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Make your Ordinary — into EXTRAORDINARY!!

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Annie Sloan Chalk Paint is AMAZING! The paint’s ability to adhere without prep to wood, plastic, masonry and metals gives you unlimited options to re-purpose items into treasures that fit your current style quickly and inexpensively. Today’s on-the-go person doesn’t have time for extensive prep work, they want to paint and go. They want it easy. Annie Sloan Chalk Paint takes away the cost and time of prepping, allowing you to get to a finished project much quicker. It’s just that simple! So – expedite YOUR extraordinary

An earth friendly paint made to RENEW yesterdays items, REPURPOSE forgotten treasures and REIMAGINE your home and garden is what Annie Sloan paint are all about. Interested in trying out the paint – putting it to the test? Consider signing up for the January 28th, 2011 ReFunk YOUR Junk Workshop that will be held here at The Purple Painted Lady.

So…What exactly is Up-Cycled Furniture?

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Are you thinking that SAME question? Well, up-cycled furniture is when you take something old, making it new. Something stale, and make it FRESH! It is RE-puposing, RE-using and RE-loving a piece that was probably hidden in the basement or attic. Often the way to achieve is this is with PAINT! And the BEST furniture paint out there- HANDS DOWN- is Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. Annie Sloan Chalk Paint answers the needs for a paint that can have MANY uses from acting like a limewash, to looking like old painted furniture and it has an excellent range of colour that can be extended you. This paint is SOOOO easy to work with and allows people to be artists! It gives you the gift of being creative- EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT CRAFTY!!! And the paint is easy and kind to use… So, now you are thinking…what does that mean? Basically, you don’t need to get involved with technicalities of preparation and it also allows you to change your mind without hassle.

You can buy the paint right here online or stop in my store at 208 East Main Street in Palmyra, NY 14522. I carry Annie Sloan Chalk Paint & Waxes, paint & wax brushes, sand paper, = EVERYTHING you need to start and finish your project in ONE day!!!