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DIY Chalk Finish Paint: Kid-ifying A Dresser #LowesCreator

03/04/2014 by Yolanda Machado

Spring Lowes Disclaimer

Over the past couple months, we have been trying to complete one room at a time. Our living room is finished (minus some slight color changes coming up), the bathroom looks awesome, our final rooms are the bedrooms, my office and the kitchen. We started on Sofia’s first but hers mainly needed a little organizing via a bookcase and a dresser. I cannot tell you how hard it was to find a dresser that was roomy enough and that she actually liked. So, we compromised. I bought the dresser, on sale, unfinished and she got to pick out the color. Lucky for me, she picked the sane color as her bookcase, but I wanted to give her dresser a more matte finish.

I had seen chalk finish paint, and loved the texture and the contrast it gave to furniture, so I grabbed my easy instructions from Lowe’s and mixed up a batch of chalk finish paint in Raspberry Tart to finish up my daughter’s room. Here is the super easy way I did it.

Make Chalk Finish Paint

Chalk Finish Paint

Supplies

  • Valspar Signature latex flat paint or latex paint with built-in primer (I used Raspberry Tart)
  • Plastic paint buckets
  • Stir sticks
  • Plaster of Paris
  • Plastic measuring cups (do not reuse for food)
  • Water (use cool, not warm)

Directions

  1. Mix 1/3 cup of plaster of Paris with 1/3 cup cold water in a mixing cup;How To Chalk Finish Paint 01
  2. Stir until completely smooth.
  3. Mix with one cup latex paint and stir completely.How To Chalk Finish Paint 03
  4. Makes enough chalk finish paint for one coat for a 6-drawer dresser. Should not be stored and reused. For smaller projects, mix less using these proportions. Nontoxic; to dispose, let dry completely in the container before disposing in trash.

Painting A Kids Dresser

 

Using the super easy formula above, I was able to mix up the perfect chalk finish paint for my girl’s dresser. I applied three coats and had to make just a tiny bit more than the formula calls for.  I then used a Paste Wax to seal in the paint. I love the end product and even more so, the fact that my daughter’s room is now DONE. Well, for a couple years anyway!

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Filed Under: Home Decor Tagged With: #LowesCreator, DIY, DIY Chalk Finish Paint, How To Make Chalk Finish Paint, Painting Kids Furniture

Comments

  1. Sarah L says

    03/11/2014 at 3:03 PM

    Good looking dresser. I like that the paint is non-toxic, very important to me.

  2. keir says

    05/31/2014 at 2:17 PM

    I have been using my own home made chalk paint for a while now. I keep it in a plastic Folger’s coffee can with the lid…and I have kept the left over paint from a old buffet I turned into a coffee station, for two months.

    I used the plaster of paris recipe and have painted several projects.

  3. Hannah C says

    06/16/2014 at 1:10 PM

    SO cute! Thanks for posting!

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