Decor furniture

There is a lot of entertaining and fascinating stories in my handmade life. So I decided to share some of them with you?! So, story number 1. "Bargello".   I saw this embroidery for the first time more than 30 years ago, in the late 80s. Ordinary people didn't have an acces to the ...

I have several stories from the life of the Viennese chairs... And each story is unique — though, sometimes it's easier to burn than to restore. This story has a happy end. Materials for restoration: 1. Remover for cars and varnish and paint remover from a hardware store. 2. Power sander and ...

Here I'm telling about one of my projects — decorating a table with stained glass paints.   Prepare the following tools and materials, and your work space: glass surface to be painted; I bought this table at IKEA acrylic contour, bronze or brass organic stained glass paints cotton swabs dry ...

I like repairs, and this time I decided to share a little secret how to recycle old leather into marvelous handles for furniture. You need: - leather of 1 mm thickness and more - metal ruler - a sharp stationery knife - cropodile - mat - bolt - nut Cut off a strip 95 x 20 mm from the piece of ...

I was recently absorbed by an idea to create some piece of furniture from scratch with my own hands, but it's not that easy :) And then I decided to refresh some old furniture, give it the second life! I began surfing the net for information about the results, but all I found was how to recycle ...

I had an old wicker chair and it was the time to throw it away... But decided to give it a second chance and it turned out really nice!:) What you need: - an old chair  - paint (any color, I had white) - brush - PVA glue - paper napkins (I had bright colours) - scissors - acrylic varnish 1. Put ...

Today, I invite you to look with me in an atelier of craftswomen weaving a cute and convenient basket from the remains of felt which can be contain all sorts of different things and  decorate your interior. The work that we will perform today almost does not involve sewing!  For the manufacture of ...

I urgently needed a big round table! And we headed to the hardware store with these words. I wanted a really large one — 150 cm in diameter. Plywood is sold by 1525 х 1525 mm. Next, draw a circle — we have immediately primed it, and then applied putty for wood. Saw out with a jigsaw. ...

It stood quietly in this dusty corner, a forgotten vintage bedside table. I saw it and immediately exclaimed: "What a beauty!" People, standing next to me, looked askance, and here's why: I've seen it like this. Brought this table home, washed it and began to think what to do ...

Now I will show a complex process which took around a month. I failed to write a detailed tutorial, so I post those photos, which I took in the process. And comment on it.    1. Here's what I had. A very old, cracked chest of drawers. Yes, yes - right from a grandma and it was stored in a ...