Major Project Coming Soon

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Hint: I've played this for 13 years of my life. It comes in all shapes and sizes, but is always black and white. 

Do you know yet? It's a PIANO duh. Introducing my next, very large, very heavy and time consuming project. So my parents have been harboring my piano since I've gotten married and moved out. They have no use for it, and I haven't played it in years (terrible, I know) so my dad and husband agreed to move it to our house. I started when I was 5, played competitively for years, and have 100% neglected the beautiful sound for a couple years now.

If you didn't already know, they piano is pretty old and definitely needs a tuning and a face lift. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful the way it is. I don't have a picture of it now, but I'll get one soon! But I'm really down to paint it something super crazy and bright. Plus, I want to starting practicing and playing again because Ryan hasn't really seen and heard me play actually. I know, I've hidden 13 years of my life from my husband, just call me Mrs. Smith.


So I've been pinning/googling/whatever-ing painted pianos lately. Because I REALLY don't want to take apart the whole thing, sand all the parts, and paint 3-4 coats, I've decided to use Annie Sloan chalk paint. I know people, I'm late on the Annie game, but I haven't painted anything is a while. In due time folks, in due time.

I don't know the color just yet. I originally settled on a bumblebee yellow, but because Sloan's colors are SO incredibly limited, I had to change my mind. Now I'm into a red, maybe blue even? I don't know. I just know I want a fun pop of color since my house is pretty neutral.

Annie Sloan is expensive indefinitely, but everyone says that a lot goes a long way, so I'm willing to make the investment. The major downfall? The color selection. There is only 30 colors to choose from, none of which jumped out at me, but again we're going for a matt finish, so it can't be super vibrant anyways. See below


This isn't the updated version, but the colors are the same (plus a few more).
I'm gravitating towards Emperor's Silk, Antoinette, Scandinavian Pink, Florence, English Yellow, uhmmm pretty much all of them. This picture quality is terrible and here is the full list:

http://www.anniesloan.com/acatalog/United_Kingdom.html

Inspiration coming to you now!











Granted, the more shiny and polished pianos are not chalk paint but with some paint wax and poly, I can pretty much achieve the same look. So many good ones, I can't decide. HELP! 

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