Desk Makeover With Menards Chalk Paint

$40
4 Hours
Easy
When I discovered that Menards carried chalk paint I had to try it out - especially since the price was only $19.97 for a quart. Don't expect this paint to be front and center in the paint department though, you'll have to walk way in back to the end of one of the paint aisles.
I wanted to give this sturdy yet very dated desk that I got for a steal an updated look for our guest room/office. After checking out the paint chip sheet (42 colors available) I decided to go with a light gray.
Ummmmm....that is not light gray.
After the paint dried (about an hour later), my desk was purple. This was not the color I picked out at Menards. There was no way I was going to put a purple desk in our guest room/office so it was back to Menards for me for another quart of paint.
This time I decided to go with white.
It was mid-July when I painted the desk and mid-July in the midwest means humidity. We ended up bringing the desk inside so it would dry faster with the A/C. I used the entire quart of white paint to cover the purple. I did not expect to use that much paint on a surface that already had paint applied to it.


Click the link below to see more pictures, read more about Menards chalk paint, and the type of sealer I used for this project.
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  • Cathy Doslovic Cathy Doslovic on Jan 08, 2016
    Love the look and would like to attempt to do an old buffet. Do you still have to sand the furniture before using chalk paint?
  • Sun3561795 Sun3561795 on Jan 10, 2016
    Popcorn ceiling repl - I would like to cover it with Beadboard instead of the messy alternative.. Thoughts please..
  • Linda Linda on Jan 10, 2016
    Very nice, also like the chair cover, did you make that?
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