How to distress your furniture with chalk paint.
Distressed chalk paint table and chairs.
And not only that but chalk paint had the power to free diyers of the dreadful curse of stripping sanding and priming their pieces.
Discover the secret the pros aren t telling you.
Chalk paint can be used to paint almost anything walls kitchen cabinets metal wood and even fabric but the most common use is to give new life to old furniture or to make newer pieces look old.
Start with a coarse pad and move down to medium and then fine depending on the furniture you re painting and how distressed you want your paint work.
The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.
Your piece of furniture should be dry to the touch as well room temperature before you dive in.
This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors.
Not so obvious from the photo is the extent of prep work required on this piece.
I use only two tools when distressing furniture painted in chalk paint.
Make sure you have the right tools to properly distress furniture.
Using annie sloan sanding pads annie removed the top coat of paint to reveal the colour beneath.
This will take your painted furniture to the next level and provide an authentic distressed look to your painted furniture.
Chalk paint possessed magical powers.
Annie sloan developed her un.
To wrap up the year my furniture fixer upper friends and i decided to put together some of our favorite painted furniture makeovers we use a variety of brands of furniture paint as well as different furniture painting techniques.
Annie shows you how to create a two colour distress using her signature technique and two colours from the chalk paint palette.
The number one tool to get proven results.
These are some of the best and most beautiful chalk paint furniture ideas from amazingly talented diy bloggers who specialize in painted furniture makeovers.
If it is still cold to the touch that is an indicator that it is not dry.
You can just dive right in.