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How to: Distress a Painted Frame with Wax

January 30, 2015 By Laura

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Using my favorite shade of chalky finish paint plus some brown wax, I gave this frame a wonderfully distressed look! I framed a piece of printed burlap, and added a shabby bit of vintage lace seam binding for the finishing touch!

Did you know you can achieve a time-worn, distressed paint finish without sanding? You can!

I’m sharing the “how-to” over at Deja Vue Designs, with a makeover on this simple craft frame:

unfinished wood frame

Using my favorite shade of chalky finish paint plus some brown wax, I gave this frame a wonderfully distressed look!

chalk painted frame with brown wax

I framed a piece of printed burlap, and added a shabby bit of vintage lace seam binding for the finishing touch.

Click here to see my complete tutorial over at Deja Vue Designs: Distress a painted frame with wax.

shabby lace seam binding

Love the look of crinkly, shabby vintage lace like you see above?

To learn my easy tip on how to get this shabby, crinkly appearance with your own vintage lace, click this link: Crinkled Vintage Lace Seam Binding.

Happy crafting!

~Laura

Sharing this project over at Carolyn’s Homework!

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  1. DIY Burlap Bookmarks made in 10 minutes! says:
    February 3, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    […] The burlap fabric is backed with a slightly stiff material, which instantly had me thinking of easy bookmarks! Aren’t the printed patterns pretty? (Say that 10 times fast!)  I used the brown pattern in my recent distressed frame project. […]

Pet Scribbles is where I share my craft tutorials, home and garden projects, and occasional stories about my cats. I can never have enough pretty craft paints to work with, and I love to make things look time-worn with distressing and aging. Gardening is my therapy!

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