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Friday, May 13, 2011
Chalk Paint Dresser for Mom
My Mother has had this little baby chest since she was a little girl. When I was little it was used as my clothing storage. It has been painted many colors-the last one being yellow. For a gift for my Mom I decided to take some Annie Sloans chalk paint to it. I used the Old White for the top and Louis Blue mixed with a little Paris Gray for the bottom.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Chalk Paint.....oh how I love thee
Wow! is all I can say. I first heard about it here from Miss Mustard Seed. Then I went here & placed my order and had a wonderful chat on the phone with the owner. So today when the UPS man rang my doorbell-I about tackled him to get that box outta his hands. Unfortunately I dont have an amazing piece of furniture to paint (yet) so I grabbed the next best thing- a mirror.
Now with this paint there is no sanding & no priming - should I repeat that? NO SANDING NO PRIMING! and its water-based.
For this project here's what I used:
Chalk paint in Paris Grey & Old White. Minwax clear wax paste & Fiddes & Sons antique paste which I heard about again from Miss Mustard Seed here. Now for technique- people I am NO teacher and honestly I have no clue what Im doing- so for tutorials please, please visit Miss Mustard Seed. But honestly all I did was slap it on with an old paint brush- wait for it to dry-applied the wax paste-applied the antique paste-wiped off the excess and I was done! D-O-N-E.
Here's the frame after the paint had dried and before the waxes were applied (and to be honest I liked it enough to leave it at that) but if you are wanting the worn, antique look and want to seal your piece-apply the wax.
And here's the after (yes shot with my camera phone-*sigh* one day I'll have a big girl camera!)
LOVE!!
I am planning on using these paints on my mothers old baby chest. She has moved into a new home recently and wants me to update it for her. I'll keep you posted on the progress of that.
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Now with this paint there is no sanding & no priming - should I repeat that? NO SANDING NO PRIMING! and its water-based.
For this project here's what I used:
Chalk paint in Paris Grey & Old White. Minwax clear wax paste & Fiddes & Sons antique paste which I heard about again from Miss Mustard Seed here. Now for technique- people I am NO teacher and honestly I have no clue what Im doing- so for tutorials please, please visit Miss Mustard Seed. But honestly all I did was slap it on with an old paint brush- wait for it to dry-applied the wax paste-applied the antique paste-wiped off the excess and I was done! D-O-N-E.
Here's the frame after the paint had dried and before the waxes were applied (and to be honest I liked it enough to leave it at that) but if you are wanting the worn, antique look and want to seal your piece-apply the wax.
And here's the after (yes shot with my camera phone-*sigh* one day I'll have a big girl camera!)
LOVE!!
I am planning on using these paints on my mothers old baby chest. She has moved into a new home recently and wants me to update it for her. I'll keep you posted on the progress of that.
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