Like I need another hour in the day, I’ve picked up a new hobby – painting furniture. Refinishing and/or painting furniture can breathe new life into an outdated piece, bringing it from old and boring to modern and contemporary.
Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan is a versatile paint that would work beautifully on furniture without priming or sanding. It’s easy to use, quick to dry and can use the paint with a variety of paint techniques. It has a velvety, ultra matte finish and comes in an array of gorgeous colours.
How easy is it to paint furniture? So easy! You can use Chalk Paint™ decorative paint by Annie Sloan to reveal the grain in wood creates a classic rustic look with an ultra-thin layer of paint, or paint a piece of furniture several coats for a smooth finish. Or you can achieve a vintage look, or a rustic chipped look – depending on the furniture you are refinishing.
I needed a new foyer table and knew that I would like to find a used piece to refinish. After some searching, I found this antique front hall table.
After looking through the Chalk Paint™ colours, I knew I wanted to do a vintage look on this piece. My hallway is quite narrow so I wanted a lighter colour to open up the space. So I decided on Old White.
Here is the before piece:
Here is a photo of the table after painting two coats but before waxing:
Here is a photo of the table after painting applying clear soft wax, and a tiny amount of dark soft wax:
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Enter to win an Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan Mini Project Pack! Containing everything needed to create a small project, such as a chair or bedside table, the mini pack includes two small project pots of Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan (100ml) – in colours of your own choice, 1 tin of Clear Soft Wax (125ml), 1 tin of Dark Soft Wax (125ml) and a small pure bristle brush. The Pack includes pointers for creating your own masterpiece, and more guidance is available on the Annie Sloan website and YouTube channels.
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52 Comments
What a great job! I would love to try something like this.
I have a buffet that is begging for paint.
I have a coffee table that desperately needs a makeover and I’ve been dying to try this chalk paint!
We have a small bookcase for our grandson that desperately needs some work! This would be great!
I love this stuff. Am totally drooling. So many things around here could use some Annie Sloan TLC, including a hall bench and a side table.
Wow! What a transformation! Great job!
I’d love to paint some end tables that we have! Great job, Maria!
I have a vintage kitchen hutch, in an odd green colour, that belonged to my great-great aunt. I think with a coat of paint it would become more useful!
I have a small magazine rack that I have been wanting to redo, so this might be perfect for it!
I have a old homemade shelf that would look amazing with a coat of chalk paint!
I would love to redo my daughter’s dresser and a stand I have my plants on!
I’d like to paint our coffee table!
I would love to paint some of my dark antiques into light colours.
I would like to paint an old chair I have had for years.
I’d like to paint my desk
i would paint the kids small table
I’d paint the bookshelf in my sons room. It doesn’t match anything else
I have 2 little chairs that would be great to paint.
I’d love to paint my daughter’s dresser. We’ve renovated her bedroom and we’ve love to update the 50/60 year old dresser.
I would love to paint my kids table and chair set.
I would love to paint my sons dresser!
I have a coffee table that desperately needs a makeover
i would do my china cabinet
I want to paint my side table
I would love to paint my daughter’s bed. It was a hand-me-down and a fresh coat of paint would spruce it up very nicely.
An old office chair I really need to give a makeover.
I have a small night table and I would like to give it a nice makeover and reuse it
My coffee table
a dresser in our bedroom!
I’d love to paint a second hand shelving unit.
I have two end tables that are not beautiful. I’d love to paint them with this
I have a cabinet I’m trying to convert to the family organization ‘hub’ to keep everything there and organized and I think this paint would be perfect!
I have an old green table that I would love to refresh with this.
I actually would like to paint our tv stand, it just feels so blah
I have a side table that I would paint or my tv stand
a couple of small side tables would use this well
I have a sideboard and hutch that needs some TLC
I want to paint my side table
I am turning the casing of my electric fireplace into a puppet theatre for my toddler so this would be perfect ..
id paint a table
The end of my counter top is plain and I’d love to chalk paint it.
I have an old dresser that I’d love to paint.
My daughter’s dresser and desk to match.
We have a few pieces of furniture that need a new coat of paint and it seems like this paint is forgiving to a bad painter like me.
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I have my grandfathers old wooden trunk he had in the army and it really needs to be redone
I have a dresser that has lots of detail work that could use a makeover
I have a end table I want to finish
I have an old coffee table I want to paint.
I would like to paint a dresser that I have.
I have just the project in mind for this – a brand new (to me!) mail table for my front hallway that needs to be updated. This would be a great way to make it look priceless.