Thanks to the manufacturers of household appliances for the fact that the refrigerators are no longer monotonously white. Nevertheless, the decor of the refrigerator with their own hands allows you to make the interior of the kitchen truly unique and original. What methods of decoration can I use?

Much depends on how well you succeed in drawing in different techniques. If self-painting is not very good, you can use other skills - for example, the ability to craft. There would be a desire, but there will be opportunities for creative manifestation.

Painting

The easiest way is painting. You can paint the refrigerator body in the color that you in the kitchen do not have enough for a holistic and harmonious interior. If you use several colors and a paint tape, you can decorate your hands with the surface of the refrigerator with beautiful ornaments or abstract color compositions. You can paint the refrigerator with a brush, paint roller or simply spraying paint from an aerosol can.

Before you paint the refrigerator, you need to properly prepare the surface:

• scrape scratches and chips;
• degrease everything that must be covered with paint;
• close handles, decorative strips of paint tape or other protective materials.

Do not forget to take care of a good airing, but it is better to choose a nice day and paint the refrigerator in the open air.

Stickers

It is a self-adhesive vinyl film with drawings on it. The film can be without a pattern, monophonic, of different colors. It not only decorates the refrigerator, but also protects its surfaces from scratches and chips, and at the same time covers the already available ones. Vinyl stickers are a very budgetary way to update the refrigerating cabinet and change its boring appearance.

Variants apply vinyl stickers set. You can decorate the surface of the refrigerator by placing small stickers in certain places. This is convenient in cases where scratches and stains have appeared on the enamel coating, but overall the refrigerator looks quite decent.

A bold and stylish decor will ensure the gluing of the vinyl film on the whole plane. Specialized companies produce large-format printing on vinyl, including your choice. You can put on the stickers 3-D images that turn your refrigerator into an unusual piece of kitchen interior.

Vinyl sticker can be a good alternative to painting - stick it on your hands on the refrigerator can be faster than paint it. Yes, and paint does not have to breathe. There are many kinds of self-adhesive film. You can choose any color and pattern. The only difficulty that remains is to transfer the stickers to the refrigerator smoothly and accurately.

It is convenient to use for gluing the windshield wiper. This liquid containing alcohol, it is good to degrease the surface, and at the same time creates a layer of liquid that does not allow the film to adhere immediately tightly. You have time to smooth out the self-adhesive, remove unintentional bubbles and align the stickers on the surface. After a while, the liquid evaporates and the stickers remain glued nicely and evenly.

It is only necessary to check before starting work, if the pattern does not dissolve from contact with the liquid. This rarely happens with the finished roll film, but if the labels were printed on the printer, then there is every one.

Painting

If fate has gifted you with the talent to create beautiful drawings, you can paint your refrigerator with your own hands. Sometimes it is enough to use a waterproof marker and a little patience to decorate the refrigerator with a pattern of ornaments or plant motifs.

If you have the skills of dealing with an airbrush, then you are able to turn your refrigerator into an envy of all friends and guests. The airbrush allows you to create a painting worthy of being called a masterpiece, which will not equalize any 3-D stickers. Of course, it takes a lot of time for such a painting, but you will get a truly unique result, created with your own hands and your own talent. The ability to draw with an airbrush can be learned if you in principle have a penchant for drawing.

But most often painting is done with ordinary brushes and acrylic paints, and a tool for preliminary degreasing and cleaning the surface is also needed. And then begins the mystery of creativity, depending only on you. You can make a painting in the folk style, paint a landscape or a still-life, or just a flower painting-ornament.

It remains only to give some tips: do not use too dark and bright tones for sketching so that later they do not shine through the painting. And do not forget: acrylic paints can be washed off with a special solvent if desired. Do not let fear spoil the fridge to interfere with the flight of your inspiration.

Decoupage

Oh, this is a great way to decorate with your own hands the dull, mundane white surface of the refrigerator cabinet! Yes, for the implementation of quality decoupage will need certain skills and patience. Perhaps, it is worth trying to decorate this method with a couple of small gizmos to master the technique.

The essence of the method consists, roughly speaking, in the application. On a clean surface, a thin layer of paper or other material with an image is glued. After drying, all is covered with several layers of acrylic lacquer. The finished refrigerator will look like it was painted. You can apply additional ways of decorating - gilding, aging, creating a certain relief on the surface.

But do not forget that the smoother the surface, the easier it is to wash it. A refrigerator can not be washed, so it's better not to abuse it with a relief decor.

For decoupage use:

• special multi-layer napkins, removing from them for gluing a layer with images;
• special decoupage cards, which can be bought in online shops for needlework;
• clippings from magazines;
• printed pictures on plain paper.

For gluing, a PVA glue diluted with water or special decoupage glues is used.

You can apply decoupage stickers in places, or cover images of the entire refrigerator. The varnish, in any case, covers the whole surface in order to avoid its peeling.

Decoupage is often combined with the elements of the painting, when the made stickers are painted with a brush or marker before covering everything with varnish.

Other methods of decoration

• Magnetic board. This is a direct relative of the well-known souvenir magnet, only much larger. Made of flexible material. You can do it yourself if you find magnetic paint or magnetic plastic sheets on sale. On a magnetic board glued to the refrigerator, you can draw a marker or chalk - for example, leave notes home or just cool drawings.
• Use of magnetic photo frames.
• The use of fabrics, furs and other materials for decor is also found, but this can hardly be considered a rational solution. The refrigerator should be kept clean, and this will become difficult or completely impossible if you drape it in frills or cover with fur appliques. The same can be said about the application for decoration elements of quilling and origami: a complex relief can not be kept clean.