Painting furniture

[Misscf81]

Hi, I am buying a house and the vendor has left some furniture in one of the bedrooms that I want to change the colour of. The material is wood...I would say pine, and there is a wardrobe, chest of drawers and two bedside cabinets (you can see some in the image). It’s currently a light blue but I want to change to white (I want to decorate the room a blush pink with white furniture, ceiling, skirting and doors). My question is, how easy is this to do? What is the best furniture paint to use (and which white?) and also do I need to prep etc. I have never up cycled before, but doing this would save us buying furniture for the spare room.

Thank you!!

Chalk paint is an excellent way to update furniture and their are lots of brands available. Have a look at Annie Sloan, Rust-Oleum and Frenchic. I found that if I used a wax on top of the paint it changes the colour of the paint slightly, but my daughter has had good results with Annie Sloan varnish. I'll warn you though, once you start you will paint everything!

I'd look at lightly rubbing the surface down, you could use sugar-soap solution to wash it. Then use a primer, Zinsser Bin have a good one.

I think chalk paint can be tricky for furniture as it can damage easily. There was a thread on this recently, use the search function to see what was suggested.

For best results you'd want to sand properly, a messy job. You need to create a rough surface for the paint to cling to. Prime then 2 coats, sometimes 3 depending on colour of eggshell. You could use gloss paint for durability but it's a bit shiny for most.

You can use chalk paint as an easy, quick option but it doesn't look great unless you're going to rough it up & go "shabby chic" (bit dated).

It is very easy, depending on the surface. I have used rustoleum chalk paint on teak, no sanding needed. A footstool no sanding needed and used their furniture spray, this was by far the easiest. Also wilko furniture satin paint on kitchen units. All straight forward if a little fiddly if it's draws etc.
Only advice would be patience between coats.