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Painting Wicker Furniture

May 8, 2015 by Jessica 3 Comments

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Summer weather is officially here for us and we are spending a lot of time outdoors. I have noticed that some of our outdoor furniture is starting to look a little rough and was in need of some love. I received some of that wonderful chalky finish paint c/o DecoArt and decided I would try using it to paint the wicker chairs we have. They have weathered many years out in the Florida and Louisiana weather. Originally they were green then I spray painted them yellow. Now it was time for them to have yet another makeover.

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As you can see, there were many places where the paint had been worn off. We try to keep these under the awning but my kids like to drag them around and then they get rained on or stay in the sun for longer than they should.

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I used the Americana Chalky Finish Paint in Everlasting as the base for my color then added some of color Treasure to get this blue color. I tried to make one chair darker than the other but in the end they look pretty similar.

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I wiped down the wicker furniture and trimmed off pieces that were broken. You can sand down spots if previous paint is chipping off, but I didn’t feel the need to and it turned out wonderful. Once it was dry, I painted on one coat of the paint with a regular paint brush. I was really happy with the coverage after the first coat and only did a second coat on the edges that had seemed to get the most worn.

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Lastly, I finished by painting a coat of Ultra-Matte Varnish to protect the paint from the weather.

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I know that spray painting would be an easier thing to do to paint something like this, but I just love the finished look of the chalky finish paint. And quite honestly, I am starting to really love that hand painted look more on my outdoor furniture than a perfectly sprayed paint job. I feel like it adds more character. You can see other types of things I have painted using this type of paint here and visit the DecoArt Chalky Finish website for more chalk paint ideas and inspiration.

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  1. Tereza says

    May 8, 2015 at 3:23 pm

    they look so good, and i’m so inspired that you hand painted those! I would have totally spray painted them but I bet yours turned our way nicer hand painted, and that colour is so pretty!
    happy weekend

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    • Jessica says

      May 9, 2015 at 3:57 pm

      Thankfully it didn’t take as long as I thought it would and since it only took one coat that really made it easier ๐Ÿ˜‰

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