Battered old wood look - this is for tam ;)

firstly ensure the wood has been sanded down to al - natural, then apply first coat - use a different colour, I used steel grey.

once the paint has dried - apply vaseline to the area's where you would like the base colour to come through.

apply two coats of white or what ever you like on top of that and allow that to dry.

white the vaseline off, sand,hammer,scrape, take all your un wanted frustrations out on the piece and allow yourself to go wild