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Cozy modern kitchen- a housewife's dream. When changing furniture and decor, you don’t always want to part with good refrigerator, who copes with his task perfectly. Looking for a way to hide it from prying eyes is not an option. If desired, you can always add it to the refrigerator modern look or hide external defects that appear during operation. There are many ways to do this, all that remains is to use one of them.

Magnetic slate board - a modern accessory with thoughtful functionality

An ordinary magnetic slate board will help hide scratches on the refrigerator or give the kitchen a modern look. You can use it for notes or placing small magnets. This accessory will fit perfectly into a room designed in modern style. All that remains is to pick up the board the right size.

Using vinyl stickers: stylish, cheap, creative

The beauty of vinyl stickers is their affordability and ease of use. They are sold in various places: from boutiques offering creative supplies to construction stores. The design options are also different.

To realize a grandiose idea, you can use the services of a printing house, but in this case, making your dream come true will cost more. Simple elements Easy to cut from regular self-adhesive paper. For convenience, you can use templates, stencils, and curly scissors.

Photo printing: film with a pattern or magnetic panels

Photo printing that has become available will allow you to change your refrigerator beyond recognition. If you wish, you can place everything in the kitchen: from a rare payphone to orbital station or your own island in the ocean.

It is also easy to order the production of photographs taken with your own hands, or turn old refrigerator in a huge painted box. Transferring an image to vinyl film or magnetic vinyl Available in specified sizes.

If they are visually similar, film with photo printing and magnetic panels are attached to the refrigerator in different ways.

1. Option for fixing the film

There are two ways to attach film with photo printing: this is done by smoothing or using warm air. At home ideal solution will become a hairdryer. In any case, it is necessary to prepare the surface of the refrigerator: if possible, remove the handles and degrease. It is important to ensure that the film lays evenly and does not allow bubbles or folds to appear. For smoothing, use any flat object, it can even become bank card. Particular attention is paid to the edges. The film here should be folded, smoothed and the excess cut off using a stationery knife. At the end of the procedure, all that remains is to put the handles back.

2. Installation of magnetic panels

The vinyl panel is a sheet half a centimeter thick supplemented with a magnetic layer. It is easy to attach or remove, no traces are left on the surface. When ordering fabric, it is important to take measurements as accurately as possible. In the case where you plan to cover the entire refrigerator with a pattern, this will make the gaps at the joints less noticeable and will make it possible to more accurately match the pattern.

Self-adhesive film - a budget alternative to photo printing or painting

The abundance of prints of self-adhesive film allows you to give your refrigerator different kinds design. You can choose it to match the countertops and other furniture elements or in contrast to them. Before pasting, the surface of the refrigerator must be degreased. It is better to get rid of the protective layer as the canvas is glued. This will simplify the smoothing process, similar to that used when attaching vinyl film.

Painting a refrigerator: nuances, possibilities, master class

Painting a refrigerator is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. Metal paint should be used for this. The main thing is to choose a color that perfectly matches the interior and visualize the situation. Depending on the features of the situation, the size and shape of the kitchen, you can choose a lot of options: from bright accents and contrast before painting in calm tones.

A bright refrigerator, the color of which is chosen for contrast, will help to refresh the atmosphere. Tall models painted in cool colors will visually raise the ceiling. Low refrigerators will visually expand the room, especially when used pastel colors and warm shades.

Painting step by step

It is most convenient to use paint in a can, ideally durable acrylic enamel or metal paint. Having decided to use a brush, you will have to choose it especially carefully, otherwise the paint will lie unevenly, especially if you lack the skills.

Sequencing:

1. Use sandpaper to smooth out roughness and chipped areas and remove rust. Lightly sand the entire surface to remove any gloss.
2. We wipe the refrigerator, getting rid of particles of peeling paint.
3. Degrease the surface with an alcohol solution.
4. We seal the food storage compartment with film and attach masking tape to those areas that cannot be painted.
5. To avoid accidental staining, cover nearby objects and cover the floor.
6. Shake the can and apply the paint evenly.

Little tricks:

• Regardless of the painting method, the paint should be applied in a thin layer. After waiting for the first layer to dry, you can apply a second and even a third.
• A primer will help reduce paint consumption, increase its durability and facilitate the application process.
• The strength and moisture resistance of the paint will be higher if, after painting, the refrigerator is coated with a glossy varnish.

Artistic painting: when drawing skills are missing

You can decorate the refrigerator with painting elements with a brush in your hands. When creating complex designs and ornaments, you cannot do without drawing skills. Here it is better to turn to specialists.

A master class on painting a refrigerator will help even those who are not good at drawing master the technique of creating an openwork ornament.

Artificial aging is a great idea for updating your refrigerator

An excellent design move is not to update the refrigerator, but rather to age it. This idea is suitable for a kitchen furnished in a classic or vintage style, it will also become no less relevant for a room designed in shabby chic or Provence styles.

It’s easy to give your refrigerator a touch of antiquity, turning it into a stylish chest of drawers, with the help of various elements stucco decoration. To do this, you should stock up on moldings, which are decorative slats and various shaped parts in the form of corners, monograms, crowns. Gypsum, wood and composites based on it, metal, polyurethane, foam, plastic - these are the main materials from which modern decor is made.

To work you will need:

• decorative elements that match the style of the kitchen;
• glue for metal;
• adhesive primer;
• chalk paint in white and primary colors;
• brushes for painting and waxing: 2 round and 1 flat;
• colorless and dark wax (the latter can be replaced with colorless wax by mixing it with brown paint);
• masking tape, film, sandpaper, napkins;
• suitable tool for cutting moldings.

The procedure for aging a refrigerator:

1. Sand the surface of the refrigerator and degrease it.
2. Come up with a decor option, trim and adjust the decorative elements and glue them in the right place.
3. Paint the refrigerator twice with white paint, allowing each coat to dry.
4. Apply one layer of paint of the main color in cross movements, this is how the scuffed effect will be created. Handles and decorative elements must also be painted over.
5. Cover decorative elements with colorless wax. After drying, remove excess with a napkin. And cover the same places with dark wax.
6. Treat the previously painted surface of the refrigerator with colorless wax, removing excess at the end of the work.

A refrigerator is one of the household appliances that mandatory"should be present in any kitchen. But those days when housewives were quite satisfied with the presence of a “boring white box” are gone. Now most of them are trying to decorate it somehow. Today, almost all major manufacturers have a line of “colored” models in their assortment, but, unfortunately, their choice is not so large, and they are more expensive. Therefore, you often have to decorate the refrigerator yourself. This can be done using both “magnets” and elite designer airbrush. We suggest you cover the refrigerator with self-adhesive film. This method allows you to apply almost any image without feeling strong blow according to the family budget.

Which self-adhesive film to choose

Films can be either white or colored

Since the refrigerator is usually located in the kitchen, that is, in a room with increased level humidity, then, naturally, the film for decoration must have water-repellent properties.

The most popular self-adhesive film, also suitable for decorating a refrigerator, is ORACAL film. It withstands adverse weather conditions such as rain and snow, so high humidity indoors will not be a problem for her.

You can also use Dutch film AVERYDennison, German Orafol or Italian Ritrama. Besides, in Lately An inexpensive product from the Chinese company PromoFilm has appeared on the market. True, unlike analogues, it is available only in white. It is designed for subsequent printing.

In addition to film, you can use rolled self-adhesive paper to decorate the refrigerator. But given that the latter requires mandatory lamination after printing on it, this option will be more expensive.

Select a pattern

Thanks to the film, you can turn your ‘boring’ refrigerator into a real ‘art object’

One of the main advantages of decorating a refrigerator with film is that you are free to use almost any image as a design. However, when choosing a design, you need to ensure that it meets a number of requirements.

Image Size

To ensure that the image does not lose its quality when printed, it should be approximately the same size as the area you are going to decorate. Please note that the size of a picture on the Internet is in most cases indicated in pixels. They will have to be converted into the units of measurement familiar to you. One centimeter is equal to approximately 38 pixels, so if your refrigerator is, for example, 180 centimeters high and 55 centimeters wide, then minimum size

The image should be 6800 by 2090 pixels. Images big size

Finding it online for free can be challenging. Therefore, it is more logical to choose a suitable picture from the company from which you will order printing on film. Often a design for printing is done free of charge.

Aspect Ratio

Since the height of the refrigerator is greater than its width, the image must have appropriate proportions. To make it easier for you to find a suitable picture, you need to select vertical or portrait orientation of the picture in the search parameters.

Abstract backgrounds are perfect for refrigerators of any size

Panoramic images, for example, with views of nature or a city at night, abstract patterns, full-length photos of people, and, of course, collages developed by designers specifically for these purposes are perfect for decorating a refrigerator.

Printing method and quality

Today, a large number of printing companies and advertising agencies offer large format printing services.

To decorate a refrigerator with your own hands, it is recommended to use so-called interior printing.

It is distinguished by a large number of dots per unit area, which allows you to make the image almost indistinguishable from a professional photograph in a glossy magazine. Of course, this printing method is not cheap, but considering that the image printed on the refrigerator will be viewed from a fairly close distance, it is not worth saving on this. Otherwise, every time you approach the refrigerator, you will see not the picture you chose, but a set of dots of different colors.

Preparing the refrigerator

When the image you have chosen is transferred to film, you need to prepare the refrigerator for pasting.

Dismantling of fittings Before gluing the film to the surface of the refrigerator, it is necessary to dismantle all the fittings.

The process may differ radically depending on its model, so it is recommended that you carefully study the instructions supplied with the refrigerator before starting work.

If you have experience in gluing film, then you don’t have to remove the refrigerator doors. If not, we recommend doing this, since it is easier to work with a horizontal surface. And considering the fact that the film with the image printed on it is not cheap, it is better to spend a little time than spoil the image.

Surface washing

The surface on which the film will be glued must be thoroughly washed and degreased (for this you can use a regular dishwashing detergent). After this, it should be dried. Make sure there are no small specks stuck to it.

Any speck or paint defect will become very noticeable after gluing the film.

How to glue film There are two ways to apply self-adhesive film: dry and wet.

If you have experience in gluing, then you can easily use the dry method. If not, then you shouldn’t even try, especially since we are talking about film with an image, the cost of which is quite high. Therefore, let's move straight to the wet method.

• In addition to the film itself, for work you will need:
• scissors;
• a water spray bottle (the one that is used to wet clothes when ironing is perfect);

squeegee - a special spatula made of plastic or hard rubber.

If there is no special squeegee, you can use a plastic or rubber spatula.

1. If there is no special squeegee, you can use a plastic or rubber spatula The first step is to prepare a weak soap solution. To do this, add a little to ordinary water for dishes. After mixing, the solution is poured into a spray bottle. It is from this that we will wet the surface of the refrigerator.
2. Now we place the film with the image on flat surface(if you don’t have a table of the required size, you can use the floor by first spreading a piece of clean fabric or polyethylene on it) image down.
3. Separate a small (2–3 cm) strip of base from the top edge. Holding the edge, cut it along its entire length using scissors.
4. Carefully turn the film over and apply the part with the adhesive base to the upper edge of the door (or wall) of the refrigerator. Do not wet the surface yet! Using a clean, dry cloth, smooth the edge of the film, ensuring it adheres over the entire area.
5. If air bubbles have formed on the glued strip, you can try to “drive them out” using a squeegee. If this fails, you can simply pierce the bubble with a regular pin or needle, and then smooth it out with the same squeegee or dry cloth.
6. Even if a small mark remains, it will be hidden by the fittings after installation.
7. Roll the film into a roll with the image facing inward.
8. We wet the surface of the door with spray from the place where the glued part of the film ends.
9. Gradually tearing off the base, smooth the film to the surface, carefully leveling it with a squeegee.
10. When all the film is pasted, we check the surface again for the absence of bubbles; if any are found, we “drive” them towards the nearest edge.

Let the film dry and then install the fittings. The gluing is finished. If small bubbles remain, don't worry - thanks to soap solution

the film does not stick much and such “flaws” will be removed without problems. Although, naturally, it is better to try to paste it so that no bubbles form.

You can also decorate your refrigerator using carbon film. The technology for its application is identical to that discussed above.

How to glue film using the wet method (video)

Pasting the pattern

Using film, you can apply not only a solid image to the refrigerator, but also an applique

In addition to the film cut on a plotter (this is the name of the device with which film is cut), you will need additional editing equipment.

It is glued on top of the front side of the pattern. The rest of the gluing process is no different from that described above.

The image is transferred to the surface using ‘mounting’ film

Photo gallery: how to cover a refrigerator

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Making an original decorative element out of an ordinary white refrigerator For those who are looking for an idea, how to restore a refrigerator

, almost limitless possibilities open up.:

• Let's consider the options If you are concerned about how, change the color of the refrigerator to match the color of the kitchen the best way - painting. Recommended for use in refrigerators acrylic compositions
• , automotive nitro enamel, epoxy or polyurethane based paints. For painting, use a roller, the composition is applied in several layers (up to 5-7). Convenient options for cars in aerosols. Before painting, the surface is cleaned, degreased, and the fittings are wrapped in cling film. Airbrush
• - a type of coloring that requires the participation of a professional performer. An airbrush artist will apply any design to the surface of the refrigerator: a still life, a landscape, a reproduction of a painting, or your portrait. Another painting option - applying slate paint
• . In addition to the updated refrigerator, you will get a space for creativity and a place where you can leave notes or recipes. Wallpapering - affordable and inexpensive way . It is better to choose washable, smooth options. Use for sticking wallpaper glue
• or PVA. The surface will be protected by acrylic varnish. If you don’t want to cover the entire surface, decorate parts of the refrigerator using decoupage technique
• Refrigerator door decoration wine corks- effective, but labor-intensive. It will take several years to collect required amount material, but you can involve friends, relatives and acquaintances in the implementation of the project. The corks are cut in half lengthwise and glued with the cut to the surface. Use universal glue. Place the cork halves in vertical or horizontal rows, diagonally or in a pattern.
• Used as an addition or as an independent decor polyurethane, wood and plastic moldings. They can be smooth, flat or voluminous, carved. Options with an already applied adhesive layer will make installation easier. All that remains is to cut such planks and press them tightly to the surface.
• Non-traditional material for the kitchen - mirror. By placing it on the refrigerator door, you will visually increase the space small kitchen, add light. Position mirror element better away from the stove to avoid daily washing off greasy splashes.
• Don't forget about fridge magnets. They come in the form of small photo frames, trinkets, and writing pads. Having hung them in large quantities on the refrigerator, you can hide surface defects and a shabby appearance. This decor is easy to install and change.
• Flexible magnetic panels and stickers suitable for more serious changes. Sheets with various images on a magnetic base will completely hide in 5 minutes old surface no refrigerator preliminary preparation. Magnetic panels with photo printing also look original. For local decorations, use magnetic stickers.

A quick and cheap way to transform a refrigerator

If you don’t have time to choose paint, manipulate glue or vinyl film, update your refrigerator with colored tape. This method requires minimum costs and is suitable if decor is needed temporarily or urgently.

Among the types of colored tape, the most interesting are:

• holographic;
• neon;
• metallized.

Available for sale adhesive tape any colors with all kinds of images.

The easiest way to decorate with tape- horizontal, vertical or diagonal stripes. If you wish, make a complex composition of multi-colored squares and strips of adhesive tape of different widths.

Having first drawn a color sketch on paper, it is not difficult to assemble a mosaic picture on the refrigerator door from squares of tape.

The convenience of the option with adhesive tape - in the absence of preparation. It is enough to remove dust and dirt from the refrigerator with a damp cloth and you can start decorating.

Instructions for covering with film

A popular method of restoring a refrigerator with your own hands is pasting with PVC film.(vinyl). It happens:

High-quality vinyl provides a durable, abrasion-resistant coating, which does not require special care. Pasting a refrigerator will only take a few hours, but will require precision and care.

Surface preparation

Before gluing with film, the surface is thoroughly cleaned. Wash it, removing even the smallest drops, dots, and hairs. Any unevenness will be noticeable under the vinyl.

Remove the doors from the refrigerator and disconnect the handles. Parts previously covered with PVC film should be freed from it. Will help you deal with this:

• hot water;
• construction hair dryer;
• liquids based on white spirit.

If there are paint chips, scratches or dents, fill them with putty and sand them down. Degrease the surface with alcohol. Then mark the film (there is a grid on the back), leaving a couple of centimeters for allowances. Cut into required pieces.

There are two ways to glue the film: dry and wet.

Wet method

Suitable for those who are faced with gluing vinyl for the first time. Algorithm of actions:

1. Pour water into a small container with a spray bottle and add a couple of drops of dishwashing gel.
2. Place the film on a flat, clean surface, face down. Separate 2-3 cm from the top paper base and cut it with scissors across the entire width of the canvas.
3. Apply the edge freed from the base to the top of the refrigerator part to be pasted. Using a dry cloth, press firmly and iron the strip until you are sure that it is evenly and firmly glued.
4. Roll the free part of the film into a roll with the front side facing inward. Moisten the unpasted part of the surface with soapy water from a spray bottle.
5. Separating small areas base, glue the film, smoothing it with a rubber roller or spatula (you can take a plastic one and wrap it with cling film).
6. After applying the entire sheet of vinyl, remove any air bubbles. Try to move them with a spatula to the nearest free edge. If that doesn’t work, you can carefully pierce them with a thin needle.
7. If you notice a strong distortion or creases while gluing the film, it is better to peel it off and correct it before the surface is dry. If plain vinyl is skewed, the allowances left will help.
8. When the film is dry, cut it off excess material and install the fittings.

Advice. Try to remove any creases found after the coating has dried by heating construction hairdryer and smoothing it out.

Dry method

This method requires experience and skill., but if mistakes are made, you can remove the material and re-glue it up to two times. The actions are similar to wet pasting:

Advice. It will also help to evenly cover the sides of the part or the recess. hot air. Heat the vinyl with a hairdryer and press it, stretching it slightly.

Stylish stickers for the refrigerator

It is not necessary to cover the entire refrigerator with film. Vinyl stickers will change its appearance. They can be ready-made or made to order. For creative personalities There is an option - cut out the stickers yourself from a sheet of vinyl.

Their themes and plots are varied, choose ones that suit the design and color scheme kitchen area:

The sizes are also different: from a life-size human figure to small polka dots, flowers or leopard spots.

The gluing technology is the same as for a whole sheet of vinyl film. The smaller the selected image, the easier it is to paste. There is no need to remove doors or fittings.

Using stickers

Small bright stickers will help you update your refrigerator or cover surface defects.. They can be distributed evenly, placed in corners, lined up, or assembled into a whole plot from small pictures.

Stickers with images are popular:

• vegetables and fruits;
• dishes;
• colors;
• letters, numbers and words;
• animals, birds and sea life.

Particularly interesting are the three-dimensional options. performance.

Decorating the refrigerator with natural stone

An extraordinary solution would be a “stone refrigerator”, especially next to a set with a stone countertop.

You can handle the design of stone decor yourself using available materials:

1. Wash the outside of the refrigerator thoroughly, remove dust, stains and grease. Wipe and dry the surface.
2. Make blanks to imitate stones. To do this, you will need 5-7 glossy magazines, depending on the size of the refrigerator. Use your hands to tear them into pieces. different sizes and shapes, in order to later obtain a heterogeneous structure.
3. Each piece will have to be glued by hand, so do not tear the sheets too small. The average size details - half the size of a palm.
4. We glue the blanks overlapping onto the surface with PVA glue, lay the sheets tightly, leaving no gaps between them. We wait for the glue to dry completely.
5. We moisten a cotton swab with acetone and wipe the pasted surface - the pieces of magazines will fade, the pictures will acquire a blurred structure.
6. If some details are completely discolored, or, on the contrary, retain the design, they can be covered over with new scraps from another magazine. After drying, treat with acetone.
7. Acetone evaporates instantly, the surface can be immediately varnished. Use parquet matte or semi-matte varnish for greater durability.
8. When the varnish is dry, the refrigerator is ready for use.

The product will be additionally decorated with decoupage elements.. Choose translucent, dim designs.

Advice. It is recommended to use domestically produced magazines. The paint layer from foreign printing is often completely erased with acetone. Any images except human faces will do. It is also better not to take pages completely filled with text.

Conclusion

There are ways to decorate a refrigerator for any occasion. When changes are needed quickly and the budget is limited, magnets and tape will help. To cover the entire surface of the device, cover it with PVC film, wallpaper, and paint it.

Vinyl or magnetic stickers and decals are suitable for local decoration. Get creative by decoupaging or making a cover out of wine corks.

Refrigerator decor is a way out of the situation when old thing doesn't fit in new interior kitchens. If the kitchen is small and the refrigerator needs to be placed in the hallway or even in the room, you also cannot do without appropriate decor. Even if you just want to cheer yourself up, change something and get satisfaction from it, decorating your refrigerator with your own hands - great solution.

It is known that changing even one detail will help you perceive the entire situation in a new way. If you want changes in the kitchen, the decor of the refrigerator will help with this. There are several options available:

• magnets, magnetic boards;
• digital frames;
• stickers, adhesive film;
• decoupage

After a pleasant summer holiday at sea, winter holidays at a ski resort or abroad, everyone, as a rule, brings home a magnet. Decorate your refrigerator with them and the kitchen will become more fun.

You can cover the entire item from bottom to top or select several zones using magnets as note holders for family members.

Magnetic boards serve a similar purpose: as decor and as a place for important messages. Magnetic digital frames are an innovation that allows you to upload 10-20 photos. By attaching such a frame to the most popular place in the kitchen, i.e. on the refrigerator, you will introduce something new and have fun.

Vinyl stickers can turn an ordinary white object into a place where events unfold while the owners are not looking. Here the cat is trying to open the bottom compartment, and there is a mouse hanging on the handle or raccoons are stealing from the freezer.

You can paste flowers, butterflies, clouds or spots of a cow, it all depends on the imagination and consent of the family. Adhesive film will make a familiar object unrecognizable. The film can imitate marble, a flower meadow, or simply be plain. With its help, the refrigerator will be transformed beyond recognition, and most importantly, quickly.

When the owner is ready to create, but does not have much money, decoupage will help out. Carefully remove the white part of the four-layer napkin so as not to damage the design. Then apply PVA glue to reverse side pictures and attach to the refrigerator. Carefully straighten out all the folds. After drying, go over the surface of the picture with acrylic varnish several times. In a similar way, you can decorate the refrigerator using pictures from a magazine or calendar, making a collage. Fabric, fur and quilling are also suitable for applique.

More labor-intensive options

What if you have a desire to decorate your refrigerator, but no experience or imagination? Then you should turn to professionals. In the presence of Money More expensive and labor-intensive decor options are available:

• painting an object;
• art painting;
• airbrush.

If you want to hide yellowness or defects on the surface of an object, you can simply repaint it.

This will give the appearance of the old refrigerator new life, A kitchen interior- zest. Artistic painting will help make any object an integral part of the decor. The smooth transition of the pattern from the wall to the refrigerator will make it a thing in its place. This is especially true when a kitchen item is forced to stand in the room.

Airbrushing can only be done by professionals if you want to see a masterpiece in the form of a painting by a famous artist, a wonderful landscape or a telephone booth. At the same time, you can come up with the design of the refrigerator yourself.

As you can see, some changes in life are within our power. Bring some color to the kitchen, the place where the whole family meets every day. Then the mood will probably rise and everyone will want to chat longer at the table. And if the decoration was done by all family members, it will be doubly pleasant. Best wishes for change!

Thanks to the manufacturers household appliances for the fact that refrigerators are no longer monotonously white. However, decorating your refrigerator with your own hands allows you to make your kitchen interior truly unique and original. What decoration methods can be used?

Much depends on how well you are able to draw in different techniques. If things are not going well with independent drawing, you can use other skills - for example, the ability to do needlework. If there is a desire, there will be opportunities for creative expression.

Painting

The easiest way is to paint. You can paint the body of the refrigerator in the color that you lack in the kitchen for a holistic and harmonious interior. If you use several colors and masking tape, you can decorate the surface with your own hands. refrigerator beautiful ornaments or abstract color compositions. You can paint the refrigerator with a brush, paint roller or simply by spraying paint from an aerosol can.

Before painting the refrigerator, you need to properly prepare the surface:

• sand scratches and chips;
• degrease everything that should be covered with paint;
• Cover handles and decorative strips with masking tape or other protective materials.

Do not forget to take care of good ventilation, or better yet, choose a nice day and paint the refrigerator outdoors.

Stickers

We are talking about self-adhesive vinyl film with designs printed on it. The film can be without a pattern, plain, different colors. It not only decorates the refrigerator, but also protects its surfaces from scratches and chips, and at the same time covers existing ones. Vinyl self-adhesive - quite budget method update your refrigerator and change its boring appearance.

There are many options for using vinyl stickers. You can decorate the surface of the refrigerator by placing stickers in certain places small size. This is convenient in cases where scratches and stains appear on the enamel coating, but overall the refrigerator looks quite decent.

Brave and stylish decor will ensure gluing of vinyl film to the entire plane. Specialized companies produce large-format vinyl printing, including those of your choice. You can apply 3-D images to stickers that will turn your refrigerator into an unusual piece of kitchen interior.

Vinyl self-adhesive can be a successful alternative to painting - you can stick it on the refrigerator yourself faster than painting it. And you won’t have to breathe the paint. There are many types of self-adhesive film. You can choose options of any color and pattern. The only difficulty that remains is to transfer the stickers evenly and accurately to the refrigerator.

It is convenient to use a glass cleaner for gluing. This liquid containing alcohol degreases the surface well, and at the same time creates a layer of liquid that prevents the film from sticking tightly. You have time to smooth out the self-adhesive, remove any unexpected bubbles and align the stickers on the surface. After some time, the liquid will evaporate and the stickers will remain glued beautifully and evenly.

You just need to check before starting work that the pattern does not dissolve upon contact with liquid. This rarely happens with ready-made roll films, but if the stickers were printed on a printer, then anything can happen.

painting

If fate has gifted you with the talent to create beautiful drawings, you can paint your refrigerator with your own hands. Sometimes an ordinary waterproof marker and a little patience are enough to decorate the refrigerator with ligature ornaments or plant motifs.

If you have the skills to use an airbrush, then you can turn your refrigerator into the envy of all your friends and guests. The airbrush allows you to create a painting worthy of being called a masterpiece, which no 3-D stickers can compare with. Of course, such a painting will take a lot of time, but you will get a truly unique result, created with your own hands and your own talent. The ability to paint with an airbrush can be learned if you have a general affinity for drawing.

But most often painting is done with ordinary brushes and acrylic paints; you will also need a means for preliminary degreasing and cleaning the surface. And then the mystery of creativity begins, depending only on you. You can paint in folk style, draw a landscape or still life, or just a floral ornamental painting.

It remains only to give a few tips: do not use too dark and bright colors so that later they do not show through the painting. And don't forget: acrylic paints If desired, you can wash it off with a special solvent. Don't let the fear of ruining your refrigerator get in the way of your inspiration.

Decoupage

Oh, what a great DIY way to decorate a dull, plain white refrigerator cabinet! Yes, to perform high-quality decoupage you will need certain skills and patience. Perhaps you should try decorating a couple of small things with this method to master the technique.

The essence of the method is, roughly speaking, application. Sticks to a clean surface thin layer paper or other material with an image. After drying, everything is covered with several layers of acrylic varnish. The finished refrigerator will look like it has been painted. You can use additional methods of decoration - gilding, aging, creating a certain relief on the surface.

But don't forget that the more smooth surface, the easier it is to wash. But the refrigerator cannot be left unwashed, so it’s better not to overuse it with embossed decor.

For decoupage use:

• special multi-layer napkins, removing the layer with images from them for gluing;
• special decoupage cards that can be bought in online stores for needlework;
• magazine clippings;
• pictures printed on plain paper.

For gluing, use PVA glue diluted with water or special decoupage glues.

You can apply decoupage stickers in places, or cover the entire refrigerator with images. In any case, the entire surface is covered with varnish to avoid peeling.

Decoupage is often combined with painting elements, when the made stickers are painted on with a brush or marker before covering everything with varnish.

Other decoration methods

• Magnetic board. This is a direct relative of the well-known souvenir magnet, only much more bigger size. Executed from flexible material. You can do it yourself if you find magnetic paint or sheets of magnetic plastic on sale. On a magnetic board glued to the refrigerator, you can draw with a marker or chalk - for example, leave notes for family or just cool drawings.
• Using magnetic photo frames.
• The use of fabrics, fur and other materials for decoration is also found, but this can hardly be considered rational decision. The refrigerator needs to be kept clean, and this will become difficult or completely impossible if you drape it in frills or cover it with fur appliqués. The same can be said about the use of quilling and origami elements for decoration: complex relief cannot be kept clean.