May 23, 2023

Do You Have The Right Tools?

Selecting the right paintbrush and tools for the job:

Paintbrushes are one of the most important tools when painting. However, they’re not all the same. Choosing the right tools will help you get the look you are trying to achieve. Check out these helpful tips:

When using Chalk Paint™ on your kitchen cabinets, a lot of people are looking for a smooth finish. The above kitchen is finished in Duck Egg bottom cabinets and Pure White top cabinets.

Annie Sloan’s Flat Brushes feature advanced synthetic fibers, in a vibrant blue, which help to produce a smooth, contemporary finish. The brushes are designed to take a large amount of paint and to apply the paint evenly, minimizing brush marks.

Annie Sloan’s Sanding Pads come in packs of three, with one pad of each grade – fine, medium and coarse. The fine pad can be used for light distressing and flat finishes. Perfect for removing any unwanted brush marks.

Your bedroom furniture is the perfect place to try some texture and have fun with paint finishes. Painting your set in a few colours, rather that everything one colour, will create some interest in the space.

Annie’s iconic Round Chalk Paint™ brushes are designed to produce a perfectly textured finish. Strong, yet pliable, and perfect for achieving expressive paint effects.

Annie’s Chalk Paint™ Wax Brush, is a must have for all waxing projects! It features an ergonomically shaped handle for effortless Chalk Paint™ Wax application onto painted surfaces. It’s also shaped to a point for perfect application into intricate, detailed areas.

Mixing colours to create your own palette and planning your project is half the fun!

The Annie Sloan MixMat is the first of its kind – perfect for being inventive with Chalk Paint™. Made from a silicone-like material, the MixMat holds paint on its surface without the paint running off and can be used for colour mixing, charging rollers, stamping, and just about any other use you can think of! The MixMat features Annie’s signature colour triangle and illustrations from her sketchbook.

Annie Sloan Workbook: When Annie went to Art School, she was encouraged to keep a sketchbook. She used it to collect colours, pieces ripped from magazines, and pattern making. She still does. You can use this Work Book in the same way. Plan the colour palette of a room, work out a piece of furniture, draw little sketches, use the pockets to collect ribbons, fabric pieces and cuttings. The Annie Sloan Work Book is part notebook, part planner, part diary, part sketchbook and part aide memoire and features original drawings, doodles and tips from Annie.

Stenciled floors inside and out will go much faster with an Annie Sloan Foam Roller.

Our high quality Sponge Rollers are the perfect complement to the Annie Sloan Stencil collection and applying Chalk Paint™ and Lacquer. Available in Small and Large, they each feature an ergonomic wooden handle.

Chalk Paint™ Lacquer is a hard-wearing, water-based polyacrylic varnish with built-in UV protection. Use it over Chalk Paint™ for a robust finish that will withstand general wear and tear – perfect for dining room tables, outdoor furniture, and floors. It goes on perfectly clear and dries quickly without yellowing overtime.

See the whole Annie Sloan Collection HERE

The Idea Ladies: Who want to ride through the French Countryside on a painted bike?

Today the Idea Ladies are giving the store bike a facelift using Chalk Paint™️ in Coolabah Green. Get some great tips about using Chalk Paint outdoors.

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