Decoupage for beginners: step by step with photos and rules for creating original products

Tags:Living room and bedroom, Decor, Children's room, Interior Design, Kitchen, With your own hands

People of all ages are engaged in creativity. Decoupage for beginners is considered an inexhaustible topic. Step by step from the photo of the bottle, you can start making your first craft. Having tried it once, you can easily arrange a wicker basket, any piece of furniture and renew an old lamp.

The advantage of this technique is that it can be applied on a variety of surfaces. Decoupage resembles an ancient technique. This decor is especially popular when creating objects in a vintage style. The original solution is the use of retro accessories in the interior design.

Decoupage for beginners: step by step with a photo of a bottle

The usual interior diversifies the original decor

The content of the article

1 How to make decoupage bottles for beginners: step by step with a photo and detailed instructions
2 Master class for decoupage furniture in Provence style
3 How to make decoupage on glass from napkins: step by step instructions with a photo
4 Decoupage on boxes
5 How to glue without folds correctly?
6 Design ideas for the kitchen
7 Video: decoupage for beginners

How to make decoupage bottles for beginners: step by step with a photo and detailed instructions

Decoupage of bottles with tights is considered an unusual technique of craftsmanship. The master class involves the creation of volumetric forms. This produces an imitation of waves or beautiful embossed patterns.

Gorgeous tights and bottle decor

Decoupage is of the following types:

direct method, in which the drawing is glued from the front of the object;
the opposite is used to decorate glass surfaces, in which case the picture is glued from the inside;
volumetric technique, when the drawing rises above the rest of the surface;
smoky method is a variant of artistic painting;
deco patch is a method when an object is pasted over with pieces of various materials: from napkins, corrugated paper or ordinary color.

Helpful information! The preference for a particular technique depends on the style of decorating the room, on the capabilities and design of the product. For decoupage, you can use any pictures you like, newspaper clippings, bright magazines and labels. Also used napkins, textured paper and special cards for decoupage.

You can start a step-by-step decoupage for beginners with a photo of a bottle and the preparation of certain elements and materials.You will need any bottle with a smooth surface, acrylic paint, glue, varnish, scissors and alcohol solution. An ornament on a napkin, newspaper photographs or printouts from websites are suitable for decor.

Picture	Work stages
	Remove all paper stickers. To do this, the dishes are placed in a soapy solution, and then remove all excess from it with sandpaper. Then the surface is wiped with a solvent.
	For a more beautiful drawing, prime the surface. The paint can be applied with a sponge or brush. Apply multiple coats for a rich color.
	You can cut the image out of a napkin. In this case, the part with the pattern must be separated from the rest of the paper. If you use a newspaper clipping, the pattern is covered with several layers of varnish, dipped in warm water, and then the varnished area is separated from the wet paper and glued to the bottle.
	To glue the image, a pattern is applied to the dry surface of the bottle and varnished on top.
	The drawing is strengthened with varnish.
	Leave the craft to dry.

Master class for decoupage furniture in Provence style

The Provence style is often present in the original ideas for decoupage kitchen furniture with your own hands. Photos of interesting solutions can be seen on the website. If you have preserved old pieces of furniture from your grandmother's times, then using this technique you can give them a second life.

Decoupage for a whole Provence style furniture set

The Provence style interior is distinguished by its extraordinary beauty. To decorate a room in a similar style, you do not need to spend a lot of money; you can make a stylish thing with your own hands from scrap materials. To decorate furniture in a similar style, motives typical of the French province are used. These are flower gardens, lavender fields, picturesque streets and vineyard plantations.

How to make a masterpiece in Provence style, you can see in our master class using the example of a chest of drawers.

Picture	Description of actions
	Prepare a chest of drawers, nice ornaments on napkins, paint, glue, roller, brush, sandpaper and scissors.
	The piece of furniture itself is painted over. Apply layers with a roller, and after drying, sand the imperfections with sandpaper.
	While the dresser is drying, you can cut out elements of napkins for decor.
	The glue is distributed over the place where the pattern is placed and over the image itself. To create the effect of scuffs, sandpaper is used.
	The surface is varnished. You need to apply 10 to 15 coats.
	It is recommended to grind every fourth layer with varnish.
	Excess paint is removed.
	At the end of the work, you need to wait until the chest of drawers is completely dry.

How to make decoupage on glass from napkins: step by step instructions with a photo

You can use an interesting decoupage technique from napkins on glass. To do this, you need to prepare coloring compositions, thematic napkins, varnish, glue and brushes.Choose a suitable glass container. Its surface must be treated with alcohol.

Picture	Job
	The glass must be tinted using the chosen method: paint, primer or rice paper.
	Beautiful decorative elements are cut from napkins.
	Prepared paper with patterns is applied to the surface and smeared with glue. After drying, the drawing is varnished.
	You can trace the drawing with the glass path and finish off the small details.

Helpful information! If you want to apply decoupage to dishes that are used for eating, then use special glue for glass and porcelain. The finished product needs to be dried for a day, and then baked in the oven.

Decoupage on boxes

It is worth trying to repeat a simple master class for decoupage a shoe box. As a material, you will need a dense box, napkins, acrylic paints, glue and brushes.

Picture	Stages of work
	We apply white paint to the box, and then dry thoroughly.
	Cut out a napkin pattern.At the same time, we separate the top layer. The glue is applied to the part that is glued to the box.
	The glue is applied from the middle to the edges with light pressure.
	After the image is dry, you can decorate the surface with decorative stamps.
	To give an aged look around the edges, you need to walk with dark paint.
	From above, the drawings are fixed with acrylic varnish.
	This is the view obtained after the work done.

How to glue without folds correctly?

It is necessary to familiarize yourself with some rules before creating decoupage for beginners. Step by step with a photo of a bottle and napkins, you can create unusual compositions. Napkins are particularly difficult. Some types of napkins cannot be applied wet, as they begin to creep immediately. You can use the hot method to glue evenly and without wrinkles. PVA glue is applied to the surface. Then, after drying, the napkin is applied to this place and ironed with a hot iron through the paper. In this case, the napkin will be glued without folds.On a napkin glued in a similar way, you need to carefully apply varnish, especially the first layer.

Design ideas for the kitchen

There are many ideas for decorating a kitchen using decoupage techniques. It is worth trying the following options:

dishes, vases and cutting boards processed using decoupage technique;
jars decorated with floral ornaments;
stools with patterns of small flowers and still lifes;
kitchen cabinets with Provence-style patterns;
old chairs with scuffs.

Such cabinets will perfectly fit into the kitchen interior.

Decoupage can be combined with gilding, toning, the effect of artificial aging and the craquelure technique. For the design of the kitchen, such styles as ethno, shabby chic and country are used. You can use all kinds of gastronomic motives for decoration: berries, muffins, cakes and fruits.

Ideas for decorating the kitchen:

You don't have to spend a lot of money to create a unique interior. From available tools, you can create great accessories and pieces of furniture for any design idea.

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