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Make This EASY DIY Weathered Paint Look With Chalk Paint

Update furniture or home décor with this beautiful DIY Weathered Paint Look. Here’s easy steps, photos, & a video to help you copy the look.

DIY Weathered Paint Look With Chalk Paint

This easy weathered chalk paint makeover is a fun project, guys! And, so much easier than it looks. It’s all about lightly layering the paints and picking colors that look good together.

I’ve wanted to give this mirror a quick makeover for months. The black seemed a little too stark in our light colored foyer. So, I wanted to tone it down a bit.

And, I always love a weathered paint effect when I see it in the stores. So, this was the perfect excuse to give it a try with chalk paint. I’m pretty excited about how it looks!

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Materials Used

Dixie Belle Vintage Duck Egg, Amy Howard Selznick Gray, Amy Howard Linen One Step Paint.

Paint and Finishes Used

You don’t have to use these exact brands. You can find any pretty medium blue and greige chalk paint shades that look good together. Or mix up your own DIY chalk paint from latex paint and plaster of Paris.

How to Paint a Weathered Look

Step One – Start With The Base Color

Start with 2 layers of your medium greige chalk paint (Selznick Gray), using a good nylon brush. Chalk Paint will stick to almost anything.

But, if what you’re painting has some built up dirt or oils, you can clean it first. I’d use Dawn dish soap mixed with water or TSP to clean. Let that dry, then paint.

Here’s what the mirror looked like before this DIY Weathered Paint Effect. It’s pretty, but didn’t quite fit the room.

Step Two – Add Lots Of Layers

Grab your chippy paint brush for the rest of the layering. You can see in the video below how to do a very light dry brushing with a chip brush.

You just barely touch the brush to the paint and lightly apply it across the mirror. I started with the vintage duck egg because I only wanted hints of the color to show through.

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Grab a gold acrylic paint that looks like shiny gold jewelry, not that antique gold. Using your finger or a Q-tip put a little on any raised points, in grooves or on details. This is in the video too. 🙂

Then I dry brushed a light cream color, called Linen. Followed up by one last dry brushing of that original paint color, a greige called Selznick Gray. AND again with that Linen color.

All of that layering is the key to this look. Just keep adding more to get a look you really love.

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After all of that paint dried, I wet a fine grit sanding sponge, squeezed it out, then lightly sanded everything to smooth the finish.

I sanded a little harder on the raised details to bring more detail and paint variations in there. Distressing corners and edges always makes faux finishes look better. At least, that’s what I think.

Image of a DIY Weathered Chalk Paint Look for a tutorial with steps.

Step Three – Sealing the Weathered Paint

Now it’s time to apply a wax sealer. First, wipe the whole thing damp with a slightly damp clean cloth to remove any residue from the sanding.

Let dry, then rub on 2 layers of your favorite clear or natural wax. Be sure to follow the directions on the wax for the best results.

If you don’t have wax, you can use a water-based poly to seal the finish instead.

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I love the subtle detail of just peaks of gold and blue showing through.

This weathered antique paint effect can really look great with so many styles. It works in my traditional home.

But it would look like barn wood in a rustic or country home. And, on a more detailed, vintage style mirror it’d look like that pretty blueish gray French Country look.

On furniture, it’s really close to that Restoration Hardware paint finish everyone loves. 🙂

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You can see the rest of my foyer in this Beautiful Before and After 2 Story Foyer Remodel post or check out my kitchen in this Beautiful Kitchen Makeover Photos post.

That’s it for this DIY Weathered Paint Look tutorial.

How To Make Paint Look Weathered – Video

If any of the steps above are confusing, watch this short video to see how I paint this weathered chalk paint look.

Easy DIY Weathered Antique or French Country Chalk Paint Look On A Mirror

If you’re looking for more easy chalk paint makeover ideas, you might like this Shabby Distressed Layered Paint Look.

Or, you can find 25 Step by Step Beginner Furniture Painting Tutorials for more easy furniture painting tutorials.

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You can also find this popular Blue Distressed Paint Using Vaseline Tutorial

Easy to follow steps for this beautiful DIY Blue Distressed Paint using petroleum jelly (Vaseline) and Magnolia Homes by Kilz paint color Demo Day. Paint an Outdoor Bench or any furniture with these steps.

And this easy DIY Stain Wood Furniture without Stripping tutorial, on this blog.

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Here’s How to Get a Smooth Finish with Chalk Paint, it’s full of great tips.

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And, this DIY White and Grey Distressed Chalk Paint Furniture is always popular.

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Feeling inspired? Now that you’ve seen this DIY Weathered Paint Look tutorial, you can do it too. Let me know if you have questions.

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Roseann Hampton

Monday 28th of October 2019

Your mirror makeover turned out really nice! Thanks for sharing with us at The Blogger's Pit Stop!

Stephanie

Wednesday 30th of October 2019

Thanks so much, Roseann!

Julie Briones

Monday 28th of October 2019

GREAT transformation, Stephaine... I may use this technique on an upcoming project! So happy to see you back at TTA!

Stephanie

Monday 28th of October 2019

Thanks! So glad you liked it, Julie. :)

Deborah

Sunday 27th of October 2019

Love this. YOu are my favorite pick for Waste not Wednesday this week

Stephanie

Monday 28th of October 2019

Yay! Thanks so much, Deborah. :)

Sharon

Friday 25th of October 2019

I wish I had seen this 2 months ago. I have that exact mirror but I gave it to Goodwill. I will still use this effect on the black T.V. console in my kids' playroom.

Thank you for linking up w us at Creative Muster! We are pinning this! Many blessings to you. xoxoxo Sharon

Stephanie

Friday 25th of October 2019

That's crazy. Must have been a popular mirror or we just have the same fantastic taste. ;) Thanks for pinning!

Cindy

Friday 25th of October 2019

This turned out great, I love all the layers, and that touch of gold peeking through!

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