How to decorate a cabinet with your own hands?

The decoration of furniture can be called real creativity, in which there is no place for hectic. Perhaps you also thought about updating your old furniture for a long time, but all the time you were afraid to outwardly spoil it with a wardrobe that became familiar or went out of fashion? Then consider a few options, techniques and ideas that can radically change the design of the cabinet with your own hands. Maybe you will like something. In fact, even from an old simple cabinet you can make an original, stylish and unique work.

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Popular options for decorating furniture

Do-it-yourself cabinet decoration can be done using the following techniques and ideas. Among them there are, for example, color film or photo printing, which do not require any skills at all. The same options as the use of stencils or matting, not everyone can do it - here you still need some skills.

First, find out how to decorate cabinets:

• Wall mural or photo printing.
• Matting mirrors or glass.
• Vinyl stickers or stained glass color film.
• Decorative plaster (stencils).
• Ordinary or vinyl wallpaper.
• Staining or restoration.

Now in detail we will consider all methods of decor.

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Using photo wallpaper or photo printing

This technique is used mainly for decorating cabinet doors. By the way, large format printing has long been used in interior design. The drawing is applied to paper using a special printer. The difficulty lies only in the fact that this service is not cheap - you need to look for a workshop specializing in providing this service.

It is much cheaper to glue the cabinet with wallpaper, or rather wallpaper. They sell them on the Internet and construction stores. Their subjects can be the most diverse - landscapes, animals, floral arrangements, fairy-tale characters, cartoon characters.

Important! They are glued using glue based on starch, so in the future it will be quite simple to remove the pattern and replace it with any other.

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Decoration with vinyl stickers and stained glass

If you are looking for an option on how to decorate a cabinet with your own hands, so that it is as simple as possible in terms of execution, then stop on vinyl stickers and stained glass, because applying them is easy on your own. Your cabinet will become more presentable thanks to the decor. By the way, stained glass today is at the peak of popularity.

Important! In addition to decoration, the film protects the cabinet surface from various damage.

You can also remove such a sticker yourself. Believe me, no one will be able to distinguish your own created imitation from a real stained glass window. The cost of the material depends on the size.

Important! Since the stained glass film has a self-adhesive base, it is possible to periodically change the surroundings.

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Matting mirrors or glasses

This is a great idea on how to decorate a mirror on a cabinet. It is more suitable for sliding wardrobes.

Important! Matting in industrial conditions involves the removal of the upper layer of glass or mirror, resulting in a three-dimensional multi-level image.

You can make frosting with your own hands using a special paste. You will need another spatula for rubber and a stencil for work:

• It is placed on the surface, paste is applied on top with a spatula.
• In this form, everything remains for a while.
• In the case of using a paste with abrasive particles will have to rub on the glass for about an hour.
• Residues are washed off with plain water.

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Decoration with vinyl or plain wallpaper

Perhaps after the repair you have a large number of materials left, then the idea of ​​how to glue the cabinet with wallpaper in order to update it will come in handy.

Important! Decorating in this way is recommended only for old wooden furniture. It is particularly durable, it is solid, solid, durable.

Features of the use of materials:

• You can decorate the cabinet with simple paper wallpaper, which is enough to smear it with glue, then glue it. Yes, and they are inexpensive, much less vinyl counterparts. But they have two drawbacks: an uninteresting pattern, a low level of strength.
• Vinyl wallpapers can have a non-woven or paper base. They are heavier, need to be degreased before the sticker.

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The use of decorative plaster

If you learn how to decorate a cabinet with decorative plaster, then you will get a rather voluminous decoration through the use of relief elements. If desired, they can be painted in any shade.

For decoration you will need:

• Plaster.
• Plastic, cardboard or vinyl stencil.
• Old closet.
• Masking tape.
• Flat spatula.
• Acrylic paint.
• Sandpaper.
• Lacquer.

How to act:

1. If the cabinet is already covered with paint, then its surface should be treated with sandpaper until a wooden base begins to be visible.
2. If it is not painted, then it is necessary to remove the top layer with sandpaper, then remove the fat.
3. Fill existing cracks.
4. Then take the finished stencil, attach it to the door, secure it with tape.
5. Using a flat spatula, apply decorative plaster to the stencil, filling each recess.
6. Remove the stencil, without waiting for the plaster to solidify, fix all the irregularities with a knife.
7. Let the plaster dry, cover the cabinet in several layers with acrylic paint.
8. Coat the surface with varnish at the very end.

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Decor with paint and wallpaper.

In this section, we will learn how to decorate an old cabinet with paint. For work, prepare:

• Old closet.
• Acrylic lacquer.
• Enamel based acrylic paint.
• PVA glue.
• Paper wallpaper.
• Paint roller or brush.
• Small and large sandpaper.
• Gold paint.
• New fittings.

Below we consider how to decorate an old cabinet in stages:

• First disassemble the cabinet, pull out all the drawers.
• Take sandpaper, treat the surface of all parts.
• Apply the paint with a brush first in the corners, then with a roller, go over the entire surface.

Important! It is necessary to paint until the dark color disappears.

• Decorate the drawers: paint their front sides with white acrylic. Wait until it dries.
• Glue adhesive tape to decorate each element with a “gold” paint. Cover it with all the details.
• Paint all the drawers with white paint. Remove the tape.
• Take the wallpaper, cut strips from them, smear them with glue, carefully glue.
• Glue the wallpaper on the inside of the cabinet.
• Carefully paint over all that remains dark, while inserting brand-new fittings.

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Staining and restoration

Before you decorate the old cabinet with your own hands at home, carefully examine it - it may need restoration. This often happens that old furniture needs to be slightly corrected, repaired.

You can independently restore the cabinet in this way:

• If the tree has decayed in places, then it can be treated with a wire brush. This way you remove the “dead” fabric. Then it is enough to wash off the dust with water.
• Before painting, the cabinet must be dried for several days in the air, in no case in the sun.
• If there are scratches on the surface, holes from nails or other defects, then they should be puttied with a thin layer of rubber spatula.
• If any parts are covered with rust, then they must be treated with a special anti-rust compound.
• Coloring is recommended with acrylic.

Important! Varnish can be used glossy, matte or silky. It is better to give preference to a spray, as it lays down better.

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This ended with useful tips and ideas, they will certainly come in handy if you decide to update your furniture yourself. Now you know how and how to glue the cabinet made of chipboard, wood and other material, which materials are better to use and why.