I’m a big fan of the distressed and chippy furniture…love the rustic country look for my decor. That’s why I’m sharing this cool technique with you today!
My very favorite distressing technique with furniture is the chippy paint look. I didn’t know exactly how to go about doing this and ran across this great tutorial.
I had heard about the vaseline trick before, so I decided to give it a try (you can also use candle wax), after checking out the tutorial.
You put the vaseline on the furniture, where you don’t want paint to stick. Then you paint it like you normally would.
After the paint was dry I took a sanding block and rubbed off where the vaseline was. I could see where it was because the places with the vaseline were a little bit raised. The vaseline made the paint rub right off. It was so easy and I just love the look!
The cabinet I wanted to paint had dark wood, which is what I wanted to show through. You could easily paint it your first color, apply the vaseline and then paint your top color. Then when you rub off the vaseline you get the 1st layer of paint showing through.
Watch how Jami Ray does this cool technique in her step by step tutorial.
