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Hello everyone! I'm a carefree heroine who can't afford to throw things away~
I'm generally not used to throwing away things that are still useful, but ...... There are things that are useful, but they are too ugly...... Let's say, this table lamp:
I don't know where it came from, but I turned it out of the upper floor of my hometown. Useful is useful, but, ugly rejection! - I threw it in the trash.
Ugly, but it works - I picked it up from the trash again......
Or, let's see if we can transform it! Generally, the idea of renovating furniture is the same as people who want to become beautiful, first changing the skin and changing the color. After changing the color, it is to decorate, wear some jewelry, and then it is to match the whole body, change into beautiful clothes and skirts, and pull up the atmosphere! Then, if you want to make the ugly table lamp look good, the idea becomes very simple?
Can't wait to take a comparison picture first~
1. Whitewashing
As the saying goes: one white covers a hundred ugliness! In furniture renovation, it is also applicable ~ The easiest way to renovate, of course, is to whitewash! You can't go wrong with a simple and durable white. In order to renovate the furniture, I bought white three green paint, and there are still leftovers at home, so I resolutely continued to brush it!
According to the guide on the Internet, it is necessary to wipe off the old paint first and then refresh the paint, but it is not worth the effort to break the lamp, just brush it directly!
Brush it for the first time and wait for it to dry!
Brush it a second time and wait for it to dry!
Although it is the first time I have written about the color change of furniture with paint, this is not the first time I have used it, in fact, I have used it several times, take this opportunity, just show off my experience~
(1) Although social networking sites say that the old paint should be sanded first and then refreshed (the new paint is cleared first and then colored), I have never polished it (because I always have the mentality of throwing it away if it doesn't work...... The consequence is that it is very easy and labor-saving, and the coloring effect is also good, and it has not fallen off for a long time.
(2) If you want to color evenly and look good, just 4 words: thin coating, many times! Don't think about being lazy and apply it thickly, the result may be uneven thickness, just apply it thinly, and apply it a few times to get a better effect.
(3) Fully consider the difference in color paint: color paint is difficult to adjust, therefore, the amount that needs to be used is best to buy enough at one time, otherwise, when you buy it again, because the production batches are far apart, the color may be different.
(4) With a roller or a brush? I've always thought that brushes are better than rollers, probably because I'm a layman, so I can't use rollers. The brush is lightweight and has better control for the layman.
Second, add a lampshade
After the skin refresh, it's time to add decoration. In addition to the original color of this small table lamp, it is too simple and the bulb is exposed, which is also one of the factors that make it cheaper. My first instinct was to buy a lampshade.
The lampshade is cheap, and my pleated page is only 8 yuan and 8 cents. But this pleated page is very atmospheric, it really is, machine! Wisdom! As! I!
The difficulty of this step may be mainly how to carefully put the lampshade on without tearing down the old lamp, and I am very careful about it at the moment like my first love, who remembers that I threw it in the trash before.
Great, I managed to put it on! Isn't this feel coming out when you put it on like this?
At this point, the whole transformation process has been successfully completed, not complicated, but very fulfilling!
Do you have a piece of furniture that you want to throw but are reluctant to throw away? Change it wow!
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