How to paint a wooden flower box. Decorating a wooden box with paints

Boxes, you should not immediately get rid of them - perhaps you can make something interesting and useful out of them.

Using some tools and paint, the boxes can be made into various items furniture that will come in handy in the garage, in the country and even in your home.

Old boxes are very easy to paint, because. they are made from untreated wood. They are also easy to connect to each other.

Here are a few ideas that can be made into reality from ordinary old boxes:

Toy storage box

If you refurbish an old box, paint it and add wheels, you can get such an interesting and convenient storage for toys.

You will need:

Sandpaper (if the wood needs to be processed)

Acrylic paint and brushes

Wheels (4 for 1 drawer)

Screwdriver and screws (to attach wheels)

Wood glue (if needed)

Chalkboard (optional)

1. Sand the boxes.

2. Paint the boxes any color you like (you can get the kids to color them however they like).

* On the side, you can attach a board for drawing with chalk or make such a board with your own hands from a piece of plywood and special paint, which after drying turns into a cool chalk board on which you can draw with chalk. On such a board, you can write which or whose (if there are several children in the house) toys are stored in one or another box.

The board can be glued to the box.

Bench with drawers

From several boxes you can make just such a shop.

Treat the boards and paint them if necessary.

Shoe box (with seat)

You will need:

Sandpaper (if needed)

Screwdriver and bolts

Acrylic or spray paint

Wheels (optional)

Small piece of plywood (for seating)

Filler

thick fabric

Construction stapler.

* A soft seat can be omitted, but it still adds charm to your product.

1. To make a seat, prepare plywood, attach a dense fabric to it from several sides along the edges, leaving room for the filler. Insert the filler and fasten the fabric to the end.

2. The box can be processed and painted.

3. Attach the seat to the box with a screwdriver and bolts.

4. You can attach wheels to make it easier to move the seat.

* If you have extra plywood, you can make a drawer shelf out of it, which can be attached using corners.

What can be made from boxes: bookshelves

On the pictures you can see bookshelves from boxes. All of them take up an entire wall in the bedroom, but they all look very pretty.

Boxes can be processed and painted. They are connected with bolts, and if necessary, they can be attached to the wall so that they do not fall.

Do-it-yourself compact garden from boxes

From wooden cargo pallets and crates, you can create a multi-level garden where you can grow flowers and herbs, for example.

To do this, you need to fix a tight seal inside each box. polyethylene film. To make this easier, use a construction stapler.

Shelves for small flowers, books and other little things from plywood boxes

Small drawers can be turned into such cute shelves for small things. If necessary, the drawers can be processed with sandpaper, and if they are painted, they become even more beautiful.

Please note that the boxes were painted one color on the outside and another on the inside, which gives them a very nice look.

Such shelves are attached to the wall, but they can also be stored on the floor, in a closet, on a balcony, window sill, etc.

Kitchen table made of wooden boxes

If you have several large boxes lying around or wooden pallets, you can make a kitchen table out of them.

Treat the drawers with sandpaper and paint in a color suitable for the interior.

Secure everything with bolts so that the structure is strong and does not stagger.

It is not necessary to make a table for the kitchen, it can be made for giving to sit in nature with a cup of tea.

Coffee table from drawers

If you connect 4 drawers in a certain order, you can make a pretty coffee table.

Pay attention to how the boxes are connected.

It is also worth noting that it is desirable to process and paint the boxes with varnish or brown paint to make them look even more like a coffee table.

Wheels can be attached if desired, although this may require attach a few plywood boards(which will better fix the whole structure)to the bottom of the table and only then attach the wheels.

Purchased interior items can be practical and attractively priced, however, the more popular the brand and the lower the cost, the more likely it is that half of your acquaintances at home will have exactly the same lamp, chair or chest of drawers. That is why, many are trying to give a more attractive and original appearance factory furnishings. This article will help you transform cheap wooden boxes that you can find in the stores of the notorious Swedish brand IKEA. Let's try to turn a minimalist wooden IKEA chest of drawers for those who like to put everything in drawers into unique item for aesthetes.

Tools and materials for dresser decor

• chest of drawers IKEA
• oak panels (veneer, 4mm)
• wood stain dark brown
• acrylic paint beige
• glues: PVA, double-sided tape, wallpaper glue (optional)
• bronze handles with screws
• piece of flax
• decorative paper
• felt sheet thin dense (optional)

IKEA dresser decor using improvised materials

To begin with, we need to have wooden chest of drawers IKEA or its equivalent from another store. We begin the alteration of the chest of drawers by sanding the skeleton of all drawers, since they are usually not processed very carefully. We remove all protruding fibers and especially pay attention to the edges and corners.

In order to paint the boxes in one go and put them quietly to dry, you can put them on a small object. Use ordinary tablet candles, then none of the painted sides touch the newspaper and you don’t need to fix something later.

The front of the drawers with their cutouts is too remarkable, this is already business card these dressers. Firstly, such a system of handles is inconvenient for me personally. Secondly, I've always liked drawers that fit tightly together. facade panels(almost seamless). That's why I ordered laser cutting oak veneer (4mm) of the sizes I needed (it cost about 500r, which is quite inexpensive). I took the dimensions with a gap between the panels and with allowances on the sides. I got 85 × 84mm, but it's worth measuring in place.

Oak panels are also stained with stain so that the color is the same for the entire box. Now we glue. The box is placed on an elevation of the desired height (in this case these are wooden rulers, 2mm) and only then the panel is glued. So under the box, when it falls into a niche, the lower gap is hidden.

At this stage, it already looks so good that there was a desire not to continue and leave the drawer opening system without handles.

We wax the entire body, facade and all edges of the drawers.

Advice: to paint the box, it is better to go to the store and buy one tube of very high quality acrylic desired color(about 250 rubles). This will help save time on endless tinting (especially if there is not enough paint), on the number of layers (this box is painted in one layer), on nerves and so on and so forth. To paint the entire box in one layer, just one tube of acrylic (60 ml) is needed.

We make all the drawers together and fasten the handles. You can also slightly tint the edges and edges of the drawers with a patina.

We make the bottom for the boxes. As planned, it should be upholstered with linen. To do this, we cut out a rectangle from cardboard, 2 mm less than the bottom of the box and fit it, bending the edges of the fabric to the other side. We fix all this with glue and double-sided tape, and then install it in place.

We glue the bottom of the drawers with designer beige paper from the outside. To do this, you can glue on wallpaper glue, after dipping a paper sheet in water. This method will give a perfectly even tension when the paper dries. You can do the same with PVA.

At the end, we age the paper around the perimeter with watercolors.

We do the same with the chest of drawers. I glue in the niches in the center of the Alice in Wonderland stamp.

And at the bottom of the box, so that it does not scratch the table and the surfaces of the shelves, we glue a thin gray sheet fert.

I sign the labels in the handles of the boxes, here I took purple paper and inaccurately put stamps with numbers.

The advantage of the design of these pens is that the tags can be easily changed (pulled out from above) according to my mood, for example, if I want to make ink strokes on a light background.

So far, the idea was to make a minimalistic, strict chest of drawers, in the color of my interior.

Even if you are just getting acquainted with decoupage, it will not be difficult for you to turn an ordinary storage box into a luxurious piece of furniture with the help of beautiful napkins and a couple of simple materials.

We have already described how to make a rack box with your own hands, and today in this photo master class you will learn how beautifully it can be designed. Yes, it is so beautiful that it would serve you not only as an organizer for storing things, but also become a decoration for your home.

So, you will need:

• preparation of a slatted box and two wooden linings,
• acrylic art primer (black),
• acrylic paints,
• decoupage napkin,
• special decoupage glue or PVA glue,
• acrylic lacquer,
• flat synthetic brushes

Priming and painting

Sand the wooden surface of the workpiece, including the overlays, with coarse-grained sandpaper and cover with black acrylic primer. The black color will later show through the top white layer when creating the scuffed effect. Leave the painted surface to dry completely.

Paint all sides of the box, batten and trim with white acrylic paint. In this case, white chalk is used, which in this work can be replaced with ordinary building acrylic.

Let it dry for a while.

Do not leave the surface to dry overnight or more. long time, because during this time the paint will completely polymerize, after which it will be more difficult to create the effect of antiquity.

With a damp cloth, we erase the white layer of acrylic from some areas, thereby creating the effect of light scuffs.

Decoupage

In this master class, a printout on a napkin is used. The white background of the picture allows you to apply the application without cutting it along the contour. When sticking, the torn edges of the napkin will easily merge with the white surface and become invisible after drying. If you have a drawing on a napkin with a colorful background, then in this case the image must be carefully cut out.

Think over the location of the picture on the sides of the box and apply a little decoupage glue to the appropriate places - then the picture will lie flat and without wrinkles. Attach a picture (it is more convenient to use the file method) and with an almost dry brush press it more tightly to the surface, carefully soaking it in a layer of glue.

When the glue is completely dry, cover the surface with one layer of acrylic varnish.

Aging

As a patinating composition, use acrylic paints. Mix burnt umber and ocher colors in the palette, dilute them with drying retardant or water.

Patination is better small areas.

Apply the paint with a flat brush to the surface and rub in a circular motion with your fingers until it dries completely. Control the degree of darkness. If more patinas are needed, repeat. Excess can be gently wiped off with a damp cloth.

Let's add light splashes of black paint.

Finally, darken the worn edges of the box with bituminous varnish. To do this, moisten a piece of sponge in bituminous varnish, remove excess on paper and paint the worn areas of the surface with a semi-dry sponge.

Cover the finished work with 1-2 layers of acrylic varnish.

I decorated the overlays with milky lace. So the box for storing my paints became even more comfortable.

Secure the lining with screws or instant crystal glue.

Voila! Ready!

This box is very lightweight and easy to use. In the kitchen, it will serve you to store vegetables or jars of spices, in the children's room for toys, and in the workshop, as in my case, to store your favorite paints.

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But such cozy boxes turned out at the fairy Larisa and Yulia at the next creative gatherings.

Thank you for visiting us. Let the coming spring encourage you to new creative flights!

Today we will find out how to paint a tree or wooden surface with our own hands so that the results of our work are pleasing to the eye, and the product retains an attractive appearance for a long time.

What do you need to paint a tree with your own hands?

Primer- Acrylic primer can be used
Dye– alkyd, oil or acrylic, aerosol or conventional
Brushes and roller if you use regular, not spray paint
Acrylic clear lacquer- it will protect the painted wood surface from damage, as well as give color depth and shine to the new coating
Respirator and gloves for protection during work
Solvent for degreasing the surface before painting (you can use white spirit, kerosene or special degreasing compounds)
Cloth napkins or just dry clean cotton rags
masking tape and paper or covering film
Sandpaper very fine grit
Spatula and putty, best of all automotive, will be needed if you plan to clean deep scratches or chipped

How to paint a wooden surface at home?
Paint selection

market today paintwork materials for working with objects and structures made of wood offers a lot various materials: from alkyd and oil enamels to modern spray paints.

Acrylic enamel dries quickly, has water-repellent properties and is universal - suitable for almost any type of wood, with the exception of wood species with a high resin content. Oil enamels are suitable for working even with resinous rocks, but they dry for a very long time. Alkyd paints are often chosen for being cheap and easy to apply, but they do have some durability issues, especially when used outdoors. Alkyd paint has water-repellent properties, is used on all types wooden products, dries quickly and does not absorb deeply.

However, if you plan to work with wood at home - painting furniture, interior doors, products or decorative items made of wood, then the best choice will be spray acrylic paints. Working with them at home is surprisingly simple and convenient, the paint is non-toxic (unlike oil and alkyd enamels) lays down perfectly evenly, creating a smooth coating, and dries very quickly. Spray paint is suitable for both updating old or damaged surfaces, and for full staining / repainting wood. Aerosol acrylic paints in their composition are excellent for application to wooden surfaces, while the spray from the can is evenly applied even to complex terrain. Aerosols will help to quickly and easily refresh an old table, chair, wardrobe, bookcase, wooden objects and interior elements. The wooden surface painted with spray paint is completely protected from moisture, corrosion and dirt. Acrylic paint is environmentally friendly and non-toxic, does not contain fluorine and chlorine. Also, when working with a clean (unpainted) wooden surface, we recommend that you pay attention to modern tinting varnishesallowing you to tint the wood under valuable breeds- oak, pine, walnut and others - while protecting the wooden surface from damage and abrasion.

When choosing a material for staining wood, also take into account the following points:

Step by step instructions for painting wood

Step_1 Workplace preparation. If you are painting wood at home, take care to protect the floor, walls, and home furnishings from accidental splashes of paint, use newspapers or sheeting to do this.

Step_2 Preparing the item for painting. Before you paint a tree or a wooden surface with your own hands, it is recommended to remove the old paintwork, as well as dirt and dust. Delete old paint possible with the help special washes, or using a building hair dryer, which "steals off" the old paintwork. Such a total removal of the old LC coating is necessary if the paint peels off strongly and lags behind, but if the old coating holds well and does not interfere with you, then it is not necessary to remove it. In any case, even the surface should be sanded with fine sandpaper. After removing the old paint and sanding, it is necessary to thoroughly wipe the surface with damp cloths and dry it.

Step_5 Before painting the tree at home, glue the places that are not subject to painting with building tape and remove it immediately after the end of the work. If you are painting wooden furniture - protect or remove fittings, glass

Step_7 Now you can start painting the tree. If you have chosen aerosol paint, then before painting, shake the can well for at least 30 seconds, spray the aerosol paint from a distance of 20-30 cm from the surface. Apply paint smoothly uniform movements(brush or balloon). After the first layer has dried, which will take 15-20 minutes, apply subsequent layers of paint. When painting wood, it is recommended to apply at least 2 - 3 coats of paint.
Competent painting of a tree is a painstaking and unhurried business. Attention to detail, fluid movements, uniform distribution paint on the surface - that's the main thing that is required of you. Pay Special attention on the end parts of the boards, holes for fittings and screws, joints, etc. - all this must be carefully painted over.

Step_8 After the paint dries, apply acrylic varnish in the same way and wait for it to dry. Complete (final) drying takes at least 2 - 2.5 hours, after which The product is ready to use!

Painting of wooden decor items, furniture, etc. is a great way to give new life favorite things, the ability to stylishly decorate the interior, harmoniously fit old furniture into new renovation. As you can see, painting at home is not a difficult task even for a beginner, it does not take much time and does not require special equipment. Choose a sunny day, arm yourself with bright colors and start creating - now you know that painting a tree or a wooden surface with your own hands is not as difficult as it seems. This interesting process will certainly push you to new ones in the design of your home and give you real pleasure!

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In order to update the old, but functional furniture It is not necessary to spend a lot of money and contact a specialist. You can paint the chest of drawers yourself at home.

First of all, you should decide what kind of design you want to see in the end. Based on this, it will be clear what tools will be needed. Standard set includes:

• dresser;
• Sander;
• large and small sandpaper;
• paint or varnish;
• brush or roller;
• stain;
• screwdriver and pliers.

Foundation preparation

You can remove the old cover from the chest of drawers different ways: using washing liquids or a building hair dryer. Both options are quite effective.

Use of flushing fluids

To remove the old coating from the wooden surface of the dresser, it is convenient to use washes. This may be the well-known drug Antikras-Universal. Optimum temperature for work with composition from 8 to 25⁰C.

To remove grease, it is necessary to treat the surface with a solvent, and to free from dirt, it is enough to rinse thoroughly with water. After cleaning the surface from contamination, treat it with a remover, then leave for 5-15 minutes.

When the paint begins to bubble and crack, you can begin to remove it. To do this, you need a metal spatula. It is necessary to remove the old paint within 2.5 hours. Otherwise, the wash will dry out, making it difficult to remove.

After the paint is completely removed, re-treat working area solvent.

Many substances are highly toxic or have an unpleasant odor. Do not forget to use personal protective equipment and ventilate the room well.

Using a building hair dryer

In order to get rid of paint with a building hair dryer, it is necessary to heat the paintwork layer, moving from bottom to top. Due to the hot air, the temperature of the paint will rise and it can be easily removed with a spatula. This must be done after the hair dryer until the surface has cooled down.

Putty

After you have cleaned the chest of drawers from old paintwork, it's time to start puttying. Wooden furniture often contains cracks, loose knots, chips and other damage. Such defects must be puttied, otherwise, after painting the chest of drawers, they will come out. Acrylic putties are best suited, and they can be applied with a rubber or steel spatula.

Grinding

After puttying, the surface will have various kinds of irregularities and roughness. For this reason, grinding is necessary, which will remove visible imperfections. Sandpaper No. 160-200 is suitable for this. If possible, it is put on a grinder, and if there is none, then the surface is manually leveled.

The purpose of the chest of drawers and its color

When choosing a design for a chest of drawers, it is important to consider in which part of the house you will put it: bedroom, living room, nursery or dining room.

Bedroom furniture should have many drawers different sizes, such models are presented in abundance on the Ikea website. As a rule, the upper compartments are small, designed to store accessories and linen. The lower ones are more impressive, you can put bedding in them. If you attach a mirror to the tabletop, you will be able to combine the chest of drawers with the dressing table.

The color of this piece of furniture for the bedroom is better to choose calm pastel colors. It can be colors: beige, pale pink, white, milky, cream.

Chests of drawers for the living room are more of a decorative function. Such furniture is decorated with beautiful carvings or all kinds of inserts made of leather, rattan and even precious metals. Color palette must fit under overall design rooms.

If the chest of drawers is designed for the kitchen, then models with opening doors are best suited, as well as drawers. The color should be in harmony with the rest of the furniture in the room and the tone of the walls.

For a nursery, a chest of drawers with large drawers is suitable, in which you can put toys, books, pencils and all accessories necessary for a child. This time you can experiment with the palette.

How to choose the right paints and varnishes

The modern market offers the consumer a wide variety coatings. How to understand the characteristics of a simple layman?

In order for the painting of the chest of drawers to be successful, and the result to please the owner for a long time, you need to choose dyes that are resistant to abrasion and mechanical damage. These qualities are possessed by oil or enamel coatings, which are not suitable for restoring a chest of drawers. But, the best option there will be acrylic compositions.

They have characteristics such as:

• no pungent odor;
• harmlessness;
• optimal price;
• ease of use;
• the ability to change the color with the help of color;
• can be diluted with water.

Painting products made of chipboard and plastic

Not always restored furniture is made of wood. It can be made of chipboard or plastic.

To paint furniture made of chipboard, the same steps are carried out as with wood:

• removal of old paint;
• putty;
• grinding.

It will be necessary to apply paint on a chipboard surface in several layers in order to obtain an aesthetic appearance of the object.

Plastic products are best coated with acrylic paints or other dyes on water based. Brushes to choose good quality. It is better to overpay and achieve the desired result than save money and end up with damaged furniture, the surface of which will be covered with brush hairs.

Painting furniture with acrylics

If you decide to repaint the chest of drawers with acrylic paints, then you need to choose the right tool. You can paint furniture with both a roller and a brush designed to work with such paints. It all depends on personal preference.

When going to the store for a tool, you should remember a few rules:

• choose only high-quality tools;
• for a thorough painting of furniture parts, brushes of various widths may be needed.
• even if you decide to work as a roller, small parts it is better to work with a brush.

Before starting the process, the surface must be coated with a primer. The compositions are best suited for acrylic base. When choosing a material, you need to pay attention to three points: drying time, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe treated surface and the color, which must match the tone of the paint.

Apply the primer in a small layer and be sure to let it dry. After that, you can start applying acrylic paint.

Furniture varnishing

If the chest of drawers was made of solid wood, then its surface can be varnished in several layers. Coverage should be chosen responsibly, the result of the work will depend on it.

There are special varnishes designed to work with furniture. You should not take ship varnish or the one that is intended for the floor. These compositions can spoil the appearance of the interior.

There are two types of varnishes: water-based and solvent-based. It is better to choose the first option, since it does not have bad smell. This makes it possible to work without personal protective equipment. In addition, these compositions dry quickly.

Unusual ways

Having shown ingenuity, imagination and creativity, you can decorate a chest of drawers beautifully, unusually, individually. The result of your efforts will be an author's thing that has no analogues.

Idea #1: Flower meadow

This design will fit perfectly into the bedroom or the interior of a country house.

For work you will need:

• wallpaper with a large floral print;
• furniture handles made of glass or acrylic;
• pencil;
• ruler;
• scissors or stationery knife;
• transparent PVA glue.

From a sheet of wallpaper, you need to cut out a part with an allowance of 10 cm. Glue it on the facade of the chest of drawers, turning the edges inward. To avoid swelling of the wallpaper and the formation of wrinkles, the sheet must be carefully smoothed with a dry cloth or a special spatula. When the surface is dry, cover with clear acrylic varnish.

Waiting for complete drying inside, carefully make a hole for the handle. In the same way, linen or cotton fabric can be glued to a wooden surface.

Idea #2: Stencil Lettering

This chest of drawers is suitable for laconic interiors and children's rooms.

For work you will need:

• stencils with letters;
• light paint for wood;
• brushes.

After painting the chest of drawers, it is worth waiting for the color to dry completely. Then attach the stencils to the surface, draw the letters and words in a contrasting color. To fix the effect, cover with a transparent varnish on top.

In order to turn old chest of drawers in interesting element Do-it-yourself interior design does not require special skills. The main thing in this business is patience and creativity.