If the old chair lost its former attractive appearance, the upholstery of the chair performed perfectly, and paint crashed on the chest, then this is not a reason for disorder. There are a number of interesting methods that will help the old furniture to find a new life.
1. Painting
Chairs look like new
Before painting the furniture, it is necessary to repair all the problem areas, check that the chair or the table does not creak and not hacked. Then you should remove the old paint or varnish. For these purposes it is better to use fine-grained emery paper. Then it is necessary to primed the surface, make small cracks and gaps to acrylic soil.
All materials worth buying the same color as the furniture will be painted. It will provide good quality coloring and will help save on the coating. After processing, it is necessary to collapse the surface again, and then cover the finish material, most often acrylic paint or special furniture varnish.
Stylish Table Transfiguration
2. Decoupage
Decoupage style furniture
Today it is fashionable to decorate the interior with hand-made things, especially popular interior items and decopa decor. Working in this technique is important to follow several rules. Furniture before decorating must be seized and degreased. We need it in such a way as you can leave as much roughness as possible and burr. Then the surface should be projected to acrylic paint. Apply it at all stages of work preferably subtle layers. It will take to make 3-4 layers, but each of them should be thin.
Specialists advise starting with small drawings. Do everything should be carefully and slow. Before sticking decoupapable paper on the surface, the latter is recommended to cover with white acrylic paint so that the drawing is brighter and expressive.
Furniture in the technique of decoupage looks very colorful
3. Decoration of wallpaper
Furniture decor Oboyami
Refresh furniture is easy with wallpaper. The surface of the furniture should also be prepared. As a bonding material, you can use conventional PVA glue. The glue must be applied evenly, and the wallpaper is invited to the roller so that air bubbles and irregularities are not formed. If you wish, you can cover the decorated surface with acrylic varnish in several thin layers. It is only necessary to do it after complete drying of the wallpaper.
Successful design of an old chest
Stylish and not costly furniture decor
4. Vinyl stickers
Not everyone is ready to engage in grinding, painting and primer furniture. Sometimes even new furniture looks boring. It will make it decorative vinyl stickers. They allow you to quickly and efficiently update the interior. It is desirable before applying them to the surface, to be treated with a degreasing or alcohol.
Vinyl stickers allow you to quickly update the furniture and interior
Vinyl stickers on furniture
5. Replacing accessories
Another pretty fast and creative way to update the furniture is to change the accessories. Pens can change the appearance of the chest or bedside tables beyond recognition. It can be vintage door handles, interesting bronze or copper holders, even figurines in the form of dinosaurs.
New fittings Transform the old table, chest of drawers or end
6. Knitted covers
In the autumn-winter period, it is relevant to decorate furniture knitted plaids and covers. To create such a beautiful and practical decor you will need a needle or large-size hook and thick yarn. The material of the yarn should not be completely natural, as such threads are badly drawn. It is better to choose yarn with the addition of synthetics.
Knitted cover
Interesting solution for the children's room
Cute Case on Stool
7. New upholstery
Of course, a new upholstery is considered the traditional method of updating upholstered furniture. Before fixing a new fabric you need to get rid of the old. Do it should be careful not to damage the soft basis. Depending on the size and material from which the chair is made, the new fabric is fixed on it with small carnations or a special stapler. The most popular materials for the upholstery of the furniture today are tapestry, jacquard, Kurtizan, Flock and Velor.
Old furniture with new upholstery
