Snowy Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Anyone tried the chalk paint by Annie Sloan? I need to overhaul my bedroom, but can't afford new furniture. Anyway, discovered this paint and the joys of transforming all the dated, antique pine furniture into shabby chic treasures! Bought my first paint today and am doing a trial run on an old wooden jewellery box (one with a little glass door and drawers) and an old wooden test tube holder that I keep my nail polishes on. I love the idea of not having to prep first. Our bed is a carved, waxed pine and I've been thinking about painting it for ages, but didn't think I could without getting it dipped. I'm now sat here looking round the room for any other pieces of furniture that could be painted. The shoe cupboard in the hall is looking promising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've had a tin sat in the cupboard for a couple of months - typically, I couldn't wait to get it and then haven't got round to using it! it's supposed to be wonderful, and doesn't need primer? I have a little Edwardian desk which is not in great nick and has been damaged, I'm planning to fill up the marks (it got burnt some years ago) with wood filler and then paint it white. Did you wax it after painting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 Well it is certainly quick to use! I've given both items 2 coats of paint and a coat of wax. It dries in no time. I had a look round the shop and they had some unwaxed pieces Olly. I wasn't keen as they still felt very chalky. I am hoping the wax does dry to a nice hard finish. If it doesn't I will go over it with briwax as I know that gives a great finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 Impressed with how this turns out - you do need to use a bit of elbow grease to rub in the wax properly and get the nice satin finish, but you only really need to do that on areas that will get harder use. For example I'm about to do a mirror frame and I won't bother with the wax at all on that. This is my jewellery box: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Ooh, that looks nice! I didn't buy the wax with the paint, I am hoping I could use some of my own beeswax but as I haven't actually got round to cleaning/filtering any, I may resort to Briwax. I've used Briwax on other things and it is brilliant stuff. Please post photos of anything else you do, I'm really interested to see how it turns out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 You asked for it! This is an old test tube holder that I rescued from a defunct medical unit, donkeys years ago! It sits in my windowsill and holds all kinds of nic nacs. It had faded in the sun and got some mildew marks from condensation. Painted with Original white which is a soft creamy white, and the edges highlighted with Versailles which is a soft sage green. No idea what it had been exposed to as there was some bleed through, but that just adds to the character of it. Have a big, gold framed, ornate mirror to do next. I was going to chuck it out but it will be perfect for the shabby chic look once it's repainted Apologies, I have resized them, but it takes a while for the new sizings to come through from Photobucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
