The desire for harmony and comfort in your apartment is a natural desire. There are many opportunities for its creation. Particularly popular now is decoration in the style of hand made. Making DIY jewelry for your home is not difficult, since there are many ways. The most popular are described in the article. Choose your favorite idea. Create beauty for your interior.
How to make do-it-yourself home decoration
All types of decoration can be classified into:
- Interior work.
- Creation of accessories and souvenirs.
The first group in this case includes the decoration of the following objects:
- walls;
- the ceiling;
- windows;
- mirrors;
- doors;
- furniture.
This can be done with the help of staining, applying compositions with special properties and decorative elements.
The second option involves the creation of new objects that are hung on walls, windows; put on shelves, tables, etc.
Techniques of work can be the following:
- painting on wood, glass, stone, fabric;
- decoupage;
- mosaic;
- cross-stitch, stitch embroidery, satin ribbons;
- sewing curtains, textile dolls, pillows, bedspreads;
- knitting napkins, bulk souvenirs, amigurumi (miniature figures);
- execution of threads of openwork balls;
- creating jewelry from pompons;
- manufacturing of volume letters, including backlit;
- sculptural compositions;
- floristic motifs;
- weaving from newspaper tubes;
- the use of natural materials (for example, creating a topiary from cones);
- Kanzashi - making volumetric decorations from squares of satin ribbons.
Thus, ideas for decorating a house can be very different. They can be used both for creating a daily interior, and for a festive atmosphere. Let's consider some possibilities in more detail.
Decoupage and stencils
If you know how to draw, and even better - you have at least an initial art education, updating your interior is not difficult. You can easily make any home-made decoration using the painting technique: you can decorate windows or make panels for stained-glass windows, update old furniture, painting it in a modern style. Good help for experienced and a great opportunity for beginners are decoupage and the use of stencils.
The latter are ready-made templates with a slotted pattern. Such blanks are sold in construction and finishing stores, but they are also made independently at home.
By stencil, you can apply the image on the walls, doors, glass, mirror, furniture. With such a tool, even an inexperienced master can make a beautiful pattern on any horizontal or vertical surface.
Decoupage is a napkin technique that allows you to decorate the surfaces of wooden, glass and other objects. To do this, ready-made templates with images are bought and glued to a primed base, after which the object is complemented by hand-painted or decorative effects. You can decorate:
- furniture;
- bottles, wine glasses, vases, containers;
- boxes, caskets, boxes, chests;
- watches, wall pendants for keys;
- cutting boards ;
- frames for photos and mirrors;
- souvenir blanks (houses, plates, coasters for hot).
In a word, the possibilities are enormous if you master the decoupage technique.
Textile accessories
This group includes everything that you can sew for home:
- curtains;
- dolls in the form of people and animals;
- Stuffed Toys;
- pillows;
- bedspreads, seats for stools and chairs.
As for large-sized objects, such as curtains, lambrequins, bedspreads, they will have to be made from specially purchased material, but the rest of the small decor is easily made from residues that you may have at home and gather dust somewhere in the closet.
Flower Arrangements
Very beautiful home decorations are obtained in the form of various floral solutions. Compositions are both relief, designed to decorate the wall, and voluminous, which can be viewed from all sides.
Flowers are made from such materials:
- chiffon;
- nylon;
- paper;
- satin ribbons;
- fleece;
- cotton pads;
- polymer clay and other plastic masses.
Curtains, vases, containers, frames for photos and mirrors can be decorated with individual elements, and beautiful bouquets are created from several parts assembled into a single whole. There are manufacturing options in which the flowers look very realistic, however, they delight the inhabitants of the house much longer than their natural counterparts.
Crocheted Home Decorations
This technique is also easy to master. With the help of it, the following decorative things are done:
- again, voluminous and simply openwork flowers;
- napkins and tablecloths;
- decoration of curtains;
- 3D toys;
- clock;
- mural on the wall ;
- pillowcases, rugs, furniture covers, seats for chairs and stools;
- rugs and walkways;
- tie up cups, vases, boxes, containers.
A few more options
In addition to the above, you can make other decorative decorations for the home. Original lightweight fishnet items are obtained from threads. So, they make balls, Christmas trees, pendants. The meaning of technology is as follows:
- Take a base, which will then be easily removed from the product (balloon, cardboard cone, wrapped in film).
- Start wrapping the workpiece with threads previously dipped in PVA glue.
- After drying, remove the original template, and you have ready light translucent design. If you put a light bulb inside, you get an unusual lamp.
An interesting decor can be done using the technique of diamond mosaic and thermomosaic, purchased in a finished set. It includes everything you need to create a panel. Usually they do just that, but you can make magnets, a photo frame, decorate the rounded surface of a vase or a casket.
Thermomosaic is, in fact, entertainment for children. From colored chopped plastic tubes (hemp with a hole), a specific composition based on pins is assembled according to a template or independently, then ironed, as a result of which the elements are connected.
Diamond mosaic - a new kind of creativity. It is a small (several millimeters) multi-colored square elements with a faceted face. They according to the scheme (as for cross-stitch) are applied to the adhesive base. The finished product can be framed or glued to the surface of the box.
You saw that there are many ways to make home-made jewelry for your home. The main thing is imagination and creativity. Choose your favorite ideas. Create your own unique interior style, comfort and harmony.