Marian Parsons—mother, wife, and creative soul—was crushing on hand-painted antique European furniture. She coveted the timeworn look but couldn’t rationalize the price or preciousness, especially ...

A set of basic wooden furniture is housed within a space full of distressed wood walls and floor planks. - Pakin Songmor/Getty Images ...

Anthony Acosta, 45, owns Distressed Design, a handcrafted artisan lighting studio that he primarily runs out of his home workshop in Midland. Distressed Design offers professionally made, custom ...

Kathy Austin buys battered, second-hand furniture for a few dollars, and turns it into pieces worth thousands, through her business, Peacocks and Roses. But the Southampton resident admits when she ...