It's THYME to show you an armoir make over using AMERICANA DECOR Chalky Finish Paints

As a member of the DecoArt Helping Artist Program

it is
ALWAYS
fun to receive a box of wonderful supplies
to experiment with

Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paints 

are 

wonderful to work with!

• Ultra-matte Chalky Finish
• Available in 29 vintage, intermixable colors
• Adheres to even the slickest surface
• Easier to distress than any other acrylic paints
• One-coat coverage with most colors on most surfaces
• Durable due to unique cross linking features of paint resin system
• Water-based for easy clean-up
• Made in the USA

Today I am going  to show you just how easy it is to transform a piece 

and 

give it a whole new look using Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paints!

This is an old armoir that once belonged to my husbands uncle.

I rescued it from my husbands grandmothers basement over 20 years ago.

It was painted ORANGE  at the time!

I stripped it down to it's "natural state" .

That is how it has remained all these years!

 It is not a solid wood, rather a veneer.

Because of its age there has been a lot of 

chipping and breaking off of the veneer 

along the bottom.

It would be difficult to repair so I decided to paint it once again.

Always use the 

GOOD QUALITY BRUSHES

when working on a project

to ensure

THE BEST POSSIBLE RESULTS!

I used

AMERICANA DECOR Chalky Finish Paints 

for this make over.

I painted the entire piece first using

CARBON

When dry I then painted over the 

CARBON 

using

LEGACY

which is a 

BRIGHT BLUE

I then WET sanded my piece using a sanding brick as pictured

In doing this I exposed some of the 

CARBON color 

that I originally applied to show thru.

This process gives your piece a prim distressed look.

AND

Now for the 

FINISH!

DecoArt has a line of Varnishes and Waxes to complete your piece.

  

I finished my piece by using

AMERICANA DECOR  Clear Creme Wax

When the

  CLEAR  creme wax

was dry I rubbed on some

AMERICANA DECOR Deep Brown Wax

in areas 

to tone down the 

BRIGHT LEGACY BLUE

and to further distress my piece.

The 

AMERICANA DECOR CHALKY FINISH

paints are a fun, easy way to change the look of a piece and give it new life!

Americana Decor Chalky Finish paint is available 

at 

Home Depot, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, A C Moore

Visit the Deco Art Chalky Finish website

HERE

For more design ideas and inspiration!

Happy Painting !

Lynn