The Designer Insider: Traditional Rooster Lamp

Jun 1, 2012

Traditional Rooster Lamp

Traditional Metal Rooster Lamp
This special rooster lamp is made of wrought iron and tin to form this themed lamp. The lamp is finished in a dark charcoal with gold for distressing. A rustic texture with an antiqued glazed parchment paper shade. See this item at The Designer Insider, C06864.

Brush On Aging! Paint Lessons 101

1- Sand your unfinished furniture piece.
2- Apply paste wax in the corners or places you do not want the paint to adhere.
3- Coat entire surface with primer.
4- Choose two shades of paint. One for the undercoat to show through and one for the topcoat.
5- Paint with the first coat of paint (undercoat).
6- Add additional paste wax on areas where you want the undercoat to show through after the first coat dries.
7- Paint the second color.
8- Scour sections of the furniture with a wire brush or coarse sandpaper to encourage the "aging" process!