Paints made specifically to stimulate creativity

Some time ago I attended a workshop in Bucharest to learn more about Annie Sloan paints. By the way I also wrote about that experience because it was instructive and enjoyable. It wasn't the first time I had heard about chalky paints, I had seen photos on the net with results of their application and I liked their antiqued look. The experience at the workshop led me to learn more and more about the presence Annie Sloan in Romania and I saw that there are a few places in the country where they can be found. The common denominator of these shops is creativity. All those who sell Annie Sloan paints in Romania are creative people and they demonstrate this by setting up their own shops, by the workshops they do with those eager to learn techniques and by transforming old pieces of furniture or other objects that others would surely see as lost.

In fact, these creative people are also addressed Annie Sloan. Paints are made to be easy to apply and the application rules are less strict. You only need to want to change something in your home, and with the help of the cream paints you can do it in a single day. You can paint wooden furniture, as well as chipboard, metal, plastic. You can even apply them to leather and textiles. They are water-based products, so you won't have any problems with the smell of thinner in your home, and applying them is child's play.

Creativity is actually the criteria by which Annie Sloan chooses her distributors. She works with thousands of stores around the world and prides herself on the fact that no two are alike. Although the owners of these shops are often invited to Oxford to learn new techniques developed by Annie Sloan, their shops are not the same, each with its own personality and creativity.

Why is it so important to be creative? Because paints are made by a creative person and in order to maximize their potential, you need imagination, artistic flair, people who break barriers. Used by people without these qualities, paints lose their transformative power and become banal. The workshops that all these distributors are holding are precisely to show interested people what they can achieve by letting their imagination work, freeing the artistic spirit.

Creativity can come to the fore when trying to save old pieces of furniture. I have always said that, unfortunately, we throw old things away too easily. We are upset that resources are not protected, that they are exploited in a chaotic way, but if we have an old desk left over from our grandparents or parents, we throw it out immediately and buy something new. We don't think for a moment that it's wood, that it's good, that it's a memory, that it can be reinvented. We simply want something else. That's why I'm happy to show you what can be done with cream paints and a little creativity.

When I told you about conversion of the old cupboard in the stateroom made by distributor from CiceuI told you that there are several such places where Annie Sloan paints can be found. The one I recently discovered and where you are sure to find lots of creativity is the one in Târgu Mureș. It's called Kamandalu Art & Craft and is an arts and crafts workshop opened by a young family after several trips to the Orient. They repaint old furniture with creamy paints, trying to restore its former beauty and save old values. Opening this workshop was a dream come true.

Of the many furniture transformations they have done, I have chosen, with great difficulty, a few. I chose hard because they are all beautiful, they are full of life and color, they are a glimpse of what can become, with a little imagination and a lot of love, an old piece of furniture thrown in a corner.

You will also have the opportunity to see Annie Sloan paints at BIFE SIM fair for furniture, accessories and equipment from September 13-17. There will also be demonstrations of application techniques, but I'll let you know more about attending the fair soon.