How to update an old wardrobe

If you want to update the interior, pay attention primarily on furniture, namely your wardrobe.

It is no secret that good furniture is very expensive, and even the most ordinary, without any design refinements. And Antiques and punishment is the exorbitant cost. It's like with clothes: it seems that a whole lot, and selection is no problem, but if you look closely, as find: and anything right then and there. Very difficult to find a thing of your dreams.
And finally, sorry to part with old but quality furniture, especially from wood. The quality's also piece-goods. So do not rush to throw, say, an old wardrobe. It can completely update and give it new life.

But to choose the right way to decorate, you need to consider what your wardrobe is and what its degree of wear. While cases may be few.

 





 

Natural wood

This is a noble, worthy material. Before wood products were very high quality.
First of all you need to fix a broken fasteners and be sure to clean the Cabinet from dust. The Cabinet interior it would be nice to be treated with special antibacterial spray or wipe with vinegar to get rid of smell. Well and further – to choose one of the methods of external decoration.

 

 





 

 

Toning. If the surface of the wardrobe has defects – scratches, chips, cracks, they need to be special putty wood putty color which you want to choose the color of the wood Cabinet. When the plaster dries, you need to grind these places with sandpaper, and then coat the whole Cabinet is a special structuring to stain wood. The color of the stain you need to choose darker than the original color of the Cabinet. In the end, you get a completely new look.

 





 

Aging. This method is suitable for products made of wood. It involves painting the wardrobe and some special effects. You can make a "worn" surface.
For this bright wood first painted in dark brown or dark Burgundy, dark purple, etc. (based on the predominant interior colors), then when the paint is dry, some places rubbed with a candle and then paint the wardrobe in light color – beige, white, cream. The surface is rubbed with sandpaper, and sometimes under light colors appear dark "worn".
If the wardrobe is dark, you can make crackles.

 





 

Painting. Also provides coloring in any color but not too dark. Paints used furniture. When the paint is dry on the facades of the Cabinet is being painted with acrylic paints. The win-win – stencil painting.

 





 

Decoupage. Perhaps no one kind of decoration does not give such a stunning effect, like decoupage. If you decorate the furniture with this technique, the effect of the guarantee will be as if on this thing was a professional.
This is due to specific "pictures" for decoupage, and special methods of design images to multiply the effect. The effect of this as if it were a painting. Furniture becomes personal, one of a kind.
For Cabinet decoration in the technique of decoupage napkins matched with the appropriate figure, the figure is cut out, separate and then glued with a special glue. The finished work is covered with furniture lacquer, preferably in two layers. Decoupage looks great on light wood. But a dark closet need to be painted.

 





 

The new fittings. The new handle does not change – they give a 40% success rate.

 





 

Inlay. It sounds loud, but really it's just a decoration surface of the overhead elements, not gems. You can use lace, embroidery and vinyl openwork napkin. Embroidery are simply mounted on the door directly in the framework by means of small screws. If embroidery without a frame, they can simply stick with Shoe glue, and then "organize" them a frame of painted foam "stucco".

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