Teen Furniture Project - Using Posters

Transform your furniture with posters! Jean Krimmer used Marilyn Monroe posters to make this terrific cabinet. Perfect furniture for a teen bedroom or hangout room! Jean gets many of her furniture pieces from yard sales and friends also give her their old furniture. Directions per Jean: "Through trial and error, I have learned, it is better if you have a piece that has definite clean lines. That being said, sand the piece down, wipe down and remove any existing hardware. You can plug the holes up and sand them too if you are adding new hardware or changing the location of the hardware, I did on the Marilyn cabinet because the handles were smack down in the middle of the doors. Then decide what parts you want to paint and do that. I also painted a fresh clean coat where the poster image would be. Then I diluted wallpaper paste and then applied it to the furniture. Then I placed the poster into water BRIEFLY, you are not "booking" the poster like wallpaper. Keep the poster loose when you bring it out of the water. Apply it to the piece very carefully, remember this is not wallpaper and does not have the same thickness as such, start removing any air bubbled you see with a damp cloth, light touch of your fingers. Do not apply too much pressure because the poster cannot handle it. You may be stuck with some wrinkles, but it usually adds to the beauty. You can also "poke" the bubble before it dries with a pin-when it dries, there will be no air bubbles left behind. Take your time and do not fret, it will turn out great! Then after days of curing, I seal it with at least 3-6 coats of poly for durability." Blockposters.com is a website that allows you to create any size poster from any size image - how cool is that? It gets even better -it's also free!! The following images are posters created through Block Posters.