Disclosure: this tutorial is a sponsored post in partnership with Plaid FolkArt® – All ideas, opinions and bloopers are my own…obviously
I know that the chalk paint style isn’t really a new thing when it comes to giving a piece of furniture a bit of a makeover but this particular product is new to me (well, and to everyone since it just came out) so I thought it would be fun to film a little video while I worked with it.
The folks over at FolkArt® (no pun intended) just released their new line of FolkArt® Home Decor™ Chalk, which is a super pigmented, quick drying paint. I am all about a chalk finish because you don’t have to prep anything. I mean, I think often about how many home decor DIY projects I would like to tackle and then I think about all the prep work like sanding I would need to do and I’m all “AIN’T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!”
I literally just wiped the dust off the chair and started painting. I went with a vibrant salmon -coral color called…wait for it…Salmon Coral. I know. You would never have guessed. Here is what it looks like:
Here is a short video tutorial so that you can see the process and the finish. It’s pretty neat, when you are painting you can definitely see all your brush strokes but there are virtually none once it dries, it leaves a really smooth and even finish. I kind of want to chalk paint everything right now but my husband vetoed pink dining room chairs. I have no idea why. My child makes a cameo because she wanted to help paint the chairs. That is how fool-proof this paint is. I totally let her help paint. I mean, you really can’t screw it up if a three year old can do it.
(Oh and if you like the video, subscribe to my youtube channel because I’m transitioning more of my crafty content like this over there. Next week I’ll have a video up showing how I recovered the chair seat.)
. And I mean, if you wanted to pin my newly awesome chair as your inspiration piece I would not be object to such a thing
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