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The best chalk paint paint tips for beginners. Easy to follow tips and tricks for learning to use chalk paint. The perfect tutorial for a new painter.
This French armoire was bought in a local sale in England very cheaply but a little worse for wear and needing a bit of tender loving care. We fixed it up so the door opened and closed properly, then set about painting it. When something is quite ornate already becasue of the carving, I like to bring this out but not add to much colour and busyness otherwise you detract from the piece of furniture. 1. I first painted it all over in Country Grey, my Chalk Paint the colour of putty. 2. When this was dry I painted just the areas which were raised carving in Old White, my white which is like the colour of chalk.I just used the edge of the brush to put the white in rather than being very careful to help with the distressed look. 3. With a big brush and clear wax I brushed all over the dry paintwork 4. After wiping off any excess wax I then sanded the raised carving rubbing through to the Country Grey underneath and to the wood in some places. 5. I then appled some dark wax all over the carving and in the corners of the panels too then wiped off the excess leaving some quite dark wax in some places.
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A fun little experiment using Annie Sloan Old Violet to take the yellow out of Annie Sloan Old White for a cool shade.
Happy Thursday my friends! Things are slowly getting back to normal here at the Nest. I am once again playing with my paint and doing my best to create a touch of beauty everyday. I attended a community rummage sale a few weeks back. It benefited the local SPCA, which I am a huge fan of. All my family pets have come from shelters... well except for Igor, the Iguana lizard. But thats a whole other story! I brought home quite a few great pieces of furniture to refurbish. More about them in a later post. I picked up a large frame at the sale. Today I would love to show you some more magic that I have created with the help of Annie Sloan's Craqueleur™ crackle varnish. I love this stuff!!! ***UPDATE*** Maryann was kind enough to feature my Craqueleur ™frame on her wonderful blog!Many thanks my friend! I forgot to take a BEFORE photo of my frame, but it looked almost exactly like this one. Mine was a wood frame to a very awful oil painting. I knew I could simply remove the painting and restyle the frame. It was a large frame also..not bad for $5.00 So what do you think... I may be biased, but I think she is beautiful and will look great in my shop. Let's look at a few before and afters of the crackle technique. One coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ in Provence After that dried, I used a damp rag to gently distress to expose the gilding. Then I applied Annie Sloan's two step Craqueleur™varnish crackle. The first coat was dry in a couple of minutes and it dries shiny..so check it. It will look wet, but it is not. After applying a thin coat of step two, I hit the frame with a blow dryer and let the magic happen! Once the crackle was complete, I applied Annie Sloan Dark Wax™ The wood was still warm from the dryer and this made the dark wax melt beautifully onto the wood frame. I wiped away any unwanted excess with a soft rag. If you find you have any spots too heavy with dark wax, simply apply a little Clear Wax to remove them. Before the Craqueleur™ and Dark wax... double click for an even closer look! **After** Instant age in a bottle I tell ya!! La Bella Scoop Design So you could spend $154.00 on this crackled frame.... Or you could turn a $5.00 thrift shop frame into this and save yourself over $100.00!! Once Again... **Before** **After** I will go with the thrifty version any day. Thanks for visiting today and thank Annie for a great product. Until next time...be kind and stay creative.
I knew I had to have this painted vintage sideboard as soon as I saw it!! I picked it up in Port Dalhousie on "Belair" Avenue from a lovely couple that was renovating.
Dated 70's hutch transformed into a shabby, coastal treasure with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint
This chalk paint DIY tackles the buffet table we have. Follow these easy instructions and you can also shop the styled look for your home!
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Colorways by Leslie Stocker - a fabulous colour mixing resources for ASCP furniture painters.
This is a simple tutorial on how to use the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint . We sell the paint in our store and every day I am asked about ...
Start your next project with Chalk Paint, the furniture paint by Annie Sloan. Choose your favourite colour and the right size tin for the job.
wanted to create some wall art ideas, so played around before my Kitchen Workshop this morning with Wood Icing, for old plaster wall effect and good old plain s…
Bella Tucker Decorative Finishes painted the fabric upholstery on these two chairs using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. Step by Step instructions are outlined in this post.
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In deze korte tutorial laat ik zien hoe je mooi oud verweerd hout toch een kleur kunt geven zonder de nerf “dicht te verven” Zet klaar: - een pot Annie Sloan Chalkpaint Old White - een proefpotje...
This post is all about how to paint your kitchen cabinets with Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan. How would I know? Because I painted mine over four years ago and loved the result! When I had a retail shop selling Chalk Paint, I was advising people on a weekly basis on how to go about painting kitchen cabinetry with Chalk Paint. This before photo shows my cabinets in Maple with a polyurethane finished. I washed the cabinets using Pinesol detergent and wiped them dry. No sanding at all! If your cabinets are very shiny then you might give them a light sanding, but normally this is not part of the process. As a matter of fact when you sand you could be removing the finish that helps seal any wood tannins so be sanding you could be exposing yourself to having stains come through your paint job called bleeding. If this happens to your cabinets, stop painting and apply Zinsser Clear Shellac. One light coat of the clear shellac should be applied. I did not shellac or sand. I just started painting as soon as the cabinets were dry. We recommend using an Annie Sloan Paint Brush for this big project. Get the right tools and along with this great paint and wax you will be pleased with your results. So what tools do you need for the job? A great paint brush! These brushes are natural bristle brushes and that is what you need, first and foremost. The paint will load up into these thousands of bristles and you won't be going back and forth between the can of paint and cabinet. These brushes have very fine soft bristles which minimized the appearance of brush strokes as well, another added advantage! The cabinets were painted with two coats of Old White Chalk Paint. I painted mine while they hung in place, after removing hardware. After painting the first coat I began right away on the second coat. Have a cup of water handy and dip the tip of your brush into the water then into the can of Chalk Paint. This helps the second coat glide on and not grab onto the first coat. It also helps smooth out the brush strokes. If it feels like its grabbing, just dip your tips into water and paint and you will feel the difference as you paint. After you cover the cabinets with two coats of Chalk Paint® we recommend waiting a day before you wax your cabinets. Annie Sloan Soft Clear Wax is formulated to go with her paint. It will not yellow as many protective top coats do, so you rest assured your white will be white forever! The wax is needed to create a durable finish so this step is a must. Apply the wax with a wax brush for best results. A large wax brush is going to get the wax onto your cabinets, and into the paint. This is about the amount of wax you should have on your wax brush. You will push the wax into the painted surface using a good amount of pressure. I go in a circular motion and finish off with straight strokes making sure I get the wax into the paint. Then take a soft t-shirt or other lint free cloth and wipe off any excess amount of wax. You can see if you have too much wax on your cabinet by running your finger across the surface. If you see a smear mark, there is too much wax so wipe it off with a rag. Do not rub briskly with a rag, as that is buffing and you could remove the wax entirely in sections by brisk rubbing. Just gently but firmly drag a clean cloth across your waxed surface and move on to the next cabinet to wax. We wax in sections and wipe off as we go. Do not wax the entire kitchen cabinetry and then try to wipe off or you will find it very difficult to do so as the wax has already started to set up and dry. Since I was painting and waxing my cabinets at home alone I don't have a photo showing me doing the waxing, but here you can see how I am waxing a hutch. I have a firm grasp on the base of the brush so I can push the wax into the painted surface. The brush does a great job of going over all ridges and details, even your hardware if you choose to paint those. Annie Sloan Soft Wax is just that~SOFT! It will spread easily and many use too much wax because it is easy to overload your brush. So just add small amounts by tapping the brush into the can. Above you can see our can of wax is getting near empty, and the brush is sitting straight up in the can. When you are finished waxing we recommend washing your brush with hot water and Dawn dishwashing detergent. No soaking. Towel off with paper towels and let air dry. We have been doing this for years with zero bristle loss and great results. However we don't wash our wax brush after every use, we store it in a Nitrile surgical glove to keep it moist for the next waxing job and it can stay in there for weeks at a time. If you want to lightly or heavily distress your cabinets you can do so before or after waxing. Annie likes to do it after waxing as it eliminates any dust from sanded Chalk Paint®. But then you must reapply more wax after sanding. I distress first, after my paint has dried, and before I wax so that way I am only waxing once. After distressing I will apply the wax. A fine sanding block was used to lightly distress my cabinets. Painting your cabinets is a do-able project and one that offers great results. It took two quarts of Old White Chalk Paint® to do the outside of my doors. If you are doing the inside of the doors you will use double the amount. Each can covers about 150 square feet of coverage. I used a little more than one can of Clear Wax for the doors. Think about using two coats of wax on the doors or drawers that get the most use for added protection. My kitchen is now over four years old and I haven't re-waxed them yet but I will be doing that soon. If you are wiping down your cabinets you are effectively removing wax a tiny bit at a time so re-wax your cabinets accordingly to keep them protected, especially the cabinets used most often, like the coffee cup cabinet, or the one for the silverware etc. When the paint and wax have been applied it is time to buff your cabinets. We use the Ultimate Buffing Brush and give our pieces a beautiful lustre by running over the waxed surface with the brush. Its quick and easy! You can also buff with clean soft cloths, taking care not to scratch your surface with your fingernails as I have done when rubbing the cloth quickly back and forth. Remember to wait at least a day to buff your cabinets. Paint, Wax, Buff! Thats it! Create the kitchen of your dreams with Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan! For CHALK PAINT TIPS click here
Yesterday I joined the ladies at our shop Hip Chick Designs for an Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Workshop. Every month Carrie – owner of Hip Chick Designs – offers this very popular class to all of our customers and friends. It is an excellent opportunity to get a hands on experience to work with this awesome paint! Here is Carrie telling us how she used ASCP to paint her old suede boots! Yes! You can paint fabric and even suede with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. I told you this stuff is AMAZING! Visit this post from last October that shares more amazing application ideas. We were able to work with 3 different techniques including Two Color Distressed, Heavy Texture with Dark Wax, and Smooth Finish. Here are my sample molding boards showing the first step of each technique… After each board dried we were able to apply the finishing steps of waxing and distressing… I love the look of each technique! That is just one of the wonderful aspects of chalk paint…the ability to achieve so many finishes, so quickly and easily! If you have not tried out Annie Sloan Chalk Paint yet…what are you waiting for?!? It is so easy to use and offers such beautiful and versatile finishes. I promise you will love it! Attending a local hands on workshop is a great way to get started. The Girls at Hip Chick Designs If you live local – in the Ca. Bay Area – contact us for details and dates on our next workshop. If you are out of the area, visit the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint website here for information on distributors and workshops near you.
Bella Tucker Decorative Finishes painted the fabric upholstery on these two chairs using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. Step by Step instructions are outlined in this post.
CHALK PAINT® TIPS & TUTORIALS To provide your with more information on how to use these wonderful products, I am putting together a series of tutorials. They won't take the place of the hands-on workshops, but should help you to paint your masterpiece! (I also post weekly Tips and Videos on my Facebook Page.) To see the tutorial, click on the links: Wet Distress and Dry Brush Techniques with Chalk Paint® Creating an Aged Patina with Chalk Paint® Rachel's Top Tips for Painting with Chalk Paint® Getting Started - The Basics of Using Chalk Paint® Chalk Paint® SOS Painting Stripes on Walls with Chalk Paint® Layering Techniques for Chalk Paint® How to Paint a Harlequin Design Using Annie Sloan's Craqueleur Painting Fabric with Chalk Paint® Creating an Aged Patina using Aging Dust Dry Brush Technique Waxed Paint Technique Distressing Chalk Paint® A Smooth Modern Finish Using Annie Sloan Soft Waxes Painting Kitchen Cabinets with Chalk Paint® Chalk Paint® - A Typical Application Painting Outdoor Furniture with Chalk Paint® Conquer Your Fear of Dark Soft Wax Creating Color Washes with Chalk Paint® Top Tips for Using Chalk Paint® My French Country Dresser - Follow along as I paint this piece with Chalk Paint® Express Yourself! The Colorful World of Chalk Paint® Chalk Paint® & Wax Brushes Waxing and Buffing with Chalk Paint® Frequently Asked Questions about Chalk Paint® P.S. - "Like Us" on Facebook for weekly PaintTips! Brocante Home is the exclusive Chalk Paint® Stockist for Richmond VA and the Northern Neck
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