DIY chair decor

Chairs are an integral part of any interior. There are many different styles, designs and patterns. However, during operation, this piece of furniture wears out and lose its attractive appearance. In such situations, you should not think about buying a new one or about taking a chair to a landfill. You can give him a new life! Today we will talk about how to make the decor of chairs with our own hands, making the interior special and individual.

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Decor of chairs with a new paintwork

Decor of old chairs with their own hands is a simple action that is possible for every person. If you at least once in your life held a paint brush in your hands, then with the help of simple actions, you can give a second life to an interior piece of furniture, make it bright, individual, beautiful and unique. To all this, each person will be pleased with the low cost of a new chair design.

Let's look at the design of the chairs by removing the old cover and applying a new one.

Tools for work

To alter the chair at the stage of removing the old paint we need:

• nail clipper;
• sandpaper;
• primer and acrylic paint intended for application on wooden surfaces;
• brushes of different sizes;
• roller.

Important! Emery paper can be replaced with a grinding machine or a special nozzle that can be installed on a drill or “grinder”.

Removing the old coating:

1. The initial stage in the decoration of old chairs with their own hands is the implementation of preparatory work. You will need to remove the old soft coating, that is, the seat. This must be done very carefully so as not to damage the wooden base.
2. The next step is to get rid of the nails that are present on this surface.
3. Now it’s the stage of removing the old paintwork. This can be done using sandpaper, a grinding machine or broken glass.
4. At home, it is best to remove the old varnish with sandpaper. Give preference to this medium grain material. To clean the old coating, moisten the surface with a small amount of water and in a circular motion, slightly pressing the paper, remove the dried paint and varnish. The final step is surface treatment with fine-grained sandpaper.

Important! Many experts recommend wrapping sandpaper around a roller or bar. So it will be several times easier for you to work and it will take much less time to complete this operation.

Surface preparation

After you have mastered the old coating, prime all surfaces. In construction stores, a huge selection of different primers is presented. However, it is worth giving preference to substances that are intended for wood processing.

Choose paint

After this, it is time to start painting all surfaces.

Important! The best paint for decorating chairs with your own hands is acrylic. It is odorless, dries quickly, has the characteristics of a high class and is quite resistant to various damage.

Depending on what style you want to make the decor of chairs with your own hands, you should choose a shade of paint:

• For classic design, black, red and brown are suitable.
• If you decide to arrange a piece of furniture in the Mediterranean, Provencal or Country style, then it is better to give preference to light shades. It can be milky, gray, green, light blue or purple.

Painting:

1. Paint is applied to the surface using a wide soft brush or roller. It all depends on how you feel comfortable.
2. To obtain a saturated color, two to four layers of paint must be applied. In some cases, even more.
3. It is worth applying the next coat of acrylic after the previous one has dried.

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We make the surface of the chair

Among the most popular designs of do-it-yourself chairs, a special place is played by the aging of the surface. Almost every designer who designs the interior is using this technique. If you want your house to be fashionable, beautiful and consistent with the canons of fashion, then proceed to the aging of this piece of furniture.

Materials for work

For decorative processing you will need:

• acrylic paint;
• paraffin ordinary, inexpensive candle;
• patina;
• sandpaper;
• one-step craquelure.

Important! The technique of aging is most often applied in the Provence style. Therefore, if you want to decorate the interior in this design, then you can not do without aging chairs.

Process Features:

1. The essence of this decor is that you apply dark shades to the desired surface of the paint. For this purpose, black, green, dark brown paint is most suitable.
2. After the paint has dried, this place is rubbed with a paraffin candle and painted with contrast acrylic paint on top. White or light blue acrylic is best suited for this.
3. The next step in aging the surface is to treat only the stained chair with sandpaper. In a circular motion, you remove the top coat of paint, thereby achieving the aging effect.

With this decor of chairs with your own hands, you can achieve an incredible effect. Each piece of furniture made in this technique will be especially beautiful!

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Using Craquelure

Another interesting way to decorate chairs with your own hands is to age this piece of furniture with a craquelure. It can be bought at any needlework store.

Process Features:

1. At the initial stage, you will decide on the place where unique cracks will be present.
2. Next - paint the work surface with a dark shade of paint and allow to dry.
3. After painting with the main shade, a layer of craquelure is immediately applied.
4. After that, not allowing to dry, paint is applied.

Important! We draw your attention to the fact that the acrylic solution should be applied in only one direction. You can not return to the place where you already painted, since you can paint over cracks that have already begun to form.

5. Depending on which direction you choose the brush direction, the shape of the cracks will depend.

Important! The most interesting pattern is obtained with strokes in the form of a semicircle or in a sequential, opposite direction.

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Antique Patina Aging

Many people who decide to use and do the design of chairs with their own hands prefer the antique patina.

Important! It is used for tinting convex places, deepening ornaments, darkening the edges of chairs.

Application:

1. Apply a patina with an ordinary foam sponge.
2. After application, leave for ten minutes to dry.
3. Remnants of paint are removed with a damp cotton cloth.

Important! If you could not buy a patina, but want to use this product, then acrylic paint “burnt umber” and “black shade” will come to your aid. This will replace antique bitumen. To decorate the metal fittings of the chairs, a patina of green and blue is used.

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Decor of chairs using decoupage technique

Decoupage technique is very popular among people who decide to make the design of chairs with their own hands.

Materials for work

To decorate the chair you will need:

• paper three-layer napkins with a beautiful pattern or patterns;
• acrylic lacquer;
• acrylic paint;
• fan brush;
• PVA glue;
• inspiration.

Important! Making chairs using decoupage technique allows you to unfold your imagination and create a unique piece of furniture. In modern stores, a huge selection of different napkins is presented. They can be depicted cartoon characters, flowers, patterns, monograms, geometric patterns, animals, and much more. You choose napkins that you like.

Making a chair using decoupage:

1. At the first stage, you need to separate the top layer with the image from the other two layers of the napkin.
2. If you need only part of the motifs from a napkin, then you need to tear them off.

Important! In no case can not be cut, since later on the chair will be visible traces of the cut. When tearing off the motive, leave an allowance of about one centimeter.

3. A torn motif is applied to the stained chair. This must be done carefully so that the front side is on top.
4. Pour PVA glue onto the image.
5. Use a fan brush to glue the image to the surface. Perform this action in a circular motion, moving from the center to the edge.

Important! Gluing napkins is a painstaking job. If you press the brush too hard or pull, you may tear the workpiece. Then the work will have to be done anew.

6. Some craftsmen advise before applying glue, “stick” a napkin to the chair with salted water. So it will not break when applying PVA.
7. Apply acrylic varnish to the surface.
8. At this stage, we grind the edges of the acrylic surface with sandpaper with fine grain. This is necessary to level the surface with the applied cloth and a level chair. Simply put, so that there are no bulges.
9. Using a thin brush and acrylic paints, paint the missing elements, paint some parts of the chair in different shades, and make the original decor of old chairs with their own hands.
10. Varnish. This action must be carried out in three stages, allowing each previous one to dry.

Important! An excellent solution would be to use putty and stencils. So you add a unique design to your chair.

Do-it-yourself decor of chairs made using decoupage technique will turn your piece of furniture into a highlight of the interior!

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Change the soft upholstery on the chair

If you think about the decor of chairs with your own hands, then you do not need to completely radically change the color of the chair. You can simply change its soft upholstery - make the soft part of a different color or just update it. In this case, your chair will have a new look, and at a cost it will come out very cheaply.

Important! The main advantage of replacing the upholstery is that any housewife will cope with this task.

Materials for work

To replace the soft part of the chair, you will need:

• Upholstery - fabric, leatherette, suede or other;
• black leatherette, which will serve as a lining;
• furniture stapler;
• screwdriver;
• scissors;
• centimeter;
• pencil.

Step-by-step replacement of a chair seat:

1. Unscrew the seat from the old chair.
2. We remove the old metal staples, remove the filler, upholstery.
3. We spread the upholstery material on a flat surface. Attach the seat and circle it.

Important! The allowance on each side of the bend should be at least 4 cm.

4. Wrap the upholstery material on the seat, fix it with a furniture stapler.
5. From the wrong side, to hide all the flaws and staples we attach black leatherette.
6. We fix a new seat on the frame.

The design of the chairs by replacing the seat is done! You can choose any fabric according to personal preference.

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Fabric decor on chairs

You can make the decor of old chairs with your own hands for a festive feast. So you can decorate interior furniture in a budget way. In this case, everything will be very beautiful.

Fabric chair covers are the most common way to decorate furniture for a festive feast. You can create a design in a single color scheme with napkins and a service. It is in this case that you dictate the mood of the holiday.

On the Internet there are a huge number of different patterns for sewing chairs. They are all different from each other. Choosing the right option depends on which chair you originally have. They come with a wide or narrow back, metal, wooden oval or others. Each person will choose for himself exactly the design that will meet his requirements.

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We brought you many ways to decorate old chairs with your own hands. Among the cardinal - this is painting. Of course, you can simply decorate with ribbons, put on a purchased case, but the first option will be the best not only in terms of the aesthetics of the item, but also its durability, reliability!