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Transform Your Crates With A Distressed Look


Happy Monday everyone! Let's start out the week with something to look forward to. I don't know about you, but I always enjoy planning for a project and looking forward to doing something creative.

You ever have any projects that you have been planning for a while? This past weekend, Ray and I, worked on a DIY project that we had been talking about for a while. It finally happened, and it was oh so rewarding! 

We tranformed our crates and gave it a grey distressed look! 

Instructions: This is the before picture! The crates are just your ordinary run of the mill crates, that I got from Michaels. You can get your wood or crate of choice that you would like to distress. 


Start with a Dark Walnut Stain ( Minwax Woodstain 2716). Coat with the entire crate/wood with the stain.


Use a rag and wipe the excess stain. The longer you keep the stain, the darker the grey stain, and less you keep the stain, the lighter grey it will be. 


Take a rag, use white paint and rub the white paint dipped rag over the crate.  


Let the crate dry. 



 That's it! It's that easy! Try out the distressed look yourself!

To make it more fun, try it out with your spouse! We had a lot of fun getting our hands dirty and working together.


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  1. PaperBirchDesignAugust 28, 2017 at 6:40 PM

    Yes!! Try it out! Maybe you could show me how to add lettering to it!

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