Working with Chalk Paint

I posted the other day that I received my chalk paint samples from blogger friend Shannon at Fox Hollow Cottage.

This isn't the Annie Sloan brand that is so well known and loved, but is a brand I had not heard of before before Shannon started selling it. Since she had the sample sizes I decided to give it a try.

The first coat I had a lot of brush streaks. That is the same "problem" I have had with my own recipe for chalk paint. But the second coat fixed the problem..so no worries.

I painted outside on the front porch. I think I entertained the neighbors. There is basically no smell to this paint but it has been so hot and humid here (don't even get me started on the weather because it makes me grumpy) that I decided to paint out front where it is shady.

I used every last drop of the samples and painted each chair. Also squeezed out enough of the pink to paint a small frame.

Above is the frame--looks so cute with baby pictures of the kids.

Back to the chairs...

I like the pink. It is an "old" pink--a little mauve, very pretty. It is called Debutante.

The green is nice too--but it is very green. The kids call it mint ice cream, the real name is Creme De Mint. So I guess they named it perfectly :) I am so into aqua now, I was hoping it would have a little more blue too it. That's why it is great to be able to buy samples! I should have got the Robins Egg.

So now here is where I need opinions...I was thinking of doing 2 of the dining chairs green and 2 pink. The only reason I wasn't going to do them all pink is because Wyatt didn't want his chair to be pink.

But now that I am not totally in love with the green I wonder what I should do? Should I do all pink and make poor Wyatt sit in a pink chair? Should I do 2 pink and 2 white? (I'm kinda liking that idea) Should I do 2 pink and 2 aqua? Or, should I go back to all white...because white is always right :)

Really would appreciate opinions because I am not sure what to do.

I have seen other bloggers who have recently done white tables with colored chairs and that is what got me wanting to try it. The chairs haven't been painted in a couple years and they get a lot of abuse so they needed a new paint job.

So as far as the chalk paint goes...I love it. I love paint the flatter the better. I love the coverage. But...I find no difference between the "real" stuff and what I make. I cannot speak for Annie Sloan paint because I haven't tried it yet. But happily, I guess I make my homemade chalk paint right! I would say though if you can afford the "real" stuff go for it! It is awesome paint.  I really love the wax too. I am going to do a post on how I paint furniture because over the last year I have had numerous requests for that. Now that I feel more confident about my own chalk paint I will soon do that post.

One of my first homemade chalk paint projects was this chair and frame...

After about a year--I'm still lovin' it!

Thanks for visiting!

edited to say: I just saw a blogger who had only one chair a different color. Maybe I should do the one pink and rest white?