Make Your Own Furniture Finishes

If you're into perfect details - and that covers our interior-design-loving readers - then there will be times you'll want to tightly control the finishes on some furniture pieces. Let's say you're padding your client's budget and using flea market or auction furniture ... or you pick up unfinished wood furniture and want to make it look old. Knowing how to refinish a client's furniture will come in handy.

Faux painting and distressing will help turn something new into an old master. The following video from St. Paul, MN shows you how custom woodworkers create something that looks old and beautiful from something brand new and raw. Distressing furniture may well be in your future as a handy, I-can-do-it-all designer; try the techniques in this Designed & Made Custom Workworking video.

As lead curriculum developer for Sheffield School, I always try to discover specialty techniques that will give our interior designers more tricks of the trade. If you'd like to know more about the world of design, I encourage you to explore the Sheffield School, New York, NY. Sheffield began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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Comments

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[Cotton Bags]

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[Louise - Dining tables perth]

I really want to apply self made finishings to the furniture that I am going to made or bought.

[Office Furniture Suppliers]

I am office furniture supplier in UK and I am totally agreed with your blog. We want to tightly control the finishes on some furniture pieces. Thanks for this.

[Negara]

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[Antique Furniture]

Wow! Fantastic post, making your own furniture finishes which can turn old to new without much expenses and also giving new finishes to your furniture can be beautiful from something brand new and raw. Your post gives very interesting information and tips for interior designers. Thanks for posting such a nice video…

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[William Castro]

Inspirational post! Creating our own furniture is a great idea but it involves more commitment and Accuracy without which it can't be done!

[Mark Grabowski]

Amazing process. I love the look of distressed multi tone furniture.

[aris]

thank for sharing.. ^^

[zack]

I have seen this video before, I never thinking of doing that DIY job , it is great idea , from new to old look , nice woodworking job by woodworker , sometimes , to do creative job , we need to think ' outside of the box ' , .finishing look good, here is another woodworking video http://youtu.be/oACrGDjPFQw

[woodworking plans]

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