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» Do not know how to update the old wardrobe? Budget ways

Do not know how to update the old wardrobe? Budget ways

Decor of furniture is creativity that does not like fuss. You have long thought about how to update the old wardrobe, but they were afraid to spoil the released from the fashion or the objective piece of furniture. Let's look at different options, ideas and techniques and choose something for yourself. The decor can be similar to simple cabinets and wardrobes and wardrobes, but as for a simple, lost gloss, an old cabinet: you can make a unique work from it.

Decor options

The decor of the cabinet can be done using interesting ideas and all sorts of techniques. Some of them, such as a photo printing or color film, do not require special skills. And such as matting or stencils are not necessary, you need certain skills. Let's figure out that it will help us to decorate a wardrobe and a wardrobe:

  • Photo printing or photo wallpaper.
  • Color stained glass filling and vinyl stickers.
  • Matting glass or mirrors.
  • Vinyl or ordinary wallpaper.
  • Decorative plaster (stenling).
  • Restoration and coloring.

Photo printing or photo wallpaper

This technique is most often used to decorate the doors of the wardrobe. In the interior design has long been used by widescreen printing. A special printer on paper or any other surface is drawd. The inconvenience is that it is an expensive service and you need to look for a special workshop for the manufacture of photo printing. Photo printing on glass is called skinal.

There is a more budget option - it is a photo wallpaper. Sold in construction or online stores. The cost is 300 p. And above, depending on the value. The topics of the photo wallpaper is the most diverse, landscapes, colors, animals, to fabulous characters for a children's wardrobe. Use when sticking glue based on starch, so you can further remove the old drawing and change it to another.

On the video is talking about how to properly place photo printing on the glass:

Stained glass filling and vinyl stickers

This is what you can quickly, without special skills, stick it with your own hands on the surface or glass of the cabinet and a wardrobe. Add the package of presentability. Stained glass films today at the peak of fashion. They can be bought in both online stores and specialized hypermarkets for repair.

In addition to the beautiful decor, the film protects the wardrobe and just a cabinet from damage. Stickers and films are removed very easily.

No one distinguishes your imitation from the present stained glass window.

The cost of stickers depends on the value, it is an inexpensive decor. The self-playing base of a stained film for a glass allows you to often change your own entourage.

Matting glass or mirrors

Used for glass and mirror facades of cabinets. More suitable for a wardrobe. Industrial matting involves removing the upper layer of the mirror or glass. It turns out several levels and the volume image.


With our own hands, the matting of the brass or mirrors can be made special paste. To work, you will need stencil and rubber spatula. Stencil put on the surface, we apply a paste with a spatula. Leave for a while, according to the instructions. When using a paste with an abrasive, you need to rub around the lines with glass for about an hour. Paste residues are cleaned with water.

On the video master class on matting:

Vinyl or ordinary wallpaper

You can update the cabinet with your own hands using wallpaper. This decor of the cabinet is suitable exclusively to the old wooden or "Soviet furniture". But this is a good, solid furniture, it can still serve and please us. For decoration, simple paper wallpapers are more suitable, since they are easier to wash with glue and glue. And for the price simple wallpaper cheaper and easier vinyl. Simple wallpapers have two drawbacks: they are not durable and the drawing is usually not interesting.

Vinyl wallpapers are on a paper or fliseline basis. They are heavier than simple, vinyl with a paper base is to glue better with starch-based glue, and Methilan vinyl glue with flieslin.

Before the wallpaper sticker necessarily degrease the surface. This can be done with alcohol, gasoline, or acetone.

Do not forget to press the dry cloth or sponge and paint the wallpaper so that the paper does not go to the waves.

Decorative Plaster Master Class

This technique with which we will decorate the cabinet, is called stenling. With the help of decorative plaster and stencil, we will have volumetric decorative elements. They can subsequently paint in any color, ignite or cut into your taste.

Then we give the plaster to dry, we pass with a skin and cover the entire cabinet acrylic paint in several layers. Acrylic will not only decorate the cabinet, but also will save him from destruction. Between the painting, give the closet time for drying. At the end of the work, the surface is coated from above varnish.

On video work with decorative plaster:

Master Class Cabinet Decor

In our master class we update the old wall of Soviet times. See how the cabinet is transformed after such a decor.

We apply acrylic paint first in the corners with a brush or sponge, and then over the entire surface with roller. It is necessary to paint 3-4 times, until the dark color disappears. Next, we decorate the drawers: tassel and white acrylic paint face sides of the boxes. We are waiting for when it gets up. Next, we glue the malarious tape to separate the decorative element of paint under gold.