Meet French Linen, Chalk Paint by Annie Sloan! A cool neutral inspired by the color of aged natural linen. This khaki grey works beautifully with golds and a range of rich and bright colors such as Emile and Emperor’s Silk.
We absolutely love this picture from Bird’s Nest Gifts and Antiques on Instagram! Their handle is birds_nest_antiques. Diana, who is the blogger at Vintage Home Love painted her cabinets using French Linen. We absolutely love how the color adds so much depth and contrast to the white themed kitchen!
Check out these drool worthy projects using French Linen! I have an entire PIN BOARD dedicated to this color if you want to check it out. Here are a few of my favorites below. Are you feeling inspired yet?
Don’t forget how easy Chalk Paint by Annie Sloan is to use, NO PREP NO PRIMING needed. Just pop the top and go! Check out the Annie Sloan YouTube page for some video with Annie herself.
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Meet Amsterdam Green, Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan this strong, deep green takes inspiration from the painted shutters and doors of Amsterdam. It works particularly well with whites and creams and botanical imagery and plants, as well as looking brilliant with earthy yellows and reds – try teaming it with Primer Red, Arles and Old Ochre. It also makes a great backdrop to cool blues, such as Provence, Giverny and the purple tones of Emile.
This beautiful vintage dresser by Annie Sloan can be viewed on her inspiration page. We love how it’s getting us excited about spring. We love the pattern of the flowers and leaves as the backdrop. One of our favorite themes is botanical imagery.
Amsterdam Green is a strong, deep green inspired by the shutters and doors found in The Netherlands. Here it is paired with botanical imagery – the perfect green to bring out the colors of the flowers and plants around it.
Check out these jaw-dropping projects using Amsterdam Green I have an entire PIN BOARD dedicated to this color if you want to check it out. Here are a few of my favorites below. Are you feeling inspired yet?
This week, we thought we’d feature another of our favorite hues from the MMS Milk Paint Line. For those of you who haven’t tried it, now’s the time! It’s such a fabulous product and contains only five natural ingredients, making it VOC – Free. This beautiful dusty pink is a sweet compliment to any color palette and is both classic and timeless. We love how it looks on this piece, which was given a new life by With The Grain Home!
How are you incorporating this shade into your home? Share your transformations with us this month for a chance to win a pint of General Finishes Java Gel Stain in Mahogany. Use #SPPaintPro to enter!
We are getting ready for Luckett’s Spring Market, it’s kind of crazy how quickly it’s coming up! For those of you who haven’t already heard, we will be running FREE workshops and demos throughout the weekend using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® and MMS Milk Paint. But back to our color feature…In honor of the Spring Market coming up, we’ve decided to feature the gorgeous Lucketts Green this week. We love this cheery color and we love how versatile the product is and we hope you’ll give it a try if you haven’t already! This sweet little piece was featured on the Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint instagram account and was painted by Lemondrop Reclaimed. It never hurts when a piece is staged as beautifully as this one either!
What are your favorite Milk Paint Transformations? Share them with us on Instagram using #SPPaintPro for a chance to win a new DIY product each month! The winner’s transformation will also be featured on the blog! Don’t forget, you can shop all your DIY needs through our online store.
This week’s tip of the week comes to us straight from Annie Sloan, or more specifically, Annie’s son Felix. When we came across it on her instagram a while back, we loved it so much that we knew we had to share it!
Felix was refinishing this dresser, which held a lot of sentimental for his children’s room at their home in Oxford, England. He painted it in Chalk Paint® in Old Violet, but it’s his idea of outlining the drawers in Cream that we really fell for! It’s such a subtle extra detail that brings so much life to this piece! It was sealed with Clear Wax for added protection!
How sweet does it look?
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Lately, we’ve been turning to Unfolded, the official distributor of Chalk Paint® for the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand for some color inspiration. This week’s color recipe is another steal! They shared this gorgeous grey tone via instagram and we loved it so much that we knew we had to share it! It’s a green-toned grey that’s striking yet neutral enough to work into most pre-existing color palettes. We are calling it “Dolphin Grey.” Check it out!
Every color mix is a chance to make it your own—add more Pure White to lighten, add more Provence to brighten it up! Boy would we love to see this stunning shade on a piece! So try it out and send us your Before & Afters so we can feature your work. You can buy your materials in the store, or purchase them online.
This week’s Transformation Tuesday is the Margaret Hutch, currently for sale in our Falls Church Shop. It was too good not to share!
This piece was structurally in great shape, though their was some damage to the finish that was consistent with the age of the piece. It has beautiful lines and offers a ton of storage, but the dark walnut finish made it a really heavy piece and extra formal.
So we decided to lighten it up using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® in French Linen for the outside and Pure White for the inside. The white inside added a little extra contrast and allows all the treasures its future owner fills it with to really pop.
After painting it, Heather, one of our experts, sealed the inside and outside of the piece with clear wax. and lightly distressed it to allow some of the natural wood tones to come back through. She went back over these areas again with clear wax to seal them. The hardware was original and we loved it so much and it was in such great shape that we knew we had to leave it. The final product is a gorgeous functional piece that has so much character and soul. It’s formal without being stuffy and can just as easily work in a more casual space.
Did we mention this beauty is for sale??!! She’s priced to sell at $895.00 and measures H 75″ x W 19″ x L 62.” Come see her for yourself at our Falls Church Store or check out some more pictures here before she’s gone!
Have You Tried Milk Paint?
It really is an easy product to use, despite the misperception that it requires a lot of prep work. A lot of people also think that it’s strictly for raw wood, but we are hear to tell you: no it’s not!
You can achieve a wide variety of finishes with Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint. The trick is knowing when to mix in bonding agent and when you don’t have to. If you are painting on a pre-finished surface, be it paint or varnish, and you don’t want the chippy look, it is a good idea to add the in the bonding agent. To be on the safe side, you may choose to lightly sand the surface, just to give the paint some “tooth” to grip on to. For raw wood pieces, you can apply milk paint directly to the surface without the use of a bonding agent.
QUICK TIP: It’s always a good idea to shake the bag before you start scooping the powder and mixing the paint. Because the paint comes as a powder, if you don’t, there is a higher chance of color variations in the paint.
Once you prep your surface and mix the paint, the process really is so easy and the results are worth the tiny bit of sanding you may have to do!
This week’s Before & After is brought to you by Tricia, one of our “Painters in Residence.” Tricia is a full blown Chalk Paint/Milk Paint addict who’s love for vintage furniture has started to get out of hand! But somehow, when she finds a piece that speaks to her, she always manages to find a spot… Check out her latest score!
I found this cute little faux bamboo table at a local thrift store for $30.00 and I loved its unique tripod look. It was in good condition, with no wobbliness or cracks in the legs. I am a sucker for the bamboo look and I knew I had to take it home, even if I had no idea of where it would go.
It took me a while to decide on the color and choose the look I was going for. Did I want a bright bold color or a neutral? Finally, I landed on Coco. Because I had not yet decided where it would go (it’s too high to be a coffee table, too large for an end table), I thought Coco would transition well as I moved it around to find the perfect spot for it.
I opted for a classic, full coverage look, so I painted two light coats of Coco then a third watered down. Once that was fully dry, I applied a clear wax as usual, waited twenty four hours and applied a second. I like to do this on table tops when I know they will get a lot of traffic. While the second coat of wax was soft, I applied my dark wax. On the “joints” in the bamboo, I left the dark wax to sit a little longer for a more dramatic look. I love how it turned out!
This piece looks great! We love how the dark wax accentuated the bamboo legs. It looks a million times better!
Come and see us at our shop in Falls Church Virginia (address here) and talk to us about your project or BUY ONLINE if you are out of state! We have all your Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan products, wax and so much more! We have everything you need to complete your project. If you have questions, email us at shop@stylishpatina.com.
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One of our fun customers came into the shop the other day and had found this amazing buffet at a thrift store for like $35 or something crazy! I was amazed she found something that cheap it seems like the thrift store prices have really been going up the last few years.
She fell in love with the lines and the hardware which I can see why! She decided to use Pure White Chalk Paint on it for a fabulous modern finish.
Here is the lovely after picture! Just beautiful….pure white has been a big seller for us the last 6 months. Have you painted anything in Pure White? We would love to see you before + after pictures, submit them on our website www.stylishpatina.com.
This week’s before and after project is from Bann, a chalk paint fanatic. Take it away, Bann!
Here is the before of Bann’s tiled-top dining table.
Here’s Bann’s completed project – a colorful & fun table that compliments her decor perfectly!
Come and see us at Rough Luxe Warehouse, we are open from 10-5 each Saturday in March + April. Don’t forget our flagship Stylish Patina shop in Falls Church is open 7 days a week! Interested in seeing our furniture inventory? Check out our Etsy Shop, for all the details. New furniture is added each week!
This week’s before and after is from Kristin – an interior designer who totally rocked her mudroom makeover. Take it away, Kristin.
Here’s the before shot of Kristin’s mudroom.
Annnnd here is Kristin’s amazing new mudroom.
Come and see us at Rough Luxe Warehouse, we are open from 10-5 each Saturday in March + April. Don’t forget our flagship Stylish Patina shop in Falls Church is open 7 days a week! Interested in seeing our furniture inventory? Check out our Etsy Shop, for all the details. New furniture is added each week! And you can shop chalk paint + supplies in our online shop, click here for that.