After posting about my family room makeover dreams I actually took a step towards making them come true. I painted the piano peeps!
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Here's my piano before. You can see it's pretty dinged up, not an antique and not a family heirloom; a perfect piece to paint!
AS Chalk Paint was the best option for a couple of reasons, since I couldn't move the piano outside it was great that I didn't have to sand it first, and also that the paint has almost no odor.
Let's face it, no matter what you're painting, being able to skip the sanding is beautiful. It feels like cheating, but in this case, it works. I was also worried about getting the dust from sanding inside the piano...so that's a legitimate not lazy reason to choose chalk paint.
Here is a good little trick for when you are in the middle of painting and need to go get kids from school or something. If you don't want to wash your brush and you don't want it to dry out, try wrapping it in a sandwich bag until you get back.
Okay, so here is the piano after one coat of paint. I used "Old White."
And here is is all done.
I pretty much love Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and I've used it on a bunch of other projects you might want to see, like my dresser. It works great for unusual applications too, like painting tiles, and perhaps my favorite, painting upholstery!
ALSO, can you believe I scored that frame at a garage sale for ten bucks? Yay me. Any paint projects going on at your place?
(A tiny post edit for the couple of people who have asked, this took less than one quart of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. I had maybe a cup left at the end.)
