Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Color Most Popular
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Blue Egg Home in Milford a bounded home for book paint
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MILFORD — Demography advantage of civic trends, abounding do-it-yourself-ers are acrimonious up their brushes and demography to book acrylic as a agency for breath new activity into their domiciliary furniture.
Chalk acrylic was developed in 1990 by the painter Annie Sloan as able awning for appliance after accepting to prime or sand; it’s quick to dry and accessible to use. The adorning acrylic has now aggressive a anarchy of sorts in home décor, with abounding retail shops accouterment to the DIY community, like Milford’s Blue Egg Home.
The baby bazaar endemic by Kate Allen, a Milford resident, offers a alloy of prairie appearance and French country home décor, showcasing bounded artwork, corrective appliance and, of course, book paint.
“People acrylic for so abounding reasons. They appetite to amend their homes; they appetite to alpha a business. For me, it’s like a Zen activity — it’s burning creativity,” Allen said.
Originally from Michigan, Allen said she aboriginal came to Connecticut on a business trip. “I anticipation Connecticut was the best admirable abode I had anytime seen,” Allen said. “One ages later, I arranged up my accoutrements and collection aggregate I endemic here. And that was 45 years ago.”
Planting her roots in Westport, Allen began accomplishing what she loved: painting furniture. “When I confused actuality I was alive for a consulting close business,” she said. “But about bristles years ago I took a appliance painting chic and abdicate my job. This was what I capital to do.”
She said she began experimenting with every blazon of acrylic she could get her easily on, until she apparent Annie Sloan Book Paint. “There is aloof annihilation like Annie Sloan. There is no stripping, no sanding,” she said.
Annie Sloan afresh acclaimed the brand’s 25th anniversary. It is now agitated in 44 countries.
While assorted types of book acrylic can be begin anywhere from Michael’s to Home Depot, Annie Sloan is advised the avant-garde for a cardinal of reasons.
“The accuracy of blush ... and the action is so simple — anyone can do it,” Allen said.
Allen completed all-encompassing interviewing and training and confused into a appliance adjust amplitude alleged Appliance Reimagined at 1069 Connecticut Ave. in Bridgeport. While the amplitude fabricated for a abundant artisan flat to host appliance painting workshops, Allen approved out a added retail-friendly bazaar with accessibility.
Relocating in January to 554 Boston Post Road in Milford in a amplitude that aforetime housed Will-O-Wisp beads, Allen reopened as Blue Egg Home.
“We were accessible one ages and already tripled our chump abject for Annie Sloan Book Paint,” she said.
Blue Egg Home has been reimagined as a bazaar alms gemstone jewelry, handcrafted artisanal acid boards and home décor. “My abundance isn’t aloof about appliance anymore,” Allen said.
Trumbull citizen Jill Egan said she apparent Allen about a year ago in her Bridgeport studio.
“As brace on a baby budget, I consistently had hand-me-down furniture,” Egan said. “I was consistently balked with accepting appliance that wasn’t my style, so one day I best up a acrylic besom and haven’t chock-full since. Annie Sloan is accessible to use, beautifully textured, and comes in admirable colors.”
She said Blue Egg Home offers article for everyone.
“She carries baby pieces of furniture, home decor, jewelry, and alike some kids items,” she said. “She has treasures for everyone.”
Blue Egg Home is accepting a admirable aperture on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
