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With a little effort, one can make their old kitchen look new by making it, well, look old. The same can be done with that old pool hall the family has owned for more than a generation. It is easy enough to create rustic restaurant furniture, even when the furnishings are relatively new.
Chain restaurants have known for a long time that these techniques can be used in this way. Many chains have a particular style which seems antique to the untrained eye. However, no retail food chain would be able to get a business off the ground if the antiques for every location were real.
Glazing is one method which creates a distressed or antique look to any piece, and is a method commonly used in household kitchens. It is fairly simple to learn, and similar results can be achieved in a large variety of color schemes. As a rule, one will start with a light base coat and utilize a darker earth-tone glaze over that.
To avoid the absorption of glaze a primer can be used so long as it is given light sanding prior to the base coat. The base coat should be brushed on and allowed to dry overnight. The paint and glaze mixture is sometimes brushed on, but is also sometimes rolled on before being wiped off with a clean cloth until it has the right look to it.
When antiquing the glaze is wiped off from top to bottom or with the wood grain, taking care to use the same stroke with each swiping. If it is a marbled look that one is going for, then ragging off the paint and glaze mixture will accomplish this. Either way, it is a good idea to do a couple of practice runs before the actual piece in order to see what methods work best.
Prior to the paint and glaze, one can create actual distress by taking a hammer and creating chips in the wood. This can make even a brand new item look roughed up, and once the glazing is complete the piece really can appear to have been handed down. Try making the look complete by rusting any metal hardware that goes onto it.
Rusting any metal hardware helps keep the look uniform with the rest of the furnishings, and unique from other pieces. The lazy approach is to toss a little rust-colored metal paint onto the hinges or locks, and this can work for pieces which do not get looked at close up. However, to truly make rust, one may need to bury the hardware outside for a month or more.
Restaurants often utilize rusting techniques for items such as knives, hammers, hinges, or other metal objects they wish to include in their hanging art. In fact, many old-fashioned style tools are recreated for just this purpose, as hundreds of locations may need these. One trick any do-it-yourself artist can do, using old family photos, is to take prints of these old photographs, then place them in antique frames to make them appear to be from the time period.
Chain restaurants have known for a long time that these techniques can be used in this way. Many chains have a particular style which seems antique to the untrained eye. However, no retail food chain would be able to get a business off the ground if the antiques for every location were real.
Glazing is one method which creates a distressed or antique look to any piece, and is a method commonly used in household kitchens. It is fairly simple to learn, and similar results can be achieved in a large variety of color schemes. As a rule, one will start with a light base coat and utilize a darker earth-tone glaze over that.
To avoid the absorption of glaze a primer can be used so long as it is given light sanding prior to the base coat. The base coat should be brushed on and allowed to dry overnight. The paint and glaze mixture is sometimes brushed on, but is also sometimes rolled on before being wiped off with a clean cloth until it has the right look to it.
When antiquing the glaze is wiped off from top to bottom or with the wood grain, taking care to use the same stroke with each swiping. If it is a marbled look that one is going for, then ragging off the paint and glaze mixture will accomplish this. Either way, it is a good idea to do a couple of practice runs before the actual piece in order to see what methods work best.
Prior to the paint and glaze, one can create actual distress by taking a hammer and creating chips in the wood. This can make even a brand new item look roughed up, and once the glazing is complete the piece really can appear to have been handed down. Try making the look complete by rusting any metal hardware that goes onto it.
Rusting any metal hardware helps keep the look uniform with the rest of the furnishings, and unique from other pieces. The lazy approach is to toss a little rust-colored metal paint onto the hinges or locks, and this can work for pieces which do not get looked at close up. However, to truly make rust, one may need to bury the hardware outside for a month or more.
Restaurants often utilize rusting techniques for items such as knives, hammers, hinges, or other metal objects they wish to include in their hanging art. In fact, many old-fashioned style tools are recreated for just this purpose, as hundreds of locations may need these. One trick any do-it-yourself artist can do, using old family photos, is to take prints of these old photographs, then place them in antique frames to make them appear to be from the time period.
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