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.
Black chalk paint furniture before and after.
Before you start to paint be sure that you have all of the necessary supplies.
We did lightly sand them before applying the black chalk paint.
Getting started with chalk paint.
So the next time you see that free desk on the side of the road or the 40 antique dresser at the garage sale consider bringing it home and painting it.
1 quart of chalk paint in your preferred color.
You can just dive right in.
Chalk painting furniture success is guaranteed when you are organized.
Brush on thin even coats of chalky finish paint.
Again you should read our post what s in my paint bag.
The actual process of chalk painting is a lot easier than it might seem.
Some of the flaws were still visible but they looked so much better.
Both milk paint and chalk paint are easy to work with and are perfect for furniture makeovers.
The table tops were in pretty bad shape before.
The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.
The great thing about chalk paint is that you do not need to sand your project piece before you paint.
Wipe down and dust the furniture piece.
Paint can be pricey at 39 99 but this paint goes a long way we promise.
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.
4 charging cabinet painted furniture before and after makeover.
Before i show you the after photos and tell you how i got this look let me share with you real quickly 3 reasons why i love using chalk paint to paint furniture.
10 fabulous furniture makeovers using chalk paint before and after may 10 2013 by molly today i want share with you a few of the chalk painted furniture pieces i ve been working on for my new shop at miles of art.
I did end up needing three coats of the white and two coats of the grey to cover the dark wood and black finishes.
And be sure to pin this chalk paint furniture before and after or share it on facebook so you can find this chalk paint tutorial easily whenever you need it.