Hello Everyone,
Hope the summer heat is treating you guys with love.
Today, I have a very summery colour feel project with the Craftreat Dot stencil collection.
I recently bought a plain wood side table and for today's post am revamping it with chalk paints and stencil.
For Furnitures, I usually do not prime them with gesso if they are raw wood. However, if you are planning to revamp an existing furniture with a heavy varnish or polish as top coat, I would suggest sanding off the top layer and then applying the chalk paints. I have used 2 coats of Folkart Sea Villa Chalk paint as the base coat.
Once the base colour was dry, using the dry brush technique I have added Folkart Vinatge Mustard Chalk Paint on the top base and all over the legs of the table. I wanted the mustard colour very muted so I gave a white wash (mixed water with the chalk paint to make it very watery consistency and just dipped brush and with a very light hand painted over the existed colours) to the entire table with Folkart White Adirondack Chalk Paint.
Once dry, I used Folkart Imperial Chalk Paint and on only the top base did some dry brushing. Post this I sanded the entire table. This just helps in giving a very smooth finish to the entire table and if while painting some parts had thicker paints than the others, it helps smoothening those. Also, this helps reveal the coloured layers.
I have then used Folkart Imperial Chalk Paint to trace the Craftreat Dot stencil design on the top of the table. Once dry, the entire table has been given a generous 2 coats of varnish allowing a good 3-4 hours of drying time between each layer.
I hope you liked the project, and try your hands at renovating your home furnitures to your personal styles.
Happy Crafting
Saumya
Products Used
Hope the summer heat is treating you guys with love.
Today, I have a very summery colour feel project with the Craftreat Dot stencil collection.
I recently bought a plain wood side table and for today's post am revamping it with chalk paints and stencil.
For Furnitures, I usually do not prime them with gesso if they are raw wood. However, if you are planning to revamp an existing furniture with a heavy varnish or polish as top coat, I would suggest sanding off the top layer and then applying the chalk paints. I have used 2 coats of Folkart Sea Villa Chalk paint as the base coat.
Once the base colour was dry, using the dry brush technique I have added Folkart Vinatge Mustard Chalk Paint on the top base and all over the legs of the table. I wanted the mustard colour very muted so I gave a white wash (mixed water with the chalk paint to make it very watery consistency and just dipped brush and with a very light hand painted over the existed colours) to the entire table with Folkart White Adirondack Chalk Paint.
Once dry, I used Folkart Imperial Chalk Paint and on only the top base did some dry brushing. Post this I sanded the entire table. This just helps in giving a very smooth finish to the entire table and if while painting some parts had thicker paints than the others, it helps smoothening those. Also, this helps reveal the coloured layers.
I have then used Folkart Imperial Chalk Paint to trace the Craftreat Dot stencil design on the top of the table. Once dry, the entire table has been given a generous 2 coats of varnish allowing a good 3-4 hours of drying time between each layer.
I hope you liked the project, and try your hands at renovating your home furnitures to your personal styles.
Happy Crafting
Saumya
Products Used
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