Tips for home craftsmen: decor for an apartment or a cottage from the do-it-yourself dishes
When fragile crockery made of ceramics, faience or porcelain breaks, strong fragments remain that can retain their shape for decades. It is worth thinking about the reuse of old or broken cups, plates, teapots - they will still serve in the apartment and in the summer cottage. The fantasy of home craftsmen will be able to suggest ideas for using the remnants of sets to create functional things, decor and interesting crafts with your own hands.
If several whole objects that have a similar shape remain from the cookware sets, then do not rush to throw them away, but please the household with unusual shades for a pendant chandelier or lamps. As a rule, such decor is in harmony with the design of the kitchen.
Elegant fixtures that provide directional luminous flux are ideal for illuminating a work surface.
Table lamps, updated with the remnants of tea sets, look no worse than new ones and will delight your guests.
The live fire of candles will look very romantic against the background of old porcelain.
A great way to plant a plant in an apartment without buying a new pot is to use a large teapot with a lid broken. A motley shallow mugs are suitable for succulents.
Standard containers for indoor flowers can be ennobled with colorful inlay from the fragments of tea utensils.
A pot of broken cups designed by a home craftsman with artistic abilities will be inimitable.
Creation of picturesque panels does not require a lot of time: you need to prepare a sketch (on your own or according to a stencil), collect the material, cut the necessary details into a glass cutter, and then paste the parts according to the drawing with a mortar for tiles on any solid foundation.
Colorful panels are decorated with artificial flowers made using the technique of cold porcelain. Raw materials can be prepared at home from starch, PVA glue, glycerin and soda, carefully following the instructions and dosage of the components. Products from this original material, which solidifies in the air after a few days, can be varnished.
If you glue the halves of the cups on the mosaic base, you get a vertical container bed for plants with short roots.
A large number of unsuitable plates can be faced with a tarnished table or chair.
The most experienced craftsmen, having collected the required amount of material, can afford to create even a mosaic apron for the kitchen wall. Broken dishes are supplemented with any ceramic fragments, for example, the remains of tiles, matching the color scheme.
Hooks for shelves, needle beds, organizers for jewelry, fruit vases - this is not a complete list of practical little things that you can do with your own hands from old plates and cups.
An original way to update broken glasses is to fix bright cups on the preserved legs.
A mirror in a homemade frame or an exotic watch will harmoniously fit into the interior of a bohemian style.
Picturesque feeding troughs and a birdhouse on the seasonal dacha will attract useful birds and will be a spectacular decor of the garden.
In a few minutes, summer residents will be able to make a simple, but functional border for a garden flower bed or a colorful mobile.
The natural landscape of a country house in a rustic style will be colorfully complemented by simple ceramics and painted cups.Graceful old plates will distract attention from the shortcomings of a country fence.
Modern archaeologists often study the history of the development of civilization on household items found in the earth. The greatest attention is paid to clay vessels or their shards, which do not corrode and practically do not collapse. Using this durable material for home crafts will not only save the family budget, but also make the environment cleaner.
