12 before and after furniture makeovers using chalky paint!

Hey there sweet friends! Welcome to summer! We are full-on heat and humidity here in Texas, but a few days at the beach early this week sure helped! If you follow me on Instagram, you have been seeing some sneak peeks of my recently renovated farmhouse office space! I shared the new floors and shiplap wall last week, you can catch up here if you missed it. I can already tell it's going to be my favorite space in the whole house! I'll be sharing the full reveal soon, I promise!

Today is Thrifty Style Team, when a bunch of DIY friends share thrifty ideas and decor to inspire you and show you how easy it is to create great decor without spending a fortune! I'm always inspired each month by what my friends come up with! You'll find all the links at the end of this post.



I thought it would be fun to share some chalky paint furniture before and afters for you today! If you haven't already jumped on the chalk-paint-wagon, you're gonna wanna do it soon! I never fail to be amazed at how an ugly, old, dated, junky piece of furniture can be transformed! Many of the items you'll see below were found at thrift stores, some were even curbside finds!

Let's jump in!

First is this cute little dresser I found at Marshalls years ago. Sun had damaged the finish and given the pale green a blotchy cast. I painted the dresser and stenciled the drawers and it's such a fun piece with modern farmhouse character!

Our new Texas kitchen had white cabinets on one side of the room and this oak 2-piece unit on the other wall. It didn't match anything! I painted it the same color as the walls (a DIY chalk paint mix) and now it's a cute farmhouse cabinet, a great place for a coffee station, and fits in perfectly with the rest of our kitchen!
Another hand-me-down from the in-laws, this old armoire had definitely seen better days! I mixed 2 different chalk paint brands together to create my own custom robin's egg blue color, and now this cabinet can hold its own in any room and is oozing with personality!
This bed, purchased shortly after we married in 1992, was ready for an update. White and gray added French country charm for our guest room. A couple years later, a few changes to "modernize" it and it got another update to be used in our teenage daughter's bedroom.

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