Having old, well-worn furniture can be very frustrating. Brand new furniture can cost a lot of money. If you haven’t big budget, try to use your imagination and creativity. If you didn’t change some piece of furniture for 10 years, you should paint it. You don’t need to use classic, boring painting techniques . If you want to make your old furniture stylish, you can try popular painting techniques.
The base color should be your favourite color. The main idea is that you use a few shades of this color. More visible surfaces should be painted in lighter color and less visible surfaces in darker shades. Of course, if you have a few favourite colors, you can use two different colors. Sure, you must use two contrasting colors. Described technique is classic painting technique, often used for damaged, old furniture because darker shades can make damaged places less visible.
Distressed furniture style become very popular lately. For wanted distressed look, you should apply some kind of glaze. Oil-based paint in lighter color is based, first layer. Then you apply your glaze in darker color (for example some shade of brown). Before you move over to finish stage make sure that surface is totally dry. For distressed look, take dump cloth and rub it over the painted surfaces.