Distress Wood With A Razor Blade

As I was doing a bit of Christmas clean up, I wanted to do something to our TV console because it was so dark. I didn't want to see all the "electronics".

My husband wanted a console that had NO doors so the stereo system would respond to the remotes etc - etc....

This space doesn't work well for switching out cd's anyway so I'll move that stuff to a new place where we can relax and listen to music.

I planned to make a burlap knot cloth to cover up the opening of the console. Then I remembered that I had picked up a wood dresser last summer for $5 at a tag sale.
It was in the garage buried under "stuff".

I can be impatient when it comes to putting a room together.

I like to put it together fast, easy and with what I already have.

So I quickly sanded the chest of drawers with 120 grit sand paper
and my hand sander.

I usually have white spray paint on hand and luckily I had two cans. Whew!

(I wasn't going to get cleaned up or even get out of my pajamas for that matter
- just to go to the store for spray paint)

Once the paint was on I let it dry mostly.

I wanted this piece to be rough and chipped and have lots of wood showing through.

I didn't want to sand it because I'd have to wait a bit longer for the paint to dry.
It was about 2 degrees outside so the drying process was way slow anyway.

So - I took a plain old razor blade and started scraping lengthwise with the grain.

Peel paint - wipe blade. Peel paint - wipe blade.