How to varnish a box without streaks. Master class: decoupage wooden box

To protect the surface of a carved box or other wooden object, it must be varnished. A transparent polyurethane varnish will emphasize the texture of the wood, make the surface shiny and protect it from moisture, dust and wear.

1. Before varnishing, the surface must be prepared: cleaned of dust and other contaminants, if necessary, degreased.

2. We put the box on a pre-spread piece of wallpaper upside down.

3. From a distance of 20-25 cm, apply a thin layer of varnish, after 3-5 minutes - another layer.

5. When the bottom of the box dries, it must be turned over and varnished from above and from the sides, and if desired, from the inside. Varnish also in thin layers with an interval of 3-5 minutes.

ADDITION

In the same way, you can varnish any new wooden products, as well as restore furniture. For varnishing hard-to-reach places, a special tube is supplied with a can of Bosny polyurethane varnish.

ATTENTION:

1. Lacquer should be applied at room temperature in a room with good ventilation.

2. Shake the can well before use.

3. After use, turn the can upside down and press the spray button until clean air comes out. After that, the can with the remaining paint can be stored until the next time - the sprayer will not have a dried coating that would clog the sprayer valve and prevent reuse.

4. It is recommended to use objects painted with polyurethane varnish not earlier than in a day, when the coating is completely dry.

Despite the fact that shop windows offer a large number of jewelry boxes made of various materials, the desire to make it with your own hands does not disappear. After all, this is not only a tribute to one's talent and skill, but also the desire to have an original thing that no one else can find. In addition, it is of great importance that a hand-made box will have exactly the size that is so necessary to place all the jewelry.

The box is made by hand in two stages:

1) Creation of the box itself from improvised materials;

The material for it can be scotch rings, wooden blocks or baguette trimmings, old newspapers, shoe boxes, and other improvised materials.

Tape reel box

If a small box is enough for jewelry, then you can make it from a paper tape reel. The size of the finished product will correspond to its diameter and height.

For work you will need:
reel freed from adhesive tape;
thick cardboard;
pencil;
scissors;
glue (preferably PVA).

For the bottom and lid of the future box, you need to make cardboard blanks. It is enough to attach the reel to a sheet of cardboard and circle with a pencil. We circle the resulting circles with another circle, the diameter of which is 3-4 centimeters larger than the previous one. These are the future rays with which the circles will be glued to the bobbin. Don't make them too wide. The narrower they are, the more accurately the bottom will stick. The end result looks like this:

Before gluing the bottom to the bobbin, it is necessary to draw along the fold line with a non-sharp object, you can use the edge of tweezers or a metal ruler. This will help to gently bend them. To hide the petals on the side, you need to stick a cardboard tape over them, corresponding in length and width to the side of the reel.

For the lid, you will need to cut a strip, slightly longer than the volume of the reel and half its height wide. In order for the lid to fit well, not to be too large, you need to wrap the future box with a strip and glue its edges. When the side of the lid is dry, you need to glue the top to it in the same way as was done with the reel.

To strengthen the rigidity of the bottom and the lid, you can glue one more layer of cardboard inside, cut along the inner diameter of the reel. The finished box is decorated with your own hands using the decoupage technique, it can be painted with acrylic paints and varnished or glued over the entire surface of a self-adhesive film with a pattern that imitates natural material: wood, stone.

DIY wooden jewelry box

The manufacture of such a box is more laborious than in the previous version, but it will also serve much longer than paper. For work you will need:

pencil, ruler;
a long plank 10 millimeters thick, 10 centimeters wide, made of soft wood: pine, alder, linden;
a plate for the bottom and lid, its width is equal to the width of the finished product;
hand saw with fine teeth or electric jigsaw;
knife;
sandpaper;
PVA glue (it is better to take construction) or carpentry "Moment".

Having decided on the size of the box, you need to cut out two blanks from the plank, equal to its length and width. At the end of each, it is necessary to make a 45-degree bevel with a knife so that the walls fit nicely. The depth of the bevel is equal to the width of the plank.

Before gluing the side parts, you need to make sure that the bevels fit snugly, without gaps. Otherwise, they must be adjusted with coarse sandpaper. The sides are glued together gradually. After each subsequent gluing, it is necessary to check the internal angle between them. It must be equal to 90. Otherwise, the result may be any shape, but not an even rectangle.

There are two bottom options:

if the finished product will be pasted over with paper or cloth, then the blank for the bottom is taken equal to the size of the box and glued so that its side parts are visible;

Wooden box covered with paper

if a jewelry box with your own hands is covered only with varnish or paint, then it will look more beautiful when the bottom is hidden inside it. For this, a blank is taken, in length and width smaller than the size of the box by two thicknesses of the plank. For example: with a box size of 10x10 cm and a wall thickness of 1 cm, the bottom should be taken 8x8 cm.

Lacquered wooden box

The manufacture of the cover can also be in two versions:

cut the workpiece and install it on the hinges. The best option for attaching the lid is a piece of piano loop, the length of which is a couple of centimeters shorter than the length of the box. All ends of the boards visible on the finished product must be carefully processed with sandpaper;

glue the lid to the box and, after drying, carefully cut it off with an electric jigsaw, retreating down the body by one and a half to two centimeters.

A wooden jewelry box is decorated with all known methods: varnishing, painting, decoupage, pasting with oracal, fabric, leather.

Do-it-yourself box from a baguette

Luxurious baguette box

Boxes made of a baguette, a material for picture frames, look chic and rich. It is made of wood or plastic. Plastic is soft, can be cut and processed no worse than wood. You can buy a baguette in art salons, having previously determined how long the blank is needed. The principle of manufacturing such caskets is identical to working with wooden blanks.

DIY jewelry box made of papier-mâché

Papier-mâché box

What is papier-mâché, how to work with it, we know from the school bench. The advantage of this material lies in the variety of forms of the finished product. It is enough just to find the original blank of the required shape to create an original box.

For work you will need:
newspapers or thin office paper;
vaseline or any cream;
scissors, brushes;
PVA glue or wallpaper.

Do-it-yourself papier-mâché box

The base must be covered with petroleum jelly or cream, so that later you can easily remove the papier-mâché. The first layer of thinly torn paper must be wetted and covered with the entire surface of the base. Paper for the second and each subsequent layer is carefully smeared with glue. You need to make sure that there are no missed sections. It is convenient to alternate, for example, layers of newspaper and white paper. The better the paper is impregnated with glue, the stronger the papier-mâché will turn out. The number of layers is optional. After complete drying, the blank of the box must be removed from the mold and prepared for decoration. If it is a painting with paints, then it must be coated with an acrylic primer. In addition to painting, a do-it-yourself box can be decorated with beads, ribbons, buttons, figurines made of plastic or salt dough.

Chinese papier-mâché box

If the basis for papier-mâché was a round object, the lid was created together with the box, then it is necessary to remove it carefully, having previously drawn a cut line with a pencil. If the layout was created without a lid, then after removing it from the base, you need to align the edges with scissors. The lid is attached to the box before being treated with a primer. Holes for the connecting cord can be made with a paper punch.

Decorated box with their own hands is opened with varnish. It is better to use an acrylic-based varnish purchased at an art salon. Artists cover their canvases with this varnish to avoid contamination and fading of paint.

DIY box from a bamboo napkin

For work you will need:
bamboo napkin;
thread with a needle, PVA glue;
scissors, cardboard, fabric for decoration;
magnetic clasp.

Cut out the sides of the future box of arbitrary shape from cardboard.

Sew or glue decorative fabric to them on both sides, leaving a small allowance for the seams. A bamboo napkin can also be decorated with a fabric on the side that will be inside the box. The sides can be sewn or glued to the napkin, leaving some part free.

The clasp can be made in the form of an eyelet and a button, or you can purchase a magnetic clasp at an accessories store.

So that the jewelry box does not get dirty and has a neat appearance for a long time, it is better to open it with acrylic varnish.

Several ways to decorate boxes

Below are photos of jewelry boxes made using different decoration techniques.

For lovers of rigor and minimalism in everything, it is enough to make the box monophonic, covering it with paint and protective varnish.

Every woman and girl has a personal box in which she keeps jewelry, cosmetics or other things. You can buy a box in the store or create a unique item with your own hands. To do this is not so difficult. The main thing is to choose the most appropriate way of decorating.

Handmade jewelry box in classic style

Shabby chic style is gaining more and more popularity every year.

You can decorate the boxes with anything. Buttons, paper flowers, beautiful napkins, lace fabric, clay, beads, beads, colored glass, coins and so on are useful for decoration. The uniqueness of the jewelry is limited only by the imagination of the master. Of course, the set of tools and materials will largely depend on the decoration technique.

In most cases, the caskets are made of wood. To get a well-executed creation, special attention will need to be paid to the initial stage of preparation:

Light motifs of nature on a box in the style of Provence

Stylish box made from improvised means

The most popular is the decoupage technique, known to masters for several centuries. Napkins, beautiful pictures, pieces of fabric are useful for decoration. Both a professional and a novice master can decorate a box using decoupage technique.

You can create a relief cover of the box with your own hands. In this case, come in handy: relief paste or modeling gels, stones, shells, beads and other volumetric elements.

If you have at least minimal artistic skills, then the box can be painted. There are many styles: Khokhloma, Gzhel, Gorodets painting. You can draw your own unique composition.

Mohair fabric inside the box

Chic vintage jewelry box created using decoupage technique

Such a box will perfectly complement the interior.

Decoupage

To work, you will need the following materials:

napkins, magazine clippings or scraps of fabric;
PVA glue;
acrylic paint;
brushes;
scissors;
sandpaper.

At the first stage, the box is prepared for decoration. The surface must be perfectly smooth, as subsequently all defects may become more noticeable. When the product is prepared and dried, you can proceed to the design:

Cut and try on elements of the composition from napkins or fabric.
Attach the cutout to the surface and carefully apply the glue, smoothing the paper from the center to the edges. If fabric is used in the decoupage technique, then glue will not work, it is better to take a stapler and attach the fabric to the inner lining of the box.
Dry the product.
Coat with varnish (if using fabric, this step is not necessary).

Using the decoupage technique, the box can be decorated both outside and inside.

Advice! For decoupage, you can use various photos. But first it is better to remove the bottom layer so that the paper is thinner.

Stylish vintage never goes out of style

A box with mohair fabric will be both practical and a wonderful decor for the interior.

Vinyl wallpapers

For the decoration of boxes, you can use the remnants of vinyl wallpaper. Thanks to simple actions, you can make a unique item with a "metal" coating. For this you will need:

wallpaper;
PVA glue;
towel (preferably disposable paper ones);
acrylic paints of several colors (black, bronze, scarlet, silver, green, gold);

You can decorate both the entire box as a whole, and certain elements. To perform the work, take the following steps:

Cut out pieces from the wallpaper, taking into account the allowances for the sides.
To glue the surface in an even layer, glue is applied to the back of the paper. Glue can be slightly diluted with water. The base should be very well saturated with the resulting solution.
The paper needs to lie down a little, and then it is pressed tightly against the box with a sponge.

Important! It is imperative to ensure that bubbles do not appear.

This handmade box will be an unusual gift for family and friends.

Classic box in vintage style

Vintage box made in the technique of craquelure

After the described actions, the product should dry out and then really give the box a metal look.

Attention! The paint is applied with wet towels, it should lie unevenly.

Initially, black acrylic paint is applied as a base. You can use a dark color in a spray can.
With the help of towels, the box is covered in red and dried.
The next layer is silver, and then bronze.
After that (in a small amount!) Black and red colors are repeated
Now carefully, using a damp towel, cover the entire box in green.
The last layer is gold.

After the box dries, it is varnished.

Exquisite jewelry box decorated using decoupage and craquelure technique

Box in Provence style, made in different colors

painting

To paint a product, it is not necessary to have the talent of an artist. In addition, stencils can be used to decorate the box. You can choose absolutely any image, it all depends on your imagination and preferences. For work you will need:

box or box;
primer;
acrylic paints;
brushes;
stencil (you can make it yourself or buy it in a specialized store);
masking tape;
sandpaper.

Advice! It is better to pre-treat the box with sandpaper and varnish.

One of the features of the shabby chic style is floral motifs.

Standard mustard-colored box with ribbons - simple and beautiful

Stylish box made using decoupage technique

The work includes several stages:

Primer coating.
Sanding.
Tape the bottom corners.
Finished with light acrylic paint.

Important! Acrylic is applied evenly.

After drying, the surface is treated with sandpaper and a layer of paint is applied a tone darker. This layer should be liquid so that you can then wet it with a sponge, giving the surface a texture.
Fix the base with varnish.
Masking tape covers the parts of the box that will not be decorated.
The selected stencil is fixed.
The drawing is carefully painted over. The paint should be thick, water is used in a minimal amount.

Perhaps, after drying, the drawing will have to be repainted, since the first time the color is likely to be pale. If the stencil is a small element of the composition, then the action will have to be repeated several times. After the painting has dried, the box is varnished.

This master class allows you to create a product whose surface looks like fabric. This is achieved due to the fact that between the main layers the box is varnished, and the paint does not impregnate the wood.

The box decorated with beads and leaves looks very beautiful

This type of decoration of the box will be an excellent addition to the interior or an original gift.

Volumetric decor

The next master class is devoted to creating volumetric decor with your own hands. Here again the decoupage technique will be used. For work you will need:

casket;
printout of the picture in two copies (on glossy and matte photo paper);
acrylic paints (it is better to choose glossy);
putty;
palette knife;
sandpaper;
acrylic paints of different colors;
brushes of different numbers (No. 1 - a must!);
felt on an adhesive basis;
lace, ribbons;
thick glue;
scissors;
primer;
masking tape;
transparent, quick-drying and reliable glue (you can use "Moment").

The surface is pre-prepared with sandpaper. At this stage, it is worth considering that the paint will give a certain thickness to the walls and the lid may not close tightly. Therefore, at the junction, it is necessary to sand the tree especially carefully. After that, the surface is primed.

Shabby chic style combines a large number of details

Decorating the box with beads will make it brighter and more presentable.

Provence blue box

Registration is carried out in several stages:

Advice! If folds cannot be avoided, then you can drive them away to different leaves or flower petals, and then “hide” them behind the drawing.

The dried surface is fixed with varnish.
To create volume, putty or structural paste is applied to certain elements of the pattern. The layer should not exceed three millimeters. Leave an indent from the edge.
The bulges are treated with sandpaper.
From the second drawing, images are cut out along the contour, which should be three-dimensional and glued to the lid.
After drying, the contours are drawn with acrylic paints.
The rest of the product is decorated and varnished.

Thanks to the master class, you can easily make an original box with a three-dimensional pattern with your own hands.

Video: DIY box decor

A box is a very useful thing, because you can store any household trifle in it: jewelry, threads, needles, buttons, keys, business cards, etc. Probably, there is such a product in every home. A beautifully designed stylish box can also successfully emphasize the style of a room, living room or bedroom and become an integral part of the interior.

A hand-decorated box will be a wonderful gift for a friend, colleague or relatives for a birthday or wedding, and the decoration process itself can later turn into an exciting hobby.

It is also worth noting that such a hobby perfectly develops imagination, memory and has a positive effect on the nervous system. If you have an old wooden box at home that has long lost its former attractiveness, do not rush to send it to the trash, because even a person who has never done decoration before can stylishly decorate a thing with his own hands.

Training

Before you start decorating a wooden box, you need to prepare it for this. So, if there are residues of paint, varnish, glue or paints on the outside walls, clean them so that the surface of the material is as even and smooth as possible. If the surface is not too smooth, it can be sanded.

After that, the outer surface should be degreased so that the applied new material holds firmly. This can be done by wiping the chest with a napkin soaked in alcohol or vodka. After that, let the product dry for 10-12 hours or dry it with a hair dryer.

Decoration

There are a huge number of options for decorating boxes. We offer for your consideration the most popular and interesting of them, and you can already supplement them, modify them, guided by your own imagination.

Painting with acrylic paints

Of course, on the first attempt to create a brilliant masterpiece with your own hands, you are unlikely to succeed, since this type of art requires skill and certain skills.

But if you try, the result will certainly impress not only you, but also your loved ones.

We will need:

acrylic paints for decoration;
primer for acrylic paints;
fine pattern brush, flat synthetic brush;
pencil, eraser, palette;
masking tape.

First you need to prepare a sketch. The simpler the drawing, the easier it will be for you to apply paint. You can come up with something yourself, or you can look for interesting drawings on the Internet or books.

First, we draw a sketch on a piece of paper, focusing on the size of the box. For convenience, repeating elements can be cut out of hard paper and subsequently applied to the walls and cover of the product.

We carefully treat the leveled surface with a primer for acrylic paints and let it dry properly. After that, we proceed directly to the painting. First, we cover the surface of the box with a base, dry it, and only then apply a drawing to it using templates. Now very carefully, with the help of special thin brushes, paint the picture.

If in the process of work you suddenly made a mistake (and this happens even with professionals), do not be discouraged.

Acrylic paints have a opaque effect, so a new layer of the desired paint can be applied over the blot without any damage to the pattern.

Advice. If you doubt your abilities, before applying the pattern to the box, practice on another surface - for example, on a piece of paper.

The finished painted box must be thoroughly dried. If the result impressed you and you want to make the decor durable, you can varnish it for furniture.

Kanzashi

Kanzashi (or kanzashi) is the Japanese art of hair decoration. It is based on the ability to fold flower petals from ribbons, pieces of fabric and glue them to the base. Today, the kanzashi technique is used all over the world to decorate interior elements, decorative pillows, curtains, women's handbags, and jewelry boxes.

With ribbons, you can decorate not only a wooden box, but also a box made of any other material - plastic, glass, clay, etc. Boxes decorated with kanzashi look very rich, spectacular and elegant.

We will need:

ribbons or strips of fabric;
scissors;
chalk or pencil for marking;
PVA glue or "Moment";
threads, needles;
jewelry (beads, rhinestones, beautiful buttons, beads, etc.).

First of all, you should glue the box - the very basis of the craft - with a cloth or ribbons. To do this, generously grease the workpiece with glue and stick the fabric.

While the base dries, proceed to the preparation of decorations. From ribbons and pieces of fabric, you can make not only flowers, but petals, miniature fruits, etc. You can decorate them as you like, using beads, buttons or rhinestones for this. Larger ribbon crafts should be glued to the lid, and smaller ones to the sides of the box.

It is worth noting that it is best to decorate the box with ribbons made of expensive fabrics - satin, velvet, silk, as these materials look the most elegant and rich. But it’s not worth buying cuts for these purposes - you can use the trim left after sewing clothes, curtains or curtains.

If you want to decorate a wedding box (for money or rings), you can use the following idea. Paste the body with white or ivory satin, and decorate the lid with pink lilies or roses and white or light green ribbons.

Marine theme

Surely, while relaxing on the sea coast, you have repeatedly met merchants offering various souvenirs made from natural materials. Among such crafts, as a rule, there are always beautiful caskets decorated with shells.

Few of us thought that such a present could be easily made on our own, without throwing out fabulous money to southern craftsmen.

We will need:

shells of various sizes;
glue "Moment";
2 brushes;
wood varnish.

You can decorate with seashells not only a wooden, but also a cardboard box or chest. First, sort the shells and think carefully about the decor idea. When planning it, be sure to leave some shells of a certain size and color in reserve, as they can be damaged during work.

The box is made by hand in two stages:

1) Creation of the box itself from improvised materials;

The material for it can be scotch rings, wooden blocks or baguette trimmings, old newspapers, shoe boxes, and other improvised materials.

Tape reel box

If a small box is enough for jewelry, then you can make it from a paper tape reel. The size of the finished product will correspond to its diameter and height.

For work you will need:
reel freed from adhesive tape; thick cardboard; pencil; scissors; glue (preferably PVA).

DIY wooden jewelry box

The manufacture of such a box is more laborious than in the previous version, but it will also serve much longer than paper. For work you will need:

pencil, ruler;
a long plank 10 millimeters thick, 10 centimeters wide, made of soft wood: pine, alder, linden; a plate for the bottom and lid, its width is equal to the width of the finished product; hand saw with fine teeth or electric jigsaw; knife; sandpaper; PVA glue (it is better to take construction) or carpentry "Moment".

There are two bottom options:

if the finished product will be pasted over with paper or cloth, then the blank for the bottom is taken equal to the size of the box and glued so that its side parts are visible;

Wooden box covered with paper

Lacquered wooden box

The manufacture of the cover can also be in two versions:

glue the lid to the box and, after drying, carefully cut it off with an electric jigsaw, retreating down the body by one and a half to two centimeters.

A wooden jewelry box is decorated with all known methods: varnishing, painting, decoupage, pasting with oracal, fabric, leather.

Do-it-yourself box from a baguette

Luxurious baguette box

DIY jewelry box made of papier-mâché

Papier-mâché box

For work you will need:
newspapers or thin office paper; vaseline or any cream; scissors, brushes; PVA glue or wallpaper.

Do-it-yourself papier-mâché box

Chinese papier-mâché box

DIY box from a bamboo napkin

For work you will need:
bamboo napkin; thread with a needle, PVA glue; scissors, cardboard, finishing cloth; magnetic fastener.

Cut out the sides of the future box of arbitrary shape from cardboard.

The clasp can be made in the form of an eyelet and a button, or you can purchase a magnetic clasp at an accessories store.

So that the jewelry box does not get dirty and has a neat appearance for a long time, it is better to open it with acrylic varnish.

Several ways to decorate boxes

Below are photos of jewelry boxes made using different decoration techniques.

For lovers of rigor and minimalism in everything, it is enough to make the box monophonic, covering it with paint and protective varnish.

Decoupage decoration technique has recently come into fashion, but has already become very popular. A large assortment of illustrations for decoupage, up to images of paintings by great artists, is produced on special napkins. You can use regular napkins, magazine illustrations, and even wrapping paper. You will also need sharp scissors, a few brushes, PVA glue, paints, acrylic varnish. Before starting work, the surface must be primed with acrylic paint or glue. Gently smooth each element of the image with a brush dipped in glue until it is completely glued to the surface and air bubbles come out from under it.

Proportions for salt dough: 1 part flour (the cheapest without additives) to 3 parts salt, mix and add water until the consistency of soft plasticine. Decor elements from dough, unlike putty, are first made and then glued to the surface.
After drying, the decor must be covered with two layers of white acrylic paint. Painting is also best done with acrylic. After drying, apply one or two coats of varnish.

Below are photos of jewelry boxes decorated with beads, seashells, fabric and ribbons:

Jewelry box decorated with beads

A handmade box will not only decorate your interior, giving it a personality, but can also be a great gift for any celebration. And the material for its manufacture will be any household item or donated by nature. The main thing is a little imagination and perseverance.