How To Age Antique And Distress Furniture

Learn how to create country antiques from new unfinished furniture.

How to age antique and distress furniture. There a million different ways to age a piece a furniture. While the project does require paint with a chalky finish and sealing wax you can finish the rest with tools and supplies around your own home. The 3 most popular techniques to distress your beautiful piece of f.

How to distress furniture. How to paint distress and antique a piece of furniture a distressed and antiqued piece of furniture can add a unique charm to any room. We ll also give you some ideas of which other tools you could try.

I have used probably a dozen different techniques and products to achieve my desired finishes so today i thought i would share with you 7 ways that i age and distress furniture. Give furniture an antique look for a fraction of the cost of purchasing antique furniture by applying a distressing technique. Follow our step by step instructions for painting and distressing wood furniture for an aged over time look.

How to age antique and distress furniture using two colours and dark wax when you re browsing thrift shops and furniture shops have you ever wondered how they make pieces of furniture look so old faded and shabby. Distressing is a simple process that makes newer furniture look antique by manually adding wear and tear. Painting and distressing is one way to go about it but it doesn t necessarily make it look old.

To get you started we ll go over a few popular tools methods in detail. And if you do it yourself the process of distressing and antiquing furniture is relatively inexpensive. You can distress wood laminate or metal easily by yourself to make your furniture unique.

Distressing furniture accessories how to painting and finishing refinishing in our grandmothers day if a piece of furniture or a picture frame was distressed it meant it had been around for generations and most of the paint had worn off in areas that had been rubbed by hands or nicked by being moved too many times. Learn how to distress furniture in almost no time using this easy guide. Distressed wood furniture is perfect for rooms decorated with flea market finds and antique treasures.