How to Paint and Decorate a Wooden Table by Yourself

You can find it in any house old wooden table, which needs painting or restoration. Do not rush to replace it with a new purchase, because such table can become an interesting design highlight and help express your creative nature.

Content

Benefits of DIY Furniture Painting
Choosing a color scheme for an old table
Choosing paint
Necessary materials
Necessary tools
Step-by-step painting algorithm
Decorating
- Using tulle
- DIY decoupage technique
How to age wood
VIDEO: Painting and decorating a table with your own hands.
50 photo ideas for painting and decorating wooden tables:

Benefits of DIY Furniture Painting

What does painting yourself give?

Confidence in the quality of work performed works.
Possibility to choose the desired one color, dyeing method.
Such furniture It's easier to "fit" into the interior.
It is easy to implement new ideas or simply restore individual parts furniture.

white table — Painting is one of the fastest and most effective techniques in furniture decor.

Choosing a color scheme for an old table

The choice of color is entirely up to the owner. table and his preferences. These can be bright, saturated shades, creating the illusion of a wooden texture, painting the countertop in white or metal color etc.

Juicy tones: light green, yellow, scarlet, blue

red table — Such color solutions will fit well into a modern style, where such furniture will become a bright detail of the interior of the room.

White or black color

This solution will suit any interior and will become its laconic highlight. With the right painting table its wooden texture will be hidden under the uniform layer of paint.

Metallic

table gray — Painting all furniture or its parts in metallic colors is a successful solution for design in a classic or high-tech style.

Choosing paint

For painting old wooden table You can use almost any paint, but it is worth remembering that it is best to choose the type paints depending on the variety wood.

Water-dispersible dye.

This is the best option for furniture that is in heated rooms, not on a veranda or terrace. It is non-toxic, does not emit harmful substances, and fits well on table top and dries in a short period of time. Therefore, it is not advisable to carry out such work is easy Even a non-professional can do it. The paint provides good protection against moisture.

water-dispersion paints — If something goes wrong somewhere, you can simply wash off the paint with cold water.

After drying dye becomes strong and is not affected by water. The chemical composition is not afraid of light, but wears off over time and is easily damaged mechanically. Therefore, the surfaces old tables are not washed with aggressive agents. If table should be outside, then it is better to use for countertops alkyd compositions.

alkyd enamels — Alkyd paints are durable and long-lasting and are not affected by water.

Oily.

Previously, mainly dyeing was done furniture with these paints. But after paint manufacturers released more cost-effective ones paints, which have a less toxic effect, oil-based ones have faded into the background.

To ensure that the surface of wooden furniture is evenly painted, shiny and durable, oil paints are usually used.

Enamels for trees.

Quality coating can also be created using enamels. They are resistant to light, mechanical impacts, and are not subject to corrosion. In addition, the compositions are varied — you can choose either a matte or glossy finish countertops.

enamels for wood — Nitro enamels dry quickly, literally in 15 minutes.

Choosing a paint coating for countertops should depend on the breed trees, used for manufacturing furniture.

It is recommended to cover conifers with wax or varnish, rather than paint them.

The wood should be varnished in 2-3 layers after the previous layer has completely dried.
If table has already been painted before, then a similar paint and varnish coating suitable for trees.

The choice of the appropriate type of coating directly depends on the type of wood from which the table is made.

Necessary materials

Used materials, with which will be carried out works on painting the old boards, must be of high quality. You should choose only high quality ones materials for painting and priming.

For the entire restoration or painting process you will need:

Antiseptic for wooden surfaces;

An antiseptic for wood is necessary to protect wood from mold and fungi, so-called blue stain, and harmful insects.
White primer;

The primer helps the coating to adhere better to the boards and reduces paint consumption.
Varnish;

Wooden products need protection. Varnishes are used for this purpose.
To cleanse from past layers paints you will need a solvent, a sponge, and sandpaper;

When carrying out repair work, we inevitably deal with solvents for varnish, enamel, and paint.
Masking tape;

Masking tape is a tape that has a slightly rough paper base.
To avoid getting anything dirty around, use rags, film, and old unnecessary newspapers while painting;

You need to cover the area where you will be painting the table with newspapers.
If dye not water based, then it would be better to have the whole painting process trees did not take place in the living room.

It is not the smell itself that is harmful, but the volatile compounds in the paint - solvents. They are toxins for the nervous and hematopoietic systems.

Necessary tools

To paint the product you will need:

Sprayer, roller, brushes;
Paint container;
Rubber gloves;
Goggles to protect the eyes and a mask (if spraying is planned);
Rubber spatula;
Tools for disassembling furniture (screwdriver, hammer drill, etc.)

This is the basic set of materials. If desired, you can purchase a finishing varnish.

Step-by-step painting algorithm

Let's take it apart table, which we will paint and decorate. Carefully unscrew the legs, table top, boxes.

When disassembling furniture, do not forget to mark the installation location of each part, so you will not get confused and will cope with the task faster.
If there are inserts on the surface that are planned to be left unchanged (ceramics, glass), then we simply seal them with masking tape.
We wash all the parts and boards in warm water, adding a little detergent to it. Set aside until completely dry.
We put on protective equipment to prevent dust from getting into our eyes and lungs.
"We're skinning" old table top, details and boards fine-grained sandpaper. If there are large defects and cracks, prime them with a rubber spatula.
"We go over" the surfaces with a primer. It is better if color the primer will be similar to the color of the new one paints.

This way you can reduce the number of layers that need to be applied later.
We wait until the primer dries and sand it again with sandpaper.
We don’t wash the surface with a rag, but rather “go over” it with a dry brush or vacuum cleaner.
We cover the floor with newspapers or film, open the windows so as not to breathe with paintWe inspect the room for small insects to ensure that nothing gets on the freshly painted surface.
We put on gloves and clothes for painting.
If coloring table will come from a spray can, then shake it. It is recommended to hold it at a distance of 30 centimeters from the surface and apply the layer smoothly so that there are no drips.

If the surface is covered with regular paint, then large areas are painted with wide brushes, and small details and corners should be covered with a thin brush.
We give layer dry and paint the next one. Usually two or three layers are enough for an even tone.
After the parts have dried, acrylic varnish is applied on top. This will make the surface resistant to mechanical damage.
Remove the tape from the decorative elements and inserts and wait 8 hours.
After the allotted time has passed, you will be able to use the updated version. furniture.

A little patience, attention and accuracy in work, and painting the table with your own hands will be easy and quick.

Decorating

Using tulle

Prepare the surface for painting with sandpaper or a grinding machine. Then paint in 2 layers white acrylic with paint. We cover all the places that should not be painted in white shade with masking tape. We lay a piece of damp tulle on the surface, carefully straighten out all the creases and wrinkles. We paint with acrylic blue paint from a can. Let it dry, varnish with transparent varnish.

dyeing through tulle — The result is very beautiful and stylish.

DIY decoupage technique

Apply the appliques to the surface table you can use decoupage napkins.

We will need the napkins themselves, which can be bought at any craft store, special glue, water-based varnish, acrylic varnish, primer.

For work we will need sandpaper, a fan brush, and a roller.

We make the surface rough using sandpaper and prime it on top.
We apply paint (2 layers), let the table dry. Check that dye dried on every detail.
An un-dried area will change color under the varnish and spoil the appearance of the furniture.
For a vintage look, sand the old one again. table, we erase a little paints.

Apply water-based varnish and sand again.
We cut out the necessary pictures from napkins and lay them out on the surface, applying marks with a pencil.

We soak the pictures in water, spread them with glue, press them against the surface, and smooth them out with a brush.
We cover it with two layers of varnish, wait until all the parts dry, and then sand it again.

Then we wipe the old furniture from dust and varnish it in 2 layers.

How to age wood

Brush tree with your own hands, giving it the look of an aged wood, It's pretty simple.

brushed wood — Not all types of wood are suitable for this type of finishing.

Better to take materials with a pronounced texture. These are ash, pine, oak. Exotic species - beech, maple - are difficult to process with this type of processing.Brushing is not done on MDF panels.