Do you know how many options are there to upgrade your cabinet? Also, bedside tables, chairs, armchairs will become as good as new if you take the presented ideas into service. Sometimes, it is not easy to part with old furniture that has served faithfully for many years. And not everyone has the opportunity to purchase a new one. You don't need to spend a lot to buy furniture. By showing diligence, you will give a rare setting a special chic and become the owners of designer headsets that no one else will have.
How to convert an old wardrobe into a new one?
Assess his condition first. If the door hinges, fittings have become unusable, they need to be replaced. Unscrew these elements. When you come to the store, take it with you so that the seller can find the right ones.
If the fittings are in order, then you may not even need to unscrew the doors to reduce the work front. Start tinkering with the preparation of the necessary. It:
- coarse and fine-grained sandpaper;
- bar;
- acrylic or water-based paint;
- brush.
If you want to turn an old cabinet into an art object, then you still need a stencil and gold or silver paint in a spray can. First, you have to remove the old varnish and paint. This is done first with coarse sandpaper. To make it comfortable for you to hold it in your hand, wrap it in a block. There are also special devices for this, but you have to buy them. Therefore, you can do with the bar option.
When the coarse sandpaper has done its job, wrap the fine-grit sandpaper in a block. If you have a grinder, mechanize the process with it.
You can buy a special round nozzle for a drill, to which sandpaper is already attached and work with such a device. Be sure to wear a respirator to avoid breathing harmful dust. Now the surface needs to be wiped with a dry cloth and then primed. After that, they pass through the facades with putty. When dry, re-sand the fine grit to remove any roughness, then prime the surface.
When it is completely dry, cover with paint. You need to apply it in 2 layers, letting each dry well.
If you want to highlight some elements, attach a stencil to them in turn, and apply shiny spray paint here. This is how the old wardrobe by the hands of a home craftsman or craftswoman turned into a new, author's one.
If the old set also includes wooden chairs, a bedside table, decorate them in the same style.
If you glue special applications on a plain surface, you will get a beautiful decor for a wardrobe, bedside tables. It looks just wonderful!
There are other options for how to upgrade your closet. You can paste over it with foil. If there are concave or curved elements on the cabinet, cut off the film along their edges, cut out these parts from another film of a suitable color. Stick it on.
DIY chair restoration
See how this piece of furniture can be transformed, simply beyond recognition!
For this you only need:
- screwdriver;
- new fabric;
- foam rubber;
- dye;
- scissors;
- pins;
- optional varnish.
First of all, you need to remove the fabric back and seat on plywood. To do this, unscrew the screws on the back of the chair. Disassemble these details. Attach the old fabric back to the new canvas, draw along the given contours, cut.
Also cut out a new fabric back. If the foam is already worn out, replace it as well. Attach these pieces to the base, which is usually made of plywood. Before hooking all these upgrades in place, paint the wood frame. This continues the restoration of the chair. White looks beautiful, which is also very fashionable now.
When the 2 coats of paint are dry, place the new back and seat in the corresponding holes, and fasten. This is how the old chair turned into a new one, thanks to your skillful hands and imagination. They will also help make other transformations in the home environment.
DIY chair pillow
If you need to quickly update this piece of furniture, then covers will help. How to sew them was described in the corresponding article. If the chair does not have a fabric, but a wooden back, then the restoration may be different.
Paint the frame, let it dry. Drape the sitting, for this you need to know how the pillow on the chair is sewn. For her you need:
- the cloth;
- ribbons;
- foam rubber;
- threads;
- centimeter;
- scissors;
- sewing machine.
Measure the seat, add 1 cm per seam on all sides except one. Fold the fabric in half, cut along the lines. The fold will be on the side of the seat where the seam was not added.
Place the foam rubber inside the fabric rectangle, and insert the ribbons in the corners. Stitch the chair cushion around the edge. Tuck the ends of the straps, hem them so that they do not fall. For them, you will tie the pillow on the chair to the seat, passing the ribbons under it, between the legs.
If the foam is thick, then sew, evenly distributing, 4 buttons on the "legs", having previously covered them with a cloth.
Place the button on the fabric, draw a circle 2 times the diameter of the button. Collect his needle and thread, tighten on the wrong side, tie the thread to a knot. You can, by sewing one button to the chair cushion, make several large stitches to the second, stitch it. Then, from it, make stitches to the third button and so on.
Here's how else you can turn an old chair into a new wicker chair. Take:
- hammer;
- decorative nails;
- ribbons or belts.
The ribbons must be of the same width. Attaching them to the back of the seat with nails using a hammer, bring them to the front. Having secured the first row in this way, complete the second, weaving each ribbon in a checkerboard pattern. Secure them too.
Here's a wonderful new wicker chair out of an old chair.
Put it at home or in the country. If you paint such items with varnish, they can stand on the garden plot right on the street.
How does an armchair turn into an art object?
It's okay if it's worn out with time, the paint will remove these flaws. To convert, you only need:
- masking tape;
- dark and gold spray paint;
- brush.
Apply dark paint to the chair, let it dry. Let it be decorated with a golden cross. Then glue 2 strips of masking tape to the right and left on the back of the chair so that a vertical strip forms in the middle.
To mark horizontal, attach 2 strips of duct tape horizontally with a gap between them. We cover it and the vertical one with golden paint.
To make it lie flat, keep the can not very close to the surface - at a distance of 20 cm from it. Shake it well before applying to mix the layers. Now remove the tape. As you can see, the outlines are still quite blurry. Apply a little of the same paint from a spray can onto a brush and go over them. If you want to achieve perfect evenness, apply a ruler, hold it, and draw with a brush.
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