Wallpaper decoupage

Decoupage is the design of various objects by sticking pictures on them and fixing them with varnish. The most popular in our time is decoupage furniture wallpaper. In most cases, this decoration technique is performed to give old pieces of furniture an original look, hide their bumps and scuffs, and also stylize the interior of a house or apartment. In this article we will describe how to create a unique thing with your own hands that will extend the life of furniture, decorate a room and organically fit into its design.

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Decoupage Types

Decoupage can be done in many ways. Depending on which way to choose, different styles and effects are obtained:

• Classic - pasting the surface of the product with paper, fabric, wallpaper, napkins and coating them with varnish on top.
• Reverse - on the front side, a fragment with a pattern is smeared with glue and glued to a transparent glass.
• Artistic - the ornament is glued to a decorated or painted plane, thus creating a single artistic canvas.
• Dekopatch - furniture is completely pasted over with various scraps of colored paper. They are cut with curly scissors or torn by hand and fit snugly together.
• Volumetric - relief decoration is created. Perfectly suits the Baroque style.

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Technics

Wallpaper decoupage of furniture is not particularly different from the technique of gluing fragments from other materials. The difference is the use of special glue, since PVA will not work, because the wallpaper is made of thick paper.

Important! When you first begin your acquaintance with decorating furniture with your own hands, do not touch complex objects right away. You need to start your first work with simple and even surfaces, such as a refrigerator, countertop or chair seat.

Any kind of wallpaper can be used for decoupage. Vinyl wallpaper is freed from the base of the paper by pre-soaking in water. Interior items are pasted over with fragments with a picture, as well as whole canvases of wallpaper.

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Necessary materials

To turn old furniture into a work of art you will need:

• Emery paper with a rough surface.
• Old furniture.
• Wallpaper.
• Glue.
• Alcohol.
• Primer.
• Paint on wood.
• Roller.
• Scissors or a sharp clerical knife.
• Lacquer.

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Surface preparation

In order to make decoupage furniture wallpaper, first of all, it is necessary to prepare the surface. It should be flat so that it is well kept drawing and varnish.

You will need:

• Putty.
• The filler.
• Emery paper - small and medium.
• Primer.
• Acrylic paint.
• Rag.

Surface preparation process:

1. To get started, wipe and clean the product.
2. Fill small cracks with a filler, and large ones with putty and let dry.
3. Smooth the surface first with medium hard sandpaper and then fine sand to smooth the furniture surface.
4. Wipe off the dust and coat the furniture with a paint or primer.

Important! If you use furniture with a varnished surface, then varnishing must be removed with sandpaper. If you do not want to remove the varnish, you must carefully degrease the surface, then you will have to use special paint and glue.Glass surfaces are degreased with alcohol.

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Decoupage process

Wallpaper decoupage of furniture is done this way:

• After preparing the interior and drying the paint or primer, prepare a wallpaper according to the size of the product on which they will be applied, leave an allowance of about 7 cm on each side.
• Apply glue to the work surface and wallpaper. Leave the materials for 5 minutes to absorb.
• Apply gradually the wallpaper to the surface of the product. Attach to one side and smooth from the center to the edges with a roller.

Important! Work very carefully, as glue-soaked paper breaks very easily.

• Let it dry well.
• Then cut off the excess wallpaper and sand the edges of your furniture with sandpaper.
• On top of the decorative coating, apply a layer of acrylic varnish, leave to dry completely.

DIY furniture decoration finished.

Important! To decorate your decorated product additionally, use a variety of elements - foil, sequins, feathers, ribbons, lace, dried flowers, photographs, book pages.

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Additional techniques for decorating furniture

To get a more refined appearance of interior items that are decorated, use some tricks after completing the entire decoupage process:

• Craquelure - creates the effect of aging, manifested by small cracks. First, a paint is applied to the surface, which will be the color of the cracks, and after it dries, a craquelure varnish is applied, then an acrylic paint of the main color. The coating is cracked due to different drying times, and the effect of antiquity is created.
• Patina - also provides an opportunity to age furniture. Most often, patina is applied to metal parts and edges, it darkens them.
• Abrasion - created by waxing on part of the surface, and then covered with a layer of paint, then - after complete drying, treated with sandpaper.
• Toning - adding a small amount of sparkles or paint to the varnish, covering the surface, which gives the necessary shade.
• Potal - the use of silver, gold or other metallic paints. Potal is in liquid form, in the form of a thin sheet or crumbs. The most convenient is the liquid version.

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How to emphasize the style of the interior?

Using materials and drawings of different types, you can decorate your own furniture in different styles:

• Images of flowers in light shades of green, blue, pink for Provence style are perfect.
• Relief drawings on furniture look very interesting in the Baroque style.
• Decorating your furniture with striped, checkered, black and white wallpaper with your own hands is suitable for Retro-style.
• Oriental styles are suitable with wallpaper motifs.
• For decoupage of furniture for a children's room, wallpapers with letters, numbers, fairy-tale characters, animals, and any other patterns that your child likes are suitable.
• White and black patterns from the lines harmoniously fit into the Art Deco style.

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Wallpaper decoupage of furniture is a fascinating and creative process that will bring you a lot of pleasantly spent hours. You can easily add elegance, sophistication and originality to old furniture if you consistently carry out all the stages of this work. Spend some of your free time and the result will exceed all your expectations.