Decoupage of the table( old, round, kitchen) and a coffee table with our own hands

Nowadays, the great recognition of designers and customers has got the style of the shebbie-chic( "shabby"), which gives creativity to the masters who like to return the luster to the old lamp, suitcaseor make an exquisite decoupage of the table and chairs. Often, to bring these things back to life, designers use exactly the technique of decoupage, which not only cleverly hides the damage caused by time, but also gives vintage charm.

If you want to make decoupage of a coffee table with your own hands, then this master class will help you. This technique is in force even for a beginner in the art of furniture processing. The main thing - accuracy.

Decoupage of the coffee table: master class with step-by-step photos

1) First, dismantle the table - remove the countertop and unscrew the legs. Carefully clean the work surface for decoupage, all the old paint and varnish must be cleaned. An excellent assistant in this is a sanding machine or a conventional nazhdachka with large grains. Then treat with fine-grained sandpaper for smoothness. Collect the table.

2) Now you need to process all the cracks and irregularities with putty. Leave to dry for about 4 hours.

3) After complete drying, we can continue. It was the turn of the primer. It is necessary to paint with acrylic paints in 2-3 layers, each layer should dry for at least 5 hours in order to avoid the formation of cracks.

4) Next, we apply a layer of varnish and, after completely drying, once again we pass through a small emery, so that it is the layers with the direct image that lie better on the rough surface.

5) To give a juicy tint of vintage to images that are designed to be applied to the surface, strong tea or coffee will help.

6) Now we put images face on polyethylene. Now they need to be smoothed out with a flat brush under a trickle of water and put on the surface, first applying glue on it. If you do not have enough experience in this technique, then it is better to apply glue-aerosol, in which case the image can be re-glued. After the surface dries well, stain acrylic again, this time tinting the edges of the pasted images. Let's dry well and completely varnish. Decoupage of the round table itself is almost finished.

7) If the contours of the picture of the elements seem to you insufficiently clear, you can draw them with watercolor or special acrylic contours. In the first case, you give the pictures the desired shade, in the second case - add the volume lines.

Additional techniques

To create a unique style of "shabby chic" will help such methods as craquelure, dressing or stamping. These effects are in the arsenal of all professional decorators. Decoupage of the table, supplemented by such techniques, looks unusually stylish.

• Crackle - the creation of cracks. There are special means for craquelure, but you can do with the usual mixture of paint and pva, if you apply this mixture on the ground and do not wait for the drying of the top layer to dry it with a hair dryer. For the formation of cracks in the lacquer layer there is a special lacquer varnish.
• Dressing - aging by friction. For this technique, preferably a fine-grained emery is used, although for some products a large one is also suitable.
• For shabby chic style dies it is better to choose brownish ink and neutral patterns - notes, hearts, inscriptions with a beautiful font.

Decoupage of the table - this is not just an applique, but the art of combining various workshops of technology. In the same way, you can make a decoupage of the kitchen table with your own hands.