White Distressed Painted Furniture
It is great for creating either single or multi layered distressed look.
White distressed painted furniture. How to paint distressed furniture an antique white. There are a lot of different ways to distress your piece of furniture and everyone has their preference. The painted finish will hide those flaws. 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.
To distress the finish and make the painted surface look more naturally weathered take the sander back to the surface of the furniture when the paint has dried. Distressed regarding furniture doesn t mean worried or upset it refers to the worn often beat up condition of the pieces. It can be used on raw wood or already painted wood and furniture. The 3 most popular techniques to distress your beautiful piece of f.
If you want wood peeking. We ll also give you some ideas of which other tools you could try. How to distress furniture is one of the easiest furniture painting techniques there is distressing paint on furniture is also probably one of the most commonly used technique as well. This is a super versatile technique to distress wood or furniture with almost guaranteed great result.
When you distress painted furniture you want to keep in mind the natural wear and tear of a piece and work with that in mind. If you re looking for an affordable way to give a piece of wood furniture a beautiful patina you might want to consider distressing its finish. To get you started we ll go over a few popular tools methods in detail. Today i m sharing how to distress painted wood furniture for that chic worn look.
The customer is requesting a white distressed painted furniture makeover with a subtle glaze to give that worn aged look. Not so obvious from the photo is the extent of prep work required on this piece. Distressing is the process of manipulating furniture to appear older or to have been more heavily used says jane henry of jane henry studios a full service antique conservation and restoration shop based in new york city. Look for a wood furniture piece with lines you love and that will look good in your space.
With emphasis on the edges of the furniture use the sander to gently remove some of the paint and primer allowing the underlying wood to show through. Distressing wood and furniture with candle technique. This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors. Don t worry if it has scratches or watermarks.