Create exquisite antique furniture with your own hands

Antique items have always been and are valued by collectors and lovers of antique things. You can decorate the interior of a room by creating extraordinary antique furniture with your own hands. The option of making furniture products yourself is economical and unique.

Techniques for making aged furniture

When making antique wooden furniture with your own hands, you should know the basic methods of aging wood. Highly qualified craftsmen use methods that age the surface of furniture in the process of wood processing:

• chemical treatment;
• finishing with fire;
• mechanical movements.

Having studied detailed information about each technique, even a novice painter and carpenter can create an antique interior item.

Chemical treatment

You can make antique furniture from solid pine with your own hands using chemical finishing. This technique is characterized by treating the tabletop with a chemical substance that creates an aging look.

When working with chemical elements, observe the following precautions.

1. Strictly adhere to the exact dosage of reagents.
2. When handling chemicals, you must wear a respirator and exercise caution – harmful substances affect human health.
3. When working with chemicals, you must use protective gloves.

By following the above rules, even a beginner can create an antique cabinet or chair with his own hands.

Heat treatment

The thermal treatment of wood surfaces is characterized by the use of open fire. Carpenters use a blowtorch, directing the stream of fire onto the surface of the table. Under the influence of fire, the wood layer burns out intermittently, creating the desired effect.

Having finished manipulating fire, the master performs the following actions.

1. Treats the wooden surface with sandpaper.
2. Covers the prepared area with transparent or matte varnish.

Combining chemical and thermal treatment will add uniqueness to items. Artificial aging of wood is achieved by mechanical finishing. The carpenter processes the surface of a table or other product with a metal brush, making movements along the grain. Having completed the mechanical treatment, the specialist goes over the furniture with sandpaper, varnishes the finished area of ​​the product.

Brushing

You can age furniture using the brushing technique. Craftsmen create unique cabinets or tables with an antique look. Wood treated with the brushing method will ideally fit into the interior of apartments in the Provence or country style.

The described technique is suitable for processing floors, beams, panels and looks harmonious with forging and large plants.

Brushing is achieved:

• by treating the surface with a metal brush;
• cleaning from dust and wood residues;
• painting the finished area with a dark color;
• coating the prepared tabletop with varnish.

This method can be used to make items of various sizes.

Brushing is suitable for items made of wood, namely:

• pine trees;
• oak;
• larch;
• ash;
• nut.

Painting products to look antique

A popular method of aging wood is painting furniture products. Benches, cabinets and tables are usually painted. All kinds of chests of drawers and bookcases look original. Preliminary preparation of wood occurs as in the previously described methods. You can speed up the processing with a drill and a grinding wheel. When choosing paint, choose a washed-out, fuzzy color. Professional carpenters recommend using paint used for interior painting of walls and ceilings.

Before painting the product

1. They remove the fittings.
2. Remove the top layer of coating with sandpaper.
3. Clean the work area from dirt and dust particles with a soap solution.
4. The treated surface is dried.
5. Carefully lower the roller into the paint and paint the product.

It is recommended to start painting on an inconspicuous area to understand the whole process. You need to paint, forming wide and even strokes, preventing drips. Carefully paint the corners. The second layer of paint and varnish is applied only after the first layer has completely dried. Items begin to age after varnishing. Aging occurs in the following way:

• take fine-caliber sandpaper;
• Sandpaper is used to treat furniture parts that are susceptible to wear (corners, protruding elements).

The erasing process is controlled by the master.

Advantages of handmade furniture products

Antique furniture made by hand has a number of advantages:

1. Saving money.
2. Creation of a unique antique set.
3. Possibility of using different working techniques.
4. Things store the positive energy of the master.
5. A self-created item that will fit perfectly into the room.

When creating furniture with your own hands, it is worth thinking through its appearance down to the smallest detail.

Design and construction of homemade antique items

Before making antique furniture with your own hands, you need to prepare drawings and diagrams of the desired products. It is worth considering that the product must be disassembled, so the drawing must be carefully thought out and the step-by-step assembly of the parts must be depicted on paper. When creating a table, cabinet or antique chairs with your own hands, think about the design that will fit into the interior of the apartment.

How to age a table?

To make an antique table with your own hands, you need to prepare drawings of the intended design, tools, materials and begin the creative process.

Necessary material

To create quality antique furniture we use:

• natural wood from which the furniture will be created;
• paints and varnishes (stain, varnish);
• high-quality fittings (locks, mechanisms, handles) that match the style of the intended product;
• decorative items.

Having prepared the necessary material and drawings of the desired product, the processing of wood products begins.

Necessary tools

To make an antique wooden table with your own hands, you will need:

• sandpaper of different sizes;
• wire brush;
• hacksaw, saw;
• grinding machine with different attachments.

Making an antique table

Having prepared thoroughly, we carry out the following steps sequentially.

1. We disassemble the table into separate parts or make the product parts ourselves.

   

2. We process the surface of the product elements using wood files or sandpaper, removing old paint and varnish.

   

3. We study the prepared sketch.
4. We begin to manipulate the metal brush along the grain of the furniture.

   

5. The depth of the grooves is adjusted by repeated actions.

   

   

6. We clean wood from dust particles.

   

7. Cover the surface with dark stain (remove excess stain with a damp sponge).

   

8. We cover the product with the prepared varnish.

   

9. We leave the table elements to dry.
10. After drying, the parts are assembled together according to the diagram (assembly occurs using grooves, glue or furniture screws and hexagons).

Having finished assembling an antique table made with your own hands from high-quality wood, you will be pleased with the result of your work. Such furniture will decorate the interior of your living room or kitchen.

The final stage is decoration

Wooden furniture in antique style, made by hand, is decorated with all sorts of decorative elements:

• acanthoma;
• molding;
• overhead elements;
• cartouche;
• overlay pattern, etc.

Hand-decorated aged chairs, beds, cabinets look original and fit into the home interior of the country or Provence style. Hand-made antique furniture demonstrates the good taste and sense of style of the owner.

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