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Annie Sloan paris grey chalk paint

How to chalk paint a dresser with Annie Sloan Paris grey

By The Style Sisters - Tuesday, November 20, 2018

I just can't begin to say enough good about Annie Sloan Chalk Paint or as many refer to it as

ASCP

It. Is. Seriously. Worth. It's. Weight. In. Gold.

So easy, no fumes, no priming, no sanding, super fast ...yes I am having a love affair with it!

We started with the dresser looking like this on the right...all beige with a natural looking wood top.

Kinda country bumpkin looking Not what we were going for

We wanted a French look for mom's room

We knew these pieces had good bones so once painted it would really look nice.

So we got to work!

We took all the drawers out and removed all the handles, the center door and its hinges and got out the paint and paint brushes.

We just used regular ole paint brushes which worked great but I would maybe spend a little money on some nice brushes because I am telling you once you start working on a piece of furniture and you see how easy and pretty it looks you are going to be hooked and want to paint a lot of other pieces so you might want a nice brush that does not fall apart or leave brush hairs on your wet paint.

We painted this dresser right in my moms room.

Just use something to place under the legs to lift them up and a drop cloth..simple!

Annie Sloan Paris Grey Chalk Paint Dresser makeover

The paint dries super fast especially here in the West where we have really dry air

One coat could actually have been enough but we went with 2 coats but it hardly took any paint

Once the paint is dry...in like 10-15 minutes you can start waxing the piece with Annie Sloan Wax

We used a rag on this particular piece to wipe on the wax and then you simply wipe/buff it off leaving a nice patina.

You can use a brush to get into the small crevices and Annie Sloan makes some beautiful brushes that work great.

We purchased one of her brushes for our Entertainment center that we finished recently.

I will soon be posting all about that big project!

It turned out so beautiful! You can see more of the reveal of the Master Bedroom Here

For the headboard we painted outside so we could lean it up against the garage door the sun dried the paint almost instantly

Master Bedroom Makeover Annie Sloan Paris Grey Chalk paint

Isn't it amazing what a little bit of paint can do to make an old piece of furniture new again?

Master Bedroom Makeover Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Dresser

Ta Ta For Now

Karin

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Annie Sloan paris grey chalk paint

Master bedroom furntiture makeover- Annie Sloan Paris Grey

By The Style Sisters - Thursday, January 08, 2015

SOOOO excited to share my moms Master bedroom Furntiure makeover with all of you.

It took most of day to paint all these pieces but we are sold on the chalk paint! No sanding no priming just start painting! We worked our little buns off to create this new soothing new space for my cute mom and loved every minute of it!

The Style Sisters Grey Master bedroom makeover Annie Sloan

Here is the before- the room is painted a soft lavender so we left the walls but we removed the heavy toile curtains that blocked a lot of light and kept the white sheers. The furniture is kind of dated so my mom decided to paint most of it with Annie Sloan's Paris grey chalk paint. We also bought some fresh new all white bedding which made all the difference, plus a few new accessories to add a little sparkle.

We removed the headboard and painted it with Annie Sloan's Paris Grey and HELLO it takes on a whole new look!

painted headboard Annie Sloan Paris Grey

Next up was the dresser on the other side of the room...seriously look at the before pictures below, it always blows my mind when we paint a piece of furniture and how stunning it turns out!

Style Sisters Painted dresser Annie Sloan Paris Grey

We left the wrought iron detailing black on the dresser to flow with the handles but we painted out all the wrought iron on the headboard...I like it both ways.

Can you even take it?! Just look at the difference!

before pictures of dresser the style sisters

Here is my cute mom and daughter working on yet another piece...this time we used

Annie Sloan's Old White

This is the before...a beautiful French looking piece that mom bought 40 years ago from a friend and it actually has some smoke damage from a fire that it was in and it still looked very pretty but mom wanted a lighter look. We realized after we painted it...the old oils and smoke damage started to come through a bit.

It turned out a little creamier than mom wanted it but I think it looks gorgeous!

We added some fabric behind the doors to peek through the little railings

whit

We bought the white comforter set from Target..it is a bit wrinkled here..sorry I was not about to iron or steam it..... it is just beautiful. I found the grey pillow, the French writing pillow and the textured white pillow from Home Goods as well and the scrumptious soft grey throw.