Painted Pine Furniture

[ushiemama]

I'm thinking of painting my orangey pine furniture. Am I doing the right thing...I'm a little bit nervous.

[VeryStressedMum]

I'm thinking of doing this to a small sideboard, I read somewhere that a shellac based undercoat will give adhesion to normal gloss paint. Anyone know if thus is true?

[Dilidali]

Sorry, verystressedmum, I don't know.
I used Annie Sloan on lots of pieces of furniture. And didn't wax, I'm worried it'll be all sticky and horrible. I don't do distress either, everything had two coats. It's absolutely fine, and it's been some time now.
Pine was fine, didn't seep through. Mahogany apparently does. I painted different woods, including horrid orangy veneer, it came out super, and no sanding, prepping etc.

So I would say go for it, it's so satisfying and it looks amazing!

[Furball]

Gosh thank you and how timely a thread.

I told dh yesterday that I thought I'd give our pine sideboard a coat of paint and see what happens. For once he didn't try and talk me out of my sometimes nutty ideas. So thanks for the tips.

[littlecrystal]

Do you think painting would work as well for pine doors? I really want white doors in my house but cannot make up my mind what looks better, painted pine doors or white (cheapish) MDF doors?

[iwouldgoouttonight]

Ooh I want to do this with our bedroom furniture, I was going to start with the chest of drawers which are fairly cheap orangy pine from argos, they aren't bare wood they have a sort of shiny varnish. Will chalk paint cover this without any sanding or undercoat?? Seems too good to be true! I hate sanding and it was this that's been putting me off.

Could anyone recommend where to buy chalk paint? Can you get it from places like b&q our do you have to order it online?

[Dilidali]

Yes, it would go over shiny varnish, it works a treat!
On the Annia Sloan webpage on the left hand side there's a list of shops that stocks it.
It is pricy, but to give you an idea, 1l was enough for two coats on a chest of drawers medium size with 5 drawers, a bookshelf and a little side table.

[Dilidali]

Furball, I don't know about pine door, maybe someone will come along soon and share their experience :). There is a cery knowledgeable lady on MN but I can't remember her username, her advice helped me a lot, hope she sees this.

[iwouldgoouttonight]

Thanks Dilidali, there is a shop not too far from me! Might go and have a look next weekend. I'm wondering if I need tester pots out whether to just go for it. The bedroom is a sort of apple green colour and I was thinking of either white or cream, but not sure if that's just playing it safe.

[Dilidali]

A tester pot is £5 for 100ml.
1l is £18 something.
If you paint the lot white/cream it won't clash with any bedding you might fancy at some point. It brightens up the room no end and it gives a clean airy feeling.

I use tesco bog standard brushes btw