While you’re it, learn how to create a paint that looks like wood. I’ve found that using gun bluing gives off-the-shelf hardware an attractive, aged patina. Simply dip nuts, bolts, washers or other ...

This late-17th-century dressing box would not be of such value or interest were a restoration to strip it of its patina. Daderot, CC0. Antique furniture has survived for hundreds of years before ...