Is your old refrigerator still in good working order, but it is very dilapidated on the outside? Or maybe you feel that this big metal box doesn't fit in with the interior in any way? Or you just want to diversify the kitchen a little bit?
If you answered «YES» to any of these questions, then be sure to read below a few options on how to fix it all. Some of them will cost a penny, and some of them will cost cheap and you can buy them directly from our website.
1. Coloring with slate paint and painting with crayons
A slate-coated refrigerator door is the perfect place to jot down notes: shopping and to-do lists, recipes and reminders, messages to the family and cute notes. And, of course, it's very convenient for children to draw on such a «board» while mom is cooking. There are four ways to turn the refrigerator doors into note boards:
• Painting with slate paint.
• Finishing with chalk wallpaper.
• Attachment of the magnetic whiteboard.
• Mounting the slate board on neodymium magnets.
2. Vinyl stickers
Vinyl stickers are easy to stick and peel off without a trace, they are inexpensive and sold in a variety of designs, and therefore they can often be changed according to your mood. For example, the refrigerator can be decorated with geometric shapes, animal images, plant and flower motifs, words and phrases.
Vinyl stickers can be bought in construction stores, stores with creative goods, various online stores (for example, on Aliexpress), as well as ordered from a printing house. And simple stickers for the refrigerator can be cut out with your own hands from self-adhesive paper.
3. Tape or magnetic panels with photo prints
Do you want to turn your refrigerator into a realistic phone booth, a retro soda machine or a bottle of your favorite drink? Or maybe you just want to transfer a beautiful photo of your authorship on the door? Then your choice - vinyl film or magnetic vinyl (magnetic panel) with photo printing. Both variants of coating can not only decorate the refrigerator, but also protect its facades from scratches and dirt.
4. Painting in a bright color, to match the tone of the garnish or the wall
You can update an old refrigerator or fit the equipment into the interior by simply painting it with metallic paint. The main thing here is to choose the right color. If you paint the refrigerator in the tone of the wall or the headset, it will seem less bulky. This technique is especially good for small kitchens. If the interior of your kitchen seems too boring to you, then the refrigerator can be painted in a very bright color. In the interior of the kitchen in the style of retro, country or Provence will look great refrigerator red or pastel color - powder pink or soft blue.
Paint the refrigerator with your own hands is best and easiest paint in a can. Ideally, it should be a particularly resistant alkyd enamel or acrylic paint on metal. Paint in cans will also work, but in this case it is important to use a quality paint brush to achieve a perfectly even finish.
5. Magnets with photos
Many of you probably have fridges full of magnets from different countries and cities. You can improve this timeless tradition and replace them with magnets with your photos from these trips. And if you want something more original, then choose not square, but honeycombs magnets. For romantic natures we can offer a collage of 27 photos in the shape of a heart or magnetic strips of 4 photos, just like from a photo booth. All options you can see in the catalog. Don't forget to use promo code COLD for 5% discount.
6. Hand painting
Hand painting can turn a refrigerator into a unique art object or simply into a very cute and «animated» interior object. The technique can be painted with paints and brushes, special acrylic markers or airbrushes.
Complex compositions are better to trust professionals, but with your own hands you can draw a simple picture, use a stencil or painter's tape (to create stripes).
7. Decoupage
Decoupage is an easy and great way to update an old refrigerator, to adapt it to the interior of the kitchen in a rustic or traditional style, to complement hand-painted or decorated with moldings. For those who own this technique, it will be a great pleasure to deal with such an object as a refrigerator, because there is such a field for creativity!
8. Self-adhesive tape decoration
Refrigerator remodeling with self-adhesive film is a budget-friendly and easy alternative to photo printing and painting. All you need to do to change the design of your refrigerator is to degrease the surface and remove the handles, glue the film, smoothing it with a non-sharp flat object, then wrap it around the edges, cut off the excess and put the handles back in place.
Unfortunately, self-adhesive film unlike the film with photo printing does not have a layer of lamination and quickly fades. In addition, it is worse on uneven and rounded surfaces.
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