Painting your Childs nursery is one of the most joyful things you can do as an expectant mother. It gives you joy to make something for your new sweet bundle of joy. Having a paint that is non-toxic and adhere’s to child safety standards is important.
When we were expecting our 5th kiddo (he’s now 3!) I pulled out an MCM (mid-century modern) dresser from our garage and painted it. I chose Annie Sloan chalk paint because I knew it was safe for kids.
“Both Chalk Paint® and Wall Paint are non-toxic and perfectly safe for children’s furniture and walls. Further to this, samples of Chalk Paint®, Wall Paint and Chalk Paint® Wax have been independently tested and certified as Toy Safe according to strict European regulations (BS EN 71-3:2013).” – Annie Sloan Home.com
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Supplies to Painting a Dresser Changing Table
- A Dresser (Make sure it goes to the right height for you changing pad.)
- Annie Sloan Chalk Paint
- Your favorite paint brush! (this is mine)
- Annie Sloan Clear wax
- Wax Brush
- Shop towels
Step to Painting a Changing Table Dresser
Begin by turning pot of chalk paint upside down. This lets all of the minerals on the bottom of the paint can work their way to the top of the can. Make sure to have a clean surface. Lightly wipe your dresser with a shop towel and a little water. You want to remove any dust or yuckie stuff that could be on your dresser.
Once dresser is clean you are ready to paint! NOTE: I had to lightly sand a couple of spots on this dresser before I painted because of the previous paint job. If this happens to you use 220 grit sand paper.
Turn paint can right side up and dip your brush into the paint. Chalk paint is thicker than latex paint because of this you do not need to have a lot of paint on your brush.
With thin coats of paint begin to paint your dresser changing table! Use up and down strokes. Chalk paint takes about 20-30 minutes to dry in-between coats. You will need about 2-3 coats of paint. You just want to make sure to not see your original underneath finish.
After the paint has dried and you can not see the original finish you are ready to wax! Great job! Take your wax brush and get a small amount of wax on to the bristles of the brush. Start to apply the wax to the top of the dresser, sides and the fronts of the drawers. You want to work the wax into the paint gently. Wiping away any excess with shop towels.
Once your dresser changing table is sealed with wax you are ready to set a changing pad on top! SO exciting! Sit your changing pad on top and maybe a cute basket to the other side that contains all of your babies diapers, lotions, etc. 🙂 Feel good that you have painted your baby furniture in a non-toxic SAFE furniture paint.
NOTE: To add a stencil to your dresser I google image searched for “Sheep” I went to clip art and printed a sheep similar to the one below. I then cut out the image of the sheep and stenciled the inside of where the sheep use to be.
Please comment below if you are planning to turn a dresser into a changing table for your kiddo’s nursery!
