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Advantages over natural wood are the resistance to wear and damage, the ease of cleaning and with no maintenance it is a great flooring finish for bathrooms, hallways, kitchens & conservatories. Featuring the unique and enveloping aesthetics of handcrafted wood, Vintage combines attentionto detail of traditional carpenters with the practical nature and technical characteristics of modern porcelain stoneware, adding elegance,warmth and personality to environments, also in a modern style. Vintage is available in six colours in the formats 25x100, 16.5 x100 and15x60 cm, with two surfaces for indoor and outdoor use. The range is enriched by innovative elements to decorate in an original way. Touch and feel the naturalness of the wood… Natura Wood series engraves the most natural stance of the wood on the ceramic, just as an embroidery. It offers the same warmth and magic, along with the advantages of the ceramic. One of its different shades will surely fascinate you… The ever more popular wood effect tiles use the latest ink jet technology to give a superb reproduction of natural wood.
Available in variety of shades, they provide the beautiful look of natural wood combined with all the benefits of tiles. They are resistant to wear and tear, easy to clean and with no maintenance it is a great flooring finish for bathrooms, hallways, kitchens & conservatories. Blendart, the new collection signed Ceramica Sant'Agostino, is not only a ceramic interpretation of a scrapwood, or a simply distressed wood, but conveys a marked metropolitan spirit. This porcelain recreates the charming veining of wood in a new version: the extraordinary "paint effect" overlaps with the original knotty nature of the wooden material before any further processing, as if time had wanted to leave an indelible mark. The mix of these elements results in an artistic and painting wood with a raw modern mood, ideal for floor and wall coverings of contemporary rooms. NEW Range of beautiful wood effect floor tiles From Cifre which will create a warm feel in your home. Now available in different colours.
Jimki a hard, very good imitation of natural plank it faithfully reproducing the melee, ideal for modern spaces both on the floor and on the walls, terraces, balconies, bathrooms, living rooms, saunas and swimming pools. 4 tiles on one side create the impression of smaller boards with invisible seams between the tiles.Next Gallery8 Small-Space Solutions for Shared Kids’ RoomsView GalleryAt Period Living, we are often asked how to upcycle dark brown furniture using a distressed paint effect to evoke French country style. Dark brown wooden furniture – that tribe of low-value, clunky pieces dating from the late-19th and early-20th centuries – suffers from an image problem. With today’s preference for light, airy and uncluttered interiors, ordinary brown furniture can be hard to work into a room scheme. As a result, perfectly serviceable pieces of Victorian, Edwardian and early-20th-century furniture are often chopped up into firewood or thrown into a skip. However, if you like the basic design of a piece and have use for it, then it can be uplifted, upcycled and transformed with a bit of imagination and several layers of paint.
Related articles: Furniture upcycling projects to inspire you | How to create vintage paint effects | Annie Sloan shares her inspirations | How to choose paint 1. Clean up the wood: Remove any loose or flaking paint or varnish. Scrub the table with sugar soap and hot water to get rid of grease and dirt. Mop up the surplus water as you work or it may raise the grain of the wood. Rinse with clean water and wipe dry with rags. Allow to dry naturally and if necessary lightly smooth with fine glasspaper. 2. Prepare the surface: The primer we used, Owatrol ESP, prepares shiny surfaces for painting, so you don’t have the laborious job of stripping or sanding back paint or varnish. Using a clean dry cloth, wash the table with a generous amount of ESP. Leave to dry for a minimum of two hours. When dry, the surface will be dull and slightly grainy. 3. Apply the first coat of paint: Unlike most water-based paints, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint can be applied straight on to the wood without using a primer.
Stir the paint for the first coat – we used Old White. If it’s too thick, add a little water. Apply with a synthetic-mix bristle brush big enough to cover efficiently, but without overloading the brush or applying too thickly. 4. Create depth and shading: Once the first coat is dry use a narrow brush to apply the second coat – we used Paris Grey – to the legs and to the edge of the table. Painting brown furniture draws attention to the shape and emphasises mouldings, so highlighting some areas will produce a greater depth when distressing and ageing the finish. 5. Apply the final coat of paint: Next brush on the top coat of paint – we used Country Grey for perfect French country style- over the whole piece. Leave it for a couple of hours to dry. A note of caution: when emulsion paints are applied to a non-porous finish, such as ESP, they will take longer to completely cure – up to 30 days, so treat furniture very carefully after it’s been painted. 6. Apply a layer of wax: Apply a thorough coating of clear wax using a brush, cloth or sponge.