🔨 antique furniture: the characteristics and ways to implement their own hands

Make the interior a unique, add a touch of elegance and nobility helps antique furniture. Such products are much cheaper antiques, but they have a very similar appearance. Offer to meet with their features, manufacturing order with his own hands.

Characteristic features of the furniture, antique

learn a set, table or chair It can be the characteristic signs of dilapidation, testifying to the long life of each item. It can be:

• downed corners;
• deliberately uneven edge;
• frayed in places exposed to the greatest wear and tear;
• a non-uniform color;
• vyscherbinki, chips, scratchCharacteristic for a long period of use;
• traces corrosion on metal objects;
• cracked paint.

Attention! All defects are the result of a special treatment. The application of the subsequent protective coating guarantees a long lifetime of the furniture antique.

The color palette of antique furniture

The color of the furniture can be quite varied: from natural to bleached surfaces. Quite popular light colors. With their help it is possible to achieve the visual effect of long-term use of the product.

Sometimes used knockouts old paint. In the manufacturing process for the core layer composition is applied to a different color. Subsequent rubbing can achieve the effect of scrapes. often dark wax pounded on a light base.

Materials for the manufacture of furniture, antique

The cost and the appearance of furniture, antique largely depends on the type of wood and the chosen method of treatment. Most often, for the manufacture of products using the aged:

• pine. Soft material with a light shade and not very pronounced texture. Well it processed by cutting, but does not tolerate impact. Suitable for small items of furniture or carcasses;
• birch. Material with an average density. Not tolerate a change of humidity level in the room, but because even with high-quality protection can be cracked. Polishing and varnishing help emphasize the beautiful structure. Used for making table and chairs;
• beech. Treatment of this material is difficult due to its high density and strength. It has a high absorbability. Products need to be further processed moisture protection impregnation. Not the best option for bathroom. Used for the manufacture of frames and facades cabinet furniture, antique;
• oak. Strong wood with a beautiful texture. Good resistance to external impact. It responds poorly to machining. It requires well-honed and durable tool. It has a lot of weight. Used for making cabinets, commodes, countertops and others. Water resistance.

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«For furniture, antique sometimes used ash, cherry, walnut, cedar and other wood species. Each species has its own characteristics and advantages. "

Advantages and disadvantages of furniture, antique

Products antique have a number of indisputable advantages. They:

The disadvantage is the higher cost compared with products from MDF and Particleboard, The complexity of processing. It requires special tool and compositions.

Features antique furniture to a different style

Stylistic design of the room makes certain demands on the design of furniture installed. In some cases, headsets antique is used for emphasis. In other situations, it is the main element of the situation. We offer to get acquainted with the peculiarities of antique furniture of different styles.

Country Chalet

For the country style characterized by rough outlines, rough surfaces, sharp lines. Most often used for design kitchens and dining rooms. Perhaps gilt decoration facade for a grand appearance.

Attention! Country style is to use only natural colors. Bright color is invalid.

Chalet style typical for the hunting lodges. It is simple and practical. All surfaces have a natural color. When gruff performance they look very unusual. With proper selection of the remaining objects, the interior looks very harmonious.

Provence and vintage

A characteristic feature Provence It is white aged furniture or furniture, decorated in pastel colors. On their surface must present the characteristic cracks and abrasions. Accessories and textiles bright colors will help to dilute the situation. Sometimes the facades are made using vegetable painting.

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«Arrange accents using wicker items. Baskets, benches and hanging lockers can be a stylish element of the interior. "

Period furniture antique differs smooth lines. It is appropriate in a modern style as well as in the interior, executed in black and white and gray scale. To choose the right color of the product, you can emphasize the monochrome design. Vintage headset appropriate in different areas: living room, Office, bedroom.

Shabby-chic

A distinctive feature of style Shabby-chic is a slight aging of the surface. Furniture reminds headsets manufactured in the middle of the last century. Surfaces are frayed. The illusion translucent pattern.

Headsets are performed with light pastel colors. Vintage elements have a convex pattern. All products produced exquisite. expensive materials used to manufacture them. The décor is often used angels and roses.

Antique furniture in the interior

It is difficult to imagine wood furniture and antique, in a modern interior. In this case it is necessary to get acquainted with the already implemented projects. Perhaps some of them will want to use as ideas for future implementation.

Hallway and living room

For hall you can make the most diverse furniture, the size of which depends on the configuration and squaring the room. The most popular option are the cabinets, which are used for storage. possible to produce hangers, Chests of drawers, pedestals for shoes.

In the living room would be appropriate:

• massive bookcasesHaving plaque decay;
• chests of drawers with shaped frame. They can be used as a stand for the decoration items;
• round coffee table and carved podstolya.

Tip! In selecting an appropriate option to consider room area and products.

Bedroom and bathroom

Bedroom set can contain a variety of items. The choice depends on the desired result.

Bathroom selected furniture with suitable color and characteristics. Are requirements for moisture resistance. Offer to get acquainted with interesting options:

Kitchen

For kitchen should make a dining table with volumetric tabletop. Its chief ornament can become curly legs, combined with elements of tipazhnosti chairs. Appropriate case, the design of which must be combined with the selected stylistic direction.

Manufacturing of furniture to the old days with his own hands: how to use the different ways

Form made old surface can be a variety of ways. We offer different options to meet the manufacture of furniture, antique.

chemical treatment

The process is relevant for products of pine. Applied to the surface of special reagents providing cracking the base material. It is quite difficult to implement at home. This method involves the use of substances harmful to human health and the environment. If you decide to resort to such an option, be sure to comply with the requirements for the safe use of aggressive substances.

Heat treatment

Formation of an aged surface by thermal effect It is also associated with certain difficulties. The work is performed in the following sequence:

Illustration	Description of the action
	On the treated surface directed flames. For this purpose, a special soldering iron, a lamp or torch. As a result, the surface layer breaks unevenly. The degree of inhomogeneity can be controlled.
	Annealed board handled stiff brush or sandpaper. As a result, manage to remove the excess ash and give the necessary surface smoothness.
	On the prepared surface is covered with two coats of linseed oil. The second is applied after the first completely dry.

brushed

Age the surface in this manner may be as follows:

Illustration	Description of the action
	Using stiff brushes with the upper layer removed soft wood fibers. You can use hand tools or use appropriate nozzles.
	Covers the surface of white polyurethane primer with a high percentage of dry residue. You can use a brush or a spray. We wait complete drying of the composition.
	We grind the surface thoroughly and remove the lint.
	Apply the varnish, which introduced a number of gray color pigment.
	Remove excess varnish, achieving the desired effects of aging.

Patinated and gilt

Create a plaque of old, you can use patination. Works are carried out in the following sequence:

• a layer of lacquer;
• after drying lacquered surface patina layer;
• Half an hour after application of the composition of the metal surface is treated with a brush. The greater the force applied, the greater will be the effect;
• the surface is wiped with cloth;
• lacquered base.

We offer watch the video to better understand the intricacies of the process:

Gilding furniture antique can be done in different ways. Possible formation golden webs with a sponge soaked in paint with suitable characteristics. Gilding potal executed in the following sequence:

• on hammers finishing the surface with a brush-applied adhesive Mordan for gilding. The base is covered by a uniform layer;
• preparing foil;
• fingers dusted with chalk;
• potal applied to the base and uniformly distributed over the substrate. Existing gaps can be eliminated by foil pieces;
• finished surface is polished and coated with a varnish layer.

Staining with effect craquelure

To implement this method requires a special aging furniture lacquer "craquelure", which when applied to typical microcracks occur on the surface. Works are carried out in the following sequence:

• the prepared substrate is applied the base composition. Its color matches the color of the future of microcracks;
• over the dried base coat is applied craquelure. Smears made strictly in one direction;
• applied color. It facilitates manifestation of asperities characteristic;
• surface is coated with a layer of protective varnish.

Share in the comments, what way of furniture aging you've ever tried, or how do you like the most.