I'm so excited to share a fantastic Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan project that one of our very talented customers finished.  We talk about painting furniture all the time, but this project involved painting a costume for El Dorado Musical Theatre's recent production of The Addams Family Musical.  The costume was for a Ghostly Ballerina, an ancestor for the Adams Family.  Our...

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We've just returned from an amazing few days in New Orleans.  We met with the Annie Sloan Unfolded team to talk about all the new stuff coming this year - very Exciting!!!  I'll share more details as soon as I can, I promise.(Love these Aubusson Blue doors, very modern)But I can share some inspiring color combinations found everywhere in the French Quarter.  Loved...

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One of the biggest misconceptions we hear at the store is how expensive a quart of paint is..... And my response is always - when it comes to paint, you pay for pigment vs. water.  Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan is highly pigmented paint.  It covers beautifully!Which means you'll get lots of coverage per quart of ChalkbPaint® vs. a quart of...

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One of my favorite techniques to use on bare wood is a Wash, or Lime-Wash.  This works by wetting the wood and then pushing the paint into the grain.  This can be a quick and easy project with Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan.   This technique starts with pre-wetting the wood.  I like using a 2nd paint brush, dipping it into the...

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Hello!Following on a previous post about decoupaging with Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan, I decided to decopauge a drawer on a night stand.  I started by painting the nightstand Chalk Paint® French Linen, then top coat with Old Ochre.   Immediately after painting the drawer Old Ochre, using the wet Chalk Paint® as my 'medium', I placed one ply of the white...

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Most of you know how amazing Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan is for painting furniture, but have you tried to decoupage with it? When we recently hosted a stop on the Auburn Art Walk at our Re-Find Living store (in Auburn), we decided to make it 'hands on'.   Providing each participant with a small art canvas, a decorative napkin, glitter,...

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Here's the second part to yesterdays painted cabinet post. Quick Recap - The cabinets are about 40 years old and solid wood.  The finish however had worn off in some spots, become gummy, and cracked.  Making them perfect candidates to Chalk Paint® with Annie's amazing paint.  We first cleaned all of the cabinets with a vinegar & water mix, followed by Dawn dish...

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So excited to share this great project!  It's photo heavy so I broke it into 2 posts. We inherited a rental that hadn't had anything done to any of the cabinets throughout the house in......well forever.  So we grabbed our Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan color pallet and worked through the samples to get the perfect color.   The constraints were...

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I love Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan, and one of my favorite colors is Antibes Green.  It's a beautiful bright green with clear wax, and deepens to a rich green with dark wax.   Annie wrote "Antibes is one of the towns between Nice and Cannes in the  French Riviera .  Now there are billionaires yachts  moored in the harbour but it still...

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