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Chalk-Painted Piano Bench for Front Door Mud Room Area

July 25, 2016 By Lauren

Thanks to Chalkworthy by providing the paint and supplies for this post. All opinions expressed in this post are honest and 100% my own.
chalk painted and stenciled bench

My family has been needing a place to sit by our home’s front door. We have a small mud room area next to our home’s front entrance, where we remove our shoes before coming into the house. Not wearing shoes in our house helps keep the carpeting and the house much cleaner! So, I recently chalk painted and stenciled an old piano bench so we have a pretty place to sit!

My family and I used to own a piano called an Acrosonic. The piano was great for a while. After a few years, however, as my daughter’s musical skills improved, she needed a better piano. So for my husband’s and my 20th anniversary, my husband got my family a new piano. The below photo is what our old piano looked like. 

Acrosonic upright piano
The old piano was taken away, but I kept its piano bench. I figured I would be able to find a use for the old piano bench. When the folks at Chalkworthy offered me some of their chalk paint, I knew what to do. I decided to paint the old piano bench for our mud room area. The below photo shows what the old piano bench looked like before I painted it. 

old piano bench
Mud Room Bench

I wanted to place my bench just off the entry area, by my home’s bay window in my home’s sun-filled living room. I’ve decorated much of the living room in yellow to keep it bright and sunny. I chose to paint my old piano bench in Chalkworthy’s Hayride chalk paint, a warm shade of yellow.  Chalkworthy antiquing paint was perfect for my project because it adheres to most surfaces (wood, fabric, etc.) with no priming or sanding. Plus, the paint is low VOC, low odor and water based, so it’s easy to work with. 

Painting the bench with Chalkworthy’s Hayride antiquing paint was quick and easy — the paint was a cinch to apply, adhered easily to the bench, and dried fairly quickly to a matte finish. This is what the bench looked like after my first coat.

chalk painted piano bench with Chalkworthy paint

I gave the bench a second coat to cover up some of the bench’s imperfections — apparently, the owner who owned the bench before my family did used to use it for piano lessons, and the bench got very scratched up!

I stenciled the bench on a nice summer’s evening. This is what the bench looked like before I started stenciling it.

How to stencil a bench

I used one big stencil that I have to stencil the main part of my design. Stenciling the design took only a few minutes with a foam stenciling tool. I used Chalkworthy’s Whitelinen to stencil the design.

Chalk painted stencil on piano bench

After the main part of the design was stenciled, all was left to do was to stencil the “K” monogram for my family’s last name and the two cute birds.

How to paint and stencil an old piano bench

Besides offering a practical spot to take off and put on our shoes, I think my home’s new painted and stenciled bench adds a beautiful decorative element to my family’s living room and mud room area.

Piano bench painted in yellow chalk paint and stenciled in white

This is a closeup look at the bench in its new home.

Old piano bench painted and stenciled with Chalkworthy chalk paint

I love our new bench! This project was so much fun — I think I’ll have to chalk paint something else soon! Stay tuned!

This project was shared at the Get Your DIY On

Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, how to, Sponsored Post Tagged With: craft, decor, DIY, living room

Comments

  1. Wendi@H2OBungalow says

    July 25, 2016 at 7:48 AM

    Such a pretty bench makeover! Love the color you chose too. I’ve always loved having a place to sit by the front door, it feels inviting and cozy:)
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    • Lauren says

      July 25, 2016 at 9:43 PM

      Thanks, Wendi! Having the bench by the front door is so helpful! Thanks for stopping by!

  2. Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says

    July 25, 2016 at 10:25 AM

    What a cheerful bench, I love all of the inviting colors in your home and that bay window brings in a nice amount of fresh sunlight! Anything that is monogrammed is my jam, so of course I’m a fan of this bench. How neat that you kept the old piano bench!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com
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    • Lauren says

      July 25, 2016 at 9:41 PM

      Thanks, Carrie! I know that you love monograms. I love seeing all your monograms on your blog — I bet your use of monograms gave me the idea to use a monogram on the bench! I love all your monogram projects! I like that we still have the old bench — it was really sweet of my husband to first buy me the used piano … and then the new one about 10 years later!

  3. randi says

    August 4, 2016 at 10:42 AM

    This came out very cute! I love the yellow that you chose!

    • Lauren says

      August 4, 2016 at 7:56 PM

      Thanks so much, Randi! I really love using yellow in my home.

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