Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan & the good ol' outdoors!

Chalk Paint® has so many uses and I tell my workshop

attendees to never, ever use Annie Sloan Wax as

an outdoor finish.  I don't protect anything I paint

outdoors, but at times I will lightly sand them with 

600+ grit sandpaper to burnish and protect from scratches

if it's a flat surface.

Here is a metal table I painted in Antibes Green,

distressed and left as is.  It was one of the

first things I painted in the summer of 2011.

Some outdoor signs I created for a local farmers' 

market, all with Chalk Paint® on old barn redwood

 

This is customer, Kristel's, previously aged and

rusty brown metal patio chair set she

painted with Graphite and lightly burnished

with 600 grit sandpaper

Another outdoor customer project from one of

my workshop attendees, Karla.  Her project

was done with Chateau Grey and Arles on the side table.

Here's a peek of my garden shed

done in Olive and Old White, painted in June 2011

One of my campers, Emily, from this summer did this

outdoor Chalk Paint® project in Country

Grey.  She is13!  See little Ross peeking through 

the table?  He is the sibling to our Cavalier, Ivy!

Remember NO wax outdoors.  It doesn't do well with heat

and temperature changes.  Any moisture will trap itself under

the paint and create bubbling, but the paint alone will

not chip or flake like latex does and is a perfect

makeover for your outdoor furniture!  I see no need

to ever put a poly or lacquer finish over this paint 

for outdoors.  We really get caught up with the

need to "protect" everything here in the U.S. but

Chalk Paint® is really a durable finish by itself.