I like to highlight those furniture details by distressing the paint.
Distressed black painted furniture.
Distressing wood and furniture with candle technique.
To grab your attention to make a statement.
Farmhouse wooden side table.
Not so obvious from the photo is the extent of prep work required on this piece.
This is a super versatile technique to distress wood or furniture with almost guaranteed great result.
The table has the perfect round farmhouse style legs and planked top.
The customer is requesting a white distressed painted furniture makeover with a subtle glaze to give that worn aged look.
The details on furniture are there for a reason.
Like every painted furniture makeover make sure to thoroughly sand and prep your piece.
Today the distressed look is sought after and it can add character and style to many types of decor.
This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors.
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.
Distressed details stand out.
To get you started we ll go over a few popular tools methods in detail.
Feb 7 2016 explore don liston s board black distressed furniture on pinterest.
It can be used on raw wood or already painted wood and furniture.
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.
The paint can be lightly distressed to give a gently worn look or more heavily distressed for the wow factor.
However since i m working with a piece made from naked maple and finished oak i bought a can of beige primer to act as the wear areas and a pint of black behr paint for the top coat.
Distress painted details on furniture.
It is great for creating either single or multi layered distressed look.
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.
There are a lot of different ways to distress your piece of furniture and everyone has their preference.
The 3 most popular techniques to distress your beautiful piece of f.
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I just bought the paints today on a whim to try the same thing.
Give me about a week and i ll post follow up images of the hybrid process.