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Once you buy a house you may be left with little or literally no money to (re)decorate it the way you wish. In situations like this where you can’t afford to buy new furniture, there is a good solution that will allow you to give your furniture a new look without the need to spend an arm and a leg..
Chalk paint is a perfect way to refresh any piece of dull furniture.
Extremely popular in the USA chalk painting has not picked up so crazily in the UK, but so-called shabby-chick furniture are to be seen here and there more often. Restoring your furniture is rather a simple task, especially if you use the right type of pain. Here I would like to recommend ‘Chalk Paint’ by Annie Sloan. You can use a normal paint brush for applying it on your furniture – what is important here the paint is so good that it does not require any sanding prior to application :-). Use generously unless you don’t mind painting the furniture twice. Once applied leave for about 24 hours to let it dry. Watch my chalk painting tutorial to see how to do it.
If you are satisfied with the result wax the furniture, if you want to add your furniture somehow an ‘old look’ apply dark wax and spread it with a brush or steel wool.
If however, you are happy with the way your furniture looks now wax it with a clear was on the next day. Again re-apply the wax one more time once the first layer has dried.
Chalk Paint 1 L – £18.95
Clear Wax – 300ml – £ 8.45
Paint Brush £3.98
Steel Wool Fine (B&Q) – £2.98
TOTAL: £34.36
New kitchen furniture – a few hundred pounds at least..
