Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Bathroom Vanity

I m using annie sloan chalk paint in french linen.

Annie sloan chalk paint bathroom vanity. This video contains instructions on how to paint wood cabinets this technique shows you how to a bathroom vanity or how to paint kitchen cabinets. This is the only good close up i have of the vanity. Part of my makeover was to paint the vanity with annie sloan chalk paint. It was when we discovered the secret drawer in the bottom of.

Annie sloan chalk paint is very fun and easy to use. You can use less but with a white gloss finish i was trying to cover i needed the extra coating. I am not a professional painter and never will be. Today i wanted to show you how i painted the vanity in yesterday s post.

Not only was this way cheaper than a traditional vanity but it adds so much charm and character to the bathroom. Annie sloan developed her now famous chalk paint to answer the need she had for a paint which would have many uses from acting like whitewashing to looking like old painted furniture and that had a good range of color that could be extended by the user. So after he left i got straight to painting the vanity and mirror with whatever paint we had on hand. For about a month anyway.

We chose to use annie sloan s french linen on this vanity. For this project i decided to use annie sloan chalk paint. In graphite specifically which is a dark charcoal grey. Let each coat completely dry if you don t you will have visible brush strokes.

Once all is clean and dry you can apply the chalk paint. He had no idea what was up my sleeve. I made the decision to chalk paint these dressers i used annie sloan pure white instead of using regular paint. It took me a couple weeks to write up this makeover post but i hope it was worth the wait.

We use so much annie sloan chalk paint that we could practically retail out of our garage. Jan 6 2013 bathroom vanity painted with annie sloan chalk paint first coat old ochre then old white then sanded seal with clear wax sparingly use dark wax on corners and grooves. Basically i paint i sand i seal. Another oak vanity bites the dust.

This was the first item i painted with chalk paint so i was curious to see how it would come out. I ended up using country grey as the base. I followed it up with annie sloan clear wax and it looked great. There is no special or secret method that i use.

I used 3 coats. When brooks got home that day he distressed the. It s true no priming no sanding. This paint is very easy to work with and.