Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Minty Stenciled Chest

Having spent 5 days in NY, I was ready to get my hands back into some paint! I bought this chest from a gal who I also got my end table I painted Antibes Green. You can see that post here.

I loved that it is a small piece and has the cutest little wheels on it! She had painted it purple but left the top stained.

I had so much fun figuring out what I wanted to do with it!

I started by using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White for the body & mixing Old White & Antibes Green until I got a soft minty color for the drawer fronts & top.

I then applied a stencil, and sprayed it with Krylon Classic Gray spray paint.

I waited until after one coat of Annie Sloan Clear Wax to sand & distress it. Something I learned in my ASCP workshop I attended over the weekend. (I will be posting about that in a day or 2).

Check back, as I will have LOTS of photo & great info from that workshop!

By waxing it first, you can eliminate all the chalk dust that gets everywhere! I just made sure I applied a 2nd coat of wax, this time mixing the clear & dark wax.

I rubbed the hardware with Silver Rub n Buff. LOVE that stuff. Anyone know how the heck it works? I mean you only have to have the tiniest bit on your finger to rub on the hardware & it turns it silver (or gold if you are using the gold).

I decided to randomly place the stencil on the chest, even wrapping it around one side. I wanted the whole thing, including the stencil to have an aged look to it.

Isn't she cute??

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