Chalk Paint Painted Dining Room Furniture Before And After

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.

Chalk paint painted dining room furniture before and after.

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. Some of the flaws were still visible but they looked so much better. I did end up needing three coats of the white and two coats of the grey to cover the dark wood and black finishes. How to faux stain furniture with paint.

This technique is commonly used for that shabby chic look. 4 charging cabinet painted furniture before and after makeover. 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. 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.

Brush on thin even coats of chalky finish paint. Painted dining room furniture before and after i recently refinished the top of my breakfast table as it had a lot of water damage from cold glasses because well we live here. 10 optional create a two toned distressed look with chalk paint. The table tops were in pretty bad shape before.

I used my dark walnut faux stain to match the chairs and i love how it turned out. I have also added a video look for that at the bottom. If you want a piece to have two colors one showing through the other make sure that the first coat is completely dry before painting the second coat of the usually lighter top coat. Today i m sharing how i paint a piece of furniture using chalk paint from start to finish.

We did lightly sand them before applying the black chalk paint. My product preferences have evolved a bit since this was written so i have updated this post to reflect those changes. 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.