Pink and Grey Dresser

Hello!  I am so excited to share my most recent project with you - honestly its been done for over a month now I just haven't taken the pictures and been ready to share.  During the winter I picked up an awesome Broyhill dresser from Goodwill that was in good shape but just needed some TLC and a paint job.  I SWEAR I took a before picture, but I cannot find it for the life of me (I hate it when I do that!).  After some hemming and hawing I decided to paint the dresser a light pink and accent it with a light gray.  I had seen on Pinterest that some people had made their own "homemade chalk paint" and I figured I'd give it a whirl on this project.  I went with Behr paint in Rosie Sorbet for the pink and Chantilly for the Grey - a Martha Stewart color - but figured I'd stick with the same type of paint so I got it in the Behr.  This was the type of Behr paint that doesn't need to be primed :).   Without further adieu...the dresser!

This one's a little blurry but you get the idea.

There were a couple different chalk paint recipes I'd seen on Pinterest, but I found this one at this page on Snaptheconference.com.  It was 1 and a half cups paint, half cup of water, half cup of plaster of paris.  You heat the water, let the Plaster of Paris dissolve in it, and then add it to the paint.  It seems a little grainy at first but eventually smooths out.  

It was a little different than working with Annie Sloan's chalk paint, however, overall I still loved the results!  It didn't distress quite as easily as Annie Sloan, but was easier than just using latex.  I thought it provided a beautiful finish.  It felt nice and smooth - just like Annie Sloan's does! I finished up with Annie Sloan's clearwax as a top coat.  

So would I use this recipe again??  Absolutely!  However, it hasn't totally replaced the use of ASCP for me.  I still love it and have used it since.  It's simply become another option in the furniture painting world for me :).  

Hope you like it!