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Homemade chalk paint!


Chalk paint. We all cause got heard of it. I promise you have. Here's 1 that I withdraw heed nearly the most. Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint. Very pricey but worth it! But let's human face upwards it... I don't cause got a project correct straightaway in addition to we're on a budget! SO.... I've been researching the internet, other blogs in addition to google in addition to decided to build my ain homemade chalk paint! Here's how I did it!


I started off past times taking a trip to Lowe's to larn the following:

Un-sanded Grout (Color White inwards tile section) I bought a small-scale $5 bucket. Any brand, size!
Flat Paint (Check your mistinted pigment sections!) Any build in addition to color, whatever size too!
Mixing Utensil- I bought stole a stirring stick from Lowe's pigment department
Bowl- to mix your pigment in
Paint brushes- brushes, sponges, etc. Whatever you prefer!

I started icon a few days weeks ago with my homemade chalk pigment in addition to was a niggling taken dorsum past times the consistency. I added almost iii tbsp of un-sanded grout to my 1 loving cup of white apartment paint. It thickened amongst fourth dimension in addition to then hold upwards certain to mix good in addition to facial expression nearly v minutes to allow it thicken. Mix in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than earlier use.

I wanted a actually shabby complete to the slice in addition to I LOVE how it turned out! I ended upwards icon two coats of this homemade chalk pigment on my slice of article of furniture in addition to that's it. It required niggling to no prep work. I lightly sanded my slice of article of furniture every bit usual. I did NOT prime number the slice first. And I am amazed at the results! All I had to produce later the two coats of my homemade chalk pigment was seal  the slice amongst my favorite poly, MinWax's Poly H2O based.

Here's the terminal result!


I know it's a bad icon demonstrate but it's 12:15 p.m. hither inwards Florida. Don't enquire me why I'm icon this late... I simply larn a outburst of loose energy sometimes. But you tin actually country inwards the photograph how thick in addition to dandy of a complete it has. I simply can't rave nearly it enough. The niggling hole to the correct is where the hardware is supposed to go. It was bothering me too.

So... are you going to seek my homemade chalk paint? What produce you think? If you haven't started next me on Instagram, you tin follow me at @allyschmidheiser.

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Ok! So goodnight bloggies! I'll beak to you soon.
Y'all come upwards dorsum now, ya hear! ;-) I had to throw my southern charm inwards there... hehe.

XOXO,
Ally










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