Finishes Guide

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Katie's Light House offers a tremendous variety of high quality finishes representing different levels of authenticity and distressing. Use this guide to help decide which finish is right for you.

Antique Tin

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Antique tin is our oldest finish, and is truly unique in the industry for its authenticity and durability.

Rusty

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For those who like their primitives to look even more weathered, our Rusty finish is a great option.

Painted

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Our painted finishes are available for tin as well as wood products. Each painted finish is carefully chipped and distressed by artisan painters. Our painted finishes are by far the best in the industry.

Authentique

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The Authentiques finish is our the most weathered and primitive looking of all of our finishes. These finishes make your chandelier look like the genuine artifact in a way that our other painted finishes do not.

Recommended Finishes

These finishes represent our most popular finish types and color combinations. They are tried and true, the most beautiful and sought after finishes we produce.

Antique Tin
Milk Paint Black Crackle over Barn Red with Spicy Mustard Trim
Milk Paint Black Crackle over Spicy Mustard with Barn Red Trim
Milk Paint Black Rub over Barn Red with Spicy Mustard Trim
Milk Paint Pumpkin Spice Stain
Milk Paint Mustard Crackle over Black
Milk Paint Buttermilk Crackle over Black

Paint Swatches

Both our Painted finishes and our Authentiques finishes use the same basic paint colors shown below. However, Authentiques finishes usually come out darker due to additional antiquing. Each product can have up to three finish colors: a Base Coat, a Crackle Coat, and a Trim Color.

Note: Actual finished product may differ slightly from swatches.

Sample	Name	Painted (Click Thumbnail to Enlarge)	Authentique (Click Thumbnail to Enlarge)
	Barn Red
	Black
	Blue
	Brown
	Buttermilk
	Mustard
	Pumpkin Spice		Not Available for Authentiques
	Sage Green
	Spicy Mustard