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This cabinet has been painted twice and I can’t believe I was not happy with it both times. Has that ever happened to you? Finally, I painted it out in Old White Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan and just let it ...

When imagining the French countryside, I dream of saturated color, sunshine, gardens and homegrown food cooked in rustic country kitchens. Ideally kitchens should be tucked into homes with stone walls, and with windows framed by wooden shutters that flaunt the ...

Recently in honor of Paint+Pattern’s celebration of France I posted about the gilding of the Palace of Versailles that had  eye-popping over-the-top gold everywhere. Glorious eye candy for us regular folks. But there’s no reason why we can’t enjoy an easy gilding ...

Furniture painting can be a super fun and rewarding project, as well as a great opportunity to incorporate a variety of stencils from Royal Design Studio. Here in our studio, we love transforming inexpensive thrift store recessed furniture finds into little showpieces for ...

Debbie Hayes from the Unfolded Blog shares how to create a colorful game table with Chalk Paint and stencils. Debbie used a thrift store find-a traditional game table and custom Chalk Paint ® colors combined with Royal Design Studio stencils for a fun furniture painting project.You ...

In this Furniture Stencil How-to, Michele and Ken Hiley of Stiltskin Studios share one of their favorite tricks for adding a surprise to their painted furniture tabletops: Stenciling the table leaves that are generally inserted when entertaining with a beautiful complimentary pattern ...

In this video Annie Sloan, the creator of Chalk Paint™ furniture paint, share how to do a two-color distressing technique using Chalk Paint and Soft Wax Clear. You can see Annie’s furniture painting technique in action here, which allows you ...

Annie Sloan shares her signature furniture painting style with Chalk Paint™ decorative paint in this basic how-to paint tutorial. Chalk Paint™ can be applied over almost all previously finished furniture surfaces without sanding, stripping, or priming. Simply clean and paint with Chalk Paint™, wax, ...

Here’s a simple and simply lovely how to stencil tutorial for using one of our romantic lace doily designs, the Margaret Doily Lace stencil. Rather than repeat the stencil pattern randomly on the wall, consider creating an elegant focal point on a wall ...

Painted and stenciled floorcloths have a rich history – used in homes throughout England and the United States prior to the invention of linoleum, they were often made from recycled canvas ship sails. For a quick and easy alternative floor covering ...