Antiquing Furniture
Giving your furniture an antique look will give it a touch of character without diminishing its quality.
Antiquing furniture. Antique furniture comes in all different styles and pieces. Martin and barbara mclean. All it takes is a base coat of paint and some glaze.
Paint furniture the desired color using latex paint with a flat matte or satin finish. Understanding how to assess the quality of antique furniture and how to care for it can make a difference when selecting a piece. Wipe off excess caromal colours toner with a rag.
Our example aims at a distressed wood finish with a subtle charm. You can use a variety of oils and waxes to get your desired antiquing look including white wax for liming furniture wax for a butter soft texture and dark wax for antiquing. Whitewashing and pickling techniques easily brighten and add rustic charm to furniture and a variety of wood surfaces with these budget friendly whitewashing and pickling techniques.
Our antique furniture range includes pieces by well known artists such as m. Whether the piece is new or old you can easily enhance your décor with unique beauty and personality. Give a ho hum piece of furniture a timeless antique style transformation with a little bit of paint and glaze.
Antiquing furniture is a diy faux painting technique that gives furniture an aged or antique appearance. Applying paint with a paint brush creates peaks and valleys that will be more visible when you apply the stain resulting in a more accurate antique look. Choose your favorite piece for any room from our selection antique tables cabinets book stands waiting area seats and many other novel pieces.
It is quite easy to antique a piece of newer wood furniture and make it look distressed by using paint and stain. Hard george daniell a b. You can find 7 painted furniture techniques and trends here and g reen painted furniture ideas here.