How to Use Furniture Wax and Antiquing Dust on Thrift Store Finds

Y’all know I’ve had a rough relationship with furniture wax in the past. But I’m determined to conquer this technique! So today I’m sharing my last waxing project… a thrift store jewelry cabinet makeover with furniture wax and antiquing dust. My first reaction? It’s worth waxing just so I can play with the dust! Here’s what the jewelry cabinet looked like before I started.

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I started by cleaning the jewelry cabinet with a rag and spray cleaner. This one wasn’t too dirty. I removed the glass but chose to leave the hardware on and just paint it this time.

I then gave this jewelry cabinet 2 coats of paint. Here’s how it looked after one coat of paint.

When all the paint was completely dry, I waxed it with the furniture wax and pounced on the antiquing dust. (Scroll down and watch the video to see exactly how I did this.)

After waiting 30 minutes I lightly brushed the excess antiquing dust off and buffed the wax. This gave a very subtle aged look in the crevices of the jewelry cabinet.

I wanted a little extra detail so I used my foam brush to stencil a pattern on the sides of the drawers.

Sometimes it’s easy to actually show you, so I’ve included the Facebook Live video where I showed how I used the furniture wax and antiquing dust on some frames.

Several of you asked about my t-shirt… here’s where I got my My Favorite Color is RUST T-shirt.

To complete the door, I traced the original glass onto my decorative metal sheet and cut it out. I used E6000 to glue it in and also gave it a couple of staples to make sure it wouldn’t pop out.

I still like the idea of adding something to the sides of the drawers. Gives it a little extra style!