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Re-finished Chairs, DIY Chalk Paint

August 19, 2014 By: Melanie

It’s Transformation Tuesday!  We’re sharing a couple chairs we re-finished using our DIY chalk paint.  We are also excited to be over at the Ribbon Retreat today sharing a fun back to school project for their A-Z  series.  We crafted up a “Praise Plate” for the letter ‘P.’  Be sure to hop over to the Ribbon Retreat’s blog  (HERE) for the tutorial and to check out all the other awesome back to to school projects so far in the series.

Fabric covered glass plate (13)

Now let’s get to the chairs!  We picked these beauties up on one of our runs to the thrift store.  They are sturdy and have so much character, we couldn’t wait to get some paint on them.  We purchased 3 chairs-painted 1 yellow and 2 of them white.Re-finished chairs, DIY chalk paint (3)

Have you checked out our DIY chalk paint yet?  It’s easy, much cheaper than the name brand stuff, and best of all-it works great every time!  See a full tutorial HERE, and a video tutorial HERE. First step is always to clean the furniture really well.  When using chalk paint, that’s the only prep that is needed!  We used our Critter spray gun and put 3 coats on each chair.Re-finished chairs, DIY chalk paint (2)

We sealed them with our favorite wax sealer Minwax finishing paste.  Before sealing, we distressed the chairs a bit. The dark oak of these chairs is gorgeous showing through on the sanded edges. re finished chair-diy chalk paintRe-finished chairs, DIY chalk paint (4)

Re-finished chairs, DIY chalk paint (1)

They turned out beautiful!  One tip when using chalk paint:  it has a rougher feel than regular paint but a little light sanding smooths it right out.  We just lightly sanded the seat and chair back before we waxed for a nice smooth surface.

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Comments

  1. Melanie says

    October 2, 2017 at 4:00 pm

    Hi Emily! If you seal the bench properly the paint will hold up great! We always use Minwax finishing paste on chalk paint projects and it holds up really well!

  2. Emily says

    September 27, 2017 at 3:04 am

    How do white chairs hold up over time. Wanting to chalk paint my piano bench white but worried about it getting super scratched up?

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