New Store - Painting The Floor

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We started with dirty white floor.  


Knowing that Chalk Paint® decorative paints by Annie Sloan will stick to almost anything, we mopped several times (I didn't want the paint sticking to the dirt & not the floor).  

Then we masked off the white baseboards.


I really wanted to create a calm floor, with shades of blue.  

Like a calm tropical sea.

So, I started with islands of colors....,

Not quite the look I was aiming for.... It looked more like Easter Eggs! 

The beauty of Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan is I can just apply a wash of color over the 'Eggs' and still get my mix of colors.

Yes!  That was made it all work.

Topped it off with 2-Coates of Annie Sloan Floor Lacquer & it's perfect.

In the end for 1400 square feet, I used;
2 quarts each of Antibes Green, Napoleonic Blue, Paris Grey, Old White Chalk Paint® Decorative Paints by Annie Sloan, four quarts of Provence Chalk Paint®, and 4 liters of Annie Sloan Floor Lacquer.  

I think I could have cut the paint in half if I had known exactly what I wanted instead of playing around with my 'Island' idea.  😀

I'm happy!


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Bobbi Eddy has been rescuing and revitalizing furniture and cabinets for more than 25 years. She owns Not Too Shabby in Historic Folsom, Re-Find Living in Old Town Auburn, and Not Too Shabby Studio in Roseville. In 2011, after discovering the power and flexibility of the paint, she became Sacramento area’s authorized stockist for Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan. Thank you for taking the time to read her blog.

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