Many believe that it is better to quickly get rid of old furniture and acquire a new one and do not even realize that the furniture can be renovated. Of course, the restoration of the old furniture will take a long time, and the result will be the result from the first time, it is not so ideal as new factory furniture, however, you need to strive to ensure that the work is made in compliance with technology and as much as possible.
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About furniture restoration methods
In the restoration of old furniture there are such ways to decorate surface surfaces or chipboard:
- Decoupage.
- Craquelure.
- Painting with paints.
- Sampling or lamination.
- Covered with adhesive decorative ribbon.
- Lacquer coating or verse.
People who have mastered several restation techniques, often try to combine them. For example, along with decoupage, a cracker technique is used, since both methods involve painting with paints.
Let us consider separately popular methods for decorating old furniture, but first learn how to prepare old furniture for restoration.
How to prepare furniture
The main thing in the restoration of the old furniture is a thorough and unhurried preparation of furniture. It is necessary to prepare each part:
- Do not damaging the overtake, wash the surface with a sponge and soap solution. Make sure that the water is not hot. Soap is desirable to take with the maximum content of natural components.
- If in the old chest of drawers or other furniture there are decor elements: metal handles and other items, they must be cleaned with a small brush (the old toothbrush is suitable). Difficult surfaces are cleaned with toothpick or shell.
- The remaining flight can be cleaned with a sandpaper. Use "zero" - it does not hurt the surface and will not leave scratches on it.
How to return life to the old stool
This type of work is also referred to as a restoration, because the old stool though lost its attractiveness, but it is still functional.
Inhale life in it in this way:
- If your wooden stool, and its seat is covered with a dense tissue, it is possible to repaint it and replace the foam and the trim to new ones.
- If the chair has a soft seat, it can be removed and sewed new using a cloth or leather. It is undesirable to do hard from a soft tokeret, as it will not look aesthetic.
- The stool is completely covered with any cloth. This type of alteration is called "drapery fabric." It is characterized by the fact that the update old stool or chair can even teenager.
If we are planning to leave the wooden seat, it must be thoroughly cleaned using emery sheet, and then painted in any color, it is desirable to monochrome. After that, place the seat to paint colors. Here it is necessary to rely on his skill and imagination.
After painting a chair covered with varnish, which will serve as a protective layer and allow to exploit the subject of a long period of time.
You have an old stool, in which soft seat, but it has already become disheveled and uncomfortable. You can do the following: if the softness is large enough, the old skin and foam, it is desirable not to touch. With the help of the furniture stapler, attach directly over the new fabric.
If the foam rubber is spoiled or confused, then it is necessary to replace it. To do this, cut out of the new foam rubber you need to size, only with a margin, because the edges of the chair should be soft. Remove the old trim together with the old foam and nice new. You can work as a furniture stapler and hammer. The leatherette is placed on top of the foam rubber and attach. If the first time you did not work with brackets and stapler, then the damaged bracket is easy to remove, and put a new one in its place.
If you have several damaged stools or chairs, it is desirable to decorated in one style.
Restoration of old furniture before and after Look in the photo:
Updating furniture with fabric is performed in a short time. The edges of the surface of the tissue of the desired size are treated on the sewing machine. Depending on the type of fabric and the selected color - the appearance of the stool or chair will depend on the appearance. If your cloth is light and shifted, then the chair will seem air. If the tissue is heavy - then the chair will be more massive.
How to renovate a chair with a back
The ideas of the restoration of old furniture provide full swing of your imagination. If you have come up with that your chair will have an extraordinary coloring - then do not retreat from your dreams.
Your chair has a soft seat and a solid back - undesirable from the solid back to do soft, as such work will be difficult for beginners.
To update the old chair, it must be cleaned with sandpaper, and then cover the paint. And not necessarily the color of the paint should be brown. Return from these rules and make more bright colors to your interior!
After the surface of the chair is painted, you can proceed to the upholstery.
This simple master class on the restoration of the old furniture will allow you to cope with the tasks yourself:
1. Before you, a chair is a back and legs need to be cleaned with sandpaper, removing the top layer of varnish. So that the work looked neat, the seat must be removed.
2. Make dust and wipe the surface with a soft cloth.
3. To paint the cleaned surface into the selected shade of paint or open the versa and varnish.
4. Start upholstery of soft seating: Old fabric can be removed if it is dense. Just an old fabric will serve as a pattern for a new seating, plus a few centimeters need to be left on bending.
Take the fabric and with the help of a stapler to the bottom of it. Secure the seat on the chair.
The result of the work can be seen in the photo:
This photo presents an upholstery option of a soft seating with fabric and braid.
By the same principle, you can renovate a hard stool - paint and make painting. Optionally, you can make a seat soft or leave, as it was.
Restoration of the coffee table
As a rule, over the years of the coffee table, the legs and countertop deteriorate faster. This is because such a table is not customized to cover the tablecloth.
Restoration by the method of "laying up a mosaic" will allow you to get an updated coffee table.
Alone, without certain skills, mosaic masonry is difficult to do the first time. Therefore, that your old table is like, as in the photo, you need to come up with a drawing and a color gamut, and work to trust professionals. But here you need to be prepared for the fact that the restoration of the old furniture will have a high price.
An example of this work will inspire you to new ideas. Restoration can be restored. To do this, it is necessary to clean the surface and cover the primary color. With the help of a stencil, which can be made independently (from the oilcloth or dense cardboard) or purchase in an artistic store, you need to "fill" the drawing. After the paint layer dries - the surface is covered with colorless varnish.
Alteration of the Doma
Did you get the old grandmother, cumbersome wooden chest? Do not hurry to throw it away, it can be renovated so that even your relatives will not recognize. Chest can be updated in such ways:
- Photo printing.
- Decor.
- Artistic painting.
Photo printing on the dresser looks unusual. The main thing in this business is to choose a suitable pattern that will like and harmonize with your interior.
In order to make a photo printing on the chest, it needs to be measured with a furniture roulette and order self-adhesive photo wallpapers in a specialized store. If you have acquired the usual option - then stick paper with a drawing on the chest is not difficult. It is necessary to work with PVA and Tassel glue, and after drying, cover the surface with a transparent varnish.
You can renovate the chest of drawers at the color of the room, or the color of your furniture. By the way, this option is suitable at frequent move or if the repair is to have. For the embodiment, the idea will need a roll of wallpaper (or remaining strips). They stick the facial surface of the chest. During operation, you need to be attentive: to measure and cut off the wallpaper with maximum accuracy, because if the drawing does not match, the work will look neakkurat.
After the wallpaper is pasted on the chest, it must be covered with colorless varnish.
Restoration of the cabinet
Restore the wardrobe is a big responsibility. Moreover, even a very old wardrobe will be difficult because of its cumbersome and considerable weight.
Works are performed on the same principle as the restoration of the tokevet, the coffee table and the chest. First, the surface is thoroughly cleaned and painted in any selected color.
Then right on the surface with paint and tassels are applied pattern. You can work with both stencil and manually. After completing the work - the cabinet is covered with varnish and leave until complete drying.
And the chest of drawers on this photo was renovated in this way: he was cleaned, painted and covered with varnish. And so that he gained shine, it was additionally fined with a furniture polyrolon.
As you can see, it is not so difficult from the old furniture at a minimum of costs to get a new one, the main thing is not to be lazy.
How to get rid of small furniture defects
No matter how gently did not use furniture, and small flaws will still appear on it.
So what to do if:
- does your wooden furniture appeared scratching, crack or chip? Buy at the pharmacy iodine and cover scratch or chick. This method will be effective if your furniture has a dark shade. Iodine can be replaced with paint, and choose the tone according to the color of the furniture. After treatment, the crack or chip is covered with colorless varnish;
- if the crack is deep, then it is necessary to use a special furniture wax. According to the instructions, it needs to be heat and launched into the surface;
- instead of wax, you can use your own cooking mastic. Her recipe: Four parts of the wax melt on a slow fire, add three parts of the turpidar and mix. Fill the crack resulting and leave to complete absorption;
- if the chip or deepening have a large area, then it is possible to correct the defect with a special wood putty. By the way, it has different shades, so it will not be difficult to choose the desired shade. Experts recommend to act in such a way: to buy a splice of a light shade and add a water furniture paint to it the shade you need. After the surface is completely dry, the place is grinding the sandpaper and processed with furniture varnish.
- if only the upper layer is damaged - lacquer, then the surface is sliced \u200b\u200band covered on top of a varnish of transparent color. It must be remembered that only a certain varnish can be achieved using transparency: acrylic or pulp. Polyurethane use undesirable, because over time it will start yellowing;
- if scratches on your furniture are small and superficial, they can be painted with a marker of suitable color;
- if your furniture is covered with a veneer, and you shed tea or juice, you can eliminate the swelling like this: Take the needle and carefully pour the bloating. Type PVA glue into the syringe and enter a little bit into the cavity, then cover the fabric or tight paper and install the cargo on top. To speed up the process, through the paper, the place is allowed to warm the warm iron;
- the film was broken on the facade - apply the "moment" or "liquid" nails and leave under the press;
- so that the facades are not exposed to temperature effects, for example, in the kitchen near the oven - such places are covered with a protective thermal stamp;
- if a white color is formed on a wooden table or dresser, it is necessary to apply a little automotive polishing on a stain and confused;
- if your cabinet is old and drawers are poorly put forward, then the edges of the box need to be lubricated with a candle or dry solid soap.
Restoration of old furniture can be seen on this video:
