Distressed Shelf Tutorial

Distressed Shelf Tutorial

I am really into the look of distressed furniture, frames, shelves… anything pretty much! I did this shelf from The Wood Station up and tried a new distressing technique.

 

 I loved how it turned out!

 

 

Supplies:

Shelf from the Wood Station – you could use this technique on anything

Paint – Any Color (I planned on painting other items the same color so I chose a pretty ivory color which I got from Lowes)

Sand Paper

Paint Brush, Foam Roller, Foam Brush (this depends on the texture you want)

Stain 

Valspar’s “Clear Mixing Glaze” – Lowes

I started by staining my entire shelf. I used a couple of coats so it was nice and dark.

After letting dry overnight (so it wasn’t sticky at all) I painted with two (2) coats of the ivory paint. 

 

 

 

Again, I let that dry overnight so that I wouldn’t have any problems when I went to sand.

Get Creative!! Sand any edges and corners you want to get that vintage/distressed look! Keep in mind that you only want to sand off the paint and not the stain underneath.

Next, I mixed 2 parts glaze to 1 part stain (You can use however much or little stain you would like depending on what color you are shooting for.) 

 

 

 

I painted the glaze mix evenly onto the entire shelf, focusing on the bead-board where I had sanded quite a bit – it was a little too dark for my liking so I used a wet paper towel and lightly wiped some of the glaze mix off.

 

 Let dry and enjoy your shelf!

**You can also mix paint with the glaze. For example – You  could paint your item a deep red and use a black (paint) glaze using the same technique to achieve the same look. 

 

 

Tutorial by Taylor Peterson