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Garden Sanity by Pet Scribbles

How to make a colorful chippy paint look you’ll love!

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January 25, 2017 By Laura

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10 examples of colorful chippy paint looks…

DIY: Peeling Paint Technique

This frame was my first craft tutorial I shared here on this blog, back in 2012!

Peeling Paint faux paint technique on a frame

I had found this really cool vintage postcard on Etsy. It’s a pin cushion leg Victorian postcard. The pink leg has some padding in it!

Victorian Pincushion Postcard

The seller said it’s either Dutch or German from the early 1900s.

There’s writing and a Ben Franklin postage stamp on the back!

Ben Franklin postage stamp

I wanted a unique frame for this, and that’s how this very first tutorial came to be: a step-by-step DIY on using petroleum jelly to create the look of peeling paint.

peeling paint DIY

You can see the complete tutorial — my very first one I ever wrote here on my blog — by clicking here: DIY: Peeling Paint Technique.

Peeling Paint Technique: Color Comparison

I did an experiment back in 2012 to see how the peeling paint effect would look if I simply switched the top and bottom colors:

Peeling Paint Technique close up color comparison

I used two unfinished wood frames from the craft store for this color comparison. Eventually I turned them into Halloween frames:

Halloween picture frames

You can see the color switching experiment here: Peeling Paint Technique: Color Comparison

A Chippy Paint Finish in 4 Easy Steps

In 2015, I came up with some little handmade gifts to give to some artist friends I was meeting up with at a conference. I chose these adorable unfinished wood boxes from Darice Crafts:

Darice Crafts unfinished wood boxes

I asked each person to tell me their favorite color combination — rather than just ask them their favorite color — and that’s how I arrived at the colors for these boxes.

“purple and green”

green and purple box

“mint green and pale pink” and “anything pink”

chippy paint color examples

“red and aqua” and “pink and aqua”

chippy paint finish examples

You can see how I made each of the boxes here: Chippy Paint Finish in 4 Easy Steps, which also includes a link to my YouTube video tutorial as well.

Chippy Paint Antique Secretary Desk

I used the same paint technique on a large antique secretary desk which I found at a vintage store, almost completely beat up and damaged. I brought the desk back to life with some happy paint colors!

Chippy Paint Antique Desk before and after

This was a project I did for Home Depot and DecoArt, and I used the existing rough, black surface of the desk to my advantage.

Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint before and after

I used petroleum jelly twice on this desk. First to reveal the original black paint through a coat of ivory; and next to reveal both the black and ivory colors through a top coat of light blue.

Chippy Paint Antique Secretary Desk

Chippy Paint Finish on Antique Secretary Desk

You can see the full tutorial here: Chippy Paint Antique Secretary Desk.

Tissue Box Cover DIY: a weathered wood paint finish

Did you know this faux paint technique works on paper maché too? It does!

In fact, I used it on a paper maché tissue box cover and got a really cool weathered wood paint finish.

Tissue Box Cover video tutorial

This was a project I did for Darice Crafts, back in 2014. After painting a base color of red, I added the petroleum jelly, then painted a coat of blue over it. Once the blue coat had dried, it was time to use some baby wipes to reveal the read coat underneath.

paint a paper mache tissue box

I love how this tissue box turned out, as it truly took on the look of weathered wood!

You can see the full tutorial with a link to my YouTube how-to video here: Tissue Box Cover DIY: a weathered wood paint finish.

How to: a chippy paint finish that always looks authentic!

Last February, I created this set of painted shutters for Walnut Hollow:

Chippy painted wood shutters

I modeled this paint project after my antique desk, meaning I wanted to have three colors showing through at the end.

chippy paint technique on wood shutters

Another key difference this time? I purposely did not sand the unfinished wood shutters prior to painting. I kept the surface rough on purpose, which really added an authentic look to the illusion of chipping and peeling paint!

how to fake a chippy paint finish

Here’s a super close-up detail of the shutters, so you can see not only the paint colors, but also the rough texture. I love it!

authentic-looking chippy paint finish

You can see this DIY with plenty more pictures here: How to: a chippy paint finish that always looks authentic.

adult coloring books for stress

I hope you enjoyed taking this look back with me!  I included the coloring page image above, to point out that even when I’m coloring I tend to use colors I love the most!

For those of you that are newer readers of my blog, I hope you check out these older projects of mine!

And for all of you, I hoped this has inspired you to shop your closet for colorful inspiration!

Happy crafting!

~Laura

 

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Filed Under: Crafts & DIY Tagged With: Americana Decor, Americana Multi-Surface Satin Paint, Chalky Finish Paints, chippy paint, craft paint, Craft Tutorials, DecoArt, Distress Paint, distressed paint technique, DIY, Faux Paint Technique, furniture makeover, home decor, painted furniture, painting wood frames, Peeling Paint, Peeling Paint Technique, unfinished wood, vintage ephemera, vintage furniture, vintage postcard art, vintage style, weathered wood DIY, weathered wood paint finish, wood crafts

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  1. Brandy

    January 26, 2017 at 7:15 pm

    Love these ideas!

    • Laura

      February 3, 2017 at 11:47 am

      Thanks so much Brandy!

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