My friend Shannon is one of the people who, maybe without knowing it, inspired me to take on projects around the house once we owned our own place! She is a handywoman extraordinaire and has done a lot of work around her house - I love seeing her projects! Women with power tools rock!
This time she tackled her green tile fireplace with some chalk paint. She says:
I guess some people like a green marble fireplace...but not me. It just stuck out like a sore thumb against my surrounding decor. I wasn't sure I wanted to tile over it so I started looking for an easier and cheaper solution. This came in the form of Annie Sloan chalk paint. I went online and found a store that would mail some to me since there weren't any stores nearby that offered it.
This is my old (I consider ugly) marble fireplace. I first cleaned it with a simple solution of water and Dawn to get all the soot and grease off the marble.
This is the fireplace after one coat. Still a little streaky. Supposedly, the chalk paint normally needs only one coat. This was my first time using this paint and I believe it would work but with the slickness of the marble, I think it required two coats of paint.
This is the fireplace after two coats. I then applied two coats of Annie Sloan Soft Wax. (Also ordered online.)
This is the finished product about 2 months after completion. I love the end product. And I would do it again. It does have a few scratches which can easily be touched up but it was a much easier and cheaper than pulling out the old marble or tiling over it.
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This time she tackled her green tile fireplace with some chalk paint. She says:
I guess some people like a green marble fireplace...but not me. It just stuck out like a sore thumb against my surrounding decor. I wasn't sure I wanted to tile over it so I started looking for an easier and cheaper solution. This came in the form of Annie Sloan chalk paint. I went online and found a store that would mail some to me since there weren't any stores nearby that offered it.
This is my old (I consider ugly) marble fireplace. I first cleaned it with a simple solution of water and Dawn to get all the soot and grease off the marble.
Items used for project: I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in French Linen. I ordered two of the 4oz trial sizes which covered the fireplace in two coats with half of one bottle left over.
This is the fireplace after one coat. Still a little streaky. Supposedly, the chalk paint normally needs only one coat. This was my first time using this paint and I believe it would work but with the slickness of the marble, I think it required two coats of paint.
This is the finished product about 2 months after completion. I love the end product. And I would do it again. It does have a few scratches which can easily be touched up but it was a much easier and cheaper than pulling out the old marble or tiling over it.
Beautiful, Shannon! It looks great! Thanks so much for sharing!
Happy Friday everyone!
Happy Friday everyone!
