Making Pine Look Rustic

Replicating that look can be tricky unless you have the right tools glazes and a few tricks up your sleeve.

Making pine look rustic.

You can also follow us on facebook and instagram so you don t miss any of this madness. My current project is a lot of fun. I am making shelving and cabinetry for a walk in master closet. I wrote another post about aging and antiquing that shares some other techniques but today i ll focus solely on making new lumber look old.

Below learn two ways to cheat time and make your wood furniture and decor look like it s been around for years instead of fresh from the store. When you buy or make wooden furniture it can sometimes look a little too new and fresh and it might not fit with the rest of the decor in your home or garden for this reason a lot of people use different techniques to make wood look more rustic and give their wooden furniture a distressed look. The fun part is in the finish. I used english walnut stain for this board but i also love minwax jacoean too.

My client has chosen to have the work done in pine with a rustic old barn look. Old rustic boards are gray and have enhanced grain and plenty of dings and character. Making new wood look rustic is actually pretty easy to do with the right method. The wood will look old and worn.

After the stain was dry i applied a coat of vaseline around the areas i wanted the stain to show through. But it will not be rough it will be smooth to the touch. And the good news is you don t have to pick through piles of splintery old lumber or pay exorbitant prices for the look of barn wood. There are sooooo many different methods and techniques out there for distressing or aging wood to look like rugged old barn boards.

In this story we ll give you a recipe for doing just that. To make a rustic wood sign i first stain the board with a dark stain. You can easily transform inexpensive pine boards into rustic boards that are almost indistinguishable from the real thing. If you don t already you should subscribe to our blog so you get an email every time we publish a new blog post not more than 2 times a week tops.

Nov 23 2017 explore julie north s board stain pine on pinterest.