Some painted furniture projects

This is the end table I started with, thanks to my Mother in Law (MIL) who had some Chalk Paints and waxes that she let me borrow and try it to see if I liked it. They can be an investment or a pricey thing to just get for one project. I found I can use normal paint brushes but I use high quality ones but the round brushes are great and some times you can get more out of your paint with them, especially with the CeCe Caldwell paints. The great thing with these paints is if you don't like it you paint over it and try again and can always change it after some time with very little to no prep!! Needless to say I have my own stock now and I look for things to paint now! I like the mix of adding painted furniture for pops of color in rooms.

base of Provence on a dark table, it was used and had dings, scratches and blemishes on it

I sanded some places to let the wood come through and then put some brush strokes of duck egg blue... like I said if you do not like the way it comes out you paint again.

painted over it then went and bought the color Florence so it is Provence under neath

 This is the final product, which I truly wanted the teal/turquoise color and with out buying the color I had trouble mixing others together to get. This does have several coats of clear wax to protect it. Like I said this was my first project and attempt at this plus I was it was also about changing the color scheme of our previous home earthy colors into a more serene beach glass themed color palate. It spruced up the rental that had all white walls.

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Using these two colors, another quick try of mixing and using a wash of color on these plain white frames

 after some dark wax on one and clear on others they turned out great.

these are her waxes

these are the paint brushes I used and the round is one like hers but a cheaper version good but small for big projects. Don't judge the wall paper it was our rental.

this a great brush, I use for clear wax

black signs I wanted to give new life to

 This is the bigger project I was working up to and I wanted the inside boxes to a coordinating color or pop of color in this piece. It took SEVERAL tries but it also was a way to learn different techniques and see what works and what doesn't.

thought this would look good but I put it up and you could not see the different paint colors in the boxes so it was back to the drawing board.

I got Greek Blue paint and that small container went far but I did have to purchase a large container of it in order to get good coats of color.

painted the outside shelf French Linen (grey)

finished product I LOVE it!

 A childhood stool that is old and I figured could use some paint and the picture on the left is the stool after two coats of paint with out wax. The right is with a couple coats of wax. It is Antibes Green underneath Florence.

 Tried a dresser that had drips of stain going down and that sat in our closet in old house but now was out in the bedroom, so part of the makeover. It is French Linen with Old White.

This is a project that is still a work in progress since it involved LOTS of sanding, waxing and trying to find a look I liked once we moved into the new house so I have tweaked it once again.

These are a few of the projects I did while we were in the rental to keep busy and change the look of the house. I am currently doing a project a bed for the guest room and dresser that will be a changing table for the nursery. I am using the CeCe Caldwell with these projects in a charcoal color. Wanted to change it up. You can also use these paints outside just without wax I painted over a rusted yard decor thing, it is weathering very nicely. They are also non toxic paints that have no odor or toxic fumes, plus they are organic. This is a way to get creative and a quick way to change a look of something. I love it, I get inspiration looking on pinterest and other places then think of a way to incorporate that into my decor. I enjoy making old things new again. Happy painting.