Transform Orange Wood Bar Stools With Chalk Paint

6 Materials
$75
4 Hours
Easy

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This chalk paint bar stools tutorial is brought to you by General Finishes. I received product samples for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. Just so you know, Hometalk may collect a small share of sales from the links on this page.


How many times have you seen wood furniture on sale (or even for free) at yard sales, Facebook groups and Craigslist and KNEW that it would look amazing with just some paint?! That’s exactly what I thought when I saw these bar stools.


But, life got busy and so they sat in our kitchen…. for about 4 months. It seemed so daunting.

  • Lightly sand bar stools with 220 grit sandpaper.
  • Typically chalk paint is known for “no sanding prep”, but General Finishes recommended a light sanding…. so I followed directions. It wasn’t that bit of a pain though.
  • Prime bar stools with General Finishes Stain Blocking Primer.
  • Since the bar stools will get used a lot, I wanted to be sure to prime them well. I applied two coats of the stain blocking primer.
  • Paint bar stools with chalk paint. I did 2 coats.
  • Distress chalk painted bar stools….Ok so, yes…this is not done yet. I still can’t really decide if I want them distressed or not, so I’m going to wait a couple weeks before I decide. What do you think?
  • Seal with Top Coat. After you’re done painting, you definitely want to seal the bar stools.

Are you as shocked as I am? These wooden bar stools were straight out the 90’s when we got them. After a chalk paint makeover, they have that farmhouse style that I was really aiming for.

After I stopped procrastinating on this painting project, it was really a breeze!! I love how these chalk paint bar stools came out. They really lighten up our kitchen space, which is desperate for a refresh…hint hint… a new renovation is coming atcha pretty soon.

HAVE YOU USED CHALK PAINT TO MAKEOVER THRIFT STORE FURNITURE??

Let me know in the comments below!!

Suggested materials:
  • General Finishes Stain Blocking Primer
  • General Finishes Chalk Style Paint, Bone White
  • General Finishes High Performance Water Based Top Coat
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Chelsea @ Making Manzanita
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