Aged furniture

Furniture with "history" gives the interior a unique style, refinement, nobility and creates a special cozy atmosphere in the room. However, any subject of antiques costs a lot of money, it takes efforts to maintain a decent appearance and can carry a certain historical negative. In this case, there is an excellent way to use the advantages of antique furniture without its shortcomings. Artificially aged furniture has no equal among other interior items. It will also create a unique atmosphere in your home, but it brings in someone else's energy and does not require restoration.

Furniture made of aged wood is appropriate not only in the classic style of the room. Imitation of antiquity is suitable for country, eclectic, baroque, eco, etc. Aged furniture in the style of Provence differs from other stylistic decisions by mandatory white staining and carved decorations of the products.

However, to create a harmonious and comfortable interior, you must follow certain rules. "Antique" furniture requires free space and plenty of light. For piling up, sophisticated details that set the tone for the entire room are lost. And the lack of good lighting makes the heavy furniture more gloomy.

Aged furniture from solid wood can not only decorate any room in the house, including a wine cellar or a bath, but also create an unusual interior in the country, in a restaurant, cafe or bar. Elegant and luxurious dressers, wardrobes, beds and sofas look great in the living room, bedroom, children's room or a respectable office.

The old kitchen furniture will satisfy the needs of the inhabitants of modern megacities, tired of faceless suites with laconic forms and cold metallic shine, in a unique and unconventional atmosphere.

Furniture aging techniques

The use of modern technologies of aging makes it possible to give a "touch of time" to a tree of almost any kind of rock, and not just to a tree. But before proceeding to the aging procedure, the surface is treated in a certain way. In this regard, the question of how to age white or lacquered furniture loses its relevance, because any wooden surface can be processed using one of these techniques:

1. Patination - a way of noble aging of objects with the help of a special film. Artificial patina can be applied to a variety of surfaces, including wood and MDF. Patinated surfaces are distinguished by a feeling of naturalness of the material. In addition, the film applied to furniture not only creates the effect of an old tree with a pronounced structure, but also gives the material additional thermal and moisture resistance. Therefore, patinated furniture, is actively used in the manufacture of kitchen sets.
2. Craquelure is a coating for creating the effect of cracking the surface. Cracks can pass through all layers of varnish (paint) or only through one. The paint of craquelure can be applied to any surface.
3. Brush - a mechanical method of surface treatment, after which more clearly and voluminously emerges the annual tree rings. But not all tree species are amenable to this treatment. Particularly impressive are pine, larch and oak, which have a pronounced structure of various densities.

Choose the same technique of aging furniture is necessary based on the desired result.

And as a result, aged wooden furniture will give the interior a special charm, make the house cozier and even refresh the interior. After all, furniture "under the old days" is a kind of time machine that can transfer you to another world and give you the opportunity to experience the connection of generations.