The paint lends a washed-out shabby chic look to wood, metal ... don't need to prime or sand a piece of furniture before painting it with Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint, even if it's already painted.

She has used it on wood furniture, metal lamps, wrought-iron candleholders and outdoor benches. Her list of basic supplies from Annie Sloan: chalk paint, clear wax and dark wax; basic paintbrushes ...

Chalk-style paints have a matte finish that, as the name implies, looks like chalk once it’s applied. Tackling a painting ... Paint you don’t need to sand or otherwise prime your furniture ...

Painting wood furniture is a creative way to refresh ... For a farmhouse feel, use matte chalk paint and distressed edges.

It was great fun chalk painting and chalkboarding just ... and then easily erased. Chalk paint was developed to give furniture a variety of interesting distressed effects, although aficionados ...

But don’t limit yourself to painting wooden bookshelves and metal tables: You can also paint your upholstered furniture ... Highly pigmented chalk paint, latex paint, and a mixture of latex ...

Chalk painting -- not to be confused with ... and glazed it and sealed it herself after watching me chalk paint a couple pieces of furniture,” Johnson said. “Part of the beauty of it is ...