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Distressed Furniture

June 15, 2012 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations4 Comments

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I have wanted to redo my kitchen cabinets for quite some time, but was not sure what I wanted. Then I ran across some distressed furniture where they used some paint called chalk paint (not chalk board paint). It is Anne Sloan brand.

It is for Italian style furniture. It is supposedly very durable. And there is no prepping involved. That made it sound even better. You just paint it over the varnish, stain, old paint or whatever.

It just sounded too good to be true. Well I found some in the Dallas area and talked my husband into taking me to get some. It was quite a bit more expensive than I thought it would be, but kept thinking no preparing. So I bought it.

Well I didn’t want to just start painting my cabinets till I seen whether I would like it or not. So I decided to try it out on an old sewing table that we had, and on a solid oak table that was needing a redo, that we bought a couple of years ago at goodwill for our patio.

I’m afraid my pictures didn’t turn out to good, so I hope that you can see them ok.

Before

sewing table

Sewing table in need of a redo


Anne Sloan Chalk paint, clear wax, and dark wax.
Chalk Paint

Chalk Paint


This is the finished sewing table.
Distressed sewing table

Distressed Sewing Table

distressed sewing table

Refinished sewing table

distressed sewing table

distressed sewing table


This is the bottom part of the table that I am going to refinish. I forgot to get a picture of it before I flipped it over, so I thought, oh well I can get it when I flip it back over. Oosp I forgot then to. So this is the only picture that I have of the finish of the old table before I applied the chalk paint.
Table stand

Bottom table stand


This is the table after the chalk paint has been applied.
Table painted with chalk paint

Table painted with chalk paint


Here is the sun that I am going to paint on top of the table top.
Sun for table

Sun for table

Table painted with chalk paint

Refinished table with chalk paint


Finished piece with the clear wax and dark wax applied.
My newly painted patio table

My newly painted patio table

What do you think? I love the no prep.

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  1. Mary-the boondocks blog says

    March 9, 2017 at 5:01 am

    Linda I love chalk paint and use it obsessively. Although I’ve never tried Annie Sloan. But I will put it on anything. Your tables both turned out great And the sun is super cute.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      March 9, 2017 at 4:20 pm

      Thank you Mary! I love chalk paint too, but now you can find less expensive brands, or even make it yourself.

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  2. ness says

    July 29, 2020 at 6:00 am

    Thanks for sharing. That looks lovely table. I will try your idea.
    ness recently posted…How to Restore Eucalyptus Furniture – Easy Care TipsMy Profile

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      August 29, 2020 at 6:16 am

      Thank you Ness!

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