Has anybody used chalk paint to give vintage furniture a new look?
If you Google "Annie Sloan Chalk Paint" you will find lots of information.
Annie Sloan is the only brand I am aware of, but there are probably others.
My guess is there are those among us who probably used antiquing kits on our hand-me-down furniture way back in the 19??s.
-- I turned my maple bedroom set a rather putrid shade of avocado-ish/olive-ish green. (I thought it was beautiful. My mom did not.)
But my worst offense was turning a lovely mahogany sideboard yellow. (gasp) -- I later came to my senses and had it restored to its original finish. I still have it.
But enough about my younger days and back to chalk paint.....
I still like the look of painted furniture and chalk paint offers some creative possibilities.
Last spring when we went to the Leesburg Art Festival, we found a family-business, a little shop that had just opened. They carried
Annie Sloan paint and were planning workshops. The name of the store is
Pop Vintage. I have not been back there since, but I just now Googled them and saw they are on Facebook.
So anyway, just thought I would throw this information into the thread for those of you who are eyeing a piece of furniture that has good bones but needs a little lift, and you are thinking, "Hmmmmmm, how would you look if you were turquoise or white or yellow or whatever favorite color?"