Sometimes it is quite difficult to choose the desired handle for furniture, especially when restoration of any of the items of the interior so that it perfectly harmonized with a common design.
And here on the revenue comes a seaming creative approach. This is how these little masterpieces and our master class in their manufacture were born.
In fact, furniture handles look like hand-written ceramic handles. But the secret is that there is a simple decoupage technique here, which does not require artistic skills.
How to make a beautiful handle. Materials and tools: - Wooden, metal or ceramic handles. In our master class, 2 wooden with a smoothly curved surface with a diameter of about 5 cm,
- Non-toxic glue for decoupage and soft brush. Some decoupage glue has a formula with an additional surface protection. Such glue is good to use if the handles are on the subjects of kitchen furniture, where quite often exploited.
- paper and inkjet or laser printer,
- Polyethylene film, food film or package.
First, slow down the surface of the handles, if they have a glossy coating.
Print the desired drawing or ornament and cut the circles of the desired diameter.
Dry the brush into the glue and wake the surface of the handle. Then turn the circle on the table with the pattern face down.
Carefully put the handle on the circle strictly in the center.
Raise the handle (now the paper circle should be glued) and the brush with glue spend easy movements from the center outwardly on paper. Do it carefully so that the paper disk does not shift.
Take a piece of polyethylene film and wrap it around the handle. This will help tightly press a paper circle with a pattern to rounded edges.
Cover each handle 1-2 layers of protective glue or varnish so that it serves much longer, and the drawing does not erase with time.
The process of manufacturing the handles actually takes no more than five minutes, and the result turns out to be quite stunning!
Such furniture or door knobs made with their own hands will decorate any piece of furniture: wardrobe, chest of drawers, tube, kitchen set, etc.
Depending on the overall interior design, you can pick up any color scheme of the pattern. It may be blue-white patterns in Gzhel's technique or Mediterranean motifs from Spain and Italy, a geometric pattern or any other.
When choosing the desired image, pay attention to its quality. The higher the permission, the more beautiful it will be your drawing.
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