Shabby chic furniture is brilliant for an old antique style home. At Home from Home we get a lot of second hand Shabby chic furniture in which is extremely popular. We stock real shabby chic furniture which have been heavily painted through the years, with many layers showing through obviously time-worn areas. After doing some on line research we have found some helpful information about the beautiful shabby chic design.
Shabby chic is a type of interior design where furniture or furnishings are either chosen for their appearance of age and signs of wear and tear, or where new items are distressed to achieve the appearance of an antique. The style is imitated in faux painting using glaze or by painting then rubbing and sanding away the top coat to show the wood or base coats, known as “distressing” the finish of the furniture.
If you want to create your own Shabby chic style furniture here are the steps to do so:
- Lightly buff sand the surface with 220-grit sandpaper;
- Wipe off the sanding dust using a dry terry towel;
- Apply one coat of Zinsser Cover Stain;
- Wait at least two-hours until primer dries;
- Apply two coats of Behr Semi-gloss Cotton Whisper;
- Wait at least six-hours between coats;
- Apply very small dabs of Muscavado using a brush to streak them across the surface in the direction of the wood grain;
- Streaks will appear very light … for heavier streaks apply slightly more Muscavado glaze;
- Allow to set just two-minutes and then wipe off in the direction of the wood grain using lint-free cotton rags (tee shirt material);
- This will create a very faint streak of the darker glaze across the surface; and
- Allow the glaze to dry and use satin finish water-based polyurethane as your final protective coating.
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