Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Fabric Chair (Leather) Tutorial | Restoring a Leather Chair

Today's tutorial, we are going to use Annie Sloan Chalk Paint on this Fabric Chair (Leather). I will show you how to chalk paint leather furniture by restoring this old white cracked and peeling leather chair with Annie Sloan chalk paint and wax! This chalk paint tutorial is a great introduction for a chalk paint beginner to learn how to re-purpose old leather furniture using chalk paint.
Note: In this video we used chalk paint wax, curing times and results may vary depending on which Chalk Paint furniture wax you use. So make sure its fully cured before sitting on the leather chair! :) Also note, this was done with a real leather chair to begin with, vinyl/pleather we don't recommend (we have not tried it).
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[@vickykeeble9013]

Love this but I prefer when you talk to us, rather than write instruction. I find I learn more because you share so much of your knowledge. Beautiful work. X

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Hi Vicky! Thanks for the feedback these are my older videos which I did not speak in, my newer tutorials I am speaking in them! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🎨

[@emilymalcolm87]

You just would not believe it was the same chair.The blending and shading takes it to a new level. Love it : )

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Thank you very much! I hope you like today's video later today! See you soon! ❤️🎨🙏

[@heatherstrachan107]

Absolutely gorgeous! I am in the process of trying this on a chair similar to yours. One tip that I found that has really worked is using shipping tape. Apply to the surface and peel, the damaged layer comes right off. Took 1 roll to do the whole chair $1.25 at Dollarama, with no sanding mess. Only took about 45min to do.

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Great tip!❤️🙏🎨

[@deborahsmith9287]

Hi Annie I'm obsessed with your videos but have not yet had the pleasure of using your products. We have moved from Australia to Italy but just arrived before lock down. Your videos keep me sane during the long hours of no contact. We have just purchased a house in Umbria and I'm so excited to move in at the end of the week and get painting. We were lucky that the previous owner didn't want the old furniture so I'm excited to give it an upgrade. I did a few pieces in Australia and a course through a local antique store who showed me the basics of how to use your products. They spoke so highly of them and you also, Iv'e be a devoted viewer ever since. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and I look forward to either making a huge mess or creating masterpieces, I'm thinking the first option hahaha. Thanks again for being so giving of your time. Deb.

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Hi Deborah!!!! I am so tickled that you think I am Annie Sloan!!! @anniesloanhome I am also a big fan of her and her chalk paint!!! Her paints are so versatile so you will enjoy using them on your projects!!! I would love to go to Italy and Australia one day, how exciting to be living in italy with all that fine furniture to chalk paint!!! Have fun with chalk paint don't be afraid if you don't like it you can always repaint it!!!! This leather chair was painted with Annie's paint!! Glad you enjoyed it!!!! Christina "The Reclaimed Heirloom" ❤️🎨🙏

[@sharliewatts7907]

Christina, you have given me such inspiration during Covid. I have watch most every one of your youtubes. After painting a antique wingback chair I had in floral design, now looks like a camel leather chair. I have done a couple of tables. Yesterday I scored a free wingback recliner with claw feet. It is very faded red fabric. None of the cushions are removable. After watching this I think I can do it, slow and steady. I would love to be able to show you the step by step process.

[@frankcicero4444]

Excellent choice of colors !!!

[@hithere7282]

Beautiful .loved it . ❤

[@Wakfried]

That’s a great video Thanks. I have a red leather couch thst I’m going to paint. The waxing at the end was really helpful.

[@KachaFurniture]

This is one of my fav videos, great job! I have little experience painting fabric but I do want to paint some chairs, this helped me a lot! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Kacha ... 🌻🙏 thank you for your kind comment... that is great if this video helped out in any way ... I am absolutely impressed with chalk painting fabric! ... like most people I thought it would hard and crusty but it’s not... I am sure your viewers would love to see your fabric project 😉😉

[@KachaFurniture]

The Reclaimed Heirloom so it’s not hard? That’s awesome because that’s my fear painting fabric. I want to be able to sit on it and feel comfortable and not have any paint cracking and whatnot. How does it feel when you sit on it? Do you think it’ll last? It looks so good!

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Kacha ... So my chair I did in Duck Egg ( plain sitting chair) ... it’s soft and no issues at all... you only need a little clear wax on the fabric but doesn’t make it stiff ... the fabric still feels soft and honestly doesn’t feel or look painted... one thing I learned right away is only a little paint... just like a stain ... it’s all about the water to paint ratio ... but fabric projects use way less paint than furniture (wood). The leather chair ... I used a lot of clear and dark wax .... it is still curing. I believe wax can take a few days until it’s dry ... this chair took at least a week because of the amount or wax... but it did make the chair feel soft ... just like shoe polish ... or leather bag. I am sure you will love your results... I am actually wanting to paint another chair set! 😮... I plan to try a leather look on fabric ... I will fill you in all the details... I was going to try a random dining style chair ... antique style and give it a upscale look 😉...

[@KachaFurniture]

@@TheReclaimedHeirloom Nice! I dont think many people are painting fabrics on youtube, specially not like you. I think this should generate you some nice traffic! Thanks for all the tips, I will let you know when I am ready to try some!

[@amethyst1826]

This is about the 3rd chair painting I've watched. One person did, I think, a 3 piece suite with a blue dye from Dylon. One did an old leather chair and I'm sure it went from green to yellow. It had been in her family a looooooong time. And now this one. And they're all really fabulous!!! Someone else actually used Dylon to revamp their carpet instead of buying new, and that was amazing! I love to see these done.

[@LCLW63]

Wow!!! This is amazing. It's gorgeous. Had no idea you could use chalk paint on leather. So awesome to see this transformation & see how many things you can transform with a little elbow grease & paint!

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Hi LC! It was a fun project! I was amazed also when I tried it for the first time! Definitely a little elbow grease and paint went into that one!! ❤️🙏🎨

[@houstoncalhoun1177]

I'll be dipped in grits, you painted a leather chair and it went from hideous to homey. I remain in awe of your vision.

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Houston Calhoun This was one of my favorite projects!! Transformation of an old leather chair that was cracked and scratched and using chalk paint to the leather it turned out fantastic!!! I sold that chair and the person that has it still tells me to this day it holds up!!! I will have to try this again on another leather chair in the future! If you try this make sure your are starting with real leather. I have not tried this method with fake plastic leather “pleather”. 💕🙏🎨

[@houstoncalhoun1177]

@@TheReclaimedHeirloom I was seriously shocked a) it was possible and b) it turned-out so beautifully. I told Mom, "Lola painted a leather chair," and she replied, "Are you on some medication I don't know about?" We laughed and laughed, so I sent her the video. Now she's shocked. To quickly change the subject, is it possible to chalk paint a glazed ceramic vase? I love the shape but the color is atrocious. Thank you!

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Houston Calhoun Hehe too funny! Honestly I am still amazed by that one! To your question yes you can! I have chalk painted glass vases with chalk paint and other accessories it does work. For glass/ceramics I do recommend to paint first with a primer (any old brand will work) as I find the smooth glass surface is tricky for the paint to stick on. I am planning in the new year to do glass and ceramics chalk painting video tutorials. If you have any questions please let me know. 💕🙏🎨

[@houstoncalhoun1177]

@@TheReclaimedHeirloom Think I'll give it a shot... which forces me to go to Lowes. Dang it. My favorite place on earth. Looking forward to your future tutorials!

[@AuntDu310]

A leather chair! It turned out great, you did a fabulous job. And it looks so much better than it did before. You're amazing, thank you for sharing your talent ♡

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Nikki Lloyd ... this project was a total experiment 🤔 I really appreciate your feedback and yes this chair needed something and anything was going to help this poor curb side piece. A leather refinisher was not going to work so I thought well let’s put the chalk paint to test 👌 This chair is still to date in mint condition!! A real estate agent bought this chair from me and she still had it and loves it 🥰 It’s held up just fine and I will still ask in more time to come how this chair is doing 👍🏻😉 Glad you like the tutorial and I always appreciate your kind feedback 🤗

[@AuntDu310]

@@TheReclaimedHeirloom that is a wonderful story, instead of being taken as trash you gave that chair a second (probably even happier)life. Thanks to you one man's trash became another's treasure. Your fabulous ♡

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Nikki Lloyd ... absolutely!! That’s the main point to furniture decorative finishing , redesign and make something useful and stop the over manufacturing of stuff we don’t need and lighten up our landfills etc! Mostly be creative and have fun 😉🎨💛

[@ashleyc.p9596]

You did such a great job! I'll be doing this to my sofa soon in Graphite. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Ashley C. P ... thank you 🙏 so much for your kind comment ... and that’s fantastic to hear!! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me anytime 😉🌻🌻

[@juliabenevides4065]

Hi! How did your sofa turn out with Graphite? I’m just starting to do some dining room chairs in the same color, and I was wondering what other colors you chose to mix with it to get the shading for the leather look, or if you just stuck with that one color?

[@barbaragolden3620]

Omg Christina, so enjoyable to watch and learn. You are giving me the courage to paint my old and water stained (which are leather) chair cushions. Thank you for the video

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Hi Barbara!! So happy to hear you are learning from my videos!!! I have tried a leather chair most recently using leather dyes if you want a more deep leather look: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIapgXVrhtuombM ❤️🎨🙏

[@carolynrobinson6444]

This is excellent! I can do this! Thanks for the share!

[@vintagevibesgoodfinds9525]

That is fabulous!!! 👏👏👏👏

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Thanks glad you liked it!!! 🎨🙏

[@lindajohnson1060]

Amazing! You have such an artful eye with color!

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Linda Johnson Hi Linda! Thank you for the kind words! Greatly appreciated 💕🎨

[@hullabaloo-hcd]

Wow

[@PerfectionHangover]

This looks phenomenal! Great job!!

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

... thank you so much for your kind comment 🙏💙🎨

[@andreasmarinakis609]

I love the end result! How long did it take you approximately to finish the all project? Thank you for a great video!

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Thank you 🙏 so much for your kind comment and this project took approximately one afternoon. The chalk paint dried fairly quickly. After the clear and dark wax was applied it need a few weeks to fully cure. I did this project over a year ago and followed up with the new owner to ask how it was holding up? Still in perfect condition 😉🎨

[@ca6177]

Dear Christina, I happened upon this video of yours while looking for ideas and tips about painting my leather sofa! I want to change my dark brown sofa to either black or light cream. Which do you suggest would best outcome? The sofa is a good quality, but I just want a change of color instead of buying another piece of expensive furniture, upcycle instead! Thanks! I missed hearing you talk through the tutorial, I watch your current tutorials all the time!

[@vickim6990]

Do you still have this chair, if so, how's it holding up? I love your videos, you are so creative and talented.

[@fdp5745]

Hi, I would love to get an update on this pleaaaase lol. Would you do it again ? Thank you

[@samiam369]

Hi, I'm wondering if the texture of the finished product feels like leather? It sure looks like it! Thanks!

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Yes it does!❤️🎨🙏

[@samiam369]

@@TheReclaimedHeirloom Thank you! :)

[@pennyford6679]

Hi, I painted my leather sectional with chalk paint and don't like the color, should I do anything other than clean it to paint it a different chalk paint color?

[@mothcrea8tions4s56]

Nice ...

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Thanks!! Glad you liked it!!!! I will post more fun videos like this one! :)

[@elainebell54]

Looks amazing..well done you 👍 . Do you use a different brush for each colour?

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Elaine Bell ... 😉 I used 2 brushes for this project... one oval med size for my main base of Honfleur and my flat chip brush for blending the additional mix colour blend... if your piants are poured out separately... you can dip with the same brush as your blending.... I am sure other style brushes are good too... as long as there good quality and your comfortable to hold them! ... 💙💙

[@elainebell54]

The Reclaimed Heirloom Thank you so much, I use AS brushes all the time, they last ages and are great to hold. I live in England and haven’t seen flat chip brushes however I’ll look on line to try and find some. Cheers x

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Elaine Bell ... I absolutely agree! AS brushes are fantastic and last for ages! For the chippy flat brush... try Amazon ... but in all honesty the oval AS brush will do the same finish... I use the flat chippy because it’s super light and when I want to finish a larger project quicker.... I find the palm hand flat chippy brush is super light so it’s me really more so than the finish outcome! So if you have the AS oval brushes you good to go for a project like this 😉💚💚

[@elainebell54]

The Reclaimed Heirloom Thank yo so much, I’ll let you know how I get on...happy painting x

[@gabrielesener2362]

is it possible to paint dark leather white?

[@CarlasCorner62]

Gorgeous!!!

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Thank you!! See you tomorrow! 🎨❤️🎨🙏

[@emilywild1992]

Loved the video! Would this work on vinyl ? I figure it’ll just ruin if I try and sand it tho

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Hi Emily! I have not tried this on vinyl and you are right it will ruin the vinyl if you sand it. I think it will work on vinyl without the sanding but I don’t know. If you try it let me know how it turns out! 💕This technique turned really nice when I used real leather. ❤️🙏🎨

[@faithalt3555]

This looks amazing... I’m in the process of painting a sectional and the chalk paint is starting to crack.. do you have any tips on how to prevent more of this?

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment and your timing couldn’t be better as for your question 😉💙💙 I am just about to post a new tutorial this Saturday morning on how I restored an old worn leather recliner chair. I will talk you through everything I did and fantastic product info for your project 👌🎨💙

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Hi Faith! When I did that chair originally the leather was cracked heavily stained and I sanded back to the point of suede. It was a thick real leather chair and the chalk paint took to it nicely. Did you sand the leather so the chalk paint had something to grip it? You may have to sand those areas again and reapply the chalk paint. After I would apply clear wax or leather conditioner to it. I hope this helps! 🎨🙏❤️

[@tracykelley5227]

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[@LauraS13]

Did you water down your ? Was told to use 50/50 what did you do ?

[@lyndamadrid-miller695]

Why didn’t you remove the cushion?

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Hi Lynda! Actually it can’t come off. It was attached. 🙏🎨❤️

[@aishagogishvili2195]

Hello! Could you please tell if this colour is honfluer mixed with arles or did you just highlight with arles?

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Hi Aisha, I just highlighted with Arles! ❤️🎨🙏

[@aishagogishvili2195]

@@TheReclaimedHeirloom Thank you! Going to attempt to paint my new sofas like this because I ended up not liking the colour as much xx

[@sandraquito3540]

I wander if I could paint my faux leather sofas with this technique??? Any body have done it?

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Hi Sandra! For chalk paint on Faux leather, I have not tried this, try a small area in the back that's non-noticeable ❤️🙏🎨

[@sandraquito3540]

@@TheReclaimedHeirloom I will do it, thanks Christina!!! I love you and enjoy your channel very much!!! ✨ 🤗 ✨

[@tomikahwilliams1434]

Is this chair used on regular basis, and how how did it hold up now that some time has past?

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Hi Tomikah! I sold that chair to a friend of mine and so far she said its holding up very well its been over a year with no issue!! I am planning to do another one for a customer that will drop their leather chair off soon. So I will make another video on that one. 🙏🎨❤️

[@tomikahwilliams1434]

The Reclaimed Heirloom Looking forward to seeing another video. I want to try this, but a little scared..

[@nataliemariewinkels]

Why not use fabric softener in your paint?

[@quelovesfood4365]

It's only been a few months so how is it holding up? Would you do anything differently?

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Que Loves Food ... so I contacted the person who bought this chair and “yes” holding up great! No issues so far! I am actually glad you asked ... this was a great project and glad I tried it! I see these kind of old worn out leather pieces all the time and this is another way to up-cycle and save money to create beautiful home furnishings. I think I should check in again about this project in a few more months and see if about holding up again? 😉🤗💙

[@quelovesfood4365]

@@TheReclaimedHeirloom Thanks! I have an old leather loveseat with fabric side panels so I may try this. I understand that with fabric the paint should be water-downed like a dye.

[@quelovesfood4365]

How long did you wait before applying the wax? I painted my sofa with AS graphite. Just try to add wax and it took the paint off :-( This had been almost 24 hours since I last painted.

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Que Loves Food Was it real leather? Or different material (ie faux leather?). The one I did was real leather and it took about 24 before I applied the wax. Let me know the details and I’ll try to figure it out. Do you live in a humid climate which would delay curing times. Let me know! 🎨

[@quelovesfood4365]

Real leather. It does not feel tacky , very dry when I rub my hands over it . I don't need to sand it before I wax it, do I? I'll give it another day.

[@realtoranniebaig2560]

Are you spraying water?

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Yes! Thank you!!! I have a new video out today, I hope you enjoy it! ❤️🎨🙏

[@tiredjusttired2]

Does this work on chairs that aren't leather? Can we paint other textures fabrics?

[@tonianderson886]

Yes you can

[@tinascott6007]

Wow looks like new😊❤️❤️

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Thanks! 🎨🙏

[@zxresa]

Does the paint wear off?

[@TheReclaimedHeirloom]

Fantastic question! No , I was delighted with the results and I wanted to make sure after I sold the chair to the new owner if there were any issues? It’s been over a year and no wear of the paint 🎨 it is still in fantastic condition! All leather furniture should have a touch up of either bees wax or clear wax to condition the exterior. I am just about to post a new video tutorial this Saturday with another amazing idea 💡 with old leather furniture so definitely check it out as I am so excited to share this project, even easier to apply and the results are fantastic! Thank you so much watching and hope you can subscribe 🙏💙💙

[@zxresa]

@@TheReclaimedHeirloom hi thanks for the reply, yes I have subscribed many thanks... I want to paint leather legs on a table, can I use polyvine varnish rather than wax please?

[@cidacavasana598]

Gostaria muito de ter essa tinta aqui no Brasil, mas é realmente impossível de comprar Manda pra mim ,vou amar pintar meu sofá

[@fdp5745]

Oi tudo bem? Vc pode fazer essa tinta em casa. Eu não tenho a receita mas procura aqui no KZbin que eu já vi fazerem. O nome da tinta e chalk paint

[@gloriap730]

You didn’t really paint that chair leaving the cushion where it was!? At some point that cushion will have to come out and it’s going to look weird.

[@denisedavies3575]

Why don't they remove the cushions to t su the sides and everywhere. It'll then look like a professional makeoverall and ask areas covered.

[@mariateresadeconcilio3336]

🎀🎀🎀😍👍