Both a person by clothes and any dwelling are judged by the door. Therefore, sometimes in order to update the design of the room it is not necessary to carry out expensive repairs, but you can do the original door decor with your own hands.
Doors perform two complementary functions: firstly, they limit and separate the spaces of one room from another and, secondly, they are elements of the general interior of neighboring rooms or even the entire apartment, which form the visual and functional space of the rooms that are limited by the doors. However, the door can be decorated not only due to the aesthetic renewal of the living space, but also on banal occasions, such as the appearance of scratches or cracks, as well as chips on the canvas. In these cases, the main purpose of decoration can be the concealment of various defects of the door leaf, but this may become an opportunity to update the design of the entire living room.
So, there are a huge number of ways to make the interior door decor with your own hands, as well as the decor of the front door, and the simplest and most affordable of them are associated with decorating door leafs using wallpaper.
To carry out such decoration, doors are used both on paper and on a different basis, as well as fabric and various types of liquid wallpaper. Any way to update doors using decoration involves preparing the door leaf for this procedure. Decoration of an interior door is no exception to this rule. In the process of preparing for decoration, they not only get rid of the previous coating - this makes it possible to identify, as well as eliminate previously hidden hidden defects of the product.
Preparation for door decor is as follows:
In removing old paint. To do this, using a building hair dryer, you need to heat up the old paint and scrape it off the canvas with a spatula.
In the seal with putty, detected defects, as well as the elimination of irregularities. Then all the problem areas aligned with putty should be treated with fine-grained sandpaper.
In carrying out the putty of the entire surface of the canvas. This makes it possible not only to smooth its entire surface, but also to additionally fasten its individual elements, which is very important especially for panel panels. After applying the putty, as well as its drying, it is possible to walk through fine sandpaper again.
In painting the doors with a primer.
The choice of wallpaper and how to paste it over, for example, apply either the same type or paneled wallpapering with different types of wallpaper depends on the individual preferences of who will do it themselves.In this process, the main thing is to choose the most suitable glue for one or another type of wallpaper, as well as to dilute it strictly following the instructions attached to it. In addition, you need to ensure that on the surface that is smeared with glue there are no missing areas, and you also need to carefully smooth the newly glued wallpaper with a damp cloth or roller so that wrinkles and air bubbles do not form.
When drying glued surfaces, it is necessary to prevent the presence of drafts. Otherwise, all the work of such door decoration will go down the drain.
The design of the front door around the wreaths
Door decor with photo wallpaper, fabric
The decor looks original with fabric wallpaper, as well as using photo wallpaper. However, in the process of decorating the door with fabrics, in addition to the standard preliminary preparation of the door leaf described above, it is necessary to take into account the degree of shrinkage of the fabric. To do this, it is necessary to test the fabric, measure some small segment of it and wet it with water until it dries. After that, again measure its size and compare to get the result of drying. Moreover, if the degree of shrinkage of the fabric is high, you need to wet it all and allow it to dry, and then you can start the gluing process.
It should be noted that you can use as a solid fabric, and its fragments of different textures, as well as different colors. Now this technique of decorating doors and other surfaces is widely used by professional designers who call it the "patchwork".
Door decoration with liquid wallpaper
Liquid wallpapers are good in that they are versatile, that is, they can cover absolutely any surface, and at the same time create very original and diverse compositions, as well as patterns. However, they have significant drawbacks - they are afraid of moisture (which means they can not be used for decorating the bathtub and for decorating kitchen doors), they,unfortunately short-lived.
In order to carry out the decoration yourself you will need such materials, as well as tools:
you selected for decoration mix in dry or diluted form;
several dimensional types of spatulas;
the so-called hopper gun, which is a device for applying liquid mixtures;
roller;
the color you have chosen;
clear nail polish.
For decorating with liquid wallpaper, standard preparatory work has a slightly different look in terms of coating the door leaf with an alkyd-based primer and white oil-type putty.
Preparation of wallpaper mixture for decoration
The process of door decoration is to dilute the wallpaper mixture with warm water, and it must be thoroughly mixed - it can be done safely with your hands. After a quarter of an hour, the mixture needs to be mixed again, but now having already added the color you selected to it. Moreover, as for the color saturation of the mixture, the more color is added, the more saturated the color will be. For example, for moderate tones, it is enough to dilute one measuring cap of the tint to five liters of the mixture. To realize the idea of a color composition during decoration, you need to breed mixtures with different colors in different containers.
When working with wallpaper mixtures, it should be noted that their instructions for use indicate the need for 12 hours of infusion before applying.
In order to apply the mixture, you need to take it in small portions on a spatula and apply to the surface, smoothing and stretching to the sides. In the process of applying the mixture to the door, you must follow the drawings, and so that its layer should be the same thickness. To give a relief surface, you can use a textured roller. After the decor dries, and this will take up to three days, you will need to cover it with transparent varnish.
The advantages of working with mixtures is that if the first version of the door decor was not pleasant, as they say, the first pancake happened lumpy, then the coating can easily be washed off with warm water, and then applied again.
How to decorate a door with a mirror
As for the use of mirrors for decorating, this method is primarily preferred for small and dark rooms, as it allows you to visually increase the space of the room, adding light to it.
It is problematic to use classic mirrors for decoration due to the fact that they cannot be adapted to the dimensions of both the door itself and its individual elements. The so-called acrylic panels with an amalgam surface, which, in fact, is a real mirror surface, are ideally suited for this. Moreover, mirrors made of plastic can be easily cut, they are available in a wide variety of color shades, such as to help you easily realize the most daring original ideas and ideas. They can not be broken, they are lightweight, well attached to any surface, but they have one drawback - the high price.
But as they say, a good thing a priori cannot be cheap, so you have to pay dearly for high quality, practicality, aesthetics. However, with regard to acrylic mirrors, these are justifiable costs.
To mount these mirrors on the door leaf itself, as well as on the reverse side of the acrylic, you need to apply a special deeply penetrating primer, and to fix the elements of a cut or solid mirror, you can use double-sided tape or mounting glue.
Decorate the door in vintage style
This style involves the implementation of artificial aging of products and things, which should contrast with the brilliance of their individual decorative parts for greater sophistication and sophistication. As a rule, items decorated in vintage style are a kind of decorative artwork and therefore exclusive,that is, no other things are alike.
To decorate a door in a vintage style, using the so-called decoupage technique, you need, for example, to have:
Acrylic paint, usually white.
Various rollers, as well as brushes.
Coarse sandpaper.
Any mounting glue.
In addition to mounting glue, also PVA glue.
Paper of old newspapers, as well as old music notebooks.
Baguette in black or any other dark color.
Clear nail polish
In order to paint the door under the decor of the decoupage technique, the door must be removed from the canopies and laid horizontally. Then you need to remove the old paint and can be sanded with a rough sandpaper.
The decoupage algorithm may look like this:
A thin layer of white paint is stained. Moreover, this is done with a wide brush in one direction.
After the paint dries, it is polished to the “old” state with coarse-grained sandpaper.
Then they begin to decorate the central part or its paneled parts of the canvas, having previously torn old newspapers, as well as musical notebooks into random pieces of paper and randomly laying them out on areas of the door leaf smeared with glue. You can smooth the paper with both hands and a roller. And then you can apply two layers of transparent glue.
Using the mounting glue, paste the perimeter of the paper decor with a baguette in black or any other dark color.
The door decorated with decoupage can be decorated with any other decorative elements, ranging from lace, various bows and ending with colorful ribbons.
You can do the original decor with your own hands in other ways, using home material, connecting as your own imagination, as well as realizing the ideas of your friends and relatives.
Both a person by clothes and any dwelling are judged by the door. Therefore, sometimes in order to update the design of the room it is not necessary to carry out expensive repairs, but you can do the original door decor with your own hands.
Doors perform two complementary functions: firstly, they limit and separate the spaces of one room from another and, secondly, they are elements of the general interior of neighboring rooms or even the entire apartment, which form the visual and functional space of the rooms that are limited by the doors. However, the door can be decorated not only due to the aesthetic renewal of the living space, but also on banal occasions, such as the appearance of scratches or cracks, as well as chips on the canvas. In these cases, the main purpose of decoration can be the concealment of various defects of the door leaf, but this may become an opportunity to update the design of the entire living room.
So, there are a huge number of ways to make the interior door decor with your own hands, as well as the decor of the front door, and the simplest and most affordable of them are associated with decorating door leafs using wallpaper.
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Wallpapering the door
To carry out such decoration, doors are used both on paper and on a different basis, as well as fabric and various types of liquid wallpaper. Any way to update doors using decoration involves preparing the door leaf for this procedure. Decoration of an interior door is no exception to this rule. In the process of preparing for decoration, they not only get rid of the previous coating - this makes it possible to identify, as well as eliminate previously hidden hidden defects of the product.
Preparation for door decor is as follows:
The choice of wallpaper and how to paste it over, for example, apply either the same type or paneled wallpapering with different types of wallpaper depends on the individual preferences of who will do it themselves.In this process, the main thing is to choose the most suitable glue for one or another type of wallpaper, as well as to dilute it strictly following the instructions attached to it. In addition, you need to ensure that on the surface that is smeared with glue there are no missing areas, and you also need to carefully smooth the newly glued wallpaper with a damp cloth or roller so that wrinkles and air bubbles do not form.
Door decor with photo wallpaper, fabric
The decor looks original with fabric wallpaper, as well as using photo wallpaper. However, in the process of decorating the door with fabrics, in addition to the standard preliminary preparation of the door leaf described above, it is necessary to take into account the degree of shrinkage of the fabric. To do this, it is necessary to test the fabric, measure some small segment of it and wet it with water until it dries. After that, again measure its size and compare to get the result of drying. Moreover, if the degree of shrinkage of the fabric is high, you need to wet it all and allow it to dry, and then you can start the gluing process.
It should be noted that you can use as a solid fabric, and its fragments of different textures, as well as different colors. Now this technique of decorating doors and other surfaces is widely used by professional designers who call it the "patchwork".
Door decoration with liquid wallpaper
Liquid wallpapers are good in that they are versatile, that is, they can cover absolutely any surface, and at the same time create very original and diverse compositions, as well as patterns. However, they have significant drawbacks - they are afraid of moisture (which means they can not be used for decorating the bathtub and for decorating kitchen doors), they,unfortunately short-lived.
In order to carry out the decoration yourself you will need such materials, as well as tools:
For decorating with liquid wallpaper, standard preparatory work has a slightly different look in terms of coating the door leaf with an alkyd-based primer and white oil-type putty.
Preparation of wallpaper mixture for decoration
The process of door decoration is to dilute the wallpaper mixture with warm water, and it must be thoroughly mixed - it can be done safely with your hands. After a quarter of an hour, the mixture needs to be mixed again, but now having already added the color you selected to it. Moreover, as for the color saturation of the mixture, the more color is added, the more saturated the color will be. For example, for moderate tones, it is enough to dilute one measuring cap of the tint to five liters of the mixture. To realize the idea of a color composition during decoration, you need to breed mixtures with different colors in different containers.
In order to apply the mixture, you need to take it in small portions on a spatula and apply to the surface, smoothing and stretching to the sides. In the process of applying the mixture to the door, you must follow the drawings, and so that its layer should be the same thickness. To give a relief surface, you can use a textured roller. After the decor dries, and this will take up to three days, you will need to cover it with transparent varnish.
The advantages of working with mixtures is that if the first version of the door decor was not pleasant, as they say, the first pancake happened lumpy, then the coating can easily be washed off with warm water, and then applied again.
How to decorate a door with a mirror
As for the use of mirrors for decorating, this method is primarily preferred for small and dark rooms, as it allows you to visually increase the space of the room, adding light to it.
It is problematic to use classic mirrors for decoration due to the fact that they cannot be adapted to the dimensions of both the door itself and its individual elements. The so-called acrylic panels with an amalgam surface, which, in fact, is a real mirror surface, are ideally suited for this. Moreover, mirrors made of plastic can be easily cut, they are available in a wide variety of color shades, such as to help you easily realize the most daring original ideas and ideas. They can not be broken, they are lightweight, well attached to any surface, but they have one drawback - the high price.
But as they say, a good thing a priori cannot be cheap, so you have to pay dearly for high quality, practicality, aesthetics. However, with regard to acrylic mirrors, these are justifiable costs.
To mount these mirrors on the door leaf itself, as well as on the reverse side of the acrylic, you need to apply a special deeply penetrating primer, and to fix the elements of a cut or solid mirror, you can use double-sided tape or mounting glue.
Decorate the door in vintage style
This style involves the implementation of artificial aging of products and things, which should contrast with the brilliance of their individual decorative parts for greater sophistication and sophistication. As a rule, items decorated in vintage style are a kind of decorative artwork and therefore exclusive,that is, no other things are alike.
To decorate a door in a vintage style, using the so-called decoupage technique, you need, for example, to have:
In order to paint the door under the decor of the decoupage technique, the door must be removed from the canopies and laid horizontally. Then you need to remove the old paint and can be sanded with a rough sandpaper.
The decoupage algorithm may look like this:
The door decorated with decoupage can be decorated with any other decorative elements, ranging from lace, various bows and ending with colorful ribbons.
You can do the original decor with your own hands in other ways, using home material, connecting as your own imagination, as well as realizing the ideas of your friends and relatives.