How to restore the old closet?

Restoring the old cabinet, in fact, it's not so difficult, with the necessary materials and drawings. The old cupboard, which for many years of exploitation has lost its former appearance, can be brought back to life with the help of simple manipulations.

There are many ways, for example, art painting, pasting a wardrobe with self-adhesive wallpaper or complex decoration with the use of textiles and metal strips. In this article, we will talk about the basic principles of furniture restoration, as well as how to restore the old cabinet with paper applications and colored napkins.

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We restore the cabinet by painting method

Painting is one of the most uncomplicated methods. At the same time, it can give a very interesting result.

What we need in our work:

• Water-based solvents;
• Chisel;
• Fine-grained sandpaper;
• Acrylic primer;
• Acrylic lacquer in aerosol can;
• Acrylic paint or gouache;
• Acrylic transparent glue or PVA adhesive, diluted with water 1: 2;
• Paper napkins;
• Brushes made of natural hair.

Restoration technology

If your old, but still quite sturdy cabinet or chest of drawers has a modern look and traces of long-term use, then you can restore the cabinet yourself so that it will please you for a long time.

As a rule, the repair of the cabinet includes several stages, let's consider them in more detail:

1. Before starting the restoration work, you must remove all the furniture from the furniture.
2. Next, use the chisel to align the doors, and if necessary, replace the awnings so that the doors open normally.
3. Align the position of the cabinet structure( remove the formed roll by removing the slots between the plane of the box).
4. Remove the old coating with a solvent, spatula and sandpaper.
5. To remove stubborn dirt, treat the inner walls of the cabinet with denatured alcohol, leave it open until it dries completely.
6. Grind any unevenness of the roughness with sandpaper, and then zashpaklyuchayte and paint the individual scratches, picking up a suitable color for the color.
7. With the help of plastic moldings, imitation moldings and gypsum pads( if you chose the Rococo or Baroque style), restore the lost surface elements of the cabinet.
8. Once again grind small irregularities and apply a primer.
9. Cover the cabinet with a coat of paint using a roller and let it dry completely.
10. Coat the furniture with lacquer.
11. Remove the rust and polish the removed hardware, and then attach it to its original location.

Important! Sometimes it is necessary to completely replace the entire hardware, especially if, as a result of the restoration, the overall style of the cabinet has completely changed. The interior surface of furniture, as well as shelves, can be restored by the above recommendations, and then painted with the same paint.

The closet is ready!

Important! Very nice looks, if you paint the shelves in a contrasting color. For example, if the main color of the cabinet is pastel pink, then the shelves can be painted in bright green colors.

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Restoration in the technique of decoupage

This kind of decoration was invented in China and was originally used only on wood surfaces. Decoupage is an application of the cut out elements of the drawing, as well as the painting of details with the help of paints. With this technique, the restored furniture looks very decorative.

Simple, but at the same time, fascinating technique will not only help to restore the old wardrobe, and, perhaps, will prompt you to create other original interior items and develop your design talent.

Master class on upgrading the cabinet in decoupage technique:

• Prepare the surface for painting: treat the wood with sandpaper to remove all defects. After - apply a primer.
• If decoupage of the cabinet windows is planned, they must first be degreased. After this procedure, apply a primer layer on them with a sponge foam and leave to dry completely.
• Surface for decoupage paint white( or in the tone of the picture), paint, dry.

Important! Sometimes instead of painting it is recommended to cover the wooden surfaces with a decorative film.

• From the paper napkin, cut out a fragment of the pattern, remove the two lower layers, and carefully glue the top on the painted surface of the cabinet;

Important! A wet napkin is very easy to damage. If a break occurs, gently slide and connect the edges with a needle.

• Remove any air bubbles with a brush that was pre-lubricated with glue, or puncture.
• On the pasted picture, apply a layer of glue, leave for a long time until completely dry.
• Use a fine brush to draw fine details and paint over the joints.
• After complete drying, coat the surface with two layers of varnish.

Important! Alkyd varnish must be applied only after acrylic, otherwise - it will give the paper undesirable transparency.

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Stylish directions

To ensure that your restored wardrobe fits well into the interior of the room, it must conform to it in a general style. Therefore, simply to choose a beautiful decor for the cabinet will not be enough, it is still necessary to correctly determine the general style direction of the room in which it will stand.

Provence

The Provence style conveys the atmosphere of a simple and carefree French village with lovely flowers and picturesque meadows. Therefore:

1. The basis for the application of the application is taken in pastel tones.
2. In a tone to it select also fragments from color napkins. It can be images of any( not exotic) fruits and vegetables, houses and flowers, as well as any elements of the rural life of the province in France.

Important! This style is now in fashion, so pick up other elements of the interior - pillowcases, curtains or sofa upholstery to a cabinet of this design will not be difficult.

Ethno

Another topical area today is Ethno-style. It can be any era and country:

• Japanese Ethno is characterized by images of birds, butterflies, sakura flowers.
• And in Ethno Indian style, vivid colors, gilded ornaments and geometric prints predominate.
• African motives suggest the use of sunny, hot colors, the depiction of predator figures against the background of a lonely tree or the setting sun.

Style Shebbi-chic

This style is distinguished by romantic motifs and elements of artificial aging:

• Frivolous cupids on a cream or white background, various pastors combined with the effect of rubbing and gilding - these are perhaps the most characteristic signs of this style.
• From the methods of aging apply patina( oxidation of parts), potal( gilding or silvering), craquelure( the effect of a grid of small cracks).

There is a huge number of ways to restore the old cabinet. In this article we have considered only some of them. Starting from this, you can create your own unique and unique furniture. Everything depends only on your imagination, design abilities and personal preferences.