Decoupage Collage on Furniture – Here’s How
Whatever you are in to, there is a plethora of vintage ads for a decoupage collage. For me, it is a therapeutic creative project to do. Collect some magazines and fetch a plain faced piece of furniture. Scroll down for some more inspiration and ideas.
INSPIRATION AND IDEAS
The best collage installations are themed. Choose one like
- fashion,
- sewing,
- nature,
- animals,
- boating,
- art (even that can be broken down in sub categories)
- sports
- comics
The ideas are endless but hopefully those will spur some creative juices. Then go treasure scavenger hunting for images. Due to it’s weight, the best image paper for decoupage installations comes from magazines. Books can have great images but be watchful of too thick (heavy) paper.
There is an idea in my head I’ll probably never do but . . . I’d love if some one else collected vintage sewing pattern package images to make a collage – maybe on a sewing cabinet, wouldn’t that be cool?!
What you’ll need:
- Plain flat front furniture piece.
- More Magazines and images then you will think you will need!
- Paper Cutter
- Paper Adhesive (personal favorite is PPA, there are many other boutique brands but avoid straight up Elmers Glue because it’s too gooey and results can be iffy)
- 1″ paint brush
- White Paint (optional) as an under coat to brighten images
Learn from the Best – Roycycled
No one does decoupage better than Roycycled. Browser her extensive portfolio of video’s and papers. It’s mind blowing!
! Pre-Assemble and Shoot a Picture of Images Before Gluing !
Cut and arrange them to fit in the size of the intended surface. Trim and re-arrange to get the look and balance you like. Over lapping edges is perfectly acceptable but gaps between images is not. I choose to cut images for exact placement edges to edge. I’m crazy that way. SNAP A PICTURE once the arrangement is finalized as a reminder how exactly is goes together.
My Vintage Motor City Muscle Car Themed Accent Chest of Drawers
If you are a sports fan, it’s DEEEE-troit. If said in a non-sports context is Da-troit. I love my Motor City, the history, growth, struggles, and recovery. I also love the muscle cars it built. If there are vintage magazines at a sale, you can count on a perpetual buyer in ME. The best ones for car ads is Life Magazine, mid-fifties.
Pro Styling Tips:
- Images are wrapped around drawer edges.
- Some images are on top of other images (such as the Chevrolet logo).
- Black hardware avoids distracting from the collage.
- Balance is achieved by alternating placement of the largest images left, right, up and down.
- Improvise! There was a gap between images that re-arranging would not fix so that is how Mick Jagger appeared.
