Comments on: DIY: Making New Look Old Again https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/ Reuse. Rehabilitate. Restore. Architectural salvage and repurposed pieces for the home. Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:49:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Reclaimed Home https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-216931 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:49:01 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-216931 Brooklyn, NY

]]> By: Cecil https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-216928 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 05:16:16 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-216928 Where r u located?
Would love to hire u to do a wall

]]> By: Brady https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-208434 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 15:45:46 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-208434 Sorry if this seems like a silly question. In step 6 it says “trowel sections of 1 sq ft” your just saying take it a foot at a time. your not actually letting it get “half way set up” before you do the next square foot right?
Thanks

]]> By: Candice https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-154221 Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:54:38 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-154221 In reply to Emilia.

Hi Emilia.

I am in love with this look and would like to try to create something like it as a feature wall in my entry way. Does it matter what kind of paint you use for the colours? And what do you recommend tinting your joint compound with?

Thank you,
Candice

]]> By: Meet Emilia | reclaimedhome.com https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-117921 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:39:59 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-117921 […] of you have already met Emilia through her DIY articles here or even back in the day when we did the Brooklyn Flea together. Well, now she’s […]

]]> By: Becky https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-114281 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:25:50 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-114281 That’s embarrassing…I meant milk paint. (I just got done using chalk paint on something else.) 😉
Thanks for the quick response! I can’t wait to give it a shot!

]]> By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-114224 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 05:21:06 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-114224 Hi Becky,

That color scheme sounds great! You can get those 4 colors and play with them to see what looks best before attempting it on the wall. Figuring out what looks good is the hard part. Get a primed piece of sheetrock or wood and run some tests.

A sealer is always a good idea for whatever technique you do, especially with multiple layers of cracked paint. You can buy totally matte finish online or at art supply stores if you can’t find them at your local hardware store. That might negate the need for chalk paint unless you really want to draw on it. Hmmm….draw on sections with “crumbling” around the edges. That could look cool, actually!

]]> By: Becky https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-114222 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 04:13:08 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-114222 This is cool! I’ve been looking for a tutorial like this for ages! Has anyone tried using chalk paint with this method? For a more matte finish? Did you put any kind of top coat on for protection or will it just keep crumbling? I’d like to do this in really light sage green, grey, cream and light browns….suggestions for the layering? I’d like the cream to be the top layer! Thanks!!!

]]> By: Coco&Cowe » Tuesday Tip: Distressed Walls https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-113591 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:00:59 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-113591 […] DIY: Emilia over at Reclaimed Home shows you her technique for making the new look old again. 2. Distressed Wall Coverings: Those […]

]]> By: COTTONTAIL CRAFT & VINTAGE » Scratchy. Peely. Weathered Surfaces. Tutorials https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-97612 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:04:29 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-97612 […] Wall tutorial from Reclaimed Home […]

]]> By: Emilia https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-88768 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:59:53 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-88768 Hi Elizabeth,
Thanks for the comment.
Well the process I wrote pretty much explains it. You can use whatever colors you like after the first step of appying the joint compound. I used just a mix of the orange , yellow ochre and greens sort of sporatic like an abstract painting and then when that dried I applied more joing compount and lifted it off when semi dry(as explained above) and then put other colors like browms..you can keep doing this and use as many layers until you get the desired look you want.
yes the last technique is the same only using more weathered crackle.
Hope this was of some help..if you have any further questions please feel free to contact me. If you are not getting the look you want I could do it for you.

]]> By: elizabeth https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-88752 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:47:49 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-88752 Hi Emilia,

So love the wall techniques. From the first pic, can you tell me which was base color, then color applied next, etc. Trying to determine from the colors I’m using, which will show the most and if is according to the order in which applied. And curious from last pic if the same technique was used just heavier with crackle glaze?

Thanks.

]]> By: gary https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-27955 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:45:41 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-27955 cool! they look like old venitian crumbling walls.good job !

]]> By: Renovation Therapy https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-27861 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:42:50 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-27861 Very cool!! I think Hallie at Holy Hudson is working on a similar project for her hallway.

]]> By: Emilia https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-27823 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:14:32 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/02/25/diy-making-new-look-old-again/#comment-27823 Thanks Sor:)

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