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Faux Bois Glaze Technique
Faux Bois (or Fake Wood) is just one of several painting techniques used on our furniture. Here is a quick post to see how it's done.
A few weeks ago, someone on my Facebook page suggested I share how I create the faux bois (fake wood) technique I have on a few of my pieces. It’s really pretty cool and something I was intimidated by before I got the hang of it. I ended up watching a ton of YouTube videos about the technique. Leave it to Martha Stewart to make the supplies I would need, available at my favorite store – Home Depot!
A client happened to stop in last week looking for that technique on her little 3-drawer stand, which worked out perfectly so I could blog about it.
I gave it one coat of primer and three coats of purple paint. Once it was all dry, I got started faux bois-ing it.
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The supplies I use:
-Martha Stewart heart grain rocker
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-Martha Stewart Metallic Glaze – comes in several colors
-old paint brush
I start by covering the whole surface with an even coat of glaze.
Depending on the width of the piece I’m working on, I make several “passes” with the rocker. It’s called a rocker because you drag it through the glaze as steady as possible and rock it to form the wood grain.
I then go over it again with more passes until the whole thing has wood grain.
I won’t lie. More often than not I mess it up and have to start over. But that’s the beauty of the glaze – it doesn’t dry fast. If a pass with the rocker isn’t to my liking, I just brush over it and go again. Although, I do have to fight the tendency to make each pass perfect. I could make myself crazy if I went down that path.
It's a pretty fun and funky way to spice up a piece of furniture - I'm just cautious not to overdo it. Too much can be overpowering.
So what do you think? This little purple stand will certainly make a statement in a room!