Papering Furniture

papering

Posted by fatema k.

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I love upcycling and working with colours.My worktable needed revamping and going through craft blogs i was inspired by the technique of papering .So this is what i decided to do.The project isnt hard , only time consuming.But totally worth it!:)

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You Will Need (1 thing)

  • White glue, paper, white paint, Scissors , rag cloth, quick drying lacquer, paint brush.

Steps (4 steps, 1440 minutes)

  1. 1

    i lightly sanded down and cleaned out the grunge.

  2. 2

    next i chose my paper. i love asterix comic illustrations and decided the sacrifice of my collection was worth it.It only took two comics to paper this entire work table.

  3. 3

    I dug out some leftover wall primer from the store room and gave the table a once over. I started glueing the paper on while the paint was still tacky. It also helped the paper to adhere to the surface better. I worked systematically. Layered the glue thinly and pasted the sheets.Making sure to press down the paper to push out any air bubbles.For the legs i cut the pages in strips and pasted them making sure to overlap paper around the edges.

  4. 4

    Finally after the papering was done i let it dry overnight and gave it four coats of lacquer, allowing drying time between coats.And thats it, all done!