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.
You can see this shade and 5 others here.
Brush on thin even coats of chalky finish paint.
Here s a look at what the dining room table looked like before the chalk paint dining table makeover.
I used my dark walnut faux stain to match the chairs and i love how it turned out.
How to faux stain furniture with paint.
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.
I did end up needing three coats of the white and two coats of the grey to cover the dark wood and black finishes.
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 don t need to prime the surface with chalk paint and a lot of the time it s supposed to take a single coat.
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.