My First Chalk Paint Makeover
This is a 30 year old high chair. It has sat butts for 30 years, six of them.
It has now moved on to seating new royalty - "The Grands". Two of 'em.
It was bought new in the 80's when it was popular to buy furniture that looked antique.
We were so proud.
It is now a throne fit for the current Princess and all the future Royalty.
I was armed and ready for battle on my first experience with Annie Sloans chalk paint. I ordered from
Shades Of Amber a sponsor over at
DebbieDoos. There was a small problem with my order that was handled
immediately, their customer service is TOP NOTCH!!!
(Honest review of ASCP at bottom)
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| French Linen & Old White |
If you don't remember anything else about me, remember this..... I don't enjoy painting. Especially stuff like this chair, with little cracks and crevices.
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| Under coat of French Linen |
Slapping on the French Linen, easy.
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| Free Willy |
It covered the whale.... the remains of tub grips put on so little butts didn't slip out. First I sanded to remove Princess's ramen noodles from the day before, and oatmeal I saved for old times sake, for about 12..... years, not days. Dried oatmeal is like glue. I was worried when I got rid of it that the chair would fall apart.
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| Top Coat, Old White |
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No I didn't do this in the garage like normal people would do. And now if you remember only one thing about Brawn remember this....... his garage is always used to saw. And always a mess. So to recap; Bliss hates to paint, Brawn's garage is a mess.
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| "Scribble Method" transfer process I used |
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| "The Grands" |
Crown graphic from the
Graphics Fairy
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| Tiara & Scepter ready for the Princess to take her seat |
I forgot to take pictures of sanding and distressing and waxing. That is probably because about that time I understood why they call it "chalk" paint. It was like some crazy *old school* kids, about 100 of them, ran through my house cleaning their erasers. Next time I will do this in the cold messy garage.
Linking up to:
My ASCP review.
I like the paint as far as paint goes (remember Bliss + paint = yuck). What I really liked was it didn't stink. I hate the smell of usual paint. I love the wax. I would use both again and I expect the ASCP will be my paint of choice. It seemed to go far, should I ever want to paint and distress something again, I have plenty left to do so. Brawn described the French Linen as gray. The paint covers good, with no prep, BONUS, just like everyone says. The extra steps at the end... of sanding, and waxing is well worth the effort. I would rather sand than paint. I hate painting, remember? But I felt good with the results. I can't sew either, and I want a cute little tuffett for all the future rear ends to sit upon. I might just try sewing.
