Kristin young totally transformed her fireplace surround using old white chalk paint by annie sloan.
Chalk paint over marble fireplace.
Here annie has chosen paris grey.
Mary did a great job.
Allow six weeks or longer.
Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush.
Don t confuse chalk paint with chalkboard paint which creates a surface that mimics a chalkboard and allows you to write on it with chalk and remove your jottings with an eraser.
Like most water based paints chalk paint takes weeks to cure.
Annie shows you how to paint a marble surface using chalk paint.
Apply the second coat of chalk paint again relatively thinly.
This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend.
Apply a soft wax over the painted marble if you wish.
Leave to dry for a couple of hours.
I would suggest using a water based poly on chalk paint if it is going to be near heat.
When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas fireplace.
It will make the poly chip and peel.
I used the same wash on the brick fireplace.
The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction.
In hot weather wax gets sticky and tacky.
As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint.
Get step by step instructions and tips to paint a marble fireplace surround using chalk paint including which brand holds up to the heat.
So we went neutral.