Antique Desk DIY Antiquing Glaze

Antique Desk DIY Antiquing Glaze

In my last post I was chatting away about the dreams for my "new to me kitchen". This lead me into the theory that I want to save my old sad looking 1980s real wood cabinets. My solution as I explained is a Antiquing glaze look. Rather than try to perfect the finish on the important cabinets, I came up with the idea why not try it on an old forgotten antique desk first! It will also tie nicely into the living room after the cabinets are done!

This is some of the lovely detail & color of the old Antique striped oak desk. Yes I know the wood is beautiful!

The materials I have chosen are... 

Behr Ultra in " Antique White" Semi-gloss

Martha Stewart Living Metallic glaze in Mercury & Muscovado

Valspar Faux Collection Antiquing Glaze in Asphaltum

I will also need a scuff pad, "I like the foam one that is contoured for nooks & crannies", thinner, lots of dust cloths or old rags, paint brush, paint pan and small foam roller.

Very simple...

Tools of the trade

Now off to paint the antique white base color... I chose a semi-gloss to give it a newer more shiny finish. This is good for the glaze to wipe off easier and also for cleaning after the fact....

All most there....
After the base color which I think two coats are very important here, I simply opened the glaze jars and went to town rubbing on and wiping off. You just go for it until you have the look you are going for. I only used one go round of the two dark colors, then I went over it with the mercury color for a luster looking glow. I really like the way it turned out and hope you try it for your self! Now keep in mind you can use ANY base color for this. Yeah can you imagine a beautiful grey base color on this with the antique glaze against a yellow wall? Or what ever! You can also use your furniture as your accent colors rather than painting a whole wall for the same purpose. So grab your old tired furniture and recycle them into statement pieces! Let me know what you think!

Now the fun part, time to let it all dry...

AND the final product!

Chic!

I went for a light patina glaze effect

Just enough...

I could have went over a second or third time and the effect would have been darker.

The old hardware went back as is and it works well I think!

Now if the rest of the house where this easy.