Spring is approaching! Are you getting excited for warmer weather? I certainly am! I’m going to share with you how you can create a natural looking wood grain. Only it’s all paint and stain! Not actual wood!
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What you need:
- Wood grainer (I purchased this one at Lowes)
- Paint (any chalk based or mineral based paint will work! I Used Shabby Paints Lillian Gray!🙂
- Gel Stain (I Used Rustolem Gray Gel stain! SOLD AT WAL-MART! Whoohoo!
This technique works great on flat surface! Perfect for table tops, dresser tops, top of chest of drawers, desks or coffee tables!
To Begin paint your surface so it is completely covered and the paint is dry. You will need 2-3 coats of paint. When paint is fully dry. You are ready for the fun part! The wood graining tool!
Brush your gel stain in one long stroke with a paint brush. While gel stain IS WET you want to drag and “rock” your wood grainer through the gel stain. Pull the wood graining tool. This will help to create a long wood grain effect. EXCITING! After you have done one section apply more gel stain next to the finished wood grain section and continue to wood grain each section of gel stain. I found that if you can work in loooooong sections it makes the wood graining look more natural.
You can watch the entire process here! Feel free to comment on the video if you have any questions. I’ll try my best to help. 🙂 The video is me showing you the process!
OR click the video below! I show you the entire process! 🙂 lol This was my first wood grain technique in about two years!
Our finished dresser! My husband was so excited about this piece that we canceled the dresser we had ordered from wayfair! Ha. Silly I know..I ordered furniture!?
Let 2020 be the time you start your painted furniture adventure! I started and knew nothing! Like 0 about painting furniture! 5 years latter and I still love painting furniture and have learned so much along the way! Learning to paint furniture is really like baking a cake. You just need the right ingredients and the right procedure and you’re good to go! You can totally do this!
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