Laminate Acrylic Decopage Chairs

You can paint laminate furniture and cabinets.

Laminate acrylic decopage chairs. The sky is the limit here. Swap out unwieldy wallpaper paste and wallpapering tools for decoupage medium a foam roller and a brayer to smooth the paper in place. Instead i decided to decoupage the storage cubes with brown paper bags and holy cow they almost look like leather. Once it s dry gently sand the surface with a 220 grit sandpaper.

Create a focal point or accent for a room by papering furniture instead such as the inside back wall of an open bookcase or cabinet or boring old drawer fronts that lack visual interest. I have the first dewalt sander but this black decker one also has good reviews. Mod podge for furniture brush fabric i used 1 1 2 yards scissors measuring tools. And i don t blame you the decoupage furniture projects are my favorites too.

How to decoupage furniture with mod podge. In this post i m going to teach you how to update a laminate cube shelf without painting basically for free simply by using some glue water and leftover grocery bags. After applying a base coat you can actually use paper and fabric pieces to resurface your laminate furniture. Keep in mind you are making a bit of an investment with a sander if you don t already have one so hand sanding with a sheet of sandpaper or a block works too.

And you know how much i love me some leather furniture. You can do this with medium grit sandpaper by hand or you can do it with a palm or orbital sander. Next when you decoupage furniture use a product like matte mod podge so if you get a little messy the glue won t dry shiny and obvious. It s not hard it just takes the right prep work.

Step 1 selecting what to decoupage. With decoupage medium any paper or fabric materials such as scrapbook paper photos. You could create art on a blank canvas of wood plastic metal ceramic or paper or you might use decoupage to decorate an old piece of furniture or a boring light shade. Time and time again i see that your favorite projects on this blog are from the diy furniture category.

I don t consider myself to be a home repair intensive diy person so the thought of mod podging a chair or table is much nicer than the thought of something fancy like staining. First decide what item you want to decoupage. To paint laminate furniture start by sanding down the surface using 120 grit sandpaper so that the paint will stick better. Then apply a coat of an acrylic latex paint with a brush or roller using short even strokes.

Next apply an oil based primer with a brush or roller and wait 4 hours for it to dry.