Others may prefer to distress furniture with paint.
Distressed furniture paint colors.
Blue painted furniture ideas.
If you want the piece to look like it s been painted before you ll want to buy two colors of paint so the base color shows through when the top player is distressed.
For a dry distressed look you can use tools such as wire brushes sandpaper files or even chains and hammers to mimic the appearance of years of rubbing and impact damage she says.
If you re using a single color on a piece of furniture and want to expose the original wood layer henry says dry distressing is the way to go.
The steel wool won t harm the rest of the paint enough to worry about remember the piece is meant to be distressed so use it to find the waxed areas wipe off the piece with the tack cloth.
If you want wood peeking.
But this method for how to make wood look old and get that distressed furniture appearance is my favorite.
This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors.
Blue painted furniture using annie sloan chalk paint.
The color that goes on first will only show through the distressed areas of the top coat.
Not so obvious from the photo is the extent of prep work required on this piece.
After the paint dries rub the steel wool over the areas you ve waxed.
Blue painted furniture makeovers.
Choose two colors of latex paint to layer over the white piece of furniture.
Navy duck egg dark blue light blue peacock.
There are a lot of different ways to distress your piece of furniture and everyone has their preference.
You can choose two shades of the same color as we did or choose complementary or contrasting colors for a bolder look.
We ll also give you some ideas of which other tools you could try.
For the color look.
The 3 most popular techniques to distress your beautiful piece of f.
Aug 14 2020 blue painted furniture.
The customer is requesting a white distressed painted furniture makeover with a subtle glaze to give that worn aged look.
We are going to distress painted wood with sandpaper.
Look for a wood furniture piece with lines you love and that will look good in your space.
One furniture painting technique that you may have heard of is wet distressing.
You ll also need to select two colors of furniture paint to complete your distressed finish.
Blue paint colors including.