Wipe down and dust the furniture piece.
Grey chalk paint table before and after.
Then i painted this great little table with aqua diy chalk paint silver spray paint for the legs and mod podged the top with wrapping paper.
It already had what looked like a semi paint job and some peeling veneer on the top.
Before after kitchen kitchen.
Instead of using the annie sloan clear wax to seal the top of the table i tried out this clear polycrylic protective finish.
Then i mixed a little of tea rose chalk paint and a little bit of mason dixson grey chalk paint together and painted that custom paint color over the very bottom drawer.
Awesome chalk paint kitchen cabinets before and after are.
I repaired the veneer with a bit of wood filler and a good sanding.
And when my top layer of chalk paint was dry i went over my drawers with a medium sanding block to expose some of the grey chalk paint underneath.
I honestly haven t been loving the annie sloan wax finish on my vanities in our bathroom.
You don t need to prime the surface with chalk paint and a lot of the time it s supposed to take a single coat.
The actual process of chalk painting is a lot easier than it might seem.
Rustoleum cabinet paint.
It was given to me by a friend.
Brush on thin even coats of chalky finish paint.
I did end up needing three coats of the white and two coats of the grey to cover the dark wood and black finishes.
I used annie sloan chalk paint in pure white on the top of the table and paris grey on the bottom 2 coats of each.
Getting started with chalk paint.
The great thing about chalk paint is that you do not need to sand your project piece before you paint.
The chalk paint is so forgiving that it covers up any imperfections.
Before and after armoire annie sloan chalk paint.