How to Give Furniture a Coastal Look

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Materials Needed: MudPaint in your favorite colors, paint brushes

It’s easy to give your furniture a coastal look with MudPaint. There are so many ways to paint a piece to give it that beachy, white-washed, aged and weathered look. it’s less vibrant and “crisp” than the Boho style, but far more aged and ‘roughed up’. The below piece is painted in Harbor with a Simply White paint wash over the top for a white-washed look.

You can layer paint, add texture with a saltwash additive, paint stripes, or simply use two beachy colors on a piece. MudPaint is eco-friendly, LEED-compliant and it’s unique, clay-based formula with natural earthen materials requires little prep work and no waxing for a smooth coat. Use Manor White or China White and Seaside or Suede Blue and to give any piece in your home a coastal look. Follow these steps to paint your piece!

1. Clean the surface well.
2. A light sanding is recommended. If you are painting over peeling paint, scrape and sand to smooth. Our new RAD Pads Sanding Pads are a great option and have 8 different sanding surfaces – from Medium to Very Fine!
3. If there are holes, fill them with wood filler and then sand smooth.
4. A primer is not needed on most surfaces. However, if a smooth or slick surface, painting a lighter color, painting over a stain or wood with red undertones, or if painting a wood that is known to bleed, a primer is recommended.  MudPaint is compatible with water based primers, cover stain and KILZ.
5. Be sure surface is free of dust.  
6. Clean with wet rag and allow to dry completely.  
7. Before using paint, shake can vigorously and stir thoroughly.  
8. Apply paint with a brush, working in the direction of the grain of the wood.  
9. For a more distressed look, paint any which way.
10. Most surfaces need only a single coat.
11. If applying a second coat, allow to dry, and then lightly sand between coats.
12. Allow to dry completely before sanding if distressing.  
13. Finish with a clear coat for high traffic areas.  For low traffic areas, finish with wax and then clean off that brush for your next MudPaint project!