrylic varnish.
The sequence of work is simple, if you know how to do. All processes will be given the sequence of actions that you have seen on the example of the chest update. The result is also impressive.
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This is an old bedside table. We will be limited
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This is the result of the update: the bedside table was transformed
After the lacquer was removed (the grinders helped to cope faster) covered it with a layer of putty, pinned chips and cracks, then grinding to smoothness
The surface brought to the normal state was covered with soil, then twice painted acrylic paint twilight
From this package it turned out a great décker decor
The alteration of furniture with their own hands is a painstaking case, but the result is worth it. Below the photo is renovated on a simple method of bedside tables: it is saved with relief wallpaper, and on top twice applied varnish.
You can beat the embossed wallpaper, and so that they are dry, to cover twice with a layer of transparent varnish
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Stamp alteration
By the same technology, a banal coffee table can be turned into a modern subject of the interior. In this case, it was saved by wrapping paper. It is dense, gluits well and does not rush when applied.
Before starting work on decorating countertops, the legs of the old table and the edges of the table top painted in a light color: it is so more suitable for a new design style. Next began the process of its transformation.
When pasting, the cloth is cut significantly more than the sizes of the countertop. So need. Paper glued on PVA, rolled with roller so that there are no lumps and swolves. The surface must be absolutely smooth.
Gluits paper gradually, rolled it with a roller so that there is no bubbles
After stuck, take sandpaper with small grain (it is more convenient to work if it is attached to the bar). By holding it around the edge, the surplus of paper is separated along the edge.
How to make a beautiful edge
Even cutting on the guillotine you will not get a fairly level edge. And with this method, it is obtained professionally. Independence and does not smell.
This is how the edge looks like when all surplus removed
After drying the glue, the surface is twice with a thin layer of varnish. It is necessary to apply it with a soft brush in a small amount. The layers are applied in different directions: first along the long side, then across.
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The alteration of furniture do it yourself - the matter is creative. Even from a boring shelf you can make an excellent thing. And it is not necessary to repeat the seen exactly. Many useful ideas comes during the implementation of the project. It is a pity that something of the conceived turns out to be not so attractive as it seemed. Try, experiment. Before modern technologies allow it to do with minimal costs.