How To Paint Laminate Furniture Shabby Chic

This video will show you how to refinish any wooden piece you might have and bring it back to life step by step.

How to paint laminate furniture shabby chic. Shabby chic items are often heavily painted through the years with many layers showing through obviously time worn areas. Take the darkest of your 2 paint colors and use a paintbrush to apply a very thin layer onto the furniture. Bubbling while the paint primer is still wet 2. Brush the paint so thin that you can still see some of the cracks or crevices of the original furniture underneath.

The style is imitated in faux painting using glaze or by painting then rubbing and sanding away the top coat to show the wood or base coats known as distressing the finish of the furniture. Common concerns when painting laminate furniture are 1. It includes an antique chandelier or perhaps a vintage cutlery set some homeowners decide to combine the shabby with modern end but it s safer to take your shabby enthusiasm with a higher level by utilizing all antique and natural materials. Many other items that you can for your shabby chic decoration.

Chalk paint provides an excellent choice for finishing wood veneer furniture. Paint a thin layer of your darker color all over the furniture. Poor adhesion after the paint has dried cured this will cause all your hard work and paint finish to scratch off easily long after your piece is complete this is a perfect piece to show you the 2 best ways to paint laminate furniture. Most of the time shabby chic furniture is covered in either a flat paint or satin paint as high gloss isn t the look most want to achieve.

Use either latex or oil based furniture paint. Apply furniture wax using a special wax brush using firm pressure to push the wax into the paint. You do not need to prime or prep the furniture and the chalk paint texture adds to the shabby chic look. Work in small areas and wipe off the excess as you go with a clean rag.