If you have old furniture in your house, you do not have to toss it out right away.
One way that you can make your used chairs, tables or armoires look like new is to paint it.
You can use a variety of different techniques when you paint your old furniture to look like new that will end up giving it a whole new look.
If you have old furniture, you may be tempted to toss it in the trash.
But if you spend a little bit of time on it, you will find that you can recycle it so that it looks appealing.
Painting is easy and can bring a whole new life to any old but favorite piece.
Before you start painting you will want to take out any drawers as well as take off the handles.
If the furniture is varnished or has a veneer, you are going to have to paint over it with primer.
Paint primer will make paint stick to anything, even tiled floors.
You will need to give all veneered pieces a couple of coats of paint primer that you can find in your paint store, to get it ready for painting.
Choose a color that you will like and will brighten up the room.
One choice you may want to make is to paint it a pastel color that will be bright, especially if it has been a dark piece of wood.
You can simply paint it white, or you can use a variety of different techniques to get it the way that you want.
You can give the painting a distressed look easily enough.
You just have to paint the furniture and then rub off certain spots with a piece of fine sand paper.
This will make it look like the piece is worn.
You can even paint an undercoat and then rub off some of the top coat to allow the undercoat to show through.
This is often done with patina painting techniques in which a gold undercoat is used over a soft blue green color.
Crackle painting is another technique that you can use when you are panting furniture and gives the item a worn, antique look that is also attractive.
You can find crackle paint kits as well as other types of decorative paint kits at your local craft store.
You can paint furniture and also paint floors or throw rugs to match the new furniture.
With throw rugs, you can use a fabric dye and dye them so that they match the new decor.
This is an easy way to keep the throw rugs in the home without having to get rid of them.
If you have a plain area rug, you can paint a design on it and use the same design on the painted furniture.
Using stencil designs or hand stamps is one way that you can refinish your old furniture after painting.
If you do not want it to look too plain, you can add a decorative paint touch.
Once you start to paint old furniture, you will never get rid of old furniture again.