#Fabric paint how to#
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Make sure the choice of furniture is worth your time and effort. From soft to deep coloring – it is very possible to transform your furniture to fit any decor style! Well, this is the easy part – it is as wide as your possible imagination! If you want a creamy white chair – as mine turned out – you can accomplish that! If you want a rich wine color or deep green – you can do that too. Painting the fabric The Choice of Paint Color Well, with the pattern of this fabric I had to do a very different route. You know how it is when you see something in your imagination and wish to accomplish it.

I initially had in mind of recreating a French grain sack appearance with the pin stripes and perhaps a monogram. If you have suede, velvet or textured fabric you can still paint it with chalk paint with beautiful results.Īs for my chair, I knew it had a very prominent pattern, but I didn’t realize the texture difference until I began painting. The smoother the fabric – the better the transformation. Just about any type of fabric can be painted. Using three swatches of fabric and three colors of paint The Choice of Fabric It comes down to four basic steps to achieve success in transforming furniture – the fabric….with chalk paint. There are several who have tried chalk paint on fabric and have had great success. I found that the problem of and concern of dry, cracking fabric is a big one. I easily slipcovered this chair – loved it! So, I thought, I could paint this chair…if it doesn’t work – I have a pretty good back up! But, I wanted it to work… Or it just looks pretty in the corner…then the color scheme change happened. It’s large and I can curl up in it with a good book and a cup of tea. So, I thought…what do I have that I can paint so that he can see just how great it will look…there was MY chair! When we purchased our living room furniture many, many years ago, Dearest got his recliner and I got my pretty chair. I had painted a chair before and knew that it worked and that it would look good. But now, the living room is all serene with blues and grays…it just doesn’t ‘fit’! So, I started to make a slipcover – I didn’t choose enough fabric and the wrong weight.

The fabric was great for when we had our English Cottage – greens, golds and red days. This all started as a “ let me show Dearest how I can do this without dry fabric demonstration, or cracking and that it will LOOK GOOD“! You see, he has this large, chunky recliner that he won’t part with.

#Fabric paint how to#

Or, will it work? I’m here to share with you my experience and an easy how to paint upholstery fabric tutorial.

#Fabric paint cracked#

If you’ve wondered about how to paint upholstery fabric with chalk paint: without a dry, rough or cracked look….