Very Distressing!

I love distressed furniture.  Actually, it doesn't even have to be furniture!  I like anything that has chippy, flaky, peeling, sanded, aged, or worn-looking paint and texture.  I have buying naturally distressed vintage furniture for years as well as distressing "less old" furniture to make it look like it came from an 1800's farmhouse in New England.  My heart skipped a beat after that vision!

Today's post includes a video of  #1 in a series of tutorials by Annie Sloan, who is known as the premier authority of distressing furniture with chalk paint and wax.  First I am posting photos that show various colors and styles of distressing, some through the beauty of natural aging, and some that are aged by human hands.  Either way, they are all gorgeous.

 

 

Hopefully you are now inspired and ready to attempt your own distressing technique.  Remember, it's just paint and if you don't like it - YOU CAN ALWAYS PAINT OVER IT!  Yay!  So, in a sense, it's failproof.   Watch the video below to see the tutorial by Annie Sloan.  If you still don't want to paint your own, come down to Picker's Paradise Flea Market and pick up a piece that has some age or has already been "pre-distressed". 

 

HAVE FUN AND BE CREATIVE!!!!!