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I love a good furniture refresh with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint! Check out this transformation from old country farmhouse to modern urban farmhouse. I was so delighted to work with my client who inherited this set from her parents. The pedestal table is super solid and well-constructed. The rush chairs had seen better days, with chipped paint and missing wood slats along some of the backs. But we saw the potential in giving them another run before kicking them to the curb. We decided on a 3:1 Graphite:Pure White mixture for the chairs and the table base. The color is a phenomenal dark grey! Really! Graphite and Pure White Dilutions Pedestal base with some light distressing to pull in the light color of the rush chair seats. Painted Chairs Painting chairs is a labor of love!   These beauties are the result of hours of sawing, filling, sanding, painting, more sanding, more painting, finding missed areas, painting again, finding more m...

Painting in blue is something that I haven't done much of, so when a client was interested in painting her son's vintage white bed in navy blue, it was really a great opportunity.   Annie Sloan's Napoleonic Blue wasn't quite dark enough for the room decor, so we chose to finish the piece with a generous helping of Annie Sloan's Dark Wax. I preceded this step with a layer of Clear Wax (and let it dry overnight) because I always want to have max manipulation when it comes to the dark wax application. This pictures shows the difference between clear and dark waxes.  The paint, followed by the dark wax to achieve navy blue, also created depth and movement in the painted surface.  A single navy blue paint color wouldn't bring that style!