Wondering how to paint furniture or furniture painting techniques? Then youre in luck because today were focusing on how to paint furniture using 3 fabulous techniques!
There are several techniques you can use when painting furniture! We use spray paint, chalk paint or latex paint when painting furniture, depending on what we feel will fit our needs! You can find our tutorial on how to spray paint furniture here and how to use latex paint here. Chalk paint needs to be painted by hand but you will prep and finish your piece the same way no matter which method you choose. We are excited to show you three techniques to paint your furniture!
Three Techniques to Paint Your Furniture:
1. One way is to use two paint colors! Paint the top a different color than the rest of your piece, mix the colors or paint doors and details a different color. The possibilities are endless.
2. Another way is to paint a stencil or design on your piece! We used vinyl to apply a stencil on this desk to dress up the table top! As you can see, we painted the accents of the desk pink to give it a little contrast and tie in the pink stenciled design.
3. The third technique we’d like to show you is to paint metallic accents on your piece. You can use virtually any kind of metallic paint on your furniture. We use a small brush and hand paint the details of the piece with your choice of color. You can go bold or subtle here and it truly makes a huge difference!
More From Our How To Paint Furniture Series:
I hope that gives you a few ideas on painting techniques. {wink} If you have a make over tutorial on your blog, wed love to see it! Feel free to leave the blog link in the comments or on theTip Junkie Facebook page. Or if youre looking for a specific tutorial, let me know! Ill be happy to find it for you. {{Ive got your back!}}

I love the color palette on those ones!
Hi:) I’m looking to find out how to get that distressed look of black paint over red paint. I have an art deco bookshelf I want to paint red, then go over with black so that it’s not “so red” if you know what I mean:)
Thanks!
Its awesome post. Its very helpfull & neccesarry.
What technique did you use on the black and white dresser? I actually have a piece very similar and I want to paint it like yours. If you could give me tips on how you did it I would so appreciate it! Thank you!
does anyone know how to paint brass handles and hinges? i want to change the look of my furniture but to replace all the hardware is expensive!