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Artificially aged furniture: a stylish solution that is accessible to absolutely everyone
A very large number of people dream of living in a luxurious house or apartment filled with antiques, hand-made carpets, wrought-iron items and original works of art. However, the reconstruction of similar styles of interior design is quite expensive, so these desires of people remain just dreams, sometimes they are not even voiced aloud.
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To get the desired situation, you do not need to have a lot of money, you can simply competently use the furniture that you already have at home, simply by giving it a touch of стари old ’.
In fact, to get the desired situation, you do not need to have a lot of money, you can just competently use the furniture that you already have at home, simply by giving it a touch of стари old ’.
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Each of the options has its pros and cons, and each gives a slightly different end result.
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Secrets of creating "rare" furnishing their own hands
There are three main ways of helping to create real masterpieces from ordinary furniture items acquired just yesterday. Each of the options has its pros and cons, and each gives a slightly different end result.
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Aged furniture, obtained through such actions, is restrained and more suitable for creating “simple” styles.
Important: Before starting work, be sure to prepare the surface for decoration by cleaning it from dirt, old coating (paint, varnish) and removal of accessories.
![The furniture may be old or it can be aged.](https://designtop.decorexpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mebel-mozhet-byt-uzhe-staraja-ili-ee-mozhno-sostarit-590x590.jpg)
If you are doing aging furniture for the first time, then first choose a small product and practice on it.
Mechanical
This option is considered to be the safest and easiest. Aged furniture, obtained through such actions, is restrained and more suitable for creating “simple” styles, as an option, for country or for Provence.
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Choose an item that will "grow old" in front of your eyes.
So, it is possible to mechanically impart “old-fashioned” cupboards, cupboards and chairs with emery paper, a metal brush and white blue, which is a type of decorative coating.
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A very large number of people dream of living in a luxurious house or apartment filled with antiques, hand-made carpets, wrought-iron items and original works of art.
Tip: If for the first time you are engaged in aging of furniture, then first choose a small product and practice on it.
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After completion of the aging process, furniture is obtained that has dark, noble shades.
Step-by-step instruction:
- select an item to be “grown old” in front of your eyes;
- walk across its surface with sanding pads;
- walk with a metal brush;
- remove sawdust from the treated area;
- cover the subject with white azure;
- repeat the last step, if after drying the first layer the desired effect is not observed (there is no relief);
- varnish the product.
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Such aged furniture is suitable for creating bright, luxurious interiors.
Thermal
This option helps to give "age" to wooden objects with the help of fire, a brush (metal), stain and varnish.
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Such a step can be done before the lamp or the burner is used.
After completion of the aging process, furniture is obtained that has dark, noble shades that are perfectly suitable for creating a seasoned, stylish and never losing relevance classic interior.
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How do you get aged furniture and interesting interior?
How to do it:
- bring all the furniture that you want to give the "old", on the street;
- burn its entire area with a blowtorch or a kerosene burner;
- remove carbon deposits;
- sweep across the burned area to get a clear relief;
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Paint the desired shade on the treated piece of furniture.
Such a step can be done before the lamp or the burner is used.
- cover the treated place with a stain and, after it dries, with varnish.
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However, the reconstruction of similar styles of interior design is quite expensive, so these desires of people remain just dreams, sometimes they are not even voiced aloud.
Tip: during firing, do not linger for long only in one area, so as not to burn the thing
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Above the craquelure is covered with another layer of paint, which should be 1-2 tones lighter than the bottom.
Chemical
Used ammonia and sandpaper (method is suitable only for hardwood)
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After the varnish dries, small cracks appear on the entire surface.
The secret of adding the “age” of furniture in this case is simple: the surface is initially gently treated with sandpaper, and then passed through the entire roughness with a brush dipped in liquid ammonia.
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Each of the options has its pros and cons, and each gives a slightly different end result.
Such aged furniture is suitable for creating bright, luxurious interiors.
![The effect of artificially cracked paint on furniture](https://designtop.decorexpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Jeffekt-iskusstvenno-rastreskavshejsja-kraski-na-mebeli-590x443.jpg)
Paint the desired shade on the treated piece of furniture.
Using craquelure and paint
How in this case it turns out aged furniture and interesting interior? Paint the desired shade on the treated piece of furniture. After it dries, sanding with sandpaper is required, and then the craquelure varnish is applied.
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In this case, the final finishing touch is a lacquer, which allows to fix the result.
Above the craquelure is covered with another layer of paint, which should be 1-2 tones lighter than the bottom. After the varnish dries, small cracks appear on the entire surface.
![Artificially aged furniture Provence](https://designtop.decorexpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Iskusstvenno-sostarennaja-mebel-provans-558x590.jpg)
Aged furniture in terms of external indicators is no different from rare furnishings, which allows even with a modest budget to easily create royally luxurious things.
If you use paint and gold patina
This method is considered to be one of the fastest options for transforming a new piece of furniture into an “old” one.
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After it dries with a sponge, a golden acrylic-based paint is applied to separate areas.
So, after the owner has covered the entire area with sandpaper, the furniture should be covered with paint. After it dries with a sponge, a golden acrylic-based paint is applied to separate areas. In this case, the final finishing touch is a lacquer, which allows to fix the result.
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The secret of adding the "age" of furniture in this case is simple: the surface is initially gently treated with sandpaper.
How to determine when to brush?
Brushing is the process of sampling soft wood fibers to give it a pronounced structural effect.To create such an effect under production conditions, brushing or sandblasting machines are used. At home, brushing is done with a metal brush and chisel.
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Used ammonia and sandpaper (the method is suitable only for hardwood).
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To create such an effect under production conditions, brushing or sandblasting machines are used.
Plus brashirovaniya is that it can be combined with any of the ways of aging furniture. The following facts serve as minuses: only hardwoods (oak, larch) can be subjected to such processing, and for the first time a beginner may not achieve the desired effect on the product.
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To create such an effect under production conditions, brushing or sandblasting machines are used.
So, “forcibly” aged furniture in terms of external indicators is no different from rare furnishings, which allows even with a modest budget to easily create a royally luxurious, beautiful and stylish apartments.
![Artificially aged furniture in the style of Provence do it yourself](https://designtop.decorexpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Iskusstvenno-sostarennaja-mebel-v-stile-provans-svoimi-rukami-590x279.jpg)
When firing, do not linger for long only in one area, so as not to burn the thing.
![Aged furniture in the house](https://designtop.decorexpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Sostarennaja-mebel-v-dome-590x443.jpg)
If you are doing aging furniture for the first time, then first choose a small product and practice on it.
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