Who Knew?

Wow.  Who knew it could be so inspiring to take something old and battered, and create something so cool, new and revitalized... And all it would take is some Chalk Paint.. I found a child size rocking chair at a garage sale.  It was in fabulous shape for its age, but as I wanted this for the Granddaughter...........It had to become Black and Pink and become a Mini Mouse Chair.

It was in such great shape, but I was worried about the Shellac coming through, or the paint not sticking.  All the instructions indicate that no prep is required with Chalk Paint, sooooooooo I just dove right in. 

I used Annie Sloan Old White on the seat, Graphite with a splash of Black craft paint to make it darker, and Scandinavian Pink on the Rails.   I was so surprised at how well the paint adhered to the chair. No sanding, no prep at all.  It does dry to a matt finish though, so you need to add something to it, if you want it to pop

Of course it could not be our Sweet Baby Granddaughter's chair without a little Mini on it.  I purchased some self adhering stickers and placed it right over the chalk paint.  Now I needed to protect the chair, from all the sticky fingers and food that this cute chair would soon face... I gave the whole thing 2 coats of General Finishes High Performance Poly.  Fabulous Product...  Glided on easily and gave my Chalk Paint the little gloss that it needed. 

So now I am off to try another project using this incredible paint.
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