Furnishings Makeover: Utilizing Two Chalk Paint Recipes For a Lasting Paint End

I’ve written about many items of furnishings I’ve painted utilizing considered one of three DIY chalk paint recipes – non-sanded grout, Plaster of Paris, and Calcium Carbonate Powder. A lot of you’ve got requested me what’s the most sturdy recipe?

Final week, I mixed two of my favourite recipes – Plaster of Paris and Calcium Carbonate Powder in a single combine to make use of on the nook cupboard in my eating room to see if by mixing the 2, the end can be even higher – extra sturdy than when both ingredient was used alone.

I preferred it – A LOT! It dried to a really sturdy end instantly – no wooden tannins bled by and the combination was tremendous easy. I’ll use the recipe once more.

I’ve gotten many questions on the ebook web page lined white hutch within the above photograph.

Make the Most Sturdy Chalk Paint

Nook Cupboard BEFORE

The cupboard is a hand-me-down. Again within the early 90’s I had an artist paint the trompe l’oeil on the doorways. It was in my blue and white kitchen again then and seemed fairly charming. Quick ahead 23 years – time for a makeover.

To create the DIY chalk paint:

Observe: When making chalk paint with Plaster of Paris you can’t use a paint with a primer in it. Most paint firm’s have it written on the label Paint + Primer In One. Some manufacturers would not have this. Valspar doesn’t have it on the label, but it surely does have a primer in it. Should you combine Plaster of Plaster it would flip to a cement-like combination.

For my cupboard, I used Glidden Premium paint. It doesn’t have a primer in it, nor does Straightforward Care paint that I purchase at True Worth {Hardware}.

I combined 2 tablespoons of Calcium Carbonate Powder and a couple of tablespoons of Plaster of Paris into 2 Tablespoons of water and combined properly. I then added it to 2 cups of latex paint in a satin end and combined till easy. It created a really easy consistency. Not lumpy or grainy in any respect.

I made two batches of it as a result of I additionally needed to strive layering two colours of chalk paint to attempt to obtain extra depth and curiosity to the end.

After I was on the Haven Weblog Convention in Atlanta this summer season I took a category on paint with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. I liked the colours of chalk paint that one attendee used on her pattern board – I knew it was the look I needed for my cupboard.

The colours had been made by mixing two Annie Sloan colours collectively to create a model new coloration. Then the colours had been layered on high of one another letting the primary layer dry, then making use of the second coloration on high. As soon as that was dry, it was distressed to reveal the underneath layer of paint, after which waxed.

To color the cupboard I used Behr Southern Blue S-G-590 in a satin end as my first coat. I used Glidden Pacific Coast A1265 for the second or high layer.

I additionally liked the Annie Sloan’s Comfortable Wax we used within the class. I’ve not bought it but as it’s a bit too expensive for my funds, but it surely works fantastically. For now, I’ll persist with Fiddes and Sons and Johnson’s.

Nook Cupboard AFTER

I used 160 grit sandpaper to misery the end and expose the darkish indigo blue coloration beneath.

I waxed it with Johnsons and buffed it with a comfortable and properly washed t-shirt to deliver up a comfortable shine.

I just like the delicate look of the blue underneath the turquoise.

I added new drawer pulls, too. The pulls on the highest left within the above photograph are the unique. This Chippendale model of pull is on lots of the hand-me-down items I inherited. I’ve spray painted drawer pulls and knobs, added numbered beads to them, and paper napkins to provide them an replace.

I’m uninterested in Chippendale model pulls and needed one thing new – a unique form, so I went purchasing on-line at D.Lawless {Hardware} and picked out 3 completely different types of pulls to try-on to search out one that will be good.

The bin pulls had been too massive and sat too excessive on the drawer. I didn’t wish to must drill new holes, fill and sand the outdated ones, in order that they didn’t make the reduce. The glass pulls had been invisible.

I went with the vintage end pulls – they had been the best coloration, dainty, however giant sufficient for the scale and proportion of the cupboard and drawer.

Since I like the opposite two pull types, I’m certain you may be seeing them on future tasks.

The Johnson Brothers gold rimmed china inside the cupboard can be a hand-me-down from my husband’s grandparents. Who is aware of, it could really feel proper at house since many years in the past it was in all probability displayed similar to I’ve it within the cupboard.

The cupboard is just not big and will get just a little misplaced subsequent to the massive hutch, so I positioned a big white platter that I bought at Costco on the highest to create some steadiness. It’s propped up on a field and a big plate stand.

It has plenty of texture and element. It comes all the way down to serve the turkey at Thanksgiving and beef tenderloin at Christmas.

We use this room solely twice a 12 months and solely within the night for candlelight vacation dinners. The wall coloration – Ben Moore – Shelburne Buff appears fairly cozy within the candlelight.

Just a few of you seen in my posts final week that the nook cupboard appeared to have modified whereas I used to be exhibiting you my eating room desk makeover.

I made the white DIY chalk paint for the bottom of the desk utilizing the identical recipe I used for the cupboard with Johnsons paste buffed over for cover. The highest is a driftwood stained end.

In case you are new right here, and want to know extra about making your individual DIY variations of chalk paint, you possibly can be taught extra and learn the way to make it in these posts: