Chalk paint bed

I'm sharing our painted bedroom furniture today, and everything I used to do it! Four years later, it still looks as good as it did the day I painted it!

As you can see, this bed was FAR from perfect before I started. That was one big motivator not to be afraid to try this DIY restoration project. I figured,

Welcome to Week four of the One Room Challenge. This week it is all about the bed! In this post I will explain my process for how to paint a bed with chalk paint.

You can easily makeover a sleigh bed with chalk paint or mix and paint. This is a great way to update an old piece of furniture.

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If you’ve been following along on this season’s One Room Challenge makeover of our master bedroom than you have seen that Annie Sloan Chalk Paint has played a pivotal role in transforming the room, most especially our four poster bed. If you need a refresher on what was completed over the last 3 weeks of the One Room Challenge check out these posts. Week 1Week 2Week 3 Painting the bed was one of the most visually impactful transformations in this makeover, but what you might not have…

Find out the 3 reasons why I don't use chalk paint to paint furniture anymore and have decided to replace it with more durable products.

The Vaseline layering paint technique for furniture is perfect for layering multiple colors of paint. The technique is easy.

This bed is in Annie Sloan's house in Normandy, France and is painted with Chalk Paint® in Antibes Green and is gilded with Brass Leaf on the central classical laurel leaves and shield on the bedhead. It is finished with Dark Chalk Paint® Wax to bring out the texture in the wood and give the Brass Leaf a sense of faded grandeur.