Unfortunately I didn't take a 'before' photo, but it was a very dark wood colour.
First off I sanded the piece, then painted in in a duck egg blue colour. I did a couple coats of this and left it to dry overnight. Once dry I rubbed on some wax from an old candle to the places I would be distressing, e.g the corners and sides. I then painted with a couple layers of off white paint so that none of the blue could show through. Once again it was left overnight to dry. Once dry I lightly sanded the edges to reveal the blue underneath, some places I did it a bit hard and the dark wood is showing. But I quite like that anyway!
I still need to give it that finishing touch by either sanding and/or varnishing.
If you are looking to distress something of your own, I recommend looking around at different techniques and practising on something small first!!
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