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Life hack: how to almost instantly decorate an old shabby chair for the garden

A dacha is a place where city residents take all the unnecessary trash from their apartments. However, upon closer examination, you understand that some things are made to last, and it’s a pity to throw them away. Oh, for the torn upholstery we need to say “thank you” to our

Cool ways to repair furniture that you didn't know about

Most people have laminated chipboard or MDF furniture in their apartments and houses. Since these are pressed slabs, if damaged, the defective area looks simply terrible and greatly spoils the appearance. Let's look at how you can make repairs

Replaced the upholstery of an old chair and got original furniture

The upholstery on furniture tends to wear out and fade. It is not always possible to remove dirt from fabric, especially if this furniture is used in the kitchen. There is a simple solution: replacing the upholstery.

How to refresh an old computer chair in 1 hour

Cheap office chairs quickly become unusable. The upholstery is the first to deteriorate. It gets dirty, becomes thinner and takes on an unpresentable appearance.But there is no need to rush to throw the chair into a landfill. Its life can be extended, and the furniture will last about

Restoration of an old “killed” table

An old table, loose and shriveled, and what’s more, creaky, like an ungreased cart, and your hands are itching to throw it in the fire or in a landfill. But if you work on it a little, you can get a very good furniture accessory, like

How to update a highchair

If you have an old small wooden chair lying around, you can restore it in a simple way and using readily available materials. Our story was this: in our dacha there was an exiled children's highchair lying around. He's almost a year old

We sew a chair cover with our own hands

I present to your attention a master class on sewing a chair cover. Old denim trousers and remnants of curtain fabric were used to sew it. A piece of padding polyester is needed for the layer. Its size should match the size of the chair. Material

DIY kitchen furniture restoration

When it comes to renovation, the question undoubtedly arises: will the old furniture fit the new interior? And the answer is not always positive. Old furniture can be quite good and suit everyone, but it doesn’t suit them at all.

Tien cutter for dust collection system

This is a Tien cutter (after the name of the inventor, Phil Thien), whipped up from a 20-liter bucket. The advantage of the Tien separator is that, unlike a traditional cyclone separator, it does not require

How to cover a kitchen cabinet with self-adhesive film

I received an old kitchen wall cabinet as a gift. Its frame was quite decent and it was a pity to throw away such furniture, and we wanted to save money on buying new kitchen furniture, which we didn’t have. Then I decided to restore

Updating a highchair

Sometimes pieces of furniture remind us of childhood. Perhaps in your home there is a shabby old children's highchair with peeling paint. If it’s a shame to throw it in the trash, and it doesn’t fit into the interior, you can update it with simple

Restoration and decoupage of a lampshade

Nowadays it is becoming fashionable to decorate your home with homemade items. Unique things, interior items made in vintage style or decorated using photographs, scraps from grandma's chest will help make the room unusual.

New look for an old wardrobe

“How beautiful, how fresh the roses were!..” - a new image of an old closet. Each of us, sooner or later, is faced with the fact that old furniture gets boring or does not meet its functions, and there is no money for new ones. However, even purchasing new cabinets does not give

Restoring an old chair

Beautiful, durable and inexpensive furniture - you can’t find anything like it these days. If you need the same chair, with all these parameters, then you either need to make it completely yourself, or remake your grandfather’s strong chair. The first option is difficult and not everyone can do it

Glue the edge on the chipboard

Many of us assemble cabinet furniture ourselves.And the point here is not only that it is quite profitable, but at the same time quite simple, but also in the uniqueness of the result obtained. After all, we can’t always go and buy exactly what we need.

Restoration of an old wardrobe

Very often, old furniture becomes so deeply rooted in our lives that there is practically no way to part with it. This is exactly the situation that happened with an old wardrobe from the beginning of the last century. The world around him has changed, the apartment

Computer chair reupholstery

During use, furniture sooner or later becomes unusable. If your family's budget cannot afford to replace old furniture, then this can be solved by renovating it yourself. As an example, let's imagine a computer chair. More precisely, constriction

Breathing life into an old mirror

Probably every person has some old, old thing that it’s a pity to throw away. It is often difficult to place such a thing anywhere, because it does not look anywhere and only spoils the entire interior. So it is with me. While cleaning the apartment, inherited

Chair restoration

I have had a chair in my dacha for a long time, since my grandmother’s time. I always really liked it, and then I came up with a plan for its restoration. Moreover, recently “vintage” has become increasingly important. Then I decided to move

Restoration of an old cabinet

Each of us has ever been faced with the decision of the future life of old things that do not fit into a modern interior. Sometimes it’s a pity to part with old furniture - after all, it is of good quality and is associated with old memories.If

Restoration of an old lampshade

Very often during repairs there is simply no money left for such little things as a new lamp. Therefore, today we will try to transform the old lampshade so that it fits well into the updated interior. Three walls in the room are covered with plain wallpaper, and

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