Painting & Distressing Furniture

Welcome Back to Day 9 of my 31 Days of Paint series. See the entire series HERE.

Painted & Distressed Mirror

My sister, Heather bought this distressed mirror at Farm Chicks a few years ago. It is my inspiration for my distressed mirror.

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Not sure if I would go this far with the distressing. I love the look, but I am just not that brave.

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I love the natural finish of the top with the painted, distressed legs of this table and of course, that aqua color! But am I brave enough to do this to a piece that I spent hours painting? Why not? It's only paint right?

I painted this 70s mirror last March. It has been hanging just like this in my foyer since then. Today, I tried my hand at distressing it. I used 120 grit sandpaper and randomly sanded it by hand. I sanded enough for the primer to show through in spots and some of it I sanded all the way down to the wood.

I took some English Chestnut stain to it just to add some age. 

Some areas I roughed up more than others.

I think it goes better with my Grandma Clara's settee that I recently inherited.

My "after" picture would have looked better if I had taken these pics this during the day light but you get the idea. Distressing this actually made me like it more. I was going to take it down and replace it with something else because it looked too new with the settee. Now it looks aged to perfection.

Tomorrow's Post: Chalk Board Paint

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