Mary Paint All Over My Bedroom

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I wasn't happy at all with my bedroom, it was too dark. During quite a long time I was thinking how to change it. The first thing I wanted to get rid of was the black. The headboard had a black leatherette.

After some research I decided to paint it with Mary Paint. This paint doesn't need wax or varnish.

 

And this is the result:

I painted with the same paint the leatherette, the lamps and the picture frames.

And the Ikea Hemnes shoe cabinet:

This paint does not leave the brush strokes!

Love,

Giving Ikea Furniture a New Look with Chalk Paint Autentico

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After using Fleur Paint for my baby girl furniture, I decided to paint the Ikea Hemnes Nightstand. It was a black-Brown table that we used in the living room next to the sofa. We had just changed most of the living room furniture from dark brown to white and some kind of grey...  So that table needed to be painted.

I decided to try Autentico chalk paint, because they will send me by mail six paint samples. So I asked for my samples and then I made my online order.

The paint I used for this Ikea table was Elephant Grey on the top and Antique White and finnished it up with a dark wax.

Here a close view:

It was great working with this chalk paint, after this we (my four year old boy and I) used it to paint several frames.

Love,

Repurpose Ikea Furniture with Fleur Chalk Paint

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While expecting my baby girl, I needed to prepare her room. Like we had just move to a new appartment, from the previous one I had an extra Ikea Molger Shelving Unit that I no longer wanted. At the time, I was watching a tv show in which they painted almost anything with chalk paint. So I decided to give it a try and repurpose it with some chalk paint.

I bought Fleur Pretty Ballerina and finish it with it mat varnish.

I also decided  to paint  the Ikea Sniglar Changing Table.

I really enjoyed painting these two pieces of furniture, it was quite easy to do. The only thing I found most difficult was applying the varnish. For some reason, while applying the varnish with a Fleur brush, the layers of paint moved a bit. It's not something easy to see in the final result, but I know it's there. Here is a close view:

This is my first project with chalk paint and not my last ;-)

Love,