Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Bathroom Vanity

I am not a professional painter and never will be.

Annie sloan chalk paint bathroom vanity.

I made the decision to chalk paint these dressers i used annie sloan pure white instead of using regular paint. Not only was this way cheaper than a traditional vanity but it adds so much charm and character to the bathroom. It was when we discovered the secret drawer in the bottom of the vanity. Part of my makeover was to paint the vanity with annie sloan chalk paint.

This is the only good close up i have of the vanity. The top of this vanity was made from a beautiful piece of stone. She shares that the transformation only took about 3 hours of work but was drawn out into almost 2 weeks. Today i wanted to show you how i painted the vanity in yesterday s post.

Chalk paint is the versatile furniture paint developed by annie sloan in 1990. She was thrilled when she had the opportunity to transform it. It has the same timeless elegant traditional look that the marble tiles have. Annie sloan invented her revolutionary furniture paint chalk paint in 1990 and hasn t stopped refining and improving her formula since.

Chalk paint is the world s best furniture paint. Basically i paint i sand i seal. Works on wood metal laminate concrete indoors outdoors and beyond. For this project i decided to use annie sloan chalk paint.

The first coat of annie sloan chalk paint was applied in old white with a brush. When brooks got home that day he distressed the. I went with an annie sloan paint i found while looking through a local antique shopping area. We use so much annie sloan chalk paint that we could practically retail out of our garage.

Available in litres or 120ml sample pots. So after he left i got straight to painting the vanity and mirror with whatever paint we had on hand. I fell in love with that rich color right away and knew it was exactly what i wanted for the bathroom vanities. The blue chalk paint color is absolutely perfect.

Chalk paint is as easy to use as opening the tin dipping your brush and applying paint to furniture. He had no idea what was up my sleeve. She used annie sloan chalk paint in old white to make her vanity look brand new. With no need for sanding or priming you can simply pop open the tin roll up your sleeves dip in your brush and apply paint to furniture.

When painting over a dark surface with a light color the first coat usually looks terrible. In graphite specifically which is a dark charcoal grey. This was the first item i painted with chalk paint so i was curious to see how it would come out. Virginia shares that she has always wanted to redesign her bathroom vanity.

There s no need for priming or sanding. I ended up using country grey as the base. For about a month anyway.