Do-it-yourself varied kitchen decor
Even the most thoughtful and designer kitchen needs to be supplemented with interesting decorative elements. Using simple methods of applied art, you can create unique objects with your own hands and update slightly worn-out furniture in the kitchen.
Any kitchen requires additional decoration
Beautiful crafts you can do yourself
Any little thing can decorate the kitchen and create a pleasant atmosphere.
DIY kitchen craft ideas
How to make crafts for the kitchen with your own hands? Decor ideas can always be gleaned by looking at the work of experienced craftsmen. At the same time, perfect repetition is not required, you can add a touch of individuality, taking as a basis the technique of decorating.
Textile decor
To bring novelty to the interior, it is sometimes enough to sew a new curtain or chair covers. You can do it yourself with a needle, thread and fabric, you can create a unique atmosphere of the kitchen in a given style.
There are a lot of ideas for crafts, you can find examples on the Internet or give freedom of imagination
Jars decorated with textiles will bring novelty to the kitchen interior
The most common fabric products
| DIY tablecloth | To make it, you need a piece of fabric, a sewing machine and perseverance. You can decorate it by processing the edges with ribbons or lace.. |
| Chair Covers | You can complement the image with capes or pillows sewn from the same material.. |
| DIY potholders | Their sewing does not take much time and contributes to the creation of coziness in the kitchen. The patchwork technique is often used to make them.. |
| Window curtains | Making a set of curtains will take a lot of time, but it will justify the costs. They can become a highlight of the interior or an integral part of it.. |
| Panel in patchwork style | An original addition to the kitchen can be a picture of scraps, assembled in a fancy sequence. It will not only become an ornament, but also take up an empty space on a plain wall.. |
It should be remembered that interior elements made of fabric will often need to be washed, so it is better to immediately take care of the availability of several sets. For each season, you can sew your own unique set.
And also, as a decoration, you can make decorative birds from fabric. They will require scraps from textiles of different colors and with different patterns, a pattern, a needle and a thread..
According to the selected pattern, two parts of the bird are cut out, which will subsequently be sewn together and filled with filler. Two wings on each side, ridge. All elements are sewn and fitted with a string or ribbon. Such birds can be planted on a tree branch, pre-painted in the desired shade..
Such a doll will perfectly complement the interior of the kitchen.
Anything done by yourself will update the interior of the kitchen
Decorative items made of fabric will have to be washed very often.
Wall decoration
The need for decoration on the walls may arise when they have one shade or there is a lot of empty space, which creates the effect of a non-residential premises. Wall decor can be different from stickers to painting the dining area, from placing shelves to decorating with old dishes..
Fill up empty space with an open shelf that can hold painted plates, homemade vases, or decorated bottles.
The apron between the worktop and the upper shelves can be updated by decoupage existing tiles. For a city apartment, modern motives will be relevant, and for a country house, you can use drawings with hens – keepers of the hearth.
And also in the empty space, painted plates will look appropriate, which are hung up randomly or in a certain order..
Stylized film stickers look good, which can be purchased ready-made or cut out the necessary elements yourself.
You can make a hanger for cups from wood
Wall decoration is needed if it is completely empty
Decorating furniture and appliances
If the kitchen has a small area or wallpaper with variegated patterns, then you can start decorating the furniture. For these purposes, you can buy a film with a certain print or “decorate” the facades of the kitchen set.
Since technology has become an integral part of our life, then it should also participate in the decoration process. The hood or refrigerator can be covered with foil or painted by yourself.
Beautiful capes can be sewn on chairs
Painted plates on the apron by the stove will look very nice.
A vase decorated with artificial flowers and chestnuts will perfectly complement the interior
Restoration of furniture
Restoring old furniture that can still function but is worn out will require a significant investment of time and effort. But the result is worth it.
To give new life to kitchen furniture, you need to follow these steps.
- Remove the doors and check the awnings for functionality. Replace if necessary.
- Sand the surface with sandpaper.
- Paint all parts in the desired color. You can create the effect of artificial aging.
- After the paint has dried, apply a layer of varnish (transparent, for baths and saunas), on which a napkin with the selected pattern or a special decoupage card is glued.
- Above, with a brush, the picture is covered with diluted varnish with water (1: 1) and simultaneously smoothed.
- After the control opening with varnish and drying, the furniture is assembled and new handles are attached..
For the restoration of a kitchen set with your own hands, you can apply painting with further gluing of curly plaster elements.
Glasses can be replaced with mirrors. This will visually expand the space and fill the room with light. Or decorate them with stained glass paints.
With the help of an old curtain and white enamel, you can apply an interesting cobweb of the picture. A piece of fabric is attached to adhesive tape and painted over the surface of the glass, after which it is removed.
Such a lamp will perfectly fit into the interior of the kitchen.
Such a basket of flowers will be an excellent option for decorating the kitchen.
Accessories and kitchen stuff
It is pleasant to create crafts for the interior of the kitchen with your own hands and they can be an excellent gift for family and friends. Little things that create coziness can be done by knitting or sewing, decorating dishes and bottles.
Old bowls or cut wine bottles can act as a new chandelier in the kitchen. The containers for strong drinks can be used as candlesticks, the decor of which occurs with the help of flowing paraffin.
Textile, stylized toys can become towel racks if hooks are attached to them. Clothespins screwed to the wall are also useful for this purpose..
Flowers in the interior always carry positive energy
For cups, you can embroider covers
Crafts for the kitchen can be done with a child, it will be very interesting for him
Hot coasters can be made from wooden clothespins:
- first they are freed from the spring;
- glued in pairs;
- lay out a snowflake from the blanks and coat with glue.
And you can also create unique coasters from newspaper tubes.
- Newspaper sheets are cut into strips 10 cm wide.
- Screw on a skewer at an angle, securing the edge with PVA glue.
- The finished vine twists into a circle.
- Each turn is coated with glue.
- After drying, paint or decorate with a napkin.
Finished circles are coated with acrylic varnish and used.
Cutlery can be useful for making hangers or plate holders. Creating an impromptu hook, they are given bizarre shapes by bending the prongs of the forks in different directions.
A fork plate holder is made in a similar way, only the teeth are bent at right angles to its handle. Extreme, raise it up, and bend it itself in an arc.
Spoons from the old set can be screwed on instead of handles for kitchen shelves.
Reduced copies of dishes can be made from cardboard.
Such coasters will definitely come in handy in the kitchen.
Photo in the bank
A photo in a jar with your own hands is easy to perform and looks good on open shelves. To create it, you will need a 0.5 liter jar, a photo, sunflower oil. Liquid is poured into the container (to the limit), a picture (black and white) is placed and closed with a lid. A collection of pictures in oil will be a unique decoration, surprising and delighting guests.
Fresh flowers in a jar
To create an everlasting bouquet you need:
- jar with a lid;
- flower bud;
- glycerol;
- water.
Flowers in a jar are glued to the bottom, poured with a solution of boiled water with glycerin in a ratio of 1 to 2. Close the jar tightly. In this composition, the bouquet can live for more than six months. Flowers are best used with thick petals, as the liquid discolors the buds a little. If the solution becomes cloudy, it can be changed..
Reduced copies of fruits will perfectly decorate the dining table.
On a textile napkin with the help of coffee beans, you can make just such a beauty
Such pictures will perfectly fit into the interior of the kitchen.
Tableware decor: candlestick
Old cups are often used as a candlestick, in which melted wax is poured and a wick is placed in the center. For these purposes, old dishes can be painted in advance or you can do it yourself with a thread decor.
Glasses with jars can also be used as a candlestick. They are decorated with painting, decoupage or wrapped in twine. After decor, they are ready for use, it remains to put a tablet candle inside.
Painted plates
Do-it-yourself tableware decor can be done by painting old plates. From dishes of different diameters, you can create a unique collection of miniatures that will decorate empty walls or shelves. To make them you will need:
- plates;
- acrylic white paint;
- PVA glue;
- varnish;
- palette of multi-colored paints.
The improvised canvas is painted in a suitable shade. It can be achieved by adding paint of a specific color to a white base. They are primed with glue and varnished. A selected pattern can be applied to a dried workpiece. Children can also be involved in the work..
Try to make crafts suitable for the style of the kitchen
There are a lot of options for crafts for the kitchen
Provence style for the kitchen
DIY, French village style decor is not impossible. You don’t have to buy new furniture to recreate this design. You can restore an existing.
For the Provence style, floral motifs and birds are relevant. Colors are necessarily pastel shades. Wooden floors and aged white furniture with irregular, rounded shapes. The design should be gentle. Actual use of textiles.
Making your own kitchen decor is not difficult. The main thing is that crafts in style and color match the overall design of the room..
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