I've used several of Annie Sloan's chalk paints and while I really love them I miss using the bright colors I so love. I was excited to come across this blog where she gives you a recipe to make your own! So I ordered some Calcium Carbonate off Amazon and mixed it with a small jar of oops paint I picked up from Lowes.
I happened to have this stand that was just screaming boring :)
I also found if I moved it by the swing set I could push Miss M and paint at the same time! Worked like a charm because she can swing for a good long time before asking to get out :)
Mix 1\3 part powder to 2\3 parts paint.
I happened to have this stand that was just screaming boring :)
I also found if I moved it by the swing set I could push Miss M and paint at the same time! Worked like a charm because she can swing for a good long time before asking to get out :)
The adhesion was just as good a ASCP, but the ease of distressing wasn't quite as awesome.
Over all I was really happy with the turnout and it sure beats 38 bucks a can :)
20 comments:
Dying to try this paint mixture....what did you mean by it not distressing as well? How? (sorry, but I'm gonna try it on a big piece and I need all the info I can get!)
I love how it turned out!!
Looks good!! I love that color!
i'm dying to try this...i have been reading mixed reviews...i have used annie sloans paint and it will spoil you for sure...but i can't afford it for everything i do!! i mixed some black paint with spackle to paint a cheapo project and i was pleased with the outcome...i love the color you picked!
ashley @creating love & joy
perfect! love that color- so fun! going to order some from amazon as i wasn't sure where to get it! :)
I can't believe we did this post on the same day! Yours looks so great! I distressed mine too.
You're so cute!
Love that color!! I'm dying to try all the different homemade recipes I've seen for chalk paint! It seems to work pretty well! Love how your stand looks now!
That looks awesome and I have to say that was one of my reserves for making the trip out to buy a can. I'm used to my cheap cans of oops paint. I also so on one blog (don't remember which) that there is a powder based paint that you mix with water. She said it smells though. Crap balls!
That looks awesome and I have to say that was one of my reserves for making the trip out to buy a can. I'm used to my cheap cans of oops paint. I also so on one blog (don't remember which) that there is a powder based paint that you mix with water. She said it smells though. Crap balls!
Looks great to me. Good job on this one....did you wax at the end?
That's awesome! Who knew?
The shelf looks great!!
Thanks for sharing how to make chalk paint!
I still haven't really started working on my table! Maybe I'll make some chalk paint to use on that. :)
I want to try it! Turned out really good. Isn't it great what a little paint can do to a piece of furniture!? Ethan loves the swing too! Funny! I can picture you pushing and painting pushing and painting haha.
Why are you so amazing! It looks awesome!
And what's the dif between regular paint and chalk paint? Totally paint naive over here.
That is so pretty. I love the distressed look. Thanks for a great idea! I am a new follower from Free For All. Vicky from www.messforless.net
So great!! I want to try this recipe! Love the color :)
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Lina
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Always good to see those who have tried it! Thanks for sharing.
I probably need to try this soon. I know that you can mix colors of ASCP, but I don't want to pay for multiples when I might not use them all. Your piece looks great.
I think it looks fabulous.
I love the color!!! I should totally attempt chalk paint for Ellie's bookshelf. She would love it! I still think I need to fly you here and have you paint everything in my house fun colors. :)
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