What to make from an old bread box

Every housewife in the kitchen will find old, but still high-quality utensils. Even if it has a discreet appearance, it has ceased to be fashionable, but it is still a pity to part with the usual thing.

In many kitchens, the bread box becomes such an object. Do not rush to throw it away, you can give a second life to the old bread box. It will become a real art object, and will also serve you faithfully for a long time to come.

What can be made from a wooden bread box

Old wooden products are of good quality. In particular, bread bins, wooden boxes with a hinged or sliding lid. Turn it into a storage place, it will perfectly cope with this task. What can be stored after alteration? What do you want! Spices or napkins, tea packaging, kitchen stuff and much more.

reference. Wood is an environmentally friendly material, so you get a wonderful box for vegetables.

We will tell you how to make the right capacity for DIY storage.

Materials and tools for work

You will need to prepare in advance everything you need from the list below.

  • Bread box.
  • Sandpaper ("sandpaper").
  • PVA glue.
  • Primer.
  • Paint on wood.
  • 4 wooden planks.
  • 2 shelves + 2 corners.
  • Self-tapping screws.

Operating procedure

  1. Walk the skin on the box clean the old coat of varnish or paint.
  2. Screw the four slats with screws to the box - these will be the legs.
  3. Fix the corners and place two shelves on them.
  4. Wipe the entire structure with a dry cloth.
  5. Prime an almost finished cabinet.
  6. Mix glue with paint in a ratio of 1: 1. Apply the mixture to the product. Allow time to dry.
  7. Cover with a second coat - this time with paint.

A box for storing vegetables on legs and with shelves is ready.

Ways to restore the old bread box

Almost every house has an old bread box. As a rule, these wooden or plastic products are plain and boring in design. With the help of your imagination, using various methods (such as gilding, silvering, shearing, etc.), you will give a seemingly unnecessary thing a second life.

To restore a wooden product, in particular, a bread box, we will offer several options: from simple repainting to complex techniques for translating your ideas. They will help not only to update a thing. Restoration will help to emphasize its rarity, add nobility. In general, the minuses of the old breadbox can be turned into pluses.

Basic update techniques: painting, veneering, craquelure and decoupage.

Painting

You will need wood paints, brushes and your imagination.

This method is suitable for those who can draw, confidently hold the brush in their hands. In this case, any pattern can be applied to the surface of the bread box: flowers, landscapes, birds, etc.

Beautifully painted wooden surface will not only give nobleness, but also tell about your delicate artistic taste.

Veneering

Prepare a new veneer, glue, glue brushes and rubber gloves.

Pretty time consuming work, but worth it. You will need to stick a new surface on the old one and fix it with glue.

Craquelure

Get craquelure paints, application brushes, and protective gloves for the hands.

Craquelure is a special coating that is applied to the surface of the product and cracks when dried.

This decor will add style to your wardrobe. You will be able to give the appearance of an aged noble surface to an ordinary object.

Decoupage

You will need three-layer napkins, glue, varnish, scissors, brushes.

Decoupage is a paper applique decoration method. It hides defects well and renews wooden surfaces.

Using this technique, you can easily update and restore the facade of any item in your interior.

Let's take a closer look at this restoration technique.

Decorating the old breadbox using decoupage technique

Decuoper, and in our opinion decoupage, is the name of the technique of surface design. Translated means "cut".

Reference. Initially, Venetian craftsmen worked in this technique. They carved images to decorate furniture and covered the pattern for fixing with dozens of layers of varnish.

So they copied complex Chinese and Japanese furniture ornaments.

Nowadays, this technique is very common and quite popular. It is used for decorating clothes, cutlery and household appliances, jewelry, watches and caskets made of wood and other materials ...

The choice of products for decoration is not limited, you can work with such surfaces:

  • metal;
  • glass;
  • ceramic;
  • wooden and others.

Decoupage wooden bread box

What to cook for product processing

For the high-quality performance of the decoupage technique, you will need the following materials.

  • Napkins with a pattern.
  • Sandpaper.
  • Scissors.
  • Acrylic primer, acrylic paint, varnish on wood.
  • PVA glue
  • Brush

Operating procedure

  • We clean wooden bread box with emery cloth.
  • Apply a coat of acrylic primerlet it dry.
  • With a brush paint the entire surface of the product with paint. We stand the time for it to completely dry.
  • Apply another coat of paint. The number of repetitions is not limited, depending on your desire and taste.
  • We cut out the drawings on napkins, lubricate them with PVA and glue on the surface of the bread box in a free order. The glue is thoroughly dried.
  • Finally, we apply a fixing layer of varnish.

Decoupage plastic bread box

Materials and Tools

Prepare everything you need for work in advance.

  • Alcohol wipes.
  • Acrylic paints and varnish.
  • Sponge
  • Three-layer napkins with a pattern.
  • Glue for plastic surfaces.
  • A simple pencil.
  • Scissors.

Operating procedure

  • With alcohol degrease the surface products.
  • We cover the bread box (outside) with glue.
  • Using a sponge apply acrylic dye.

Important! Remember to give time to dry each coat.

  • Cut your favorite images on napkins.
  • Place the drawings on the bread box and draw a pencil around their outline.
  • Apply glue to the marked areas with a brush.
  • Glue the cut patterns.
  • After drying fix your work with acrylic varnish.

In modern stores, for handmade lovers, special materials and blanks for decoupage work are sold. They will help to decorate and give originality to any thing.

Good luck!

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