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Paint Color Highlight – Annie Sloan French Linen and Old White

11 July, 2015 by Suzanne

I am almost out of paint colors to highlight so I thought to share my favorite paint color combos!  One of my all time favorite pairings is Annie Sloan French Linen and Old White.  Old White really pops off the darker French Linen and highlights the details of a piece beautifully.

One of my favorite examples of this is the French Country Sideboard.  I painted it all in white and then a few coats of the grey on top.French Country Sideboard www.thepainteddrawer.comFrench Country Sideboard www.thepainteddrawer.comFrench Country Sideboard www.thepainteddrawer.com
French Country Sideboard www.thepainteddrawer.comFrench Country Sideboard www.thepainteddrawer.comFrench Country Sideboard www.thepainteddrawer.comAnother great example is the detail on the French bombe chest.  The French Linen does not have the white underneath it and so is more true to the color.  The lighting in the photos also changed the hue slightly.  They are both French Linen (really!).

The white really pops on this one too.Bombe Chest www.thepainteddrawer.comBombe Chest www.thepainteddrawer.comAnnie Sloan French Linen and Old White – quite the pair!

Filed Under: Annie Sloan, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, French Linen, Old White, Paint Color Highlight, Vintage Dresser, Vintage Sideboard Tagged With: Annie Sloan French Linen, Annie Sloan Old White, Bombe Chest, French Country, Paint Color Highlight, Sideboard

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Comments

  1. Kim

    12 July, 2015 at 11:07 am

    Beautiful!!

  2. Sharlee Montague

    12 July, 2015 at 5:25 pm

    Suzanne,
    They ARE a very nice pairing of colors!
    Have a suggestion for another blog: Tell of a funny, unusual, awesome or crazy furniture “find” experience and have your readers submit one in response. Probably everyone has a great story to tell………

    • Suzanne

      16 July, 2015 at 12:55 pm

      That is a great idea and I certainly have a few to share! Thanks so much!

  3. Nelia

    17 September, 2015 at 12:25 am

    Love the piece… Did you use clear and dark wax or just clear? I have a vintage dress that I just bought at a second hand store and want to do the same technique.

    • Suzanne

      17 September, 2015 at 4:18 pm

      Thanks, Nelia – I used clear and dark (Maison Blanche dark brown) on this piece. All over clear and then just parts in the dark that I wanted to highlight.

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