Many lovers convert old things that breathing in them a new life. Having spent some money and personal time, you can independently renovate the chest of drawers, making it more modern and suitable for the interior of the room.

Tell how you can do it with your own hands.

Materials and tools

Before holding restoration work at home, you should prepare the necessary tools. In this case, the process will pass faster.

Materials and tools that will be needed for work.

• Emery paper, it is better to use fine-grained.
• Sander.
• Brushes or roller for painting.
• Paint and tray.
• Putcloth for woodwork.
• Appliques and stickers (in case of additional decoration).
• PVA glue.

reference. The list may vary depending on personal preferences for furniture restoration.

Preparation of the chest to restoration

The final result directly depends on the preparatory process. Dresser, which restores, it should be thoroughly prepared for transformation. This will speed up the restoration process and will help extend the life of the product.

• First of all it follows free all drawers From other things and items. Old handles and mounts must be unscrewed. If you wish, they can be left, processing paint to obtain a new, more attractive color.
• Surface of the chest carefully wipe from dust and dirt. To do this, take advantage of a special detergent to clean wooden furniture.
• If the boxes are decorated with carved elements, dust can accumulate in the winds and cuts. For more careful cleansing, you can apply a toothbrush.

Council. From modern alkaline cleaners it is better to refuse. It can damage the cheating of the chest. For cleaning, a solution with a household soap is suitable.

• Using a grinding machine process the surface of the chest, carefully removing the old coating. In hard-to-reach places we connect sandpaper paper.
• If the attachments are loosened, they can be unscrewed and treated with PVA glue for reliable fixation. Reiki for the movement of boxes can also be changed to modern polls.
• Furniture surface process the first layer of primer. Leave at least 12 hours before complete drying. Thereafter we assign a second layer, We leave another 12 hours. Works in this case should be carried out on the street or in a well-ventilated room.

Important!Drying the primer can reach 24 hours. It depends on the selected composition. The required information is indicated on the package.

Preparatory work is a rather long and time consuming. For a qualitative and effective result, all items should be performed alternately. Otherwise, the process will not have the desired result and turn out to be in vain.

Restoration work options

In order to return the furniture attractive and bright appearance, there are several methods.

Coloring

The most popular view of the restoration is staining. Painting work is the simplest method for changing the image of furniture. The new paint will help refresh the chest of drawers and in harmoniously enter it into the bedroom interior or living room.

The dresser can be painted in another color, use several combinations, on top of the main paint apply bright drawings of another shade.

Important! All work is carried out exclusively in the fresh air.

Operating procedure

Before carrying out staining, it is necessary to clean the surface of the chest from the old coating. Here you can use acetone or a special cleaner. With the help of a brush we apply a cleaner to the surface. Experienced masters are used by the food film, which is tightened to the surface for 5-10 minutes. In the conditions of termination of air intake cleaner or acetone act much faster.

Important! When working, do not forget about the respirator and gloves to avoid injuries.

After the desired time, we remove the film. After such a "conservation", the paint easily departs from the tree. In hard-to-reach places, you can use a spatula or tassel moistened in acetone.

At the second stage, it is necessary to prepare a chest of drawers to staining. To do this, use Grinding machine. With it, it is easy to remove the remains of the old coating and equally all the surfaces. In hard-to-reach places we use fine-grained emery paper. After grinding, we process the chest of drawers.

After preparation, you can proceed directly to staining. Pour paint in the tray, a small roller or brush will fit for work (optional). We process the surface of the paint, let it dry. It is recommended to apply two layers of paint to obtain a more saturated shade.. The result is fixing the processing of varnish. The inner surface of the boxes can be treated in a white or beige shade.

Building

The furniture performed in the "Action" technique is now very popular. If desired, the painted chest can be issued in the technique of imitation of antiquity.

After processing, paint in some places are erased using sandpaper. When achieving the desired result, the surface is covered with wax. You can use a conventional candle. Chest ready. He will become the main decoration of the room and will attract the attention of each guest.

Additional decoration

Decoupage technique is also not inferior to positions. With it, you can achieve full renewal of furniture.

In this case for decorating use additional elements. It may be appliques, stickers, logos of various brands or popular music performers. Pictures and applications are chosen at their own request.

As decor also you can also apply collages from colored paper, cutting out newspapers and magazines or photos.

Many craftsmen Also use unnecessary wallpaper rolls, lace or fabric flaps. When applying additional accessories, you can fully disclose and show your fantasy.

After the preparatory process and staining, you can proceed to the design of fittings.

• Cut the elements of jewelry, I approximately have their position on the surface of the chest.
• Announced side of pictures processing PVA glue, A similar action is done with the chest.
• We place drawings on the surface, let's dry.
• In order for fittings to look more naturally, it is necessary to remove the edges of gluing as much as possible. For this, you can lose weight slightly with sandpaper.
• Big elements harmoniously look at the boxes, on the sides or on the top shelf. Small details you can decorate the corners.

Repair work

Vintage furniture items need not only in updating the appearance. To update, you will need to perform various repairs.

Restoration of fixtures and fittingspositive will affect the appearance and will significantly extend the use.

Another option is rework. Dresser can be converted using several auxiliary plates, remake drawers. With this approach, the product passes a solid transformation, radically changes the appearance.

Antique handles, in case of their dense installation and lack of damage, you can refresh slightly. This requires only bright paint. Especially spectacularly look at gold or silver. After staining, carefully handle paint handles with a thin brush.

For more comfortable use follows replace old guides to new polleans. Old rods remove, celebrate the location of new ones. With the help of screws and screwdrivers, pinch the location on the surface of the boxes.

Useful advice

• Repair and restoration it is necessary to first replace the fasteners, and after the appearance of the appearance.
• Removing the old coating in the preparatory process is necessary. When you ignore this item, the restoration process may be in vain.
• Do not forget about protective measures. Working in the fresh air, gloves, the respirator will help protect against gaining serious harm to health.
• Apply primer, paint or varnish follows only after drying the previous layer. Otherwise, divorces or cracks may appear. Then the work will have to begin again.

A small, but roomy dresser has become an integral part of the design of any room. However, many products do not differ attractive appearance or price. In this case, you can apply a little skill and renovate the old chest. Such a subject of the interior will be allocated to its uniqueness and originality.

From time to time, apartment owners and houses have to solve the fate of old furniture items that no longer fit into the new interior. If you throw them out, the right decision will be restoration. Of course, resuscitation headset from pressed sawdust and plastic will cost more than the purchase of new, but if you have good quality furniture, you can try to give her a second life. The article will go about the dresser, you can perform his restoration yourself. You can use one of the techniques presented in the article.

Preparation of instruments and materials

For restoration work should be prepared:

• grinding;
• putty knife;
• brush;
• screwdriver;
• malyary roller;
• self-tapping screw;
• dumping;
• carpentry glue.

If there is no grinding machine, then it can be replaced by the sandpaper. We should prepare the material of different graininess. Can be replaced with a wide flaber. If the connections are broken, you should prepare fasteners and glue. The restoration of the chest must be carried out using some of the materials, among them:

• primer;
• enamel;
• putty on a tree;

In order for staining to be a light process, it is necessary to take care of the presence of it can be replaced with a mounting ribbon.

Preparatory work

To begin with, the chest must inspect. It is important to strengthen the looped loops, nails should be replaced with self-draws. The compounds need to be labeled with good glue, from rust you can get rid of a special solution. The old coating can be cleaned when restoration of the chest of sandpaper or grinding.

If the wood showed traces of an elderly, then the material should be treated with an antiseptic. It is important to inspect the object of furniture for damage. Defects may have a different degree of complexity. If there are dents and chips, they need to be covered with primer. The composition is left until the moment of drying, and after the defects should be treated with putty. It is applied in several layers, having gained drying each.

If the dent is covered with a thick layer, the material will not be firmly held, and after drying it will turn into cracks. Therefore, applying should be carried out by a subtle layer. Deep scratches and cracks can be embedded with furniture wax, the main thing is to choose it from the wide variety presented on the market. Thus, the wax can be:

• color;
• transparent;
• soft;
• solid.

After heating, the agent is rubbed into damage. If at the final stage, the dresser will be painted, the transparent wax should be selected. Small defects need to be removed by sandpaper, and after reorganizing the primer.

Process of coloring

Restoration of the chest in the next stage provides for paint. Once you have dealt with damage, the surface can be prepared for applying a decorative layer. Shasplight places are cleaned with sandpaper, and at the next stage you can apply primer into several layers, in this case the paint will fall as soon as possible.

First you can use the composition of metallic color. Next, using painting scotch, you need to limit those parts that will be intended to apply another color. You can use black. Contrast will be very spectacular. New fittings are installed with the selected shade.

Restoration by crackering

The restoration of the chest can be performed on the technology of applying crochelle varnish. This technique does not provide high costs, but will allow transforming furniture. When drying, such a composition forms peculiar cracks that allow you to create an effect of antiques. For work, you will need:

• acrylic paint;
• primer;
• matte acrylic varnish;
• single-component crust lacquer;
• wide brush.

It is important to choose the crustaceous varnish correctly, its consistency should be liquid. The viscous composition is quite poorly applied, and after drying it looks not very attractive. Before applying, varnish should not be mixed, since the resulting bubbles will spoil the effect. The technique is better to try on other surfaces. The room should be dry and warm. In order for small garbage and dust, they should be put on the applied layer, you should make a wet cleaning.

Technology of work

The restoration of the chest with their own hands by applying the crockel lacquer provides for the alignment and sealing of cracks. The surface is ground in 3 layers and sucked. At the first stage, you should apply the paint of the main color, usually it is represented by a darker shade, which will be bought through cracks. The layer should be allowed to dry. Next, the surface is covered with crustaceous varnish.

In order for cracks to be larger, the layer should be made quite thick. Luck need to dry, so that he sticks to the fingers, but not soaked them. At the next stage, you can start applying paint of light tone. After a while you will see how a network of cracks is formed on the surface. In conclusion, an acrylic varnish should be applied. The restoration of the old chest according to such technology can provide for the use of fittings of golden or bronze shades.

Technique of two-phase craklera

If an elegant drawing is in the dresser that you don't want to paint, you can apply the two-phase cracker technique. To work should be prepared:

• oil paint for grouting;
• sponge;
• brushes;
• acrylic lacquer;
• two-component crust lacquer.

The crustured varnish in this case will be used to make the surface. This mixture is applied in two stages, the second composition will be used to form cracks. In order to achieve the most spectacular result, you should use a packet with a patina effect, it darkens the surface and makes it a bit muddy. On the color of the pattern, the transparent varnish will not affect anything.

The restoration of the chest at home at the first stage involves the preparation of the surface, it should be coated with a patinating layer of varnish. If there is no drawing on the subject of furniture, then it can be created by a decoupage method. The applied layer is dried before sticking, after it can be processed to apply the second phase of varnish, it is withstanding to the same state. The cracks that appear should be treated with grout using a sponge. It is possible to reflect patterns with gold powder, it will give the Domy a presentable view. The restoration of the old chest includes the assignment of the result, this can be done by applying a layer of acrylic varnish.

Restoration by decoupage method

This technology is very popular today. It is possible to implement it with the help of pictures that you can pick up yourself. The most primitive chest can be made in the center of the interior. To do this, prepare:

• acrylic paint;
  primer;
• pVA glue;
• colorless acrylic varnish;
• brushes;
• sandpaper;
• pictures.

Instruction

If you decide to independently restore the chest, the photo "reanimated" by other furniture masters will certainly help you decide on the choice. After reading them, you can understand what technology it is better to use. If you preferring a decoupage, then to begin with the primer surface and paint in the desired color, which will be harmonized with the main tint of the pattern. Images are cut and applied to the surface. Pictures are soaked in water after you mark their location on the surface of the chest. On the marked areas of the furniture it should be glued, and after attaching pictures. As soon as they dry, it is necessary to cover the base of varnish in 2 layers.

Conclusion

If you perform the restoration of the chest with your own hands at home on one of the above proposed techniques, then you do not want to part with the subject of furniture, which is still quite recently prepared for the removal of the landfill. The chest of drawers after the update will be able to become the center of attention in the room.

Place for storage is a need. And here the dressers come to the rescue. If your old chest seems to you boring, or you find that the ideas that we carefully picked up to help you have come to the rescue. Multiple patterns with stickers, wallpaper, paint; the effect of the gradient; New, bright colors - your updated dresser will become the most memorable detail of the interior.

Before decorating the chest, select a new color for it. Sunny yellow, bold red or fresh green creative wonders. Then think how you want to decorate the facades of the boxes. It can be a pattern, picture or monophonic color. An interesting idea is to paint the gradient boxes. To do this, you need to choose the main color and paint each box for a few shades lighter than the previous one. Inspire our photographic formation!

Update the old chest using the gradient effect

Bright focus on the facade of the box

Chest decor Oboyami

Idea for big family

Antique pattern in modern interpretation

The hostess of this chest once saved him when they carried the neighbors to the garbage, and she saw such a disgrace during her time, and since she adores all sorts of old things, asked him for a couple of bottles.

It was a terrible look, probably all his long life was painted by germ. Fu! She came to mind the idea to renovate him and revive to life from Chulana to a spacious recreation room, where the hostess was going to take their guests. Then she turned to me. I, in turn, could not refuse such a gift! All my life dreamed of transforming old furniture.

The photo of his initial was not preserved, here are the first work on it - a bit of Okrena, but in some places there is this terrible sex paint.

After we removed a huge layer of old paint we were waiting for a surprise! Almost the entire dresser was eaten by the koroist ... It can be seen as far as the beetle sees a tree.

Sadly ... It was decided to replace everything that you can. The legs on the example were crumbled into Duchu and held them for many years only paint.
Next, we were very carefully whisked, 4 days probably, to remove all the signs of paint from the tree. The photo shows how strong the defeat were.

After carefully all squeaks, applying all possible materials in general - from the grinding machine to handmade small skins.

Oh yeah! I almost forgot - I definitely process the entire dresser and outside and from the inside by some "Zhukomor" because we want such a beautiful chest of dawn on!

Since damage was almost everywhere, we decided not to maintain the texture of the tree. Then calmly it was possible to put the entire chest of drawers.

In this photo, lockers are put off, similarly and with the chest itself.

In the photo, a rough spacing and replaced thresholds and legs. Then we were dried, whisch, again, put sand, again west. As long as we do not arrange the result and a flat surface, we had three times spacious and buried.

This is a photo where the chest in the grinding process.
The ends at the chest were from plywood, it was decided not to change them, he had so much for a couple of kg. And it would not be lifting at all.
The most difficult and time-consuming is the patterned columns on the edges of the chest! The main thing is not to be lazy and do everything carefully, and then all the shortcomings will definitely get out on painting !!!

Still drilling lockers.
All now the result suits us and we proceed to painting. But how without adventure! We bought the paint on the black cap in the white, it was written "dark brown", opening the bank we saw something incomprehensible and very browning on the sexual paint that we thought so carefully ... We thought that it was such a raw and after painting would darken. But it was not there!

But we are artists and we can not despair! I took the usual kel and stacked the color that should be painted the chest.

The layers are applied until no lumen remains! In total, I got three layers.
Now the decor, the most difficult and interesting! Of course it would be easier to push all parts that are going to paint into bright, but we gathered to experiment with Shebb Shikom and therefore there was a sea of \u200b\u200bjewelry work in the future! But we are not looking for light paths !!!

It can be seen that it is not careful, but it does not matter! Acryl dries quickly and after drying it is easy to adjust to the dark color to which randomly climbed light paint, for this purpose, of course we use a thin brush (no more than 4 rooms.)

The shade stuck itself (white acrylic and koller). I was looking for color close to pistachio, but what happened that it turned out (if of course the photo passes ...)

Where it is necessary to make a candle (protrusions, angles, etc. not to overdo it, everything is very easy and a little bit :)), and then they applied a layer of light paint - again the layer three is no less. In the photo you can see the protruding wax - in this place we moved a little bit and the pain then teared a lot, but we did not upset - and conceived


In the boxes, painted painted, which also took not one day, there is no photo in stages, but there is a result.

Now everything is dried overnight, and in the morning we are covered with varnish - it can be any, depending on what goals are read. We needed a varnish and brilliant, but there are those who do not like such furniture. Then it is possible to apply a matte acrylic varnish. Laca also need a layer of three - so surely!

Here is the result - a handsome man with screwdrived handles, and at the request of the hostess, we attached the boxes to the boxes as in modern chest, so not only beautiful, but also functional!

Decoupage of the chest is a simple way to breathe new life into your furniture.

If your chest of dresser was covered with cracks, aged or just tired you - do not hurry to throw it away, because it is quite possible to turn it into a new one, not spending big money.

This can be done with the help of decoupage - the unusual design equipment of furniture, which came to us from France and quickly loved in Russia.

In the article you will learn how to renovate the furniture in a similar way, and also get a master class on the decoupage of the chest.

Photo, video and instructions will help you cope with this work and give a new life with your old things.

Decoupage technique is to cover furniture and other household items with colored paper, pictures, as well as additional effects of type coloring, gold sputter, etc.

The greatest fame of the Decoupage technique acquired in the 17-18 centuries: with its help, the merchants faked Chinese furniture trendy in those days, by covering ordinary furniture with additional elements and decorations.

Such a product failed to taste the dangerous segments of the population who could not afford real furniture.

Initially, this technique has spread in Europe called "the art of the poor", but soon it was fascinated by more wealthy sections of the population, and soon she reached the court of King Louis XV.

In addition to the wrath of furniture, decoupage is distributed and on other subjects of everyday life: often with the help of decoupage, we decorated with clothes, for example, ladies, plates, caskets, mirrors, etc.

Over the years, Decoupage has not lost its relevance, but on the contrary, entered into one row with other professional activities - so this technique used such great artists of the 20th century as Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso.

Today decoupage is available to everyone who loves creativity.

The big plus of this technique is that you do not need any expensive tools - just fantasy and fantasy blanks, such as old magazines, stickers or pictures that can be cheap in specialized stores.

In the photo you can see how the Decoupage technique looks like - in fact, it is simply attacked with lacques-covered furniture and household items.

Naturally, that the result looks attractive, and not as it fell, you need the concept of future creation.

You can use ready-made ideas - for example, to issue your chosen object in the popular Provence style.

To make decoupage, you will need pictures that you can find in magazines, newspapers, books, albums with stickers, on wrapping paper, postcards, photos, etc.

To cut them, you will need scissors or razor, and to stick - PVA glue, or special glue for decoupage.

To remove glue, you will need a rag or sponge, and to complete the work, the glued pictures need to be covered with varnish or acrylic and polyurethane aerosol.

As you can see, this technique will not require much costs.

Decoupage can be used to decorate literally any subject, and it will be interesting to both adults and children who can with his help to decorate their notebooks, diaries, shelves or tables in the room.

However, when it comes to pieces of furniture, it is necessary to approach the decoupage with a great responsibility, because this subject is not yet one year will stand in your home.

Decoupage of furniture is not such a simple task, and below you will receive instructions, how to deal with it so that the chest really pleased the eye.

How to restore the dresser with the help of decoupage?

Before starting the decoupage of the chest, you need to decide how you want it to see in the end, as well as choose the coating technique. One of the simplest techniques is decorating paper.

A similar restoration of the chest is suitable for those who have not so much experience in the furniture finish, because It is pretty simple, but it looks attractive and original.

The design of the chest depends on the place of its position and the overall interior, for example, with a strict one-photon design of the office, the chest of drawers can be issued with the help of ordinary newspapers, but for the children's room it is better to choose something more interesting and brighter.

If the room is decorated in a certain style, for example, Provence, it makes sense to make in a similar and chest of drawers so that it does not get out of the overall style.

Before starting work, look at the mini-master class. Decoupage occurs in several stages.

First of all, you need to wash and dry the surface of the furniture and remove the boxes and shelves that are inside. If the chest is uneven, then it can be treated with its sandpaper.

Now you can start painting. You can paint the chest of drawers in full, or partially, depending on your idea.

Then, after drying, the painted parts are processed by the sandpaper and the following layer of paint.

Now the decoupage itself follows. Take the mini blanks made by you (newspapers, logs, etc.) and cut pictures, and then place them on a pre-lubricated surface glue.

Paper can be smoothed with roller or just with hands. Then you can apply paint along the contour of the pattern, if you want, you can cover the chest of drawers.

Wait for a while and you can collect the chest.

Decoupage cloth

As you can see, the first mini master class is completely simple. A little more difficult to issue a chest of chest. According to the cost of materials, it will be no more expensive - most likely, the old fabric you have at home in excess.

Usually, this technique is decorated not all the chest, but only boxes, but you can try another way, looking at the design options in the photo.

This mini-master class begins similar to the previous one - you first need to wash and disassemble the chest.

Before glueing the fabric, you need to make mini blanks - that is, patterns with a suitable pattern, and they should be more wider than the facade of the box.

You can buy finished patterns, or choose an example in a photo, or come up with a drawing yourself.

When the fabric is ready, dear the outer part of the box with glue and attach the cloth, and then scream it from the middle so that it becomes smooth.

The fabric bent inside the box is better to attach a stapler to keep it better. After the glue is grabbing, you can collect the chest.

The most difficult thing in this way is to make patterns. This will help you a mini master class on video.

It is best to choose a fabric suitable for the interior tone, or in some interesting and popular style, for example, Provence.

Luxurious decoupage option

The next mini master class will help you make a chest of drawers in a truly luxurious style and turn it into the main addition of the interior.

To do this, you will need some blanks: pasting paper - it is better to buy ready-made, as well as additional decorative elements - for example, paints and tin gold.

After preparing the chest, you need to paint all the details, and then apply the ornament on the doors.

The pattern can be applied on the finished pattern, or see the master class on the design of the chemam style.

Finished ornament Cover the gravestone gold or other material you choose, and the facades of the drawers close the bagent frames.

Then the entire surface must be covered with varnish, and you can collect the chest.

If you do not want to accompany the chest of drawers in too pompous style, you can choose something lighter and more modern, for example, Provence, High-tech, etc.

Commerce actions

The last mini master class is dedicated to how artificially be a chest of drawers. You can do this in addition to the selected style, or choose this option as an initial and only one.

As in other cases, you need to fully disassemble the chest and process all parts of it with emery paper. Then wipe the surface with a sponge or cloth.

Color furniture and wait until it dries a little, and then you can begin to "make up."

To do this, you will need some ideas and workpieces of tools - suitable candles, scraper or skin.

Scraper can be created on the surface artificial damage, and grab some fragments of the surface.

You can also apply other options for "actions", looking at the master class or photo with decoupage. Then you need to consolidate the workpiece using an additional folding layer.

Re-process the chest of a sponge - where the paraffin was applied, the paint will easily come down, and you will get the effect of the composition.

If you want, you can add decoupage with paper or ornament to the obtained design. After everything is ready, cover the surface with varnish and you can collect the chest.

A similar style is considered to be "rustic", but perfectly fit into the city dwelling, if your apartment is decorated in the style of country or Provence.

Thus, with the help of a decoupage, any restoration of the chest can be carried out.

To do this, you will only need to make inexpensive billets, of which the drawing will consist, choose the design style (Provence, AR-Deco, High Tech, etc.) and attach a little fantasy and effort - then you can renovate the old Dresser so that It will turn out no worse than a new one.