Knight Design Interiors - The Paint Studio

Mixing our love of fabric, chalk paint and upcycling, we are excited to be bringing you our first chair makeover workshop! This is a full days course where you will learn how to reupholster a drop-in seat style vintage chair (provided) using one of our beautiful fabrics as well as giving it your own style of chalk paint finish. All materials, including the chair are provided. You come away with invaluable skills and a brand new chair!

The cost of this workshop is £140 per person and includes all the materials you will need (including the chair) as well as refreshments throughout the day. Please bring a packed lunch with you, alternatively you are welcome to use the Stables Cafe downstairs.

Location - The Richmond Room (first floor*), The Stables, Hylands Estate, London Road, Chelmsford CM2 8WQ
*Lift available

The introductory workshop will be a relaxed and fun three hours when you will be given the opportunity to sample the Annie Sloan paints, brushes and waxes.
 
This is an ideal introductory workshop suitable for beginners and those who have a little experience. During the workshop you will learn the following:
Two-colour distressing, using one colour over another
Texturing the Paint, which you will accentuate with Clear, Dark, White and Black Wax
Colour mixing, we will show you the basis behind which you can go on to mix an unlimited number of colours
Smooth finish and creating a wash effect.
These are the techniques which are going to take your pieces of furniture to the next level and give you the confidence to do more than painting a piece in one flat colour.
We will also cover information about Annie herself, problem solving, tricks of the trade and any other bits of advice and information you’d like to know.

Introduction Workshop cost is £65pp and includes all the materials you need as well as refreshments throughout the workshop.

Location - The Richmond Room (first floor*), The Stables, Hylands Estate, London Road, Chelmsford CM2 8WQ
*Lift available

The introductory workshop will be a relaxed and fun three hours when you will be given the opportunity to sample the Annie Sloan paints, brushes and waxes.
 
This is an ideal introductory workshop suitable for beginners and those who have a little experience. During the workshop you will learn the following:
Two-colour distressing, using one colour over another
Texturing the Paint, which you will accentuate with Clear, Dark, White and Black Wax
Colour mixing, we will show you the basis behind which you can go on to mix an unlimited number of colours
Smooth finish and creating a wash effect.
These are the techniques which are going to take your pieces of furniture to the next level and give you the confidence to do more than painting a piece in one flat colour.
We will also cover information about Annie herself, problem solving, tricks of the trade and any other bits of advice and information you’d like to know.

Introduction Workshop cost is £65pp and includes all the materials you need as well as refreshments throughout the workshop.

Location - The Richmond Room (first floor*), The Stables, Hylands Estate, London Road, Chelmsford CM2 8WQ
*Lift available

Our advanced workshop is suited to anyone who has some experience of using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and would like to learn some fantastic new techniques and gain confidence in the use of Annie Sloan products.
This fun workshop will cover the following:

Flat finish
Ombre
Image transfer
Stencilling
Simple textured effect
Gilding
Craqueleur
Frottage

You will be shown, in detail, how to use many products to achieve all of these transformative advanced techniques in small classes of up to 6. We will work over two pine boards which are yours to take home and inspire your future projects.

Advanced Techniques costs £75pp and includes all the materials you need as well as refreshments throughout the workshop.

Location - The Richmond Room (first floor*), The Stables, Hylands Estate, London Road, Chelmsford CM2 8WQ
*Lift available

This is a great opportunity to try out the Annie Sloan detail brushes and learn some super effective techniques to give your projects that extra detail. Annie Sloan’s Detail Brush set is designed to bring a no-fuss approach to mark-making and decorative paint effects. Ideal for painting fine details and dynamic shapes using Chalk Paint® and Gilding Waxes.
The workshop will cover techniques on a wooden board, followed by the painting of either a candle stick or a picture frame using your new skills!

The cost of this workshop is £55 per person and includes all of the materials you will need including your choice of item to paint (candle stick, picture frame, box etc), as well as refreshments.

Location - The Richmond Room (first floor*), The Stables, Hylands Estate, London Road, Chelmsford CM2 8WQ
*Lift available