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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Here s a look at what the dining room table looked like before the chalk paint dining table makeover.
These are some of the best and most beautiful chalk paint furniture ideas from amazingly talented diy bloggers who specialize in painted furniture makeovers.
With the overall goal to really brighten up our dining room space i decided to chalk paint the legs of the table the backs and legs of the chairs and to sand and stain the table top and chair tops.
You can see this shade and 5 others here.