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I wasn’t really sure I could explain this. But I am going to try, you see, I love taking new wood and making it look old, it’s perfect if you are building something from new wood and want a reclaimed wood look or planking walls<\/a>. I use a few different techniques to age wood, this technique also works on any previously painted piece. Reclaimed lumber is not always easy to find, so why not make your own?<\/p>\n The first step is to bang up your board. This part can be fun. Like totally fun! Get out your aggression and all. I use hammers, nails, the scraper thingie (thats not the technical name but you know what I mean) and what ever else I have around. Sometimes we use chains and bang them into the wood. You really just want to mark it up. I especially like to take off the sharp edges on the sides of the boards with the scraper.<\/p>\n Now that that is done – let’s paint! \u00a0It’s a free for all. Use a variety of paint colours, thats the trick to making it look aged. You want to give it depth. I usually start with a dark grey or brown and build up the layers with dry brushing and washing. See. Not very easy to explain. Let me try.<\/p>\n I used a variety of colours on this board. Using FAT Paint chalk style paint. Here, I used the following colours:<\/p>\n Red? What the? I know. But really I just used a tiny bit!<\/p>\n I always start with the dark colour. A quick and fast coat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let the base coat fully dry, and then take the Pewter (or any blue<\/a> will work as well) and dry brush some on here and there. To dry brush, dip your paint lightly into the paint, then dab it off on a paper towel, then ever so lightly and very randomly just put it here and there. Don’t stress about this. Just do it.<\/p>\n Let this mostly dry. I don’t usually wait for it to fully dry before I start repeating this process with the remaining colour, this is not a “perfect look” it’s meant to be rustic, layered and imperfect.<\/p>\n For this board I put a tiny bit of the red (but somehow forgot to take a photo) and then added a little black here and there. You are building depth of colour, layering and not fully covering.<\/p>\n I am an impatient painter, so I just go for it. Smudging and layering as I go. Because the paint is still wet, I almost get a wash effect with some layers. \u00a0Dabbing paint off on the paper towel to dry brush each layer. Working left to right to keep “the grain”.<\/p>\n The final coat on this board is Parchment, however, because of the layers below it almost looks grey.<\/p>\n You could use a light grey instead, Gull Grey or even Jute would be lovely.<\/p>\n I always grab whatever colours we have open.<\/p>\n Once dried, you can heavily sand and distress your board, the top coat with clear or antique beeswax.<\/p>\n We’ve also aged wood on our planked walls using Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint<\/a>. You can see those projects here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This wall from our bathroom reno\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n And this wall from our cottage\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0by the sea.<\/p>\n There you have it. A few ways to make new wood look old and aged.<\/p>\n Easy right?<\/p>\n What will you do with your new old wood?<\/p>\n Thanks for stopping in!<\/p>\n Linking up to<\/p>\n![\"Turn](\"https:\/\/frontporchmercantile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/plainboard.jpg\")
Here I’m using different coloured FAT Paints<\/a> to make a new board look aged and old. I will admit, I never do the same exact thing every time. You have to let your inner artist just come out.(ok – don’t freak out and stop reading right now because you are not an “artist” keep reading, this process is easy, I promise)<\/p>\n![\"Tools](\"https:\/\/frontporchmercantile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/toolstobangupyourboard.jpg\")
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Wendy<\/h4>\n
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