Painting Wood Furniture To Look Antique

Here are 3 of the most common ways.

Painting wood furniture to look antique.

Samantha pattillo demonstrates the best way to paint wood furniture. How to antique painted wood furniture step 1. There are a few different techniques you can use to give your painted furniture piece an antique look. The finish won t look natural if you attempt to create an overly distressed look.

Article by genevre bowerbank. Maybe you ve got the opposite problem and have inherited antique chairs whose dark dated stain is ruining their elegant lines. There are a few different techniques you can use to give your painted furniture piece an antique look. Chalk paint can be used to paint almost anything walls kitchen cabinets metal wood and even fabric but the most common use is to give new life to old furniture or to make newer pieces look old.

Our gallery of furniture painting ideas serves up 28 clever ways to give new life to old furniture. It s easy to antique paint and antique painted furniture to add depth and character. The painting technique described here can be applied to wood laminate or any furniture you want to look aged. Sand again once paint has fully dried and before applying stain give the furniture s edges a thorough sanding so areas of wood are showing through to simulate years of wear.

I have all kinds of tips tricks and lots of photos to make your project the best it can be. The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work. If desired stain the damaged places a little darker than the rest. Old wood is rarely light colored.

You can just dive right in. This will draw attention to the nicks and character. The trick to making wood look realistically weathered is to not overdo it. You can mimic the look of worn off paint by sanding a freshly painted piece.

It darkens with age so when you distress the final layers you want a darker wood to show through. After years of using painted wood furniture or cabinets the paint wears off the areas that receive the most contact. Wax using your candle rub places where the paint would logically wear off. Learn how to give a piece of wood furniture an antique look.

Paint distress stain this process involves doing the basic painting process of priming your piece then painting with your choice of color. Paint furniture the desired color using latex paint with a flat matte or satin finish. Here are 3 of the most common ways. A dated coffee table with a worn out finish is transformed into an exciting focal point.

Our example aims at a distressed wood finish with a subtle charm. 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.