The first layer of the gray wash wood technique is a dark wood stain. If you are using new wood, like we were in our DIY cookbook stand, you can apply the wood stain directly to t… 展开

To get the gray wash look, we’re going to mix white paint with water at a 50/50 ratio. This watered-down paint is what gives it that “wash” characteristic, meaning that the paint cover is op… 展开

Within 30 seconds or so wipe off the paint from the surface with a dry lint-free rag. Depending on how small your project is, you should attempt to paint the entire surface and the… 展开

This step is optional and wasn’t planned. Once I got the gray wash paint added to the stained surface, I ran into some issues with imperfections where there were areas overlapping with … 展开