Vintage Bread Box Chalk Paint Makeover
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One of the major decisions during our home renovations was choosing our paint color. We decided to go with one paint color in the main living areas and one in the the bathrooms for simplicity’s sake. We choose Behr’s Fashion Gray as the main color and Behr’s Burnished Clay. Although I absolutely love our paint color, it is an adjustment after living with only white and tan walls in the past. I now find myself leaning towards lighter colored decor since our walls are darker.
Logan and I stumbled across this awesome vintage bread box at Goodwill and few years ago and fell in love with. After bringing it home, Logan did some work on the base that was warped a bit, but then we left it as is….for three years. When I got invited to participate in this thrift store challenge, I knew I wanted to tackle giving this bread box a little chalk paint makeover.
I decided to try out the Folk Art brand of chalk paint and chose the color White Adirondack.
If you haven’t tried out chalk paint yet, one of the perks is that you don’t have to do any sanding before you start painting. This makes it perfect for upcycling thrift store projects – which usually come with their fair share of dings and scratches, like our bread box. This vintage bread box chalk paint makeover covers up all those!
I used a simple foam brush to apply the chalk paint.
I wasn’t sure how many coats we were going to need. Here it is after one.
And after 2 coats…
I decided for three coats.
I distressed the vintage bread box using a sanding block. I lightly sanded the whole thing and then did extra around the edges for the distressed farmhouse look that I was going for.
I finished by applying Minwax Finishing Wax using a wax brush.
I love how it turned out, what do you think? The painted vintage bread box really brightens up this little corner of my kitchen.
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Such an awesome idea! It turned out great!!
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Yay...inspired to touch up my breadbox..thanx
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