Photo by Viktor Loginov, Viktor ChernyshovAvtorproject Marina ShvechkovaThis chest of drawers has long lost its legs. But the case, as well as four drawers and a compartment with a hinged door were in good condition. For work you will need: several posters of various sizes, white and gold acrylic paint, craquelure varnish, fine-grained sandpaper, four wheels, PVA glue, roller, brush, drill, small wrench, bolts and nuts.
Dresser with his own hands
- Photo 1. Chest up.
- Photo 2. Chest after.
- Photo 3. Chest treated with fine-grained sandpaper. After that, mark and make holes for four wheels.
- Photo 4. Using a small wrench, screws and nuts, fasten the wheels in the designated places.
- Photo 5. With a roller, white acrylic paint is applied to the dresser. Just need to carefully work out all the retractable elements.
- Photo 6. The chest of drawers is covered with craquelure varnish. After it dries, cracks will appear on the surface.
- Photo 7. Apply PVA glue to the back of the poster and leave for a while so that it soaks into the paper.
- Photo 8. The poster is glued to the door. The paper is carefully smoothed out so that there are no air bubbles or folds.
- Photo 9. To achieve the effect of "worn" the poster and chest of drawers are treated with sandpaper in random places.
- Photo 10-11. After wetting the roller in gold paint, tint the edges, doors and tabletop of the chest of drawers. The work is finished.
