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How to Get A Reclaimed Wood Look For Less

Do You Like The Look of Reclaimed Wood?  You will love this technique.

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Begin with a sample board and apply oil-based gray stain to age the wood..

Wear protective gloves to apply oil-based stain to the wood.   

The oil-based stain will turn the new wood into a soft gray that appears like old wood.  

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The new wood has stained and is now dry.  It appears to be reclaimed wood.   Now it's ready for the whitewash.

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Use a dry brush technique to apply white paint over the stained board.

This is what the whitewash sample board looks like.

Doesn't it look great on the ceiling?     This ceiling technique is a focal point of the farmhouse.

Use this Technique for other projects.

the address sign has the same whitewash technique as the ceiling.

The new wood on the DIY Kitchen Island has been aged to look like old barn wood.  

I used the same technique as the island top for the open shelving.

Even the stair treads received the aging technique before being stained.

See more details about aging new wood.  

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