DIY Chalky Finish Curio

I was at a garage sale eyeing this piece when the lady selling it ran over and said..."lets wheel and deal, if you buy this I will run it out to your car right now!" After a little negotiation on price I decided to take it home, and sure enough her and her son "ran" it right out to my car!

As you can see the back has a mirror and there was glass on all sides of this piece as well as glass shelves.

I took all the glass out and painted the frame with DecoArts Chalky Finish Paint. This paint, much like chalk paint, can paint over just about anything without sanding. However, I did sand this piece a little bit to make sure it was smooth and sand out the dings.

I wanted this piece to be a soft blue so I mixed

4oz of Escape (blue)

10oz of Yesteryear (grey)

4oz of Everlasting (white)

You can see all the colors here

Here is the coverage after 1 coat, and it stuck really great. My mom also painted with this paint and loved how smooth it went on.

I only had to paint this piece with 2 coats of paint!

After I painted the frame I cut out panels of bead board to fit in where the glass and the mirrors used to be! I painted those with 2 coats of the blue paint as well.

Once the blue paint had dried I used Everlasting (white) to dry brush the entire piece. I love the texture dry brushing gives to a piece! You can see my dry brushing tutorial here.

I also found this pretty appliqué to add to the front door.

After all of the paint was dry I seal this piece with a water based clear coat, after I applied the glaze to all the cracks. I like to glaze after I top coat something as it allows me to have more working time with my glaze.