This is one of the projects in Creating the French Look using Country Grey and Old White.
What you need for a project similar in size to the armoire.
-1 litre of a colour for inside and drawers and underneath the top layer when sanded back
-1 litre of a colour for the top coat
-A brush - not too small so it makes it hard work but not so big it's hard to manuipulate it.
-Fine sandpaper
-A pot of clear wax and as big a brush as you can handle to apply it.
-A pot of some darker wax polish the piece.
The steps in brief
Paint, paint, wax, wipe. Sand then wax then wipe (dark wax at this point with the clear wax) Finally polish the piece the next day for a mellow sheen.

The is the best paint to give your floorboards the look of old bleached, whitewashed, and distressed wood.
The best way to do the job quickly is to use a roller for applying both the paint and the varnish. Use the paint as it is for an opaque look or use it thinned with water for a transparency. You may find applying the paint with a floor mop is easier if you are using the paint thinnly. Edges can be done with a one or two inch brush . Tou may need to do one or two coats depending on the colour and absorbency of the wood. The lighter paint colours will also need more coats generally. Varnish with Hannant's Extra Strong varnish. One layer is all that is necessary in areas of low traffic but use 2 layers of varnish where there is a lot of footfall.

The concrete floor above has been transformed by our paint and is in part of our shop.It has been repainted recently by Anna-Marie copying the original done by Annie many years ago but using some different colours. This is also a project in Annie's new book. It was painted first in Chateau Grey then printed with Cream and a few squares of Scandinavian Pink with a small square sponge. Lastly Extra Stong Varnish was applied.

Any colour blackboard - as long as you use one of our terrific Chalk Paint colours. Have a Emperor's Silk or Monet Blue Blackboard fo0r instance. Write on it with a stick of chalk and when you want to clean it off just wipe over with a damp cloth.

Painting with our paint should always be a pleasure. If it is feeling like hard work then maybe the paint is too thick, so try adding some water to the pot to make the paint flow easily.
Or perhaps you are working with a brush that is too small?

If it is hard work rubbing back with the sandpaper then next time paint a thinner top coat.

If it's not working out how you thought it would maybe you had too set an idea in your head of the finished look. Each piece of furniture responds in a different way to the paint.