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Distressing in decorative arts is the art of making something appear very old and worn for aesthetic purposes. Distressed kitchen cabinets are used to give a typical kitchen an antique, vintage style. Coming up with an vintage style antique kitchen isn’t hard, as you simply distress your kitchen cabinets by applying different ways of aging wooden furniture. The aim of distressed kitchen cabinets is to have a rustic, aged look. This you can do by painting uneven patches on the cabinets, leaving parts of layers that display different colors or leaving bare wood underneath.

Creating distressed kitchen cabinets is easy. First of all you will need light colored paints, sandpaper of varying grades of coarseness, paint striper, and brushes. The paint stripper and sand paper are used to remove the old paint to reach the bare wood. Once you are done distressing your cabinets, you can create a finishing by using glaze or varnish. Your aim should be to end to with authentic looking kitchen cabinets that will appear as though they have aged naturally.

Distressing kitchen cabinets is done by deliberately denting, sanding, scraping, and gauging out little holes and dents in the kitchen cabinet tops and faces. Use a chain to throw against the wood, a hammer to make the dents, and a screwdriver to gauge as you continuously sand in between the activities. After that you can take your varnish or stain to darken the wood.

You can purchase antiquing varnishes and paints to apply as patches or top layers, a layer over the last one. For that natural aged look, use water or thinners to water down the colors which will result like a color wash. To create a worn finish, keep sanding small areas as the paint continues to dry. If you wish, you can add a crackle varnish as the top most layer for that inimitable antique appearance. Remove some off again by sanding lightly in a few places to show just how the cabinet has stood the test of time. To finish the distressed kitchen cabinets, add some handles or knobs in wrought iron.

There you have it, totally infallible. By following the above mentioned techniques, you will come up with unique distressed kitchen cabinets for your epoch style kitchen. Each piece in your kitchen is of very important interest and the moment you accessorize it, you will without a doubt be pleased with the final look you will achieve.