Painting Furniture Distressed
This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors.
Painting furniture distressed. The customer is requesting a white distressed painted furniture makeover with a subtle glaze to give that worn aged look. 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. 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.
However oil based paints are known for their durability and oftentimes the go to option for wood trim and cabinetry. The 3 most popular techniques to distress your beautiful piece of f. 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.
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. Once you have your wood furniture and paint colors it s time to get started. There are a lot of different ways to distress your piece of furniture and everyone has their preference.
To get you started we ll go over a few popular tools methods in detail. If you want wood peeking. 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.
We chose latex paint for its ease of use. Not so obvious from the photo is the extent of prep work required on this piece.