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If you have been to a furniture store lately, you've probably noticed that "distressed" furniture is all the rage. Sadly, the furniture makers have done a relatively poor job, because the distressing is all done by machine, and you can always spot a pattern in their supposedly random distressing. For me, this makes it hardly worth noticing, much less buying. Most people who are into bare wood furniture are "do it yourself" types who are constantly searching for new tips and tricks to make their results stand out that much more, and if you'd like to give your next piece of furniture a nice, natural, random distressed look, then read on. Simply take a 3’-4’ length of chain and work the furniture over with moderately hard blows. Not too hard, as we don’t want to crack anything, but definitely hard enough to leave marks! Distress your bare wood furniture to taste, then sand and stand as normal. The “bruises” and indentations will be differently colored and the overall effect will be a rugged, weathered look that’s quite attractive. Yes, it is true that this tip isn't for everyone. There's no taking it back once you start (get a test board to experiment with if you're not sure), but trust me, I've done several pieces this way, and they look great! If you're still not convinced though, here's another tip you might like a bit better. When sanding your bare wood furniture in preparation for staining, sometimes it happens. As you’re bent over the wood, that bead of sweat that was building up on your forehead decides it’s no longer content there, and splat! Right onto the wood. If you just stain it at this point, you’ll have a watermark where the stain reacts visibly differently to that spot of the wood, so what to do? You could simple run with it of course. Just write it off as a character mark and let it go. That works, but if you wipe the entire piece down with a damp rag, you'll minimize its visibility (and often make it invisible).
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