When it comes to searching for painted furniture ideas you can easily get overwhelmed. I mean there are so many different styles and techniques out there.
Here on Just the Woods, I have been painting furniture for years, and have collected an abundance of tutorials and techniques for you.
It is so easy to slip down that rabbit hole of chalk-paint furniture ideas. Hopefully, I can help and make your search for painted furniture before and after ideas and inspiration just a little bit easier.
90+ Painted Furniture Ideas Before and After
Whether you are looking for painted table ideas, painted dresser ideas, or painted desk ideas I am gathering some of the best painted furniture makeovers to inspire you. You also get to see all of the different options when it comes to choosing furniture paint colors because those can also seem endless. This is a great place to start. There are over 90 DIY painted furniture ideas before and after listed here so choose a paint color and have fun.
All of these hand-painted furniture ideas will come with links to the step-by-step tutorial to also aid and help you in learning how to paint each particular painted furniture finish.
Painted Furniture Ideas Using Furniture Transfers
Painted furniture projects that have image transfers added to them for an added touch of beauty.
- Refinish a Table with Metallic Paint – Adding furniture transfers to your painted furniture projects adds a unique factor that makes any project amazing. Refinishing furniture can mean so many things. Today I am sharing how to refinish a small side table with metallic paint and a fabulous floral image transfer. These floral transfers for furniture are simply gorgeous.
- How to Transfer Images – Transfer images to wood DIY projects, or gorgeous image transfers to your painted furniture pieces. Add graphics to your project because painted furniture is often more than just paint. These image transfers add a gorgeous and unique touch to any painted furniture makeover or DIY project
- Image Transfer Buffet – A French image transfer is added to a vintage solid wood buffet server by Just the Woods, adding new life and a new chic look to an otherwise flat boring piece.
- Image Transfer to a Painted Toy Box – A painted toy box makeover with a simple French image transfer as well as decoupaged fabric liner.
- Painted Media Console with Image Transfer – This entertainment center is quite new to be honest. A painted media console makeover with a french image transfer. Make a modern piece of furniture unique with a fresh coat of paint and prima-marketing furniture transfers.
- Image Transfer Ideas – Whether you are a pro at applying image transfers or you are just discovering them for the first time. Ready to transfer image to wood, or maybe even apply an image transfer to canvas you will find it all here. There are so many different image transfer methods for you to try. These decorative transfers are not just for furniture!
Fabric Decoupage on Painted Furniture
Adding fabric decoupage to furniture is another way to give an outrageous new look to your painted furniture projects.
- Painted China Cabinet Decoupage – This thrift store find was a huge score. See this blog post for the full makeover of a painted china cabinet with a fabric decoupage.This beauty sits in my living room.
- Paint and Decoupage Furniture – Whether you are making over modern furniture or an old garage sale find you can add decoupage to painted furniture using a variety of different materials. Check out this painted vanity project with peacock fabric decoupaged to the drawer fronts.
- Vintage Curio Cabinet Makeover – This vintage curio cabinet had seen better days. But with a chalk paint makeover and fabric decoupage, it now looks amazing.
- Build a Curio Cabinet – Transform the top portion of a vintage hutch into a modern curio. How cool is this painted furniture idea?
Napkin & Tissue Decoupaged Furniture Makeovers
Decoupage can be applied to painted furniture makeovers in multiple ways. Another method to decoupage furniture is with napkins or tissue paper. These painted furniture ideas all have napkin or tissue decoupage applied.
- Decoupage Furniture Tutorial – Check out these painted side tables. See how to add tissue to painted furniture with this decoupage furniture tutorial with a video. For best results paint with a single color and then choose a tissue pattern with your favorite colors in a complimenting color scheme.
- Decoupage Paper on Painted Furniture – This old bookcase was found at an estate sale and is looking like new. Decoupage paper is a gorgeous and affordable way to add that extra va-va-voom to your projects.
- Decoupage Hand Painted Furniture – Need hand-painted furniture ideas? Here is a hand-painted table with a tutorial for how to decoupage on wood by adding floral paper decoupage to a painted end table.
- Little Girls Vanity Makeover – With some paint, decoupage, and new knobs this girl’s vanity is a beauty.
- Bombe Chest – Get inspired with this painted chest of drawers. Pretty paper is added to the side of each dresser drawer.
- Gray Painted Buffet – Another surprise addition of furniture decoupage with a simple tissue pattern added hidden behind the center doors of a painted buffet.
Wallpaper Decoupage on Painted Furniture
One more great method to decoupage furniture is wallpaper. Check out this before and after, painted furniture project using wallpaper to spruce up the project:
- Furniture Makeover – One of my favorite furniture makeovers that adds an extra wow factor with wallpaper decoupage.
- Painted Sofa Table – Create a Stunning Finish on a Painted Sofa Table using soft neutral chalk-like paint, wallpaper decoupage, and a hint of metallic pearl paint on a painted sofa table.
- Decoupage Supplies – Decoupage Supplies. When you want to know where to find decoupage supplies and what you need for decoupage projects. This is a basic resource for what and where to find decoupage materials online for your painted furniture projects.
Painted Dresser Ideas
When it comes to painted bedroom furniture ideas you may need a few different pieces of inspiration. Here are just a few painted dresser ideas that may help.
- Vintage Painted Dresser with Yellow Drawers – This first project was featured in Better Homes & Gardens. Yellow dresser drawers add just enough color to this old dresser. This vintage-painted dresser updated in mustard yellow with neutral taupe keeps the makeover neutral while still being unique.
- How to Paint a Dresser – See how to paint a dresser for a timeless look. This gray-painted dresser tutorial is created with texture, paint, and stain. A classic DIY painted dresser makeover using wood stain, chalk paint, and Saltwash texture additive. The new look should last a long time.
- Blue Painted Dresser – Painting a vintage dresser allows you to keep an old piece of furniture while giving it a whole new look. Need a few painted dresser ideas? Enjoy this DIY dresser makeover.
- French Provincial Painted Dresser – Painted French provincial furniture in two-tone gray for a soft and feminine painted finish gives it a slight French country look.
- Cottage Style Painted Dresser – When you have a cottage-style home and are looking for cottage design ideas this blue-painted dresser is the perfect painted furniture inspiration for your guest room. This antique dresser has a whole new life thanks to a little paint.
- Vintage Painted Dresser – A white distressed dresser is always a classic and never seems to go out of style. Finish it off with a dark brown top or paint the entire dresser white for a timeless painted furniture finish.
- Blue Dresser – A painted navy blue dresser is the perfect masculine-painted furniture makeover. Blue-painted furniture is a great color for any bedroom.
- Farmhouse White Painted Furniture – See how to get that farmhouse white-painted furniture when confronted with bleed-through issues. Get the best tips to paint dark wood with white paint for gorgeous results.
- Upholstery Tacks Dresser – This next furniture makeover is super unique. See how to add upholstery tacks to your painted dressers for a customized look.
- Distress Painted Furniture – Learn distressed furniture painting techniques and learn the easy furniture painting technique of distressing chalk paint to give your painted furniture that worn look. See how to distress painted furniture.
- Stenciled Dresser – See how to get an elegant painted dresser from a boring brown vintage chunky dresser by adding an elegant gold stencil. A stencil design is one of my favorite ways to add to furniture transformations.
Painted Table Ideas
Refinishing furniture doesn’t always have to mean painting old furniture. You can DIY your existing furniture even if it’s modern, or maybe even build something completely new. Here is a variety of painted table ideas to help you out.
- DIY Wood Table – If you have ever wanted to know how to make a wood table this DIY wood table is easier than you think. Using the right supplies and a furniture kit you can create homemade wooden tables with ease and precision. See how to make a wooden table the easy way and then paint it gorgeous in green.
- Wood Stain Table Refinish – Wood stain can feel intimidating at times. See how to refinish a table with the perfect furniture stain and paint to get amazing results. Refinishing furniture with the best wood stain and furniture paint tutorial.
- Textured Painted Furniture with Salt Wash – Textured paint creates such an amazing look for your makeover project. Did you know that you can create an amazing textured paint finish on your furniture with salt wash? This textured painting technique is so easy and fun to do.
- Painted End Tables with Lined Drawer – A spin on decoupage with these Queen Anne-style painted end tables with lined drawers using wallpaper, mod podge, and poster board for a removable drawer liner.
- Wise Owl Self Leveling Paint – You may have heard of Wise Owl Paint. Even if you are new to painting furniture then you may have heard of this amazing brand of furniture paint. It isn’t milk paint or latex paint. You don’t need to seal it with clear wax or a top coat. It is so much better so make sure to check it out.
- Black Distressed Furniture – Get farmhouse-style black distressed furniture with black chalk-type paint and black sealer. Distressed black-painted furniture is the perfect look for any home style.
- Paint a Table with the Black Paint and Stain – Black furniture paint and black wood stain go together like peas and carrots. The great thing about black furniture is that it’s both timeless and one of the easier painted furniture finishes to achieve.
- Black Furniture Wax to Painted Furniture – Get gorgeous results with black furniture wax on your painted furniture. See how to apply furniture wax to make those details pop. Antiquing painted furniture with furniture wax creates a dramatic effect like on this painted claw foot table.
- Painted Pineapple Pedestal Table – A painted pineapple pedestal table makeover, including repairing a chewed and damaged portion of the wood. Layers of soft brush strokes create this fabulous finish.
- Stenciled Dining Room Table – See how to stencil a tabletop with this stenciled dining room table makeover. Make sure to apply the best topcoat and this will last a long time.
- Spray Paint Furniture with a Paint Sprayer – Skip the paint brush and see how to spray paint furniture the easy way using the best paint sprayer. This entire blue-painted table is refinished using blue chalk paint and a paint sprayer.
White Painted Furniture Ideas
White painted furniture tends to be the most requested color when someone wants to know what color to paint furniture. Maybe because white chalk paint is timeless and simple. Here are a few examples of projects finished using white chalk paint.
- Painting Furniture White – First and foremost, Curious about how to paint furniture white? Is there a secret to painting white furniture? This cabinet is given a white-painted furniture makeover. Follow these 5 tips to painting furniture white for a result you will love.
- How to Reupholster a Vanity Bench – This reupholstered bench project has a colorful new fabric with a simple white painted base.
- Lane Cedar Chest Makeover – A Lane cedar chest is freshened up with a farmhouse white painted finish. With a stain and whitewashed top and white paint on the body, you can add a subtle glaze for a slightly grungy farmhouse finish. Now you have gorgeous useful extra storage.
- Farmhouse Painted Bench – A farmhouse bench is updated from orange oak to distressed white paint on this painted storage bench project.
- Distress Painted Wood – See how to distress white-painted wood furniture in this farmhouse-painted cart tutorial.
- Shabby Chic Cabinet – A vintage cupboard with damage and grease has been cleaned up and transformed into a painted shabby chic cabinet with a pop of color inside. A good cleaning and a little prep is the key to a long-lasting finish.
- Timeless White Buffet – Classic timeless white with espresso stain top is always a great option.
- Distress Furniture White Paint – easily distress your white painted furniture.
Painted Desk Ideas
Painted desks are one of my favorite pieces of furniture to work on. There are some of my favorite painted desk projects.
- Modern Masters Painted Furniture – Modern Masters metallic paint adds a gorgeous shimmer to your painted furniture. See how to paint with metallic copper paint and rose gold metallic paint stripes for a more modern look.
- Save the Leather Top of a Vintage Desk – See how to save the leather top of a vintage desk with this painted desk makeover.
- Dry Brushing Furniture – Dry brushing is the easiest furniture painting technique. Get that gorgeous dry brushed painted furniture finish as seen on this painted desk project.
- Painted Furniture Cutting Edge Stencils – Of all the different ways you can update antique furniture I have to say that stencils are one of my favorite things. Create a painted furniture masterpiece by adding unique stencil patterns from Cutting Edge Stencils. Check out this painted desk with a patchwork stencil pattern on top.
- Modern Desk Makeover – This modern desk makeover is given an update with a classic black painted finish.
- Desk Rescue Painted Memphis Blue – A vintage desk is given a gorgeous blue makeover with a dark stain on top in this painted desk makeover.
- Gray Painted Desk – Another painted desk with a cool gray paint on the bottom and dark espresso stain on top.
- Rags to Riches Vintage Desk Makeover – Truly a rags-to-riches makeover is this black desk with a chocolate brown top.
- Shades of Gray Painted Desk – Removed from the attic this painted desk is given layers of gray paint colors for a new look.
- Hand Painted Shabby Chic Desk – This shabby chic painted desk looks great with new white painted hardware.
- Painted Turquoise Desk – This vintage desk is painted in bold turquoise with a light gray wash on top. Adding a bright color paint to your project is like adding a ray of sunlight to your home.
Painted Chairs
Painted chairs come in many shapes and sizes. Here you will find projects for painted rocking chairs, painted whimsical chairs, painted benches, and painted child’s chairs.
- Paint a Rocking Chair with Spindles – This painted rocking chair is a child’s chair and has an added painted stencil of the child’s initials added to the rocker.
- Charcoal Painted Rocking Chair – Another rocking chair project showing you how to paint a rocking chair with a custom mixed charcoal paint.
- Make a Bench from Chairs – These chairs are repurposed into a DIY bench and painted in blue and gold chalk type paint.
- Paint a Wooden Rocking Chair – See how to paint a rocking chair with spindles the easy way using a paint sprayer for your next pained furniture project.
- Painted Ladder Back Chair – If you have a ladder back chair that needs an update see how this basic chair is painted with a combo of black paint and the natural webbing on the seat is left untouched.
- Hand Painted High Chair – Painting a vintage high chair is a great way to keep a family heirloom in the family or maybe use a photo prop for a cake smash party.
- Whimsical Painted Furniture – These vintage painted chairs are given a whimsical stencil update in various colors. This painted chairs tutorial shows how to paint both metal and wood.
- Painted Chair Ideas – In case I missed a chair project or two make sure to check out this collection of great ideas all in one spot.
Furniture Painted Using a Layering Paint Technique
Painting Furniture in layers is always fun and creates a one-of-a-kind finish. No two projects come out the same way when blending and layering paint on furniture.
- Paint Layers on a Tall Lingerie Chest – This painted lingerie chest project takes a little time and is finished in painted layers of soft pinks and corals.
- Painting Laminate Furniture – Painting laminate furniture is easier than you think. See how to paint laminate furniture and add soft layers in neutral grays on a painted bookshelf.
- Painting Wood Furniture – See how to paint wood furniture in layers to bring out the ornate details on this painted table.
- Paint Wood Furniture – These wooden bombe chests are given a romantic makeover using subtle layers of greens with metallic highlights.
- Paint Furniture in Layers – Bold fun blue paint is layered on this painted cabinet for gorgeous results.
- Layering Paint for a Coastal Finish – Another tutorial for layering and blending paint to create a soft beach like finish on this painted tea table.
- Layer Paint – A vintage buffet is updated using painted layers of different shades of blues to make the details pop.
- Beach Finish Furniture Paint – This little painted furniture project is finished using the same chalk paint layering technique for a beachy finish.
- Painted Jewelry Chest– Painted furniture also includes jewelry armoires. This painted armoire us finished in layers of grays for a fabulous new look.
Metallic Painted Furniture
Because adding metallic paint to your furniture makeover is always a great idea! Here are a few great painted furniture ideas using metallic paint.
- Silver Metallic Painted Furniture – First off is this metallic painted table that is stunning with its silver paint finish.
- Metallic Paint Furniture – See how this painted table is finished with a custom mixed dark silver metallic paint.
- Metallic Glaze on Painted Furniture – This painted dresser is given an added metallic bronze glaze and it looks fabulous… like a bronze penny.
- Elegant Ornate Painted Mirror – This oversized ornate mirror is transformed from vintage gold to pewter using a variety of metallic paints in a layered finish.
- DIY Metallic Paint – For more metallic paint projects, here are both painted furniture ideas as well as smaller DIY projects using metallic paint.
Other Painted Furniture Ideas & Tutorials:
Refinishing Furniture also comes with furniture painting techniques that may not fit perfectly in a specific category. Here are a few of those techniques:
- Whitewash Wood Furniture – See how to whitewash wood furniture for a gorgeous weathered wood finish. Create the appearance of white wood stain with whitewash paint.
- How to Paint Furniture with Paint Drip Effect – This is a fun out of the box style painted furniture finish using a drippy paint boho look.
- Repainting Furniture Paint – When decor or ideas change, see how to repaint furniture and apply paint over stain with this painted tables project. This coffee table and end tables get a whole new update!
- Nesting Tables Makeover – Take basic nesting tables from boring to beautiful with this watercolor paint look.
- Refinish Furniture – Every once in a while you come across a piece of furniture that is too cool to paint. This shows how to restore wood furniture to its original finish.
- Hardwood Hamper Makeover – Take a basic modern hamper and see how much you can change with a simple new base coat of paint.
- Painting Fabric Furniture – a school Santa chair makeover with paint and fabric paint.
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Ready to tackle your next painted furniture project now that you have so many ideas running through your head? Make sure to use quality furniture paint. These are a couple of the paint brands that I use, love and trust. You will see them throughout many of my painted furniture tutorials:
Dixie Belle Paint products and more online here: Dixie Belle Paint
Wise Owl products and more online here: Wise Owl.
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Irene Antonaros says
Hi My name is Irene, my daughter n law won you red round table at St. Rita’s last month. Today at St. Rita’s the was a beautiful desk I hope I win it but if not do you have a show room with you furniture.
kandice kullmann says
hi Irene! Thanks so much! I actually don’t have a showroom, all of my makeovers are donated for fundraisers, raffles and charities.
Paulette Morgan says
I would like to where to purchase the trensfers?
kandice kullmann says
All of the transfer projects I have done – I got the transfers online from Amazon.com
krifor says
Thanks for the blog loaded with so much information. It’s really informative.