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Child’s Chalkboard Table and Chairs
Posted by melissa on Apr 29, 2013 in chalk paint, painted furniture, spray paint | 13 comments
I am not sure who brought “distressed” furniture into vogue?
I AM sure who has kept it in vogue. . .
Every mother on the planet.
When I was a child, “distressed” was ruined.
It meant another project for my dad…
Growing up the conversation went like this:
Mother: ”Who put this big scratch in the table?!”
Child: “It wasn’t me.”
Mother: ”Someone had to have done this;
these scratches don’t just happen by themselves.”
Child: “It was probably the dog.”
These conversations will be absent from my house.
My children will not be tempted to make up stories
of how the dog scratched the table.
I am saving dogs all over the world for taking the blame.
Seriously, how could something as cute as this
put scratches on furniture!?
Now for the HOW TO’S:
I taped off the legs and spray painted the top with 3 coats of chalkboard paint.
Then I mixed the color Embellishment by Porter
with Webster’s Chalk Powder and I painted the legs and chairs.
I lightly distressed the legs and chairs with medium grit sandpaper
and followed them with Annie Sloan clear wax.
Life to the full!
Melissa
such a sweet little set and i love your dog…. like really love. i love goldens!
Very cute set and such a great idea, Melissa! I’ve thought about doing something like this myself for my granddaughter’s little table.
I agree! Distressed furniture will always be in style here! Great project!
blessings,
karianne
Fabulous Melissa! So cute and fresh looking with the contrasting white and black chalkboard… how fun to be a child in your house:)
Krista
Looks as fabulous as your fur baby!! – Karen
I think that I’m probably going to be yelled at here, but I’m getting a little tired of the distressed look and the Annie Sloan chalk paints. :-/ WITH THAT SAID, I totally do NOT hate the look of it, I think it’s beautiful and I can totally see how they are kid friendly pieces, but I just am interested to see what the next fad is going to be! Your chairs are beautiful though. It’s a soft distressed look that I don’t see very often.
The child table and chair is adorable. I have a child’s desk that is sitting in my to-do area just waiting for me to make the top into a chalkboard.
Visiting you from Funky Junk party.
Brilliant idea! Have a new grandson that will love this in a few years.
Popping in from Oh, Mrs. Tucker!
This is such a great idea for a table top! I hope you’ll come share it with me today on my linking party at Fidlers Under One Roof!
http://www.fidlersunderoneroof.com/2013/05/link-party-1.html
Hope to see you there!
It’s darling!!
I have an end table I thought about painting chalk board on the top of. I just painted it a yellow for my guest room. I could always leave a nice little note for guests, which would technically only be my mom and step dad who come for visits, but she would like it.
Melissa,
I love the idea of a chalkboard table!!!
Perhaps you could encourage your childern’s “story~telling” to accompany their chalk drawings to keep that line of creativity flowing, instead of blaming the dog!!! Ha!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Visiting from Susan’s!
Fondly,
Pat
This is just so darn cute. Thank you for sharing! Sharing at my Facebook page. LOVE!