I love the color of natural patina and am always looking for a color combo that gives me that type of feel.  Today’s post is about an evolution of a buffet and an experimentation in color with Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan.

I bought this beat up buffet and had it in the SP Barn the other day as I was setting for our month sale in September.  I was thinking I would paint in Lamp Black by General Finishes and make it very chippy and antiqued.  Then I started looking around in the barn as I was setting for the sale and had a desire to give it a little more funk.  I started digging through my chalk paint colors to see what I had with me.  The night before I had been playing with the color florence on a mirror.   When my mom {aka COO} saw it she commented on how much she liked the color so I said what the heck lets have a little fun.

I pulled out my florence and graphite chalk paint and started playing around with the color mixture against the black top I had already done on the buffet.  I was really loving it….no it won’t be for everyone but the person that does take this Anthropologie inspired buffet home will love it.

I loved this color so much I decided to paint the front door of the barn my personal color mix of “Patina” {Chalk Paint™ Florence & Graphite}.  Hope to see you at the SP Barn this weekend {sept 21-23, 10-5pm each day!} get directions here.  Happy painting!