My Annie Sloan Paint Experience

I have these two dressers in my room that I painted brown when we remodeled our bedroom that were plain.  I wanted to try out the new Annie Sloan paint on them.  When we went to Las Vegas last weekend I picked up a quart of Provence paint and a can of soft wax.  I bought a paint brush at HD and I also bought a tube of Minwax (water based) Express Color in Walnut.  I'd watched several videos on the Annie Sloan paint and I have antiqued many things before starting with ceramics.  I didn't want to spend any more than I had to.  I did two coats of the paint on the two top drawers of my husbands dresser and the middle doors on my dresser.  After the paint was dry I brushed on a layer of the Walnut and did both drawers at once and then with a wet rag wiped most of the stain off.  I then did the two cabinet doors the same way.  The stain dried very fast since it is water based and I then used Annie Sloan's Soft Wax on all the pieces.  I also spray painted the cupboard in our bedroom that holds my husbands beer supplies.  All of these colors match the quilt I made to go on my bedroom.

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 It is not on the bed yet as it is way too warm and it is at the local County Fair now to see if I win a prize.  We will go tomorrow night to see.  On with before and after, first is my husbands side of the bed:

 

My dresser before and after.  I love them with only a couple of pieces done and antiqued, it makes them look so much better.

 

 

This roll top piece is next, I keep my 12" scrapbooks in it and my cat food sits on top.  I found it sitting next to the dumpster at my vet's office they were throwing it away and I hauled it home.