How to update the old cabinet?

In any home wardrobe occupies a very important place. It is a pity that over time it loses its original appearance: the appearance of cracks, dull paint makes it unattractive, it goes out of fashion and looks irrelevant. We have to think about its future.

There are at least two ways out of this situation:

• buying new furniture;
• update the old cabinet.

Any antique wardrobe requires a small restoration, which will significantly improve the appearance.

You can restore the chiffonier yourself if you use the advice of experts:

• A metal brush is applied to the treatment of decayed wood, after which the dead tissue is removed.
• The fine dust formed in the process is washed off under running water.
• Sometimes in the wooden elements of the cabinet there are holes from studs, some irregularities and cracks. All this must be cleaned with a spatula. It is necessary to apply several thin layers of putty to match the wood. Each layer should dry before applying the next.
• Then dried in fresh air all layers for 1-2 days. You can not dry a tree in the sun.
• Sometimes there are metal parts in the furniture, which eventually became rusty, such places should be treated with a special solution.
• Then the restored surface can be painted or decorated at your discretion.
• The self-adhesive film imitating wood, a stone, metal perfectly will approach.

A wardrobe that went out of fashion, but still quite strong and will last more than one year, you can just repaint. In this simple way, a new design of cabinets, chest of drawers and any other old furniture is created. In this case, it is not only about giving freshness to faded surfaces, but also about a complete replacement of the color solution, which will add originality to the product.Painting - the most common option to update the old stuff. Despite its simplicity, it is necessary to approach this process correctly. For a durable result, you must first prepare the furniture walls.

Below is a step by step master class.

It will help to produce high-quality and competent painting at home:

• It is important to pre-clean the surface of paint residues: one layer will easily remove the emery-blade disc; several layers will be treated with special brushes as a nozzle;
• all walls, doors and other parts must be sanded manually or with a tool;
• leveling occurs by applying a primer or putty to hide defects caused by many years of use;
• it is necessary to wait until the leveling layer is completely dry, and after that you can start painting;

• for applying a painting layer from all sides take a brush, roller or sponge, however, it is faster to use a spray gun or spray. With this method, the paint is applied under pressure, so the doors, shelves and walls inside the cabinet are well painted;
• As a rule, several layers of paint are applied. It provides rich color and good surface preservation. It is better to paint the cabinet with acrylic, alkyd enamel or other high-quality paint;
• paint should be allowed to dry completely, after which you can apply a layer of varnish. It makes the cabinet glossy and shiny. If you prefer a matte surface, you can refuse varnishing. However, the use of this coating has a protective function, prevents abrasion and gives the tone greater depth. You can use not only glossy, but also matte and silky topcoat.

If you decide to leave and decorate your own old wardrobe, it is possible to decorate it in different ways. There are many techniques that are used for decoration.

This is a rather complicated decoration option. First, the product is covered with old paint, necessarily treated with sandpaper. According to the stencil, it is necessary to apply volume elements to the cabinet facades with decorative plaster. The stencil itself must be removed before the plaster dries. Then the uneven parts are smoothed with a spatula.Finished decorative elements are lacquered or painted, gilding or antique patina is possible.

The sliding wardrobe or just the old wardrobe is very updated with photos or photo wallpapers. Any pictures are enlarged using wide format printing in a print shop. The surface is decorated with a panel or a collage of photographs, most often it is wardrobes with flat doors. However, the service of such printing is expensive, so often use the budget option - wallpaper, which are sold in any repair shop. Choose the most different themes - nature, beautiful cities, animals and much more. If you use a glue based on starch, in the future you can change the annoying pattern.

You can decorate an outdated piece of furniture yourself without possessing special skills. It is very simple that the stained glass film fashionable this season is stuck on the glass door of the cabinet. This will add the presentability of old furniture. In addition to the decorative function, the film keeps the glass from impact and scratches. It is very simple to remove the film, but such a decorative method looks very impressive, because imitation is as close as possible to a real stained glass window.

In the process of decorating there are no trifles. Every designer knows that 40% of the success of any interior is parts and accessories. In this case, you can transform the cabinet beyond recognition by changing all the accessories on it. New pens - this is important.

It is a pity if you have to throw away the old, but high-quality furniture, especially wooden. But such products can be updated and used more than one year. In order to correctly choose the method of decoration, it is important to consider the material and the degree of wear of the old cabinet.

Previously, wooden furniture made very high quality. Before upgrading, remove dust with a dry cloth. Then check the hardware, and if it is broken, it must be repaired or replaced. Inside the cabinet it would be good to carry out treatment with an antibacterial agent, a more budgetary option is simple vinegar. He will destroy the unpleasant smell.

Then the choice of the method of decoration is made.

• Toning. First, all surfaces are aligned with wood putty, matched to the tone of the cabinet. After the layer dries, the uneven spots are ground with sandpaper. Processed and even planes processed specialstructuring tint for wood. Choose a decorative tinted color darker than the original shade of the cabinet. Such processing will completely transform the appearance of the product.

• Aging Furniture made of natural wood can be “aged”. The effect of worn under the old cabinet surface is achieved as follows: the light tone of the tree is painted in any dark shade, depending on the color palette of the room. Then, after complete drying of the paint, it is necessary to rub a few fragments with a candle, after which light paint is applied, for example, beige, white, cream. When after the second colored layer is rubbed with sandpaper, rubbing will be visible through some bright spots. which are darker. When decorating a dark closet, make craquelure. To do this, put a craquelure varnish on the surface. After it dries, small cracks are formed, which are highlighted with the help of dry pigment or oil paint of the desired shade.

• The painting. This option provides for pre-staining furniture paint light shade. After drying, the facades of the cabinet are painted with acrylic paints.If you do not have the skills of drawing and painting, you can paint the closet on the stencil.

If the cabinet is in good condition, it will be possible to use the same decoration options used in the design of wooden products, excluding tinting. The cabinet in poor condition involves the replacement of doors.

• Dark polished. In our country, the iconic model of such a cabinet was extremely common. The decor of this product is very complicated in terms of modernization, since the synthetic dark varnish used previously for polishing furniture is almost impossible to remove. In addition, other decorative materials on it do not hold. Here you need to make a willful decision and replace all the doors, if they are in poor condition. A well-preserved cupboard can be redone in one of two ways:

• Tupovka - toning using a sponge. For applying take a golden or copper metallic paint, which falls even on such a polish. The application technique differs in that in some places the coloring layer is filled with a sponge up and down. Then the perimeter of the door is decorated with glued PVC stucco.In the central part of each door is stuck outlet of stucco, similar to the design of the perimeter.
• Stencil ornament. For the application of such an ornament is also used gold or copper paint, but in an aerosol bubble. At first it is pasted on the closet door of the stencil in the form of an ornament. After that, the stencil is the basis for the paint with an aerosol matt varnish, which acts as a primer. After 5 minutes, a tinted aerosol is applied. After five minutes of waiting, you can remove the stencil.

Sometimes the original idea of ​​updating old things leads to the emergence of a new one. A large number of diverse and unexpected techniques are recommended by designers. Among them:

• The decor is lace. In itself, lace or lace fabric is unique and does not cause any doubts in aesthetic value. It is no coincidence that for him there is always a mass of applications in the field of decor, including furniture. Exclusive custom-made furniture design is easy to do using it. You will need lace and paint. You apply a lacy cloth to the facade in the right place and draw a brush with paint over it. Then the lace is removed and a beautiful lace pattern remains on the facade.

• Decoupage Perhaps the most amazing effect is given by the decoupage technique. The wardrobe is decorated with napkins, which have a suitable pattern on their surface, they can always be found in any hardware store. The drawing is cut, layered and then pasted with a special glue for decoupage. The surface with the pasted drawings must be covered with furniture lacquer. As a rule, it is applied in two layers. Especially well this decor looks on a light background. The cabinet, which was originally dark, must first be painted before decorating.

• Mirror. The decoration of old furniture with the help of mirrors is very popular. This method of decoration hides the various defects formed on the doors of the old cabinet, and also visually increases the space in any room. Mirrors ordered in the workshop on the size of the facades of the product. The blades are attached with special fasteners, you can use liquid nails. However, to glue the mirror with liquid nails, a perfectly horizontal surface is required. Therefore, most likely you will have to disassemble the cabinet or use mounted attachments.

• Wallpaper. The most budget option to update the old furniture with your own hands - to paste over the wardrobe wallpaper. Special skills are not needed here. With their help, you can turn a product that is outdated into a modern art object and make it a harmonious part of the interior.

• The cloth. Unusual idea of ​​updating cabinet furniture of the cabinet type with the help of fabric Rectangular shapes can be softened with this finish, while at any time you can replace the material easily and quickly. For decoration you will need fabric, foam rubber, furniture stapler. The fabric is stretched to the surface of the body, secured with staples or liquid nails.

How to convert an old cabinet, see the following video.