Distressing Painted Furniture With Stain

Like every painted furniture makeover make sure to thoroughly sand and prep your piece.

Distressing painted furniture with stain.

This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors. Not so obvious from the photo is the extent of prep work required on this piece. Ultimately any color stain works for distressing painted furniture. Distressed painting techniques using stain.

Scour flea markets or secondhand shops for a piece that s solid wood with a stained finish. 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. This solid wood side table has been brought in by a customer asking for a simple yet classic black distressed furniture makeover. Once the piece is fully dry you can begin to remove some of the paint and distress the piece with steel wool and sandpaper.

I use light stain on dark paint and dark stain on light paint. If you painted two coats use the steel wool to go over the waxed areas. 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. The painted finish will hide those flaws.

Don t worry if it has scratches or watermarks. Before getting started choose the piece of furniture you re going to give a distressed paint finish. This is how i prep painted furniture. Learn how to distress painted furniture with stain or wax.

The customer is requesting a white distressed painted furniture makeover with a subtle glaze to give that worn aged look. Farmhouse wooden side table. For example i used light blue and coral wood stain to distress furniture for a coastal beach look. 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.

In this tutorial learn how to distress painted wood furniture using 2 distressing techniques. Step 1 sand the stained or varnished furniture using 220 grit sandpaper. Look for a wood furniture piece with lines you love and that. One of the console tables needed to match the farmhouse pantry door so i used the same distressing technique.

The table has the perfect round farmhouse style legs and planked top. Sandpaper helps add texture to smooth varnished surfaces for easier painting. This technique makes existing or new furniture look old aged and shabby chic.