{Before & After} – Ultra Distressed Bench

Sweet Pickins Furniture - Sherwin Williams Dill

My dad found me this sweet little bench a couple weeks ago.  It was one of those that i loved right away and couldnt wait to get it painted.  I loved the lines of the bench and that the paint was already really flaky – flaky finishes are perfect for getting an ultra chippy, distressed, weathered look.

Sweet Pickins Furniture - Sherwin Williams Dill

I gave it a good sanding with my orbital sander to get all the loose paint off.  Then, i skipped the primer since the bench already had a lot of texture and i knew that my paint wood stick.  Plus i was going for a highly distressed, chippy paint look anyways – so i didnt need the primer.

After giving it one heavy coat of paint, i let it dry and then took my orbital sander to it to give it a heavily distressed finish – my favorite finish of all :)

After distressing i gave it a coat of poly to seal in all the chippy goodness…

Sweet Pickins Furniture - Sherwin Williams Dill

Sweet Pickins Furniture - Sherwin Williams Dill

Sweet Pickins Furniture - Sherwin Williams Dill

Sweet Pickins Furniture - Sherwin Williams Dill

The 411

Paint = Sherwin Williams Dill

Clear Coat = Varathane water based poly in a gloss

Distressing technique = orbital sander, post found here