Decorating furniture with your own hands

When decorating furniture with your own hands, you can use any artistic techniques. Especially popular is the technique of decoupage, when using special thin napkins on the surface of furniture successfully imitated picturesque patterns or drawings.

Another one A common way of decorating furniture is to decorate "antique". Thanks to special artistic techniques, eventhe most common "consumer" furniture acquires a noble "touch" of antiquity, turning from a simple functional necessity to a work of art.

Make furniture "antique" with their own hands is not difficult. For example, to get the effect of cracked paint over time (krackle effect), colors of two primary colors are required, acrylics are best, and a special lacquer varnish for water colors.

The surface to be decorated is covered with an aqueousprimer, then evenly covered with a layer of paint that will peer through the "cracks". After the first coat of paint has dried on the surface, a varnish must be applied.

Apply the lacquer evenly, movingbrush all the time in one direction. After 40-45 minutes (or according to the instructions for the varnish), a second coat of paint should be applied, moving the brush in the same direction as the varnish.

To make this way "antique" can be any single object or a whole furniture set, creating its own unique style in the interior.

In addition to the effect of crackle, to create an ancient color in the interior can, for example, with the help of a "gilded antique frame" for the mirror. To make such a frame is also very simple.

Mirror should be fixed on a sheet of plywood,which is slightly larger in size than the mirror itself. From artificial flowers, covered with gold paint from a can, make an openwork "frame" around the mirror and fasten the flowers on the plywood. The "old" mirror is ready!

Decoration of furniture by one's own hands is not only the artificial aging of furniture, but also decorating furniture with wrapping paper, cloth, painting or burning patterns. For drawing of a list it is possible to use stencils - with their help, even without special drawing skills, you can create real masterpieces.

With a new cover, decorative pillows or bedspreads in the style of "patchwork" you can perfectly decorate old soft furniture.

You can decorate furniture in any of the well-knownstyles, or you can create your own exclusive style. The main thing is not to be afraid to show imagination and then even the most ordinary furniture will be transformed into a chic decorative element that gives a unique charm to this particular interior.