Annie Sloan Blog Posts

Over the weekend I attended The Urban Market Houston Antique Show with my friend Brenda. We had such a great time. My friend Jennifer of Metamorphosis Designs had a space there.Her items were beyond amazing! Most everything she sells she handcra...

Today I wanted to share with you the reveal of one of my $1.99 Goodwill folding "T.V" tables.  I first mentioned them here, where I used them in the family room as props for my Captain's Lanterns photo shoot.     Don...

Une méthode tout simple pour transformer les meubles, les murs et les planchers N’importe qui peut utiliser nos peintures. Rien de plus simple. Ni d’amorçage ni de ponçage nécessaire. Aucun besoin d’enlever de vieilles couches de ci...

I have had many requests asking me about our kitchen cabinets from "What color are you using?" to "How are you creating the finish?". I decided I would go ahead and share step by step the process I used. Keep in mind I have NOT been to any classes. T...

This is where I left y'all last week with our kitchen reno. The Hubster and The Papa had just finished putting up the pieces to the new custom hood we made. After that I took down the cabinet doors.This past Saturday I spent all day painting and waxi...

It has been crazy around here. My parents came into town to celebrate Oldest's 9th birthday.While they were here mom and I of course had to go shopping which led us to one of my favorite antique malls. Since we were there I decided to go ahead and bu...

We are really pleased to be able to offer our customers the chance to be able to order and collect paint from a new shop opening shortly in L’Absie. La Deuxième Vie will be opening on 2nd April and will be holding a selected range of colours f...

It’s back ! And it is richer and yummier than before. Forget the horlicks this is what you really want!

Moving sale.Time to grab yourselves a bargain.Lots of unique hand painted furniture for sale.When they are gone they are gone. We are relocating to a new premises.Our shop in Vernoux en Gatine will be closing on 16th March 2013. Check out some of our...

 These frames blend with the end tables in the bedroom  I'm redoing for the One Room Challenge  (where 20 bloggers make over one room in six weeks). "My Babies" If you are receiving this by email... please click on the post t...

Today I spent the afternoon making a grain sack table. Yesterday I met up with Linsey from The Farmhouse Porch and Anita from Cedar Hill Ranch for lunch and some shopping at Old Town Spring. I had promised myself before we went that I was going...

Ray has been at it again ! He has just transformed what was a new staircase into a masterpiece. He used Chateau Grey and Scandinavian pink. If anyone else has anything to share please let us know...

We were fortunate enough to acquire a rather nice drop leaf console table the other day.It has some rather nice edges, a drawer on one side and a fixed / false drawer on the opposite side. It took ages a … Continue reading →...

Back in November I started getting the itch to change our laundry room up. With a tight budget ,holidays trips, broken washing machine, and more holiday festivities I was unable to make any head way. Over the past two weeks I kicked it into high gear...

Back in 2010 I picked this vintage dresser up for just $65. It had seen much better days. I had purchased it so I could have a folding area in our laundry room.It got a makeover with yellow paint and new knobs. Not too long ago I decided I was t...

If I said that today it was bright and sunny I would not be lying.What I also need to add is that it is really cold.That’s the trouble with living in a stone house.They need the sun to warm them … Continue reading →...

It was one of those days today.A grab lunch when you can type day. Lots of people coming to the shop and in between I managed to do make some finishing touches to a Butlers Tray that has been niggling … Continue reading →...

Sometimes a piece of furniture just never looks quite right.And despite painting this little table a couple of different colours it just never seemed to look right. As always we love to experiment and try different things.I love the chippy … Co...

Throughout January we are offering everyone who makes a single purchase of two or more tins of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint the chance to win Annie’s latest book. Annie’s Work Book is like an artist’s sketch book but for furniture. ̷...