A tea house is a very cute accessory, without which more than one hand-made fair is not complete. A box of tea, no matter how beautiful it is, is unlikely to be as aesthetically pleasing and charming as this tea bag house. In addition, this thing is reusable, it will serve for a long time and, perhaps, will become the highlight of the entire look of the kitchen.
Any business begins with a concept, an idea. Can you imagine what form this very tea house might appear in - will it really be a box-house in which tea bags “live”? Or maybe the house will resemble a medieval tower, or a doll’s house, or a tree with a spreading crown. You can make a tea house in the form of a Russian stove or an unusually shaped teapot.
Among other things, such a tea house can be equipped with a balcony with space for napkins or toothpicks. What remains to be done is limited only by your imagination. But decorating a house is perhaps most interesting and effective using the decoupage technique. So you can make a small masterpiece out of inconspicuous boxes.
Where to start decoupaging a tea house with your own hands
If you are a beginner needlewoman, you can start your first attempts with fairly simple examples. They do not involve a large number of materials used and multi-stage, complex work. But, nevertheless, you will have to try.
To work you will need:
- Box (wooden blank);
- Decoupage card or three-layer napkins;
- Acrylic paints;
- Primer;
- Decoupage varnish;
- Regular PVA glue.
Work begins with a wooden blank. If necessary, it is treated with sandpaper and then coated with a primer. After drying, cover the house with white paint.
Approximately two-fifths of the height of the house should be covered with masking tape. And whiten the top again.
Second stage: decoupage of a tea house, master class
To ensure that all strokes are perfect, make them vertical, along the length of the workpiece itself. When the top is dry, apply masking tape to the other side, painting the bottom a dark color. You can add a little gold acrylic on top, which you must rub with a candle afterwards. This is necessary to imitate the wear and tear that is characteristic of an old product - and, perhaps, your house in a retro style.
- Paint the roof of the house the same color as its base. To make the shade natural, do this - one layer of paint, and then a little gold paint. Rub the gold with a candle and cover with a second layer of paint.
- To get a delicate creamy shade, you need to add a little umber to the white. We cover the top of the house with this tone. By the way, the insides of the house can also be painted. And don't forget to paint the bottom!
- Now you can start decoupage. Tear out the necessary elements from the napkin. They are glued to the house with PVA glue. And then, after drying, the entire house is covered with decoupage varnish.
- The roof of the house can be decorated with lace or decorative ribbon.
If you are making a house in the Provence style, choose soft floral motifs for the design. Roses, small teapots and cups are good in the English style. There are sets of napkins for decoupage, themed ones, you don’t have to select motifs, backgrounds, fragments, ornaments, everything comes in the set.
Volumetric decoupage: tea house
Volumetric decoupage is an ambient technique. This is literally translated as “environment”, but in decoupage it will mean a three-dimensional drawing. This technique assumes that the image will be three-dimensional, with protruding elements.
For this decoupage you will need:
- The wooden blank itself;
- Acrylic thin relief paste;
- Palette knife (small knife);
- Acrylic paints;
- Napkins or decoupage card;
- Matte spray varnish;
- Matte acrylic varnish;
- Stencil imitating tiles;
- PVA glue or decoupage glue;
- 3D gel.
As you can see, the list of materials and tools is more impressive. Therefore, this MK is suitable for those who are already “own” in decoupage and the theme of volumetric decoupage is at least familiar to you. The blank can be made of wood or plywood. Boxes made of thick cardboard are also used, but there should be no doubt about the strength of such boxes.
Volumetric decoupage of a tea house step by step
Work begins, as usual, with priming the workpiece. The necessary fragments are cut out from decoupage cards or napkins. Step back about one and a half centimeters from the edge.
Progress:
- Details are glued onto the house - shutters with roosters, for example, a balcony, masonry, whatever you have in mind. But glue only the middle, without touching the edges.
- Then use a palette knife to introduce relief paste under the edges; it needs to be given the required shape. Then the edges of the picture are glued. This is how a volumetric element is obtained.
- Imitation of brickwork is done with paste, and individual bricks can be drawn with a toothpick. The paste is applied to the roof through a stencil. You will get a good imitation of tiles.
- You can add, for example, a street lamp or walls with cracks to the house. The tile roof is painted with English paint.
- All that remains is to tint the roof with umber, add greenery to the cobblestones, paint the glass in the windows with 3D gel, and make a lantern. Then comes the matte spray varnish coating.
In general, the decor depends on your imagination. Some parts can be made in a metallic shade. You can make a porch near the house, a window on the roof, and a cat basking on the tiles. Usually the finishing decor, ideas regarding it come during the work process.
What else you can do: decoupage houses
A house in the shape of a mill will also be interesting. The design and shape are the same, and well-chosen images will help you create a real rural mill. Near such a house you can plant a decorative mouse with a spikelet in its teeth.
A tea house in the form of a hut on chicken legs would be interesting. Such a hut can be a storage place for children's tea bags, or, for example, medicinal tea, which children do not like, but sometimes have to drink. When getting tea from such a cool house, the kids will undoubtedly drink a magical healing potion.
What napkins are required for decoupage of a tea house
You probably couldn't find a better three-ply napkin. These are wide napkins with a wide variety of prints, from small ornaments to abstractions. Decoupage uses a top layer that is separated from the previous two.
It is better to tear out fragments and motifs rather than cut them out. You just need to do this very carefully. But if you do cut it, do it carefully and with nail scissors. You can also purchase themed decoupage cards, or print pictures from the Internet onto thin rice paper.
Funny pictures for decoupage of a tea house
What ideas come to mind when asked about decorating a tea house? Usually the first association is a beautiful house in the English style, with a balcony, the railings of which are framed by many colors. But this is not the only option.
A tea house can become:
- Gingerbread house. This idea will be especially relevant for the New Year.
- Teremkom. Show through the window how its occupants are sitting at a small table.
- Crystal hut. Lots of sparkles, silver paint and, of course, winter and New Year paraphernalia.
- The tower in which Rapunzel is imprisoned.
- A gorgeous skyscraper. A modern interpretation of a tea house, a good option for an office.
And the ideas are inexhaustible. The main thing is to follow the basic principles of decoupage. And also choose a reliable workpiece so that the structure does not deform.
Master class on decoupage of a tea house (video)
The tea house is a very cute accessory, just its name already makes you smile. Make such a charming little thing for yourself, and your home will also become a little cozy and warmer.
A tea house is a cute accessory that will add coziness to your kitchen and will be remembered by your guests for a long time. It looks like a small house containing tea bags.
Such a house can be purchased in a store, or you can make it yourself. Typically, a wooden blank is used for this, which is sold in craft stores.
And the easiest way to decorate a tea house is decoupage.
Decoupage is a decorating technique in which images on paper are pasted onto wood or other surfaces.
Decoupage of a tea house, the master class of which we will now demonstrate, can be done in two ways.
Simple decoupage of a tea house
For work we will need:
- Wooden blank.
- Decoupage napkin or decoupage card with a suitable image.
- Primer
- Acrylic paints
- PVA glue
We take a wooden blank.
If necessary, treat with sandpaper and coat with primer. After drying, cover with white acrylic paint.
We separate about 2/5 of the height and seal it with masking tape. Let's whiten the top part again.
Please note: to make the strokes more accurate, they must be made vertical, along the entire length of the surface to be decorated.
After the top is dry, you need to stick masking tape on the other side and paint the bottom a dark color. Here umber is used for this. On top is a little gold acrylic, which is then rubbed with a candle. This is done in order to obtain an imitation of wear, which is typical for old things.
Now you should paint the roof of the house in the color of its base. To obtain natural shades, you can follow the following sequence: one layer of paint, then a little gold paint. Rub the gold with a candle and cover with a second layer of paint.
If you add a little umber to the white, you get a nice creamy shade. We cover the top of the house. If desired, you can also paint the inside of the house. Don't forget to paint the bottom!
Let's move on to the actual decoupage of the tea house.
We cut out (or better yet, tear out) the necessary elements from the napkin and glue them with PVA glue. We varnish the entire house.
The house can be decorated with lace or ribbon and it’s ready!
Volumetric decoupage of a tea house
The technique of volumetric decoupage is also called the ambient technique.
“Ambiente” literally translates as “environment,” but in decoupage it means “protruding pattern.” That is, this is a decoupage technique, as a result of which the image turns out three-dimensional, with protruding elements.
So, to make a tea house using the volumetric decoupage technique, you will need the following materials:
- Wood blank
- Relief acrylic paste (thin)
- A palette knife is a special knife. Instead, you can use a flat spatula (for example, from a manicure set)
- Acrylic paints (colors here include cadmium red and yellow, ultramarine, burnt umber, chromium oxide, English red)
- Decoupage napkin or decoupage card. This master class uses a rice map with architectural elements
- Spray varnish (preferably matte)
- Acrylic varnish (also matte)
- 3-D gel
- Stencil for imitation tiles
- Glue (PVA or decoupage).
First, as usual, we prime our workpiece.
We tear out fragments from a napkin or rice card that will be used in decoupage of the tea house. The distance from the edge should be about 1.5 cm.
We glue architectural details and flower pots onto the house. We glue only the middle, do not glue the edges yet!
Using a palette knife, apply relief paste under the edges. Give it the desired shape, and then glue the edges of the napkin. This is how a volumetric element is obtained.
We make an imitation of brickwork on the walls using paste. Individual bricks can be drawn with a toothpick.
Apply the paste to the roof using a stencil. The result is an imitation of tiles.
Then we paint the house, namely the walls and brickwork. For the grapevine, you need to draw the foliage and tendrils in detail.
You can decorate the house with other elements, for example, add a street lamp and cracks on the walls (as if the plaster is cracked).
We paint the cover on the tiles with “English red” paint.
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