Antiquing Kitchen Cabinets With Paint
The antiqued cabinets give the room a warm homey feel.
Antiquing kitchen cabinets with paint. Antique white kitchen cabinets look beautiful paired with dark hardwood flooring and other dark color decor. You can antique over your current cabinet color if you so desire but many people like to go for a totally transformed cabinet look by adding a. Antiquing kitchen cabinets can add some charm and warmth to your kitchen by giving it a rustic shabby chic vibe.
Then they got to work stripping and sanding the cabinets back to bare wood. Below well cover how to paint kitchen cabinets to look antique. Wrap a smooth clean rag around your index finger and carefully wipe off any excess glaze thats accumulated outside of the distressed spots that were created when the cabinets edges were darkened.
A number of methods are available for antiquing kitchen cabinets to give them a total new look. We then came up with a plan of action to get their kitchen looking lively and updated again and i explained how to paint and antique cabinets for a shabby chic french country look. Here is a summary of the six top techniques.
Antiquing is a process by which you put a dark antique stain over the top of cabinets that are painted or stained a few shades lighter. It probably will especially if you consider any of the main methods used to antique cabinets. Aged cabinets make your kitchen look and feel more lived in they give the impression of having seen many happy meals prepared and eaten.
To read the tutorial view the slideshow below. Wiping off excess antiquing glaze step 7 in distressing and antiquing kitchen cabinets is to wipe off any residual glaze. That means that the base color for the cabinets can be anything you like be it painted white or stained oak.
Antiquing cabinets using stain. Additional effects can be added later to produce a more complete. Using stain or glaze to produce an antique effect is done on painted cabinets.