# How to Distress Walls
Distressing is a finishing technique that is used to make furniture look worn and aged, but it can also be used to make walls look older. If you have brand-new walls, it creates a jarring effect with your distressed or shabby chic furniture. Take the time to distress your walls, giving them a cracked and aged patina. This gives your home a well-loved, antique look that compliments your design ideas and your aesthetic style.
Things You'll Need
- Drop cloth
- Off-white paint
- Paintbrush
- Paint roller
- Paint tray
- Bucket
- Ocher artist’s acrylic paint
- Burnt sienna artist’s acrylic paint
- Raw umber artist’s acrylic paint
- Water-based glazing liquid
- Paint stirrer
Instructions
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Put down a drop cloth to protect the flooring and the furniture.
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Apply 2 coats of a warm off-white paint using a paintbrush and paint roller and allow the paint to dry thoroughly. Depending on factors like temperature or humidity, this may take several hours or a day.
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Mix ½ tablespoon of ocher artist’s acrylic, 1 tablespoon of burnt sienna artist’s acrylic, 1 teaspoon of raw umber artist’s acrylic, 1½ cups of water and 3 cups of a water-based glazing liquid in a bucket. Mix thoroughly using a paint stirrer.
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Pour the glaze into a paint tray.
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Apply the glaze to the wall using a paint roller. Spread the glaze on the wall unevenly to create a distressed effect, leaving the glaze thin in some places and thick in others.
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