How to update old furniture

How to update old furniture

Once, having inspected the cloyed furniture, you wanted to make changes to surrounding situation. At once think over color gamma and materials which you will use. Measure tape measure furniture which should be updated. Look at the stocks and go on shops.

It is required to you

  • - tape measure
  • - scissors
  • - wooden rails
  • - acrylic paints
  • - varnish
  • - fabric
  • - furniture stapler
  • - pieces of wall-paper
  • - glue
  • - grinder or abrasive paper
  • - self-adhesive film

Instruction

1. Upholstered furniture can be updated by means of covers and covers. For this purpose you have to have skills of possession of cutting and the sewing machine. Look on the Internet or in magazines at beautiful styles of covers on upholstered furniture, cut out fabric by the sizes of the upholstered furniture and sew new things.

2. If you own the furniture stapler, then furniture can be fitted anew. Pull out all soft pillows from furniture, sew on them new covers on lightning. It is convenient to remove and erase such covers then. Fit armrests and backs at upholstered furniture fabric, having fixed it by the stapler to wooden furniture blank. If it is required, then under fabric at first lay layer of new foam rubber.

3. To update old cabinet, dresser or curbstone it is possible in several ways. Paint furniture. For this purpose furniture to oshkurta abrasive paper or grinder. Close up putty for tree all cracks and chips. Let's putty dry and again grind. Cover furniture with primer, and then paint with acrylic paint. Acrylic paint has almost no smell therefore furniture can be painted directly in the room, without being afraid to get poisoned.

4. Decorate furniture beautiful wall-paper. Wall-paper to paste over cabinet doors or curbstones as completely, and having cut out separate fragments from wall-paper is possible. On perimeter of doors make frame of wooden rails which previously paint or varnish. Also the frame can be made of tape or thick cord.

5. Paste over smooth doors of furniture with self-adhesive film. Previously moisten furniture surface with water, and then you apply on it film, tearing off it from paper basis. Moisture on furniture will increase sliding of film that will give you the chance to pokleit film exactly, without bubbles.

6. Drape doors and side surfaces of cabinet or curbstone with faux short-haired fur or other textured fabric. Put fur or fabric on double-sided adhesive tape. Fix on perimeter by rails. Fur or fabric can be vacuumed so such cozy furniture can live even in the bedroom.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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