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Very often during the repair of money for such trifles as a new lamp, it simply does not remain. Therefore, today we will try to transform the old ceiling so that it fits well into the updated interior. Three walls in the room are pasted over with monophonic wallpaper, and the central one - with fights with a pattern. We will focus on it during the restoration of our lamp.
For work, we will need: a shade, scissors, PVA glue, watercolor paints or gouache, a brush, pieces of wallpaper, colorless varnish in a spray can, the remains of wallpaper.

1. Wash and wipe dry the ceiling, ridding it of accumulated dust and dirt.

Restoration of an old lampshade


2. From the remnants of the wallpaper that we used to paste the central wall, we cut out the pieces that we liked. You can use any other fragments or drawing that you liked. In addition, if you want the main background to be not white, but to have a different color, then you must first repaint it in the desired color. This is easy to do using spray paint.

Restoration of an old lampshade

Restoration of an old lampshade


3. Soak fragments of the picture in water for several minutes. When they are well saturated with water, carefully remove the bottom of the paper.

Restoration of an old lampshade


4. Using PVA glue, glue each piece to the ceiling. We do this very carefully, trying to avoid the formation of wrinkles in the picture and carefully expelling air bubbles.

Restoration of an old lampshade

Restoration of an old lampshade


5. We are waiting for the pasted parts to dry well.

Restoration of an old lampshade


6. Gently wipe the glue streaks from the ceiling.

Restoration of an old lampshade


7. Squeeze a little PVA glue into a small container and add red paint to it (several shades can be used). This method allows the paint to hold well on the ceiling.

Restoration of an old lampshade


8. Using a brush, draw fancy curls and let the paint dry. If the drawing turned out to be pale, then one or more additional layers of paint can be applied.

Restoration of an old lampshade


9. We cover our ceiling with colorless varnish. Please note that when heating the lampshade, the first time the varnish can give an unpleasant odor. Therefore, I recommend that you ventilate the premises well in the first days and not close the window.

Restoration of an old lampshade

Restoration of an old lampshade

Restoration of an old lampshade

Restoration of an old lampshade

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Comments (1)
  1. linkaksu
    #1 linkaksu Guests August 22, 2017 12:30
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    I would not have guessed the remnants of the wallpaper so used))) It looks like it is painted! It would be necessary to update the ceiling in the country. It is a pity only, we glue wallpapers without drawings. I need to ask the neighbors)

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